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SUMMARY:Nostalgia Night(mare): Deconstructing the Weird Science of Weird Science
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness month\, the Lawrence Arts Center Microcinema is teaming up with the Willow Domestic Violence Center for an interactive screening of Weird Science. A panel of entertaining experts delve into the 1980’s film’s scientific missteps\, toxic masculinity\, and unhealthy relationships with a live panel of experts. Those new to the John Hughes classic will enjoy this concoction of equal parts laughter and cringe while gaining new perspectives. \nThis event is supported by Science on Screen®\, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre\, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. \nABOUT THE FILM\nTwo unpopular teenagers\, Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly\, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to design their ideal woman on a computer\, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of superhuman Lisa. \nABOUT THE PANEL\n \nHost: Adrianne Nuñez\, Associate Director\, External Affairs\, The Willow Domestic Violence Center \nPanelists: \n\nMorgan Johannsen\, Scientist\nFun Facts about Morgan:\n– Chemist and geologist who works with groundwater contaminants\n– One of her favorite pastimes is poking fun at the science in M. Night Shyamalan and other movies\n\n\nFelix Rodriguez\, Director of Equitable Practices and Hiring at The Willow Domestic Violence Center.\nFun Facts about Felix:\n– Knows a lot about diversity\, equity\, and inclusion\n– Is hilarious\n– Has only seen Weird Science once years ago and might not watch it ahead of time and just make live commentary as he is actively stunned by all of the misogyny\, racism\, fatfophia\, etc. But also might watch it ahead of time.\nJason Keezer\, Therapist and LCSW at Bert Nash\nFun Facts about Jason:\n– Local comedian\, man about town\n– Key Gen X’r
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/weird-science/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230702T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230702T123000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
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SUMMARY:Musings\, Mimosas and Muffins: An Interdisciplinary Arts Panel by Lawrence Talks
DESCRIPTION:Gather for delicious pastries\, sparkling mimosas and invigorating conversation. David Tamez\, host of the Lawrence Talks podcast\, tackles philosophical themes in contemporary art with filmmaker Daniel Szlauderbach\, dancer Tristian Griffin\, visual artist Alicia Kelly and musician Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey. \n \nArt can represent a community by serving as a mirror to what that community believes and holds most dear – which can include art itself. This engaging conversation will touch upon topics ranging from the essence of art itself to what it means to create in light of emerging technologies.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/lawrence-talks/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230630T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230630T213000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20230509T032032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230630T163018Z
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SUMMARY:CONVERGE: Dance Performance
DESCRIPTION:An evening of new work by five nationally recognized choreographers produced by Tristian Griffin Dance Company and Regina Klenjoski Dance Company! \nABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:\nTristian Griffin Dance Company and Regina Klenjoski Dance Company join forces to produce a dance performance of new choreographic works. Both companies integrate themselves into one entity that serves the purpose of broadening the American scope of contemporary dance repertoire in the Midwest  to create new work. With the goal of exposing the Midwest to diverse high caliber contemporary dance\, Regina and Tristian have commissioned choreographic voices Chad Michael Hall\, Sabrina Vasquez\, and Gary Abbott and the project will tour to Wichita\, Lawrence\, and Kansas City. In addition to the performances\, the project will invite the community in through lectures and demonstrations\, workshop classes where students can learn excerpts of the premiered works\, free public preview showings\, and audience talkbacks in each city. \nCLICK HERE FOR DIGITAL PROGRAM
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/converge/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:City of Lawrence Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The City of Lawrence’s Cultural Arts Commission unveils several temporary public art pieces around the city for Final Friday\, a community-wide art celebration.  The Free State Festival is proud to host Alicia Kelly’s Stellar Dodecahedron outside the Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire St.) as part of this program.  \nA walking tour by the City of Lawrence meets at the Explore Lawrence Visitor’s Center (812 Massachusetts St) at 5:30pm. \nA complete list of the sculpture locations is available here for self guided tours.  \nABOUT THE ART:\n“A Stellar Dodecahedron is a playful exploration of a twelve sided star\, hand constructed into an oversized inflatable sculpture. Composed of stacked abstract shapes and patterns alongside a limited color palette of black and white\, this sculpture creates a type of abstract wonderland of play and investigation for all ages.”  – Alicia Kelly\, Artist
