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TODAY
Author-poet Nikki Giovanni, 7 p.m., Lied Center.
John Weatherwax and the Junk Yard Jazz, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth.
Sunbarrow, Saturn 128, Planetarium, The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
Mark T. Gottschall, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Dos Hombres, 815 N.H.
Ronnie Dawson, roots rock/rockabilly, The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
Josh Smith and the Frost, 9:30 p.m., J.B. Stout's Grill & Bar, 721 Wakarusa Dr.
Link Wray, Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Tom Fooleries, 47th and Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
"Like Water for Chocolate," film, 7 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University.
FRIDAY
Jesse Jackson 5, DJ Bill Pile, The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
The Free State Brewery Jazz Quartet, straight-ahead jazz, 8 p.m.-midnight., Free State Brewing Co., 636 Mass.
DJ Retro Rob, Jack Flanigans Bar and Grill, behind McDonald's on 23rd Street.
Li'l Slim and the Back Alley Blues Band, The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
Blue Condition, Laughing Dog Saloon, 1910 Haskell Ave.
Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band, 9 p.m., Pat's Blue Rib'N Barbecue, 1618 W. 23rd.
Omar and The Howlers, Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
Boko Maru, Fedora, 210 W. 47th, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City SpiritFest, with Wayne Toups & Zydecajun, 6:30 p.m., Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, 8:30 p.m., Buckwheat Zydeco, 10:30 p.m., East Main Stage; Retro Rockets, 6:30 p.m., Men at Work, 8:30 p.m., Rick Springfield, 10:30 p.m., North Main Stage; Creature Comforts, 6 p.m., Janice Figure, 6:45 p.m., Boom Boom Satellites, 7:45 p.m., Moby, 9 p.m., The Violent Femmes, 10:30 p.m., Rock Stage, Penn Valley Park, 26th and Main, Kansas City, Mo.
Topeka Railroad Days, downtown Topeka.
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