By Sofia Lamento, Free State Festival Contributor Kirsten Paludan wears many hats. She is a vocalist, actress, educator and champion of community creativity. This year at the Free State … [more]
By Sofia Lamento, Free State Festival Contributor At Tacos and Trailers night, Free State Festival intern Eddie Haith sat down with Backer Hamada, the developer behind the media marketing strategy … [more]
The 2025 Free State Festival poster features original artwork by artist Charley Forsyth and graphic design by Amy Albright of StonyPoint Graphics. Charley is a Lawrence print artist and this … [more]
The Free State Festival celebrated the City of Lawrence, Kansas through film screenings with community partners, culinary adventures with local restaurants and networking opportunities; bringing neighbors and visitors together through … [more]
A Lawrence event aims to celebrate cats, and help meet their needs, by highlighting some of their best angles captured on camera. The annual Cat Video Fest creates a video … [more]
Comedian, writer, and actor Jana Schmieding is rapidly becoming a force with which to be reckoned. Starting with her podcast Women of Size, moving on to working as a writer … [more]
By Chris Conde If you ask Marlo Angell, the director of Lawrence’s Free State Festival, what it takes to get viewers off of their couch and into a movie theater, … [more]
By Shawn Edwards What if Christopher Nolan and Spike Lee teamed-up to collaborate on a film together? The results would probably be a lot like the small micro-budget sci-fi film … [more]
It’s a sneak peek at the 2024 Free State Festival, a week of independent films, music, and ideas. Join us for a conversation with Festival director Marlo Angell and Academy … [more]
The film, “The Heroic True-Life Adventures of Alvin Brooks,” was written, produced and directed by Kevin Willmott, a professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas. In … [more]
