NIGHTLIFE
LAWRENCE
Abe & Jake's Landing
841-5855 8 E. Sixth St. (parking in Lawrence Riverfront Plaza) Riverside
Coffee, Soda Fountain, Candy Shoppe & Art Gallery open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Abe & Jake's Pub open Tuesdays-Saturdays.
March 15: DJ.
March 16: Holstein, rock.
March 22: DJ.
American Legion
842-3415. 3408 W. Sixth St.
Mondays: Games, bingo and pull tabs, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Thursdays: John Weatherwax and the Junk Yard Jazz, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Saturdays: Games, bingo and pull tabs, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Astros Billiards
749-7699. 601 Kasold. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 a.m. daily. Ten pool tables, daily drink specials, Astros matches the pot for Sunday tournaments.
Bambino's Italian Cafe
832-8800. 1801 Mass. Music by acoustic singer-songwriters on Thursday-Sunday nights.
March 17: Mike Roberts, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
The Bottleneck
841-5483. 737 N.H. Club with dance floor and live music, featuring local and out-of-town bands. Smackdown Live Action Trivia, 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Sundays. Open mike, Mondays.
March 15: Slackers, The Secondhands.
March 16: Nymb, Kill Creek, Esoteric, Casket Lottery.
March 17: Death Cab for Cutie, John Vanderslice, Appleseed Cast.
March 18: Smackdown, 8 p.m.; karaoke, 11 p.m.
March 19: God Forbid, Esoteric, Saved by Grade, 6 p.m.; open mike, 10 p.m.
March 20: Overstep, Gwyn Mars, The Manhattenizers, T.K. Webb.
March 21: Negro Sko's Birthday Bash, with Seven Fold Symphony, Approach.
March 22: Nelly Furtado.
Brown Bear Brewing Co.
331-4338. 729 Mass. Bands play 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. DJ Kilby, Monday and Friday nights. Celia, Tuesday nights. Carol Dressler's Acoustic Showcase, 5 p.m.-9 p.m. first Saturday of the month.
Thursdays: Karaoke.
Duffy's Tavern
842-7030. Ramada Inn, 2222 W. Sixth St. Opens 4 p.m. daily.
Tuesdays-Saturdays: Karaoke.
Eagle's Lodge
843-9690. 1803 W. Sixth St.
Wednesdays and Fridays: Bingo, 7 p.m.
Dance Academy
331-2227. 1117 Mass.
Fridays: Latin and ballroom dance, with DJ, all ages, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Sundays: Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons from 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
The Granada
842-1390. 1020 Mass. PUMP with DJ Scott Allen, Saturdays. Sub Surface, with DJ JJ Mesmer and Marcel Tempest, Mondays. Acoustic Lounge, Tuesdays. Live local music, Wednesdays. Retro dance party, Thursdays. Ladies Night, Fridays. Pump-all new dance night, Saturdays.
March 18: Aceyalone, Rasco, Edo G., Masterminds.
March 21: Tawni Freeland 4, Jade Raven.
Harbour Lights
841-1960. 1031 Mass. Hours: 2:30 p.m.-2 a.m. weekdays and 1:30 p.m.-2 a.m. weekends. Featuring live music Sundays and live jazz Wednesdays. Three pool tables.
Jack Flanigans Bar and Grill
749-HAWK. Just off 23rd Street behind McDonald's. Billiards, darts, foos-ball, NTN and TVs in every booth. DJ, Thursday-Saturday nights. Open 4 p.m. daily and 11 a.m. weekends. Soft Tip Dart League on Tuesdays. DM Goman's Dance Party on Thursdays, Flashback Fridays Retro Dance on Fridays, 105.9 Lazer Saturday Night Dance Party on Saturdays, Soprano Sundays Showtime 8 p.m. Sundays.