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/outdoor-sculpture-exhibition/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230629T193000
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SUMMARY:Music Industry Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lawrence Music Alliance and Free State Fest for a happy hour and networking event with special guests The Post Haus at the beautiful surroundings of Art Love Collective! \nMake connections and engage in meaningful conversations in music and film. This casual gathering is for artists\, musicians\, and industry professionals to come together and mingle in a relaxed environment at the beautiful new Art Love Collective space. The program will include a brief Q&A with the Post Haus team on the subject of music and film and will be followed by open networking time. \nABOUT THE POST HAUS:\nLocated in North Lawrence\, and with studios in Denver and Kansas City\, The Post Haus is a full service post production audio agency\, offering a one-stop-audio-shop for crafting the entire audio portion of commercial and film projects. The Post Haus will talk about their work as it relates to music\, film and the Lawrence music community. \nABOUT THE LAWRENCE MUSIC ALLIANCE: \nThe vision for the Lawrence Music Alliance is a vibrant and thriving music scene in Lawrence\, Kansas\, where musicians of all genres can flourish and engage with the community. Through our collaborative efforts with the city\, we aim to promote and support the live music industry\, and ensure that Lawrence is recognized as a premier destination for music lovers everywhere. Lawrence Music Alliance is proud to team up with Free State Fest to offer programming that supports music and film in Lawrence. \nABOUT ART LOVE COLLECTIVE\nArt Love Collective is a gallery + shop featuring work by a diverse network of artists in Lawrence\, KS. It serves as a venue for artists to advance their careers\, and a voice to influence positive change for the creative community.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/music-industry-meetup/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230626T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230626T150000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20230612T145612Z
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SUMMARY:Landmark Work Day
DESCRIPTION:The Robert J. Dole Institute invites the public to watch Stan Herd and his team at work on a commemorative Bob Dole tribute earthwork on the Dole Institute lawn! \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/landmark-work-day/
LOCATION:The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Dr.\, Lawrence\, KS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230601T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230601T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20230515T142434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230712T163059Z
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SUMMARY:Free State Festival Launch Party featuring the Immersive Film 32 Sounds
DESCRIPTION:Kick off the Free State Festival with an evening of food\, community\, and of course… movies! \nTaco Zone Nacho Bar\, movie trailers and music by Heidi Lynne Gluck at 6pm. Film at 7pm. Science on Screen discussion to follow with Nick Carswell of KU Audio-Reader Network. \nABOUT THE FILM: \n32 SOUNDS\nA film by Sam Green\nWith music by JD Samson \nAn immersive documentary and profound sensory experience from filmmaker Sam Green that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound. The film is a meditation on the power of sound to bend time\, cross borders\, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. \nSPECIAL HEADPHONES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THIS UNIQUE SCREENING EXPERIENCE. \nDue to the special nature of this experience\, ticket sales will close at 4pm on June 1.  \n$25 ticket includes snacks\, pre-show entertainment and immersive film experience. \n$10 off for Free State Film Society subscribers. \nThis event is supported by Science on Screen®\, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre\, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/32-sounds/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230217T210000
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CREATED:20230118T170943Z
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SUMMARY:Film\, Jazz and Donuts: Man With a Movie Camera Screening with Live Score
