We’re suckers for all things art, be it performance, visual, literary or other forms. So when local arts organization Partnerships for Lawrence, announced the Fort Benjamin Harrison Theater is reopened as The Theatre at the Fort, we exchanged a high-five and talked about how enriching the arts are to a community. We know the arts are important to you, because our independent market research bore that out in advance of launching this newspaper. The theater was built in 1929 to entertain troops at the fort. It later became a public movie theater and venue for stage productions. It closed in the 1980s and has finally reopened thanks to the efforts of Partnerships for Lawrence, a not-for-profit group. The curtain went up at 8920 Otis Ave. on Dec. 4 with the first of six performances of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. The next event is Dec. 18, The Nutcracker, performed by Indy Axis Dancers, but we’re all too late, as the show is a sellout. To learn more, please visit lawrenceartscenter.net.
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We’re not taking up the cause of Donald Trump (R-Billions) here, but what we believe he was saying when he fired off incendiary comments about closing the United States to Muslims was this: Until this broken nation with broken systems can get its collective broken brain repaired, were are not nearly as secure as the government would have us believe. We should be demanding that our leaders do whatever it takes to achieve that. Instead, we’re too busy lining up at midnight for doorbusters. It’s just pathetic.