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Friday, March 30, 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LOVE: OLYMPIC SWIMMERS Maintaining a healthy sperm count.
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SCHOOL:BETTER OPTIONS FOR CURSING
How to clean up your dirty mouth (at least when you have to).
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ENTERTAINMENT:
ALBUM REVIEW
Another Tennis album tops the KJHK charts.
ENTERTAINMENT:
MOVIE REVIEW
Was sending a Civil War soldier to Mars the key to success or a major disaster in "John Carter?"
CAMPUS & TOWN:
You know you love their products,but what don't you know about The Love Garden?
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SPEAK: PERSONAL ESSAY
From brother to best friend-one Jayplay writer's experience truly getting to know her younger sibling.
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Before it started, artists and galleries worked individually. Murphy said the art community is now coming together, and there is more emphasis on community projects.
downtown every month.
"This sort of energy is good for Lawrence, and it is a more cohesive night for everybody." Murphy said.
Lawrence Art Center, Downtown Lawrence Incorporated, the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, art galleries and artists collaborated in August 2010 to create the monthly event.
This Friday, 26 businesses and galleries downtown will take part in the event. Lost Space Art, 845
"A recent economic impact study shows that Final Fridays are bringing in at least $85,000 each final Friday to restaurants and businesses around the locations," said Final Fridays Coordinator Molly Murphy.
Art.
"We've had anyone from KU professors, to people who ship their art in from Seattle," said Summer Bradshaw, an intern at Wonder Fair Art Gallery, 803 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Massachusetts Street.
14. DOWNTOWN UPSTAIRS (824 1/2 Massachusetts St.)
Artists from around the country, as well as those from the Lawrence area, have benefited from Final Fridays.
Like many downtown galleries, its busiest day of the month is on the last Friday.
In 2011, Jessie Kelley, a senior from Wichita, curated a gallery specifically for 16 college students.
Among the local artist who participate in the event, University students have taken advantage of showcasing their work during the event.
6. THE LAWRENCE ART PARTY (718 New Hampshire St.)
13. LOVE GARDEN SOUNDS (822 Massachusetts St.)
17. THE BOURGEOIS PIG (6 E. 9th St.)
5. SIGNS OF LIFE (722 Massachusetts St.)
"Final Fridays gets people in the store," said Irene Walker, an artist and employee at BDC Tattoo. "Sometimes there are people who would never step foot in a tattoo shop that have come in."
12. FOXTROT
(823 Massachusetts St.)
"The place gets pretty packed," Flinders said. "The town is on fire on Final Fridays."
Big Daddy Cadillacs Tattoo, 938 Massachusetts Street, features one artist a month. This Friday, they are showing Erin Brazler's "Fatties on Parade" exhibition, which are marker-drawn portraits of humorous cartoon characters.
ies, such as the Fox Trot shoe store, 823 Massachusetts Street, also participate in Final Fridays. Owner Caroline Mithias said the event brings in a lot of foot traffic into her store, and it supports the art community.
18. Z's DIVINE DOWNTOWN ESPRESSO (10 E. 9th St.)
16. LOST ART SPACE (845 Massachusetts St.)
9. SMILING MAD DESIGNS & INKELLO LETTERPRESS (801.5, Suite 3 Massachusetts St.)
15. PHOENIX GALLERY (825 Massachusetts St.)
8. PACHAMAMAS (800 New Hampshire St.)
Edited by Corinne Westeman
3. THE ELDRIDGE HOTEL (701 Massachusetts St.)
4. LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY (707 Vermont St.)
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7. TELLER'S RESTAURANT UPSTAIRS (746 Massachusetts St.)
CRYPTOQUIPS 4A
OPINION 5A
21. LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER (940 New Hampshire)
22. KANSAS SAMPLEL (921 Massachusetts St.)
Index
CLASSIFIEDS 2B
CROSSWORD 4A
23. THE GRANADA
(1020 Massachusetts St.)
24. AIMEE'S CAFE' & COFFEE SHOP (1025 Massachusetts St.)
25. WATKINS COMMUNITY MUSEUM (1047 Massachusetts St.)
SPORTS 1B
SUDOKU 4A
26. 1109 GALLERY
(1109 Massachusetts St.)
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Continuing student enrollment begins for summer and fall semesters, 2012. For more info, see Office of the Registrar, www.registrar@ku.edu.
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