DESCRIPTION:This screening is SOLD OUT!\nJoin us next month for our screening of EO on March 28 as part of National Science on Screen Day. \nThe Lawrence Arts Center Microcinema heads to the Cider Gallery for a candlelit evening of silent film\, live jazz\, and tasty treats by Taylor’s Donuts. Dziga Vertov’s acclaimed film Man with a Movie Camera comes to life with an original soundtrack performed live by musicians Eric Mardis (guitar)\, Paul Schmidt (bass) and Ryan Johnson (drums). Hailed as one of the top ten films ever made by the British Film Institute due to its groundbreaking experimentation in cinematic technique\, this stunningly visual film depicts one day of work and play in 1929’s Moscow and the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odesa- a time capsule made especially revealing in the context of current events. This breathtaking visual poem is a must see for anyone interested in film history or those simply wishing to be swept away by the magic of jazz\, cinema (and donuts!) on a dreamy February evening. \nTickets: $15 \nAdmissions is FREE for Free State Film Society subscribers with advance registration.\nJoin the society today and receive your promo code by email! \nThe Lawrence Arts Center’s Microcinema Series is supported in part by the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission\, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts\, a federal agency. \nSpecial thank you to sponsors Margie Wakefield Law Office\, PA.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/film-jazz-and-donuts-man-with-a-movie-camera-screening-with-live-score/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220630T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220630T203000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20220607T160013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T151630Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Artist and Mother
DESCRIPTION:Is motherhood the last taboo left in contemporary art? The documentary Artist and Mother features four rising artists who dare to make their own experience of motherhood a part of their work: Rebecca Campbell\, Andrea Chung\, Tanya Aguiñiga\, and Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle. Not only do they juggle career and family like so many today\, but they’ve also found inspiring ways to use the materials or images of motherhood in their art. Curators and scholars weigh in on the larger art-market dynamics and gender biases at stake\, flipping the script that devalues women’s creativity. \nAfter the film\, there will be a community panel discussion with local artists Mona Cliff\, Connie Fiorella Fitzpatrick\, Molly Frances Murphy and Heidi Gluck about how they balance motherhood with their artistic endeavors. \nThis screening is FREE and made possible from KCET as part of the Making it Work exhibition currently on display at the Lawrence Arts Center. Advance registration is not required. \nArtist and Mother will be preceded by the short film I Hope You Know made through the Zinn Writing Project!
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/artist-and-mother/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20211108T152134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T152605Z
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SUMMARY:A Reckoning In Boston - Virtual Screening & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual screening of the brand new award-winning documentary film A Reckoning in Boston on November 20 followed by a filmmaker panel discussion.\n\nThis virtual screening is FREE for Free State Film Society subscribers.\nClick here to join the society! \nClick here to buy a virtual ticket to A Reckoning in Boston + Q&A\n\nABOUT THE FILM\n\nIn the fall of 2014\, Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler enrolled in a rigorous night course in the humanities at a community center in their Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Kafi\, 44\, sharp\, witty and restless\, dropped out of school at 15. She dreams of starting a land cooperative in Boston for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement. Carl\, 65\, a community elder and doting grandfather\, is the class’s intellectual leader. White suburban filmmaker James Rutenbeck comes to Dorchester to document the students’ engagement with their course\, but as he is awakened to the violence\, racism and gentrification that threaten their place in the city\, he is forced to come to terms with his flawed film premise and his own complicity in racist structures. Spending more time listening than filming\, James enlists Kafi and Carl as producers of the film. Five years on\, despite many personal obstacles\, Kafi and Carl arrive at surprising new places in their lives\, and\, following their lead\, James does too. Bringing to light the foundations of systemic racism in one community that has spanned generations\, A Reckoning in Boston shows that transformation\, healing and social change begins within each of us.\n  \n“Don’t miss this powerful film that lays bare the transformative force of the humanities in our lives in these turbulent and troubling times!”\n– Cornel West
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/a-reckoning-in-boston-virtual-screening-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:All,Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T223000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20210501T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T202749Z