The Jazzhaus
749-3320. 926 1/2 Mass. Live jazz, funk, electric blues and original rock. Hours: 4 p.m.-2 a.m. daily. Concert information, 749-1387. All shows start at 10 p.m.
March 15: Ron Levy's Wild Kingdom, B3 funk and soul.
March 16: Honeypot, funk.
March 17: Big John Dickerson, Blue Chamber, blues/rock.
March 19: The Spanktones, open jam.
March 21: Michael McDermott, folk/roots.
March 22. The Blacks, T.K. Webb, rockabilly blues rock.
J.B. Stout's Grill & Bar
843-0704. 721 Wakarusa, in Wakarusa Plaza. Billiards and 27 TVs. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily.
Jet Lag Lounge
842-0083. 610 Fla. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sundays. Live bands on Fridays and Saturdays.
Johnny's Tavern
842-0377. 401 N. Second St., across the Kansas bridge. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sundays. Cajun night every first and third Wednesdays of the month.
Kaspars Public House
843-9621. 3115 W. Sixth St. Darts.
Wednesdays: Knowledge Live Action Trivia, 8 p.m.
Fridays: Kaspar's Comedy Show, with host Matt Buff, featuring area comedians, 9 p.m.
Saturdays: Karaoke, 9 p.m.
March 22: Billy Ebeling.
King Arthur's
842-8225. 2228 Iowa. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Nine billiard tables, dart league, big-screen television.
The Laughing Dog Saloon
841-1533. 1910 Haskell Ave. Hours: 9 a.m.-2 a.m. Live music Friday nights.
Pat's Blue Rib'N Barbecue
865-1618. 1618 W. 23rd St. Live music every Friday night. Hours: 10 a.m.-2 a.m. every day. NTN trivia.
The Pool Room
749-5039. Hillcrest Shopping Center, 925 Iowa. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily. Twenty-two billiard tables, seven TVs, videos. Weekly 8- 9- and 3-ball tournaments.
Raoul's Velvet Room
842-8200. 815 N.H.
Wednesdays: DJ Kirby.
March 17: Mark T. Gottschall and Clark Jamison, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
Red Lyon
832-8228. 944 Mass. Darts, pool table, big-screen TVs. Celtic Jam Pub Night, 7 p.m. first Wednesday of every month. Hours: 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Sundays.
Replay Lounge
749-7676. 946 Mass. Pinball, video games, beer garden and occasional live music. Hours: 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Mondays-Fridays and 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday-Sundays.
Rick's Place
749-5067. 623 Vt. Hours: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. daily. Darts, pool and shuffleboard. Live music every Saturday.
Stu's Midtown Tavern
749-1666. 925 Iowa. Hours: 10 a.m.-2 a.m. daily. Two pool tables, four dart boards. Live music Friday and Saturday nights.
First and third Wednesdays: Heads, Hands & Feat, 9 p.m.-midnight.
Second Wednesdays: Eddie Haskell's Middle Finger.
March 16: Billy Spears.
March 17: Scott Ellison.
VFW
843-2078. 138 Ala.
Thursdays: Bingo/pull tabs, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
DESOTO
Doc and Brutie's Pizza Q
(913) 583-1000. 33080B W. 83rd St.
March 16: Mike Roberts, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 pm.
TONGANOXIE
Glen's Opry
(913) 631-2591. Fourth and Main streets. Alcohol- and smoke-free environment.
Saturdays: Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
KANSAS CITY
B.B.'s Lawnside Bar B.Q.
1205 E. 85th St., Kansas City, Mo.
March 16: Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band.
The Beaumont
(816) 561-2560. 4050 Pa., Kansas City, Mo.
March 15: Gary Allan.
March 21: Steve Earle, Stacy Earle.
March 22: Leftover Salmon.
Big Daddies
112 E. Mo., Kansas City, Mo.
Wednesdays: Jam session, with Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 8 p.m.-1 a.m.
Blayney's
(816) 561-3747. 415 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.
