Laura Lorson

Dr. Allison Kirkpatrick is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas, and is an expert on supermassive black holes. (Let's face it...that is profoundly cool.) She made a discovery that could change how astronomers think about galaxy formation, and she told KPR's Laura Lorson about it. Give it a listen: we promise there will be no math.

The National World War I Museum and Memorial is hosting a variety of events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of November 11, 1918.

The city's only polling place was recently moved outside of town.

Kate Frick and Stephanie Marchesi are bringing craft cocktails, coffee shop fare, and music to a Tonganoxie landmark.

"Bent." written by Martin Sherman, is the story of gays swept up in the Nazi Holocaust.

The Midwestern Chicana Symposium on Art and Resistance in the Age of Extremism will take place on Thursday and Friday at the Mulvane Art Museum in Topeka.

Barry Crimmins is following up his widely-acclaimed special "Whatever Threatens You" with a new work called "Atlas's Knees" at the Lawrence Arts Center on Friday.

Teams have been rehearsing their best lip-sync routines, and will show them off in a competition that'll raise money for the Willow Domestic Violence Center in Lawrence.

Elizabeth Farnsworth's career has taken her all around the world as a foreign correspondent, filmmaker and occasional anchor for the PBS NewsHour. The Topeka native will be talking about her experiences...and her new book...this weekend at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library.

Nikki Giovanni is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech University. Among her many honors, she is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, several NAACP Image Awards, the Rosa Parks Women of Courage Award, the Langston Hughes Award and the Maya Angelou Lifetime Achievement Award. She'll speak at the University of Kansas tonight (TUE).