“Aunt” Jane Williams, the Queen of the East Bottoms

...the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the... Read More

Lawrence Women in the 1890s: From the Gilded Age to Progressivism

...about phenomenal women including Annie Diggs; Genevieve Howland Chalkley; Mamie Dillard; Carrie Langston Hughes; Mary Frances Simpson; Jane Snow; and Ida Hyde. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBTvPki218Y&t=29s This conversation was streamed live on May... Read More

Lucy Sullivan, Baldwin City’s First Woman Mayor

...Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the month during Radio for Grownups... Read More

Slavery on the Kansas-Missouri Border: Talk with Kristen Epps

...Periphery: The Kansas-Missouri Border in the Antebellum and Civil War Eras, in connection with our 2021 exhibit Encountering John Brown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_X3UnHblMs This conversation was streamed live on September 24, 2021.... Read More

The Rise and Fall of Mary McCullough

...of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first Tuesday of the month during... Read More

The Munsee Tribe in Kansas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kugLDRroea4&t=8s Through a grant from Humanities Kansas, the Munsee Tribe in Kansas has embarked on “Niiloona Munsiiw: We Are Munsee,” a cultural preservation project and series of events that will... Read More

North Lawrence

...Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show airs the first... Read More

Lecompton Constitution

...KLWN’s Joel Becker and the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape... Read More

Haskell Football

...the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape our community. The show... Read More

Lone Star Lake

...KLWN’s Joel Becker and the Watkins Museum’s Natalie Vondrak explores the history of Lawrence or Douglas County and shares the stories of the people and events that have helped shape... Read More

Film Screening: "1917"

7/15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqNYrYUiMfg Join us at the Lawrence Arts Center for a screening of the critically acclaimed film 1917. SCHEDULE 12:30 pm | Doors Open 1... Read More

3rd Floor Grand Opening at the Watkins Museum

In this episode, Natalie shares details about the Watkins Museum’s 3rd Floor Grand Opening and what makes the 3rd floor so unique. Also in this episode, Natalie quizzes Joel on... Read More