Saturdays: Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
Davey's Uptown Rambler's Club
(816) 753-1909. 3402 Main St.
March 15: OnwardCrispinGlover.
March 16: T.J. Dovebelly, Skye Burial.
March 17: Irish Ramblers Association, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; Keely Zoo, Victorstands, 9 p.m.
March 19: DJ Demodus.
March 20: Rain Dogs, Barnstormers.
March 21: Chuck Prophet, Eleni Mandell, Tim Easton with Rosaveld.
Grand Emporium
(816) 531-1504. 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
March 15: The Returns, Julia I.
March 16: Larry McCray.
March 17: Pomeroy, Ruskabank.
March 19: Black Halos, Last of the V8s, Hydrafader.
March 21: Dred I Dred.
March 22. Rory Block.
The Hurricane
(816) 753-0884. 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
March 15: DJ Roland.
March 16: Moaning Lisa, The Rosenbergs, Carson's Daily.
March 17: Baloney Poneyz, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.; Oscar Polk and Friends, 5 p.m.-8 p.m.; Fatback, 8 p.m.-11 p.m.; Shiner.
March 18: The Filter.
March 19: DJ Roland.
March 20: Everybody's X, The Buzzhorn.
March 21: Season to Risk, Evil Beaver.
March 22: DJ Roland.
New Point Grille
44th Street and Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, Mo.
March 15: David Basse, Greg Richter, Matt Pittman, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
March 16: Angela Hagenbach, Greg Richter, Matt Pittman, Sam Johnson, 7 p.m.- 1a.m.
March 17: David Basse, Greg Richter, Matt Pittman, Bobby Watson, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
March 20: Dan Bliss, Jim Decker, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
March 21: Allen Monroe, Trelicious, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
March 22: David Basse, Greg Richter, Matt Pittman, 7 p.m.-11 p.m.
Stanford and Sons
504 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.
Mondays: Open mike night, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesdays: Best of Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday-Sunday: Chris Cannon.
Tom Fooleries
47th and Pennsylvania streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Thursdays: Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Waldo Bar
7438 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, Mo.
Fridays: Velvet Freeze.
TOPEKA
Old World Cafe
(785) 271-5910. 5217 SW 28th Court.
Fridays: Dan Kozak Saxophonia.
Saturdays: Dan Kozak Jazz Trio.
Shakers Night Club
(785) 232-3300. 124 S.W. Eighth.
Mondays: Male Elite Dancers, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Tuesdays: Live music, 7 pm.-9 p.m.
Wednesdays: Karaoke, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Thursdays: Jam session, with John Henderson and friends.
Fridays: Big John 39th Street Blues Band.
MUSIC
LAWRENCE
KU Carillon
Memorial Drive, Kansas University.
Recitals are at 3 p.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Wednesdays, except holidays and when KU classes are not in session.
Liberty Hall
644 Mass.
March 16: moe.
March 17: St. Patrick's Day Goodtime Radio Revue, 8 p.m.
KANSAS CITY
Ameristar Casino Hotel
(816) 414-7000. 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road, North Kansas City, Mo.
Sundays: Swing dance, with Dave Stephens, 2 p.m.
Johnson County Community College
(913) 469-4445. 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park. Performances at 8 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays in Yardley Hall, unless otherwise noted.
March 16-17: Maureen McGovern and John Pizzarelli, 8 p.m.
March 18: Manuel Barrueco, guitar, 2 p.m.
Folly Theater
(816) 842-5500. 12th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
March 16: "Bela Bartok's Third Quartet," with Takacs String Quartet, 8 p.m.
March 17: Takacs String Quartet, 8 p.m.
March 18: Takacs String Quartet, 3:30 p.m.
March 21: Andras Schiff, piano, 7 p.m.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo.
"The Rake's Progress," 8 p.m. March 17 and 23, 7:30 p.m. March 19 and 21, 2 p.m. March 25.
