BLACK Lawrence

Barry Washboard Barnes kicking off our open mic today (4/10/26) at 7pm on the Lawrence Arts Center main stage 🎶

Cohosted by Alex Kimball Williams & Kareen King of the Free State Story Slam. The open mic portion of the evening begins at 7:30pm 🥳

That sweet Ann Dean Photography drop! 🥳

We had a lot of fun at the Lawrence Public Library this week on MLK Day 💙💙💙

Barry Washboard Barnes, Anthony Boynton, [honorary] Demetrius Kemp, & cofounder Alex Kimball Williams / Bad Alaskan 🎶

We're excited to be partnering with the Spencer Museum of Art this Friday for June's open mic!

We welcome all mediums & skill levels to our open mics 👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

We'll begin with a presentation of a few of our members' work, & more into the open mic! We hope this slightly earlier time offering helps support folks in attending who aren't able to come to an evening time event.

Looking forward!