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SUMMARY:Hairspray (1988)
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Theatre Lawrence\n(4660 Bauer Farm Dr.)\nDirector: John Waters\nNarrative feature. Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes\n1960s Baltimore teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) finally gets her big break and lands on an American Bandstand-inspired TV show. Tracy soon forces the issue of integrated dancing on the previously all white program\, much to the horror of her square parents (Waters’ longtime muse Divine and comedian Jerry Stiller).  \n“In a very real sense\, Hairspray is Waters’ most daring movie. It took more courage and judgment to make a comedy like Hairspray than it did to make Pink Flamingos.”—Kevin Thomas\, Los Angeles Times. \nPre-show experience:\nTo set the stage for an evening of movie-revelry\, pageant queens Miss Gay Kansas 2020 Deja Brooks and Miss Kansas 2020 Annika Wooton team up for a Divinely-inspired music number and speed-painting. Deja performs as the character of Tracy Turnblad while Annika demonstrates her award-winning pageant talent of speed painting Miss Brooks in action – all in just under seven minutes!   \nSpecial appearance by Kathy Eisman as Edna Turnblad!  \nWhile you are waiting for the movie to start\, you can also enjoy movie-centric puzzle experiences by Breakout Lawrence\, buy raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes from Game Nut. \nEvent Details:\n\nEvent is FREE\, but registration is required!\nSign up for a family/group pod\, not individual members of a family/group pod that can accommodate between 2 and 6 people.\nBe sure to bring lawn or camping chairs (this is not a drive-in and parking will be available close to the venue).\nGates open at 8pm. Arrive by 8:30 to secure your spot.\nConcessions are available on site. No outside food or drinks.\nIf it rains\, this event will move inside Theatre Lawrence.\n\n  \nDeja Brooks\, Miss Gay Kansas 2020\nAnnika Wooton\, Miss Kansas 2020\n  \nEvent Sponsors & Partners: \n \n \n \n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/hairspray/
LOCATION:Theatre Lawrence\, 4660 Bauer Farm Dr.\, Lawrence\, 66049\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20210504T170316Z
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SUMMARY:ART OPENINGS: Tonja Torgerson & Ashlyn Pope
DESCRIPTION:Tonja Torgerson: Succumb\nCider Gallery (810 Pennsylvania St.)\nTonja Torgerson\nAs part of her project-based residency at the Lawrence Arts Center\, Torgerson uses prints\, cut paper\, and collage to create a fallen Garden of Eden in which life-size figures grapple with the recognition of their mortality. These works provide an intimate pause in which to consider the frailty of the body\, allowing us to dwell on uncomfortable truths. \nTorgerson’s exhibit will be open to the public starting Friday\, June 25\, but attendees of the festival’s One Reel Under the Stars short film program can get a sneak peek of her process and progress on Wednesday\, June 23! \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAshlyn Pope: Witnessing Dandelions\nLawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire St.)\n \n  \nAshlyn Pope’s work is a reflection not only of her own experience\, but also an expression of her history. Pope has spent her time in residency at the Arts Center exploring themes of her ancestry and symbolism\, and how to relay that information through her ceramics. Working in both hand-building and throwing\, she uses her art to champion diversity through a body of work that discusses her own Gullah history\, as well as the past and present of the Black community. While Pope works in a variety of mediums\, she truly enjoys the challenges of working in clay\, “having to take the time to become acquainted and learn to work together with the clay\, and become a partner in its formation.” \nAlso on display at the Lawrence Arts Center…\nExperimental Film Showcase + Midden sculpture by Adriana Gramly \nAaron Hughes | Poetry Despite/Music Despite Eternal War Requiem
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-openings/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T230000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20210524T134521Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T135645Z
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SUMMARY:Triumph