TOPEKA
Topeka Performing Arts Center
(785) 297-9000. 214 S.E. Eighth St. Performances start at 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
March 17: "Bravo Broadway!" by the Topeka Symphony Orchestra.
Barnes and Noble
6130 S.W. 17th St.
March 16: Mark T. Gottschall, 8 p.m.-10 p.m.
OTTAWA
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
(785) 242-8810. Third and Hickory streets. All shows at 7:30 p.m.
March 17: Touch of Class Swing Choir.
DANCE
LAWRENCE
Lied Center
864-ARTS. West Campus, Kansas University.
March 15: Diavolo Dance Theatre, 8 p.m.
THEATER
LAWRENCE
Lawrence Community Theatre
843-7469. 1501 N.H. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
"All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten," through March 17.
March 19-23: "School's Out, Theatre's In: Once Upon a Lily Pad."
KANSAS CITY
American Heartland Theatre Co.
(816) 842-9999. Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. Performance times vary. Show times: 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
"Forever Plaid," through April 29.
The Coterie
(816) 474-6552. 2450 Grand Blvd., Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Performances at 10 a.m. and noon Wednesdays-Fridays, 7 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
"The Glass Menagerie," through April 1.
The Lighten Up Playhouse
(816) 474-4386. 323 W. Eighth St. in Lucas Place, Kansas City, Mo.
"Play it By Ear!" 7:30 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
"Ultimate Yard Sale," 10 p.m. Fridays.
"Outside the Lines," 10 p.m. Saturdays.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
(816) 471-7344. 1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 2 p.m Sundays.
"The Rake's Progess," March 17, 19, 21, 23 and 25.
Martin City Melodrama and Vaudeville Co.
(816) 942-7576. 13440 Holmes, Kansas City, Mo. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.
"The Three Musketeers," through May 6.
Missouri Repertory Theatre
(816) 235-2700. Center for the Performing Arts, 50th and Cherry streets, Kansas City, Mo. Performances at 7 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays.
"Blood Wedding," through April 1.
The New Theatre Restaurant
(913) 649-SHOW. 9229 Foster, Overland Park. Meals begin at 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon Sundays.
"Norman, Is That You?," with Don Knotts, through April 15.
Theatre for Young America
(913) 831-1400. Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission. Show times are 10 a.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.
"The Tale of Benjamin Bunny," through April 6.
Unicorn Theatre
(816) 531-PLAY, ext. 10. 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. Shows begin at 8 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.
"Closer," through March 25.
TOPEKA
Topeka Civic Theatre
Box office, (785) 357-5211. Dinner and non-dinner seating. Box office, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets. Performance times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, with dinner starting at 6 p.m.; and 2 p.m. Sundays.
"Inherit the Wind," through March 24.
MISCELLANY
LAWRENCE
Art Tougeau
South Park, 11th Street and Massachusetts.
March 15: Planning meeting, Wheatfields, Ninth and Vermont.
Borders
331-3226. 700 N.H. Hours: 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays. Thursday Stories, 10:30 a.m., and Saturday Stories, 11 a.m., children's amphitheater; Chess Club, 7 p.m. Mondays.
Kansas University
"Czech it out! Culture from the heartland of Europe," March 15-mid-April, Watson Library.
March 15: British Women Writers Conference: "Women Artists and the Spaces of Feminity, c. 1700-1900," gallery talk with Heather Jensen, 12:15 p.m. and 6 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art; "Reason, Gender and the English Latitudinarians," lecture by Elizabeth Hedrick, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Holidome; "Coleridge's Boots and Sophie Dixon's Books: Problems in Construing Literary Evidence for a New Cultural History," lecture by Donna Landry, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art.
March 16: British Women Writers Conference: Tour of Spencer Research Library by James Helyar, 3 p.m.-4 p.m., Spencer Research Library; "'Pulled from the Straight': Dorothy Wordsworth, Anne Lister and the Poetics of Irregularity," lecture by Susan S. Lanser, 7 p.m. Lawrence Holidome.
