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DTSTART:20120907T190000

SUMMARY:Free Outdoor Concert with Buckwheat Zydeco
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5674/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Led by the legendary bandleader\, Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural\, Jr.\, the group will play music from the Grammy Award-winning album\, Lay Your Burden Down\, and songs spanning its 30-year career. This talented band has been nominated for five Grammy Awards in three different categories and received a Grammy Award for Lay Your Burden Down. Lay Your Burden Down is the most ambitious\, deep and varied recording of Buckwheat Zydeco's career. In addition to containing five new songs\, it features reinventions of songs by an eclectic group\, from Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Cliff to Captain Beefheart.\n\nTickets: Free and Open to Public\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20120922T150000

SUMMARY:The Intergalactic Nemesis\, Book 1: Target Earth
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5675/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The year is 1933. At the very moment that Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Molly Sloan and her intrepid assistant Timmy Mendez find their story on international pelt smuggling at a dead end\, their contact is assassinated right before their eyes. Yes\, Molly and Timmy have stumbled upon the story of the century: an impending invasion of sludge monsters from the planet Zygon.\n\nOnstage\, three actors\, one sound-effects artist and a pianist provide the voices\, sounds and music for more than 1\,250 hand-drawn\, full-color\, blow-your-mind comic book images as they are projected on a screen\, telling the larger-than-life story. Also see Book 2: Robot Planet Rising at 7:30 p.m. Plan to join the performers between performances for the Out-Of-This-World Feast. Feast: $26/person.\n\nTickets: $28 Adult - $15 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20120922T193000

SUMMARY:The Intergalactic Nemesis\, Book 2: Robot Planet Rising
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5676/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:The year is 1933. When the robot emissary Elbee-Dee-Oh disappears in deep space\, it's up to Molly Sloan to rescue him. At that same time\, and unbeknownst to her\, her former fiance Dr. Lawrence Webster has arrived on Robonovia\, the Cerebretron is malfunctioning\, Timmy has only just begun to master his telekinetic powers\, a sinister robot named Alphatron is up to something terribly nefarious and the Soviet spy Natasha Zorokov has followed Dr. Webster through the Galactascope. Will it all get sorted out or is there another\, more evil\, thread to this complex tapestry?\n\nOnstage\, three actors\, one sound-effects artist and a pianist provide the voices\, sounds and music for more than 1\,250 hand-drawn\, full-color\, blow-your-mind comic book images as they are projected on a screen\, telling the larger-than-life story. Also see Book 1: Target Earth at 3 p.m. Plan to join the performers between performances for the Out-Of-This-World Feast. Feast: $26/person.\n\nTickets: $28 Adult - $15 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20120928T193000

SUMMARY:Ragamala Dance\, Sacred Earth
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5677/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Ragamala Dance brings the sensibility of mysticism and sanctity of the 2\,000-year-old Indian dance form\, bharatanatyam\, to the contemporary stage. By interfacing choreography with live Indian music and the visual traditions of kolams and Warli paintings\, Sacred Earth celebrates body and nature\, and soul and earth. The choreographers use visual traditions to explore the interconnectedness between humans and the landscapes that shape them. The evening builds from silent\, meditative beginnings to a thrilling crescendo as the performers surrender to the beauty of this sacred earth that has been given to us to safeguard\, cherish and pass on to our future generations.\n\nTickets: $28 Adult - $15 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121003T193000

SUMMARY:Ravi Shankar\, The guiding spirit of the world music movement
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5678/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Legendary virtuoso sitarist\, composer\, teacher and writer Ravi Shankar is India's most esteemed musical ambassador and a phenomenon whose artistry crosses all cultural and musical boundaries. At the Lied Center\, Shankar will perform a collection of ragas he wrote during his career\, which spans more than half a century. He has done more for Indian music than any other musician and has been recognized\, by fellow artists\, as being on the forefront of the world music movement. Shankar has collaborated with world-renowned artists such as George Harrison\, from the Beatles; composer Phillip Glass; violinist Yehudi Menuhin; and flutist Jean Pierre Rampal. He has written three books and composed extensively for film and ballet. Shankar was nominated for both a Grammy and Oscar for his original score to the movie Gandhi. He also won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Record for his live recorded album Full Circle\, Carnegie Hall 2000.\n\nTickets: $44 Adult - $23 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121012T193000

