Berrymans to perform Westside Folk concert
Folk musicians Lou and Peter Berryman will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The concert is part of the West Side Folk series.
The couple writes eccentric and satirical songs, blending musical talents with comedy. They have played through the United States and have appeared on PBS' "A Prairie Home Companion" and "NPR Weekend Edition" as well as "CBS This Morning."
Tickets are $10 for the general public and $7 for students. Tickets are available by calling 865-FOLK or by visiting www.westsidefolk.org.
'Glass Menagerie' features black cast
Kansas City, Mo. Coterie Theatre will present Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," starring Kansas City native Gena Bardwell and an all African-American cast, Tuesday through April 1 at the theater, 2450 Grand Ave.
The play is directed by Lawrence resident Kevin Willmott. The play will be set in Kansas City and include the infusion of blues and jazz music.
Show times are 10 a.m. Tuesdays; 9:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays; 10 a.m. Fridays; 7 p.m. Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students and those under 18. To reserve tickets call (816) 474-6552.
Weston to hold antique show, sale
Weston The 19th Annual Antique Show and Sale will be Saturday and Sunday in the West Platte High School Gym, 935 Washington St.
More than 30 dealers will offer vintage clothing, dolls, quilts, glassware, books and a variety of other antiques and primitives.
Show times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 3 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 4. Admission is $2; children under 12 are admitted free of charge. Lunch will be available.
T.S. Monk to play and give talk
Kansas City, Mo. The T.S. Monk Sextet will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Folly Theater, 12th Street and Central Avenue. A JazzTalk pre-concert discussion with T.S. Monk will be at 7 p.m.
T.S. Monk, the son of Thelonious Monk, will pay tribute to his father and other jazz greats such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins.
T.S. Monk started playing drums at age 13 and studied with Max Roach.
Tickets are $22 and can be ordered by calling The Folly Theater Box Office, (816) 474-4444.
Frueh to talk at symposium
"The Politics of Artmaking: Interrogating Power/Courting Authority," an art symposium, will be Saturday at the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at Kansas University.
The highlight will be "A History of Chocolate, Including Action Heroes and Fairy Men," a talk by Joanna Frueh, professor of art history at the University of Nevada, Reno, at 5:30 p.m. in the museum's auditorium.
After her lecture, Frueh will sign copies of her book, "Monster/Beauty: Building the Body of Love."
From 9:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 20 artists and art historians from throughout the United States will present papers on art dealing with issues of power in various countries and time periods. A more detailed schedule of the day's events can be found at www.ukans.edu/~hags/symposium2001.html.
Barbershop quartets combine for concert
Topeka "A Great Day for the Irish," a barbershop quartet concert, will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Topeka High School auditorium.
The program will include performances by 3 Men and a Melody, Harmony Halls, Capital City Barbershop Chorus, Out of Class, Special Touch, 4 Warning and Capital Sound.
Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and $6 for students. A portion of the proceeds go to the Capper Foundation.
A cappella choir to perform Friday
The William Baker Festival Singers of Kansas City, a 55-voice semi-professional a cappella choir, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Road.
The program, "Music for the Season of Lent," will feature works by Brahms, Bach, Clausen, spirituals and folk hymns.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Percussion instructor to give recital
John Parks, Kansas University percussion professor, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The program includes performances on several percussion instruments, including a five-octave marimba.
The program features "Animism," a timpani piece by Stephen Ridley, and "Merlin," a two-movement composition for marimba by Andrew Thomas. Park will be joined by Scott Herring to perform "Recital Duo," a snare drum duet by Dan Knipple. In the finale, "Marimba Spiritual," Parks will play with several KU students in a percussion ensemble.
Parks, who has been teaching at KU since last fall, is working on a doctoral degree in percussion performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y.
The program is free and open to the public.
Van Go actors present 'Folktale Factory'
The "Let It Show" student-actors with the Van Go Mobile Arts program will present "The Folktale Factory" from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at 715 N.J.
A reception will follow the performance.
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