March 17: British Women Writers Conference: "Women Writing/Women Performing in the Imperial Metropolis," lecture by Judith R. Walkowitz, 1 p.m., Lawrence Holidome; "Roundtable on Teaching British Women Writers," with Diane Long Hoeveler and Elisabeth Gruner, 2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m., Lawrence Holidome; and "Victorian Parlour Songs," featuring Cynthia Patton and Sonja Froiland Lynch, and staged reading of Elizabeth Inchbald's "Wives as They Were and Maids as They Are," 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.
Lawrence Barn Dance Assn.
749-1356. Lawrence Arts Center Dance Annex, Eighth Street and Vermont. Dance 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
March 17: Dance with caller Lisa Harris and music by Rob Nold and friends.
Lawrence Public Library
843-3833. 707 Vt. Open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Sundays.
Wednesdays: "Homework Nights," 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
"Feed Your Mind: Read," mini-reading program , through March 31.
Story times for children 3 years and older, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Fridays.
Toddler story time for 2-year-olds, 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Fridays.
Books and Babies for children 8 months to 23 months, 11:10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays.
Square De-Lites
843-2422. Building 1, Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 21st Street and Harper.
March 17: St. Patrick's Day Dance, with caller Bill Roles and rounds with Wally and Jeanette Kelly, 7:30 p.m.
KANSAS CITY
Bartle Hall
301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
March 22-25: Flower, Lawn and Garden Show, 11a.m.-10 p.m. March 22-23, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. March 24 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 25.
Crown Center
2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
Ice skating, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, through March 25.
Wild Science, interactive science displays, through April 1.
Powell Gardens
(816) 697-2600. Located east of Lone Jack, Mo., on U.S. Highway 50.
Orchid Conservatory Display, through May 13.
March 16: "What Are Messier Objects?," astronomy program, 7 p.m.
Reardon Civic Center
(913) 651-5864. Fifth Street and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kan.
March 17-18: Kansas City ComiCon, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 17 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. March 18.
BONNER SPRINGS
National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame
(913) 721-1075. 630 Hall of Fame Drive.
March 19-25: National Agriculture Week.
TOPEKA
Washburn Un
iversity
(785) 235-9413. Shows at 7:30 p.m., White Concert Hall.
March 15: "Celebrating Women of Courage and Vision," lecture by Martha Imparato, 12:30 p.m., room 206, Mabee Library.
MUSEUMS
LAWRENCE
Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art
864-4710. On Mississippi Street west of the Kansas Union on the Kansas University campus. Comprehensive museum with paintings, sculpture, graphics and textiles. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays.
Exhibits
"Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival on the Utopian Island," through March 18.
"Women Artists and the Space of Femininty ca. 1700-1900," through May 20.
Programs, lectures, films and events
March 15: "Eighteenth- and 19th-century Women Artists," lecture by Donna Landry, professor at Wayne State University, 7 p.m.
March 15: "Rebirth of Zen Images and Ideas in Medieval Japan," lecture by Helmut Brinker, 7 p.m.
Tours du Jour
March 15: "Eighteenth- and 19th-century Women Artists," by guest curator Heather Jensen, 12:15 p.m.
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Behind Strong Hall on Poplar Lane, KU campus. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, and noon-4 p.m. Saturdays (Kansas Collection and Special Collections only).
"Young American Readers."
Kansas University Natural History Museum
864-4540 or 864-4450. On Jayhawk Blvd. on KU campus. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays.
Museum of Anthropology
864-4245. Spooner Hall on KU campus. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
"Rock Art," through April 1.
"Blackbear Bosin: Artist and Collector," through Aug. 5.
Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory
864-3166. 500 Lindley Hall. Open to the public for observations on the second and fourth Sunday nights of each month, if skies are clear, 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Watkins Community Museum of History
841-4109. 1047 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Sundays. Hands-on history room for children, call for hours.
"Woman Who Pulls Teeth: Dr. Lucy Hobbs Taylor, First woman Doctor of Dental Surgery."
"Underground Railroad in Douglas County, Kansas."
"The Basketball Man: Dr. James Naismith."
March 21: "Know Your Antiques," dishes of 1930s, Lilliam Lantis.
Clinton Lake Museum
(785) 748-0800. Route 5. Hours: 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Sundays, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays and by appointment.
"Clinton Lake Communities: The First 20 Years, 1854-1874."
"Religion."
"The Underground Railroad."
"The J.C. Steele House."
TOPEKA
Kansas Museum of History
(785) 272-8681. 6425 S.W. Sixth St. Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sundays.
Kansas History Center Nature Trail, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
"From Gems to Gimcracks, The Discovery Place," hands-on gallery for children, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. daily.
Mulvane Art Museum
(785) 231-1124. 17th and Jewell streets on the Washburn University campus. Hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.
Outdoor Art Exhibition.
KANSAS CITY
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
(816) 561-4000. 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo. Comprehensive art museum. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
Exhibits
"Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s," through May 6.
Tours
"Winslow Homer and the Critics" walk-in tours, 1 p.m. Wednesdays and Friday, through May 6.
Lectures
"Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s," 1 p.m. Wednesdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, through May 6.
March 21: "American Artists at Home and Abroad: James McNeill Whistler," 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Events
March 16: "Exploring Watercolor," 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
March 17: "I Hear America," family performance by the Coterie Theatre, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
March 18: "Winslow Homer: Controversy and the Critics in the 1870s," theater, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Music
March 16: Skip Hawkins, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
Paintings by Kojo Griffin, through April 8.
Kansas City Museum
(816) 483-8300. 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and noon-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Exhibits also at Town Pavilion, 1111 Main St.
"Seeing the Unseen: Dr. Harold E. Edgerton and the Wonders of Strobe Alley, through May 6.
Planetarium
Fridays-Sundays: "The Truth Is Out There," ongoing.
Toy and Miniature Museum
(816) 333-9328. 5235 Oak, Kansas City, Mo. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sundays.
Saturdays: "The Great Mystery" puppet shows, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; River and Prairie Storyweavers, 1 p.m.
Union Station-Science City
Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, with extended hours to 8 p.m. Thursdays.
"Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets," 11:15 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:45 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1 p.m., 4:15 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
"Remember the Children: Daniel's Story" exhibit, through March 18.
"Oasis in Space,"1:45 p.m., 3:15 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and Sundays and 10:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m., 3:15 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays.
"After Hours," with the McFadden Brothers, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
"Remember the Children, Daniel's Story, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays through March 18.
"True Colors," 10 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m. , 4:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon, 12:45 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Sunday.
"Sky Quest," 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 12:15 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and 11:30 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Fridays.
"Good Vibrations," 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday.
"Mark Twain's America," 10 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.a nd 5:15 p.m. Sundays.
"Encounter the Third Dimension," 5:30 p.m. Saturdays.
"Challenger Learning Center's Rendezvous With a Comet," Family Missions, 11 a.m., 12:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday.
"Mysteries of Egypt," "Encounter in the Third Dimension," "Mark Twain's America," "Sky Quest."
"Pink Floyd's The Wall," 10:15 p.m., 11 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
Laser Shows, "Laser Magic," "Laser Retro," "Laser Beatles," "Laseropolis."
"Rendezvous with a Comet," 11 a.m., 12:15 a.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m., Wednesdays-Sundays.
"Magic of Flight," 12:15 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m.Mondays-Thursdays, 12:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m Fridays-Saturdays, noon, 3:15 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sundays.
"PopMania," 6:15 p.m. daily.
