Irena Jasperson
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On October 26, Kansas Public Radio will broadcast its inaugural KPR Live Day, which is made possible by an arts grant from the City of Lawrence Cultural… -
Lawrence artist Gypsy Jynx specializes in acrylic and silicon paintings, many of which are on display in KPR’s conference room this month. Jynx began… -
Help Kansas Public Radio show listener appreciation in a "cool" way with complimentary Sylas & Maddy's ice cream, Alchemy iced coffee and live music! -
Kansas Public Radio ended its spring membership drive with $376,000 in listener pledges, surpassing the typical spring goal of $280,000. -
This month’s featured artists in the KPR conference room are clients from Cottonwood, Inc. Cottonwood is a nonprofit organization that provides services… -
Kansas Public Radio and Maceli’s are hosting their second Songwriters Showcase with local musicians Colin Halliburton, Sky Smeed and Kelly Hunt. The show is on Saturday, March 3, at Maceli’s (1031 New Hampshire St) in Lawrence; doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door or $10.50 in advance at macelis.com. -
This month, the KPR conference room is featuring “Gumbo Girl,” a collection of collages by artist and University of Kansas alumna Joelle Ford. The art centers around the nostalgia of growing up in the 1950s with visuals taken from magazines and family photographs. “Gumbo Girl” explores this time period through the perspective of a young girl in the South. -
Kansas Public Radio will be partnering with the Kansas Humanities Council (KHC) and 11 other Kansas organizations on a statewide oral history project that will collect the personal stories of Vietnam veterans. Collected oral histories and memoirs will be submitted to the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. -
KPR recording engineer Chuck Smith donated his beloved 1990 Jaguar XJS to KPR through Vehicles for Charity, which resulted in a nice donation to KPR. If… -
Kansas Public Radio’s Kaye McIntyre will moderate a panel discussion on DACA and the DREAMers featuring KU professors Marta Carminero-Santangelo, interim director of KU's Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and Lua Yuille, who teaches immigration law. The discussion is open to the public and will take place on Monday, November 6 at the Lawrence Public Library at 7 pm. Students and young people affected by DACA are encouraged to join the conversation.