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Lawrence Public Library Lawn\n(707 Vermont St.)\nDirector: Brett Leonard\nWriter & a Producer: Michael D. Coffey\nNarrative feature. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.\nSpecial Guest: Writer/Producer Michael D. Coffey\nInspired by a true story\, a bright and determined high school senior strives one last time to be a wrestler despite having cerebral palsy. Going to extreme lengths\, he crushes obstacles and inspires others along his journey to prove his abilities. \nThis semi-autobiographical film is written by Lawrence filmmaker Michael Coffey and stars RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad. \nActor RJ Mitte & Writer/Producer Michael D. Coffey\n\n\nEvent Sponsors & Partners: \n \nEvent Details:\n\nEvent is FREE\, but registration is required!\nDoors open: 8pm / Screening time: 9pm\nYou must arrive 30 minutes prior to the screening time to guarantee your reservation.\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Bathrooms will be available on site.\nPlease seat your party socially distanced from others. Festival personnel will be on site to assist.\nIn the event of inclement weather\, this film will screen at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts St). Registered patrons will receive an email of the change no later than 5pm on the day of show and the venue change will be posted on the Free State Festival website and social media.\nPhysical tickets are not required. Please check in with festival personnel at the Free State Festival information table upon arrival and we’ll check your name off the list.\nLet us know if you’d like to reserve accessible seating. We are happy to accommodate! \n\nPre-show experience:\nDoors open at 8pm for live music by Lem Sheppard\, prizes from Game Nut\, puzzle experiences from Breakout Lawrence\, food available for purchase by Pedestrian Cheese and a special appearance by Triumph writer-producer Michael D. Coffey.  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/opening-night-film-triumph/
LOCATION:Lawrence Public Library\, 707 Vermont Street\, Lawrence\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20210518T233903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210604T145027Z
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SUMMARY:Experimental Film Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Screening venue: Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire St.)\nFilms will be screened on a loop in the Lawrence Arts Center’s front gallery for the entire week of the Free State Festival. Please come and go at your leisure (masks required).\n  \nMidden – Adriana Gramly (4 minutes)\nScraps and trash are brought together through animation to realize hidden potential. \n* Midden will be accompanied by a 3D sculptural art installation  \nArtist Statement:  \nMy home has hardly changed\, as far as appearances\, in the twenty years we’ve lived there. Well except for the twenty years worth of collected junk. I now am separated enough to appreciate\, not cringe\, at its eccentricities. The opossum coming through the window was no longer embarrassing\, nor the stray cats snakes\, and raccoons. And now the packrat in the side-room comically chews up my dad’s collection of wires\, beads\, and clothes\, finding pieces for its own nest\, or midden. \nIn retaining my dad’s spirit to create my own hoarder’s nest\, I collected and made things that I was attracted to\, and found their purpose as I went. By bringing all of these scraps and trash together in an animation\, I’m realizing their potential in a way that my dad has never seemed to manage with his own treasures. \n  \nThe View – Elizabeth Stehling (7 minutes)\nHypnotic\, transient realities continuously fracture with frames of majestic landscapes. As the sands flow and seconds pass\, two women fall deeper into a disorienting new space of lost time. \nRiptide Rhapsody – Kenton Brett and David Jarred (7 minutes)\nFive furry\, fluffy and feathered friends are swept out to sea and into an amazing adventure. They encounter sea monsters\, robots\, and mutants in this stylistically inventive and hand-made animation. \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/experimental-film-showcase/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180923T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180923T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20180810T042318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180917T133306Z
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SUMMARY:ART // Echoes Through a Greenspace
DESCRIPTION:Echoes Through a Green Space is a collaborative public art project based around South Park. The project aims to celebrate the history of the public green space by creating an interactive light installation and live musical performance\, echoing the park’s unique history as a place for public performance and social gathering. \nThe creation of a new multi-disciplinary work\, to be premiered as the closing event of the 2018 Free State Festival\, will be the culmination of a summer-long campaign of outreach events\, workshops and social media promotion\, inviting the public to share and explore their memories and experiences of the city park. The artists will respond to the images\, stories and sounds gathered\, with a work incorporating live music\, recorded audio\, crowdsourced photos and video\, and historical imagery\, presented during a public installation in South Park. \nGet Involved!\n\nVisit South Park in Lawrence\, KS\nShare a social media post with the hashtags #EchoesLFK #SouthParkLFK or geotag  South Park\, Lawrence\, KS\nCome to an event and share your story!\nShare the project with your friends and followers on Facebook\, and on Twitter
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-echoes-of-a-greenspace/