"Union Station Stories" exhibit, 6 a.m.-midnight daily, show 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Fridays, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Saturdays and 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Sundays.
Union Station tours, 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 5:15 Fridays-Saturdays, and 12:30 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Sundays.
GALLERIES
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Art and Design Gallery
Art and Design Building, KU campus. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fridays, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sundays. Closed Saturdays and holidays.
"Wrapped time," works by Amy Felice Mendenhall, through March 16.
March 18-March 23: Spring break.
The Art Cornerstone
843-4750. 925 Iowa.
Paintings and sculpture by Johanna Hanks, through March 15.
Artframes Gallery and Artforms Sculpture Garden
842-1991. 912 Ill. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays or by appointment.
Back to the Garden
749-3109. 619 N. Second St., one block north of Kansas River bridge. Works by Celestial Ironworks and other unique art for house and garden.
Back to the Garden
1017 Mass. (second location). Works by Celestial Ironworks and other unique art for house and garden.
Blackbird Trading Post
841-1498. 1011 1/2 Mass. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, except closed on Tuesdays. Art, antiques, unusual treasures.
Works by Gotfred Beardshear.
Borderline
749-0200. 820 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with extended hours to 8 p.m. on Thursdays; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
Contemporary fine crafts by national and local artists, including ceramics, metal, wood, jewelry and furniture.
The Bourgeois Pig
843-1001. 6 E. Ninth St. Hours: 7 a.m.-2 a.m. daily.
Mixed-media assemblages by Kendra Herring, through April 1.
Carmesi
865-0502. 1012 Mass. www.carmesi.com. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and Fridays-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m. Sundays.
Original ceramics, glass works, jewelry and artwork by Thomas Hart Benton, D. Brown, G. Carmody, D. Dunkley, K. Campbell, Free State Glass, L. Hinrichsen, M. Jones, J.G. Kellas, C. Ledeker, E. Lerner, B. Maurland, J. Nedresky, C. Schaffer, P. Shopen, S. Teicher, Lisa and John Ross, R. Taylor, Chuck and Murf Dixon, Terry Miller, Albo Glass, Bob Gent and Hartzell Grey.
Celia Smith Studio
843-8417. 907 W. 27th Terrace. Hours: By appointment only.
Symbolic and narrative paintings; holistic portraits, prints and cards.
Creative Hand Studio
832-9413. 2504 Westdale Road. Call for an appointment.
Original art by Barbara Jarvis, including paintings, collages, wall designs, borders, art arrangement and hanging.
Kristin Dempsey Portraiture and Fine Art Studio
749-3368 or (800) 640-1230, code 01. 1804 Ill. Call for appointment. Web sites: www.dempseyportraits.com; www.kristindempsey.com.
Pencil, charcoal and oil portraiture; oil paintings; limited prints, note cards, commercial illustration.
Do's Deluxe
841-2254. 416 E. Ninth St.
Private collection of Marty Olson.
Ethnofacts Gallery
749-0430. 625 Walnut. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Imported African and Asian art. Call before visiting.
500 Locust Gallery
832-9867. 500 Locust. Gallery open by appointment or by calling 841-6138 or 842-5328.
Recent figurative works by Askew, Dunkley, Graham, Haller, Jackson, Johnson, Piller, Sudlow, Underwood, L. Ramberg and Tyner.
The Fields Gallery
842-7187. 712 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with extended hours to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and 12:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Sundays.
Paintings by Jodi Brown, Laurette Hendricks-Backus, Adam Kleine, Kim Kern, Paula Hauser Leffel and Tom Russell; mixed-media on paper by Colette Bangert; stoneware sculptured by Ryan Paget; photography by Jeff Barnett; and paintings and drawings by Sheila Wilkins.
Free State Glass Gallery
840-0900. 1021 Mass. Hand-blown glass and sculpture. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
Goldmakers
842-2770. 723 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
Works by national and international artists, including jewelry designs by Peter Zacharias and enamels by Faulker Fusaiy.
