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FRIDAY • Lawrence Barn Dance Association: Contra dance with band STEAM! and caller Lisa Harris-Frydman. Beginners’ lesson 7 p.m., dance

This turkey will get warmer if cloudier weather this week, and perchance the opportunity to find more bugs and scraps to eat as the crusty snow softens and melts away in the predicted rain.

Some events may be canceled or postponed because of inclement weather. Check with hosts or venues for weather-related closings or postponements. FRI

A healing circle led by Haskell Indian Nations University professor Dan Wildcat will take place Monday at a native prairie recently damaged by herbicides. The

Nature lovers in Lawrence are heartsick and angry about the fate of a 6,000-year-old prairie filled with rare wildflowers after the city sprayed the whole thing with herbicide.

Updated at 2:32 p.m. Monday, May 1 The sun was shining Monday on the five-acre stretch of native prairie behind the Prairie Park Nature Center, but in

Community members, artists and authors are invited to gather together Sunday morning to celebrate the Wakarusa Wetlands, an area deeply tied to Indigenous history in Lawrence and home to a variety of animal species and nature.

photo by: Kim Callahan/Journal-World The University of Kansas appears on the horizon looking north Thursday, May 6, 2021, from Wells Overlook Park. Those who climb the stairs of the wooden tower at Wells Overlook Park currently look out across picturesque farmland and open space, and county leaders say that’s a view worth preserving. As part of its meeting Wednesday, the Douglas County Commission voted unanimously to approve $200,000 in grants as part of the 2021 Natural & Cultural Grant Pro...