SUMMARY:Nnenna Freelon - Lena Horne\, A Lovesome Thing
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5679/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Nnenna Freelon\, a world-renowned jazz vocalist\, composer and producer graces the Lied Center stage in her personal tribute to Lena Horne. This musical celebration includes songs and stories set against the backdrop of Horne's life and legacy. Freelon masterfully presents Horne favorites\, like Stormy Weather\, intertwined with songs that connect these talented women. Freelon has one of the most alluring voices in music and has shared the stage or recorded with legends Herbie Hancock\, Aretha Franklin\, Ray Charles\, Take 6\, Al Jarreau and more.\n\nTickets: $28 Adult - $15 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121018T193000

SUMMARY:Sō Percussion
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5680/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Brooklyn-based Sō Percussion is known to play everything from the traditional xylophone and drums to extremely unconventional items\, like beer cans and cactus needles. Since coming together at the Yale School of Music in 1999\, Sō Percussion has been creating music that is raucous and touching\, barbarous and heartfelt. The quartet's work with today's most exciting composers and its original music has helped the group forge a unique and diverse career. It has been called an "experimental powerhouse" by the Village Voice\, "astonishing and entrancing" by Billboard Magazine and "brilliant" by The New York Times.\n\nThe Sō Percussion program at the Lied Center may include:\n•	Steve Reich\, Mallet Quartet\n•	John Cage\, Third Construction\n•	Jason Treuting\, Selections from Amid the Noise\n*Program is subject to change.\n\nTickets: $26 Adult - $14 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121020T193000

SUMMARY:John Lithgow\, Stories by Heart
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5681/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In Stories by Heart\, actor John Lithgow offers a touching and humorous reflection on storytelling as the tie that binds humanity. Invoking memories of his father and his grandmother\, Lithgow traces his roots as an actor and storyteller\, interspersing his own story with two great stories that were read to him and his siblings when they were children. In the first story\, Lithgow portrays ten distinct\, outrageous characters including a parrot. By contrast\, the second story is a dark and comic look at Midwestern American implacability. Stories by Heart provides evidence of the power of storytelling\, the magic of theatre and the talents of one of this generation's greatest actors. \n\nAs an actor\, Lithgow has done it all — beginning on the stage\, he later moved to the big screen and television. He has been nominated for every major industry award and has won Tony\, Emmy and Golden Globe Awards for his work. Lithgow starred in TV's 3rd Rock from the Sun\, was featured as the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek and\, more recently\, guest-starred in Showtime's Dexter.\n\nTickets: $46 Adult - $24 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121021T140000

SUMMARY:Robert Belinic´\, Charismatic classical guitar
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5682/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Robert Belinić was the first guitarist ever to be a winner at the YCA International Auditions. Born in 1981 in Croatia\, he began studying classical guitar at age eleven. Belinić has received multiple international awards\, including the 2002 Ivo Vuljević Award for outstanding young Croatian musicians. He performed in 2008 with the Orchestra of St. Luke's\, under the direction of Michael Stern\, conductor for the Kansas City Symphony. During his tour\, he is premiering YCA composer-in-residence Chris Rogerson's Air for solo guitar.\n\nTickets: $20 Adult - $11 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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DTSTART:20121028T140000

SUMMARY:Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\n1600 Stewart Dr\nLawrence\, KS 66045
URL:http://www2.ljworld.com/marketplace/businesses/lied-center-of-kansas/events/5683/
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Join us for an unforgettable celebration of the Gershwin brothers' best. Here to Stay is a multimedia concert event celebrating the greatest team of collaborators in the history of American music. Here to Stay provides unique and entertaining insight into the legendary George and Ira Gershwin duo and offers rare audio and video footage of them. Family photos\, video clips and state-of-the-art visuals provide a distinct and unique experience.\n\nFeaturing:\n•	Ryan VanDenBoom\, tap-dancing sensation\n•	Sylvia McNair\, Grammy Award-winning soprano\n•	Kevin Cole\, leading Gershwin interpreter\n\nTickets: $32 Adult - $17 Student/Youth\nWebsite: www.lied.ku.edu
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