From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Feb. 3, 1975:New rental rates were announced today for Kansas University’s Allen Fieldhouse and Hoch Auditorium. According to executive vice chancellor ...

The University of Kansas’ Hoch Auditorium was the venue for celebrities like Bob Marley and John F. Kennedy before a devastating fire 94 years ago, now the building holds three lecture halls.

We used to watch the Jayhawks in Hoch Auditorium when we were students at KU. At the time Otto Schnelbacher and Ray Evans played both basketball and football. We have been KU basketball fans since ...

Violinist Itzhak Perlman, one of the world’s most renowned concert musicians, performed at KU’s Hoch Auditorium. The performance was sold out and the audience response was tremendous.

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 16, 1975:Some Kansas University students were still hard at work finishing their final exams while the senior class prepared for Commencement weekend.

Kansas University history professor Bill Tuttle was at reggae superstar Bob Marley’s concert at KU’s Hoch Auditorium in 1979. He remembers the event as a “spiritual experience.” Tuttle is ...

Paul Markley, chief of the fire prevention division in the fire marshal’s office, said today that KU officials should have corrected the serious flaws in Hoch Auditorium, but he added that it ...

Recent concerns about the flammability of the stage curtains and ceiling in Hoch Auditorium had led to the decision by KU administrators. The celebration, begun in 1924, ...

40 years ago: Sly and the Family Stone to appear at KU’s Hoch Auditorium News. Nov 10, 2014 - 12:00am. Sarah St. John. From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Nov. 10, 1974: ...

Call it retro vespers.Steeped in tradition, the 84th annual Kansas University Holiday Vespers is drawing from the past in hopes of harking back to the days when the program was in Hoch Auditorium.

The $13.9 million Science and Technology Library, to be located just south of Hoch Auditorium, was reported on schedule for completion despite a $10,000 fire in January 1988 and the collapse of a ...

From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Oct. 24, 1986:A Hoch Auditorium crowd of about 3,200 people had recently enjoyed a visit from author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The writer's 1 1/2-hour speech ...