Haskell Indian Nations University
749-8417. 155 Indian Ave.
Exhibit of photos from the Rinehart Collection, library.
Iveth Jalinsky Studio
749-4801 or 550-9530. By appointment only. jalinsky@aol.com.
Paintings by Iveth Jalinsky.
The Jazzhaus
926 1/2 Mass.
Works by Matt Shepherd, through March 18.
JGladman Gallery
15 E. Seventh St.
Fine art portraits.
Jennifer Immel Oldridge Home Studio
331-3090. 112 W. 15th St. By appointment only. Web site: www.sunflower.com/~dojo.
Pastel drawings, portraits, note cards and oil and acrylic paintings.
Julie Hammer Home Studio
841-1191 or 841-1800, by appointment only.
Watercolor paintings, prints and notecards.
Karla Nathan Home Studio
832-2835. 1754 E. 1200 Road. Open by appointment.
Hand-painted antique furniture, floral and landscape watercolors, murals and faux finishes.
Kansas Union Gallery
Level 4. Hours: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.
"Cuba: Faces and Places," photographs by Richard Gwin, through March 16.
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
865-4411. 734 Vt.
Pet portraitures by Christine Dempsey, March.
Lawrence Arts Center
843-ARTS. 200 W. Ninth St.
Lawrence Art Guild All-Member Show.
Lawrence Community Theatre
1501 N.H.
Works by Barbara Jarvis, through March 17.
Lawrence Public Library
Seventh Street and Vermont.
"Reflections of the Past," paintings by Delores Purdy Corcoran, Gallery and lower level, March.
"Art of Dorothy and Leonard Rosenthal," East and South entrances, March.
Odyssey Design Studio
842-8759. 2730 Belle Haven Drive. By appointment only.
Featuring murals, trompe l'oeil, faux fashions, furniture, floor cloths and restorations by Nancy Ness.
Out of Nature into Paper
865-1404. By appointment.
Handmade paper, book arts, printmaking and collage by Lori Hinrichsen.
Paul Penny Home Studio
843-6700. 638 Ohio. Oil paintings of local scenes and the Midwest. By appointment only.
Phoenix Gallery
843-0080. 919 Mass. Hours: 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays. Works by regional artisans in clay, fiber, glass, wood and more.
Mixed-media Zen paintings by Mike Moses.
Prairie Fire Restaurant
724 Mass.
Paintings by Louis Copt.
Pam Carvalho Prairie Found Studio
843-4350. 859 E. 1500 Road. By appointment only. Classes and lectures.
Works from dried materials, custom works from prairie plants, original dolls.
Redfield's Stained Glass Studio
843-4039. 2050 E. 1550 Road. Hours: By appointment.
Custom stained and beveled glass.
Roy's Gallery and Framing
842-1554. 15th Street and Kasold. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays. Featuring glassworks, ceramics and original artwork by artists including J. Brothers, J. Gaumnitz, L. Copt, R. Sudlow, B. Opelka, J.G. Brown, J. Orr, J. Whitenight, C. Krallman, Free State Glass, V. Brejcha and R. Zerwekh.
Silver Works and More
842-1460. 715 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays. Featuring stoneware by Jeffrey Kleckner, jewelry by Jim Connelly, hand-blown glass by Don Gonzalez, ceramics by Diana Thomas and furniture by Avner Zabari.
Southwest and More
843-0141. 727 Mass. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, with extended hours to 8 p.m. Thursdays, and noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Specializing in American Indian jewelry and fine arts, Mexican imports and western style.
Downtown Upstairs Art Group
785-218-7507. 824 1/2 Mass.
Works by: Patrick T. Aistrup, abstract painting; Michael E. Wallace, nonabstract paintings; Robert Hickerson, photography.
Vibrations Studio and Vision's Performance Art
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