LOCATION:South Park\, 1141 Massachusetts Street\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180922T140000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20180906T214347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180917T133521Z
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SUMMARY:ART // Synthesizer Performance. Luke DuBois
DESCRIPTION:Using the Lawrence Public Library’s custom modular analog synthesizer\, avant-garde electronic performer Luke DuBois will perform live.  This performance will be a unique opportunity for the community to see this instrument being used. The modular synthesizer is a type of synthesizer\, which exists in both physical and virtual forms\, consisting of separate specialized modules. The specialization is usually in the module being designed to allow the modification or processing a signal\, such as the frequency (oscillator)\, spectrum (filter)\, or amplitude (amplifier). The modules are not hardwired together but are connected together with patch cords\, a matrix patching system\, or switches to create a patch.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/synthesizer-luke-dubois/
LOCATION:Lawrence Public Library\, 707 Vermont Street\, Lawrence\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20180905T223040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180917T133642Z
UID:838-1537558200-1537560000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:ART // Johanna Winters: The Middle Tell
DESCRIPTION:The Middle Tell is a shadow-puppet performance created by Johanna Winters chronicling a trio of female bards as they reluctantly surrender to a deteriorating condition. These middle women reveal their story through a muted language of hinging limbs and dousing light. Suspended in a time that is both passing and returning\, sustaining and releasing\, the middle women hover in a state of hesitation between undoing their youth and summoning the process of aging. They are neither bitter nor tolerant of their inevitable decline – they tepidly hinge against and toward it. \nPuppeteering assistance from Olivia Hernández\, Alicia Kelly\, and Anne Luben. Music and sound design by Jeff Stolz.\n\n\nJohanna Winters\n\nJohanna Winters is the current Printmaking Artist-in-Residence at the Lawrence Arts Center. Johanna received her MFA from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville\, and was the 2017-18 recipient of the University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Thomas Fellowship. She has taught printmaking as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay\, and recently completed a residency at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław\, Poland. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-johanna-winters-the-middle-tell/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180921T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180922T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20180811T080105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180917T141551Z
UID:483-1537542000-1537650000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:ART // Mind Expanding VR Experience. Luke DuBois
DESCRIPTION:SEPTEMBER 21\, 3-5 PM 1 & SEPTEMBER 22\, 6-9 PM \nLuke DuBois is a multidisciplinary artist who exhibits and performs internationally. This recent virtual reality project puts the user on a psychedelic adventure. An artificial world of images and sounds created by a computer are affected by the actions of a person who is experiencing it. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-mind-expanding-vr-experience-luke-dubois/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180917T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260814T045744
CREATED:20180824T062054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T133100Z
UID:759-1537174800-1537218000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:ART // Flower Matrix. Claudia Hart
DESCRIPTION:Hart’s decorative patterns are in fact also computer codes – augmented “tags” functioning like QR – that permit users to see her fantastical animations embedded in them through Hart’s Looking Glass augmented app. Through the Looking Glass\, one can glimpse a world of pulsing invisible flowers covered with animated graphics culled from Internet signage\, computer code\, and emoji graphics. Programmed by the artist\, her multimedia craft objects are metaphors that unfold\, using computer-vision to reveal “magical” layers of new information. \nWallpaper and ceramic tiles were specifically created as décor for a new kind of “virtual-reality” lounge\, a seductive environment made for viewing Hart’s Flower Matrix VR world. She is building another liminal space\, but this one in the real world where one might don VR goggles and view her parallel VR one: a mixed reality fantastical architecture that randomly grows and decays using an esthetic of fakeness where technology has replaced nature\, both sugary sweet and chemically toxic in equal measures. \nArtwork courtesy of bitforms gallery\, NYC
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-claudia-hart-flower-matrix-plates-wallpaper-flower-matrix/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All,Art
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