Classic theater, dance and music are coming to the area this weekend.

For fans of the stage, the Aquila Theatre Company and University Theatre are offering productions connected to playwright William Shakespeare. Ballet Midwest celebrates its 25th anniversary in Topeka, and opera great Luciano Pavarotti makes an appearance in Wichita.

Today

“The Witness,” film, 1 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Betsy Beisecker Memorial Tea, 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Latin American Film Festival, 2 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University.

“We Care Bear Fair,” Trinity Respite Care Inc. benefit, 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Lawrence Visitor Center/Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. Second St.

“The Life and Times of the Three Little Pigs,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

“The Tempest,” with Aquila Theatre Company, 7 p.m., Lied Center.

“Cole Porter Songbook,” with Doug Talley Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, Third and Hickory streets, Ottawa.

Luciano Pavarotti, 7:30 p.m., Kansas Coliseum, 229 E. 85th St. North, Wichita.

“Ballet Midwest 25th Anniversary Gala,” 7 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth St., Topeka.

“Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief,” by University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

Mandofest 2002, 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Puddle of Mudd, 30 Seconds to Mars, Revolution Smile, 8 p.m., Memorial Hall, 600 N. Seventh St., Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas City Symphony, with Sanford Sylvan, 8 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“Spinning Into Butter,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

“Dames at Sea,” 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Harlem Knights,” 8 p.m., Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central St., Kansas City, Mo.

Twenty Year Celebration! Jazzhaus Staff Reunion, 9 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

Sunday

“The Witness,” film, 1 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

“Bleeding Kansas Counties” series, “Ely Moore’s Story of Lecompton,” J. Howard Duncan, 2 p.m., Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore St., Lecompton.

“Dames at Sea,” 2 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“The Wrath of Achilles,” with Aquila Theatre Company, 2 p.m., Lied Center.

“The Life and Times of the Three Little Pigs,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

“Spinning Into Butter,” 3 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Vianna da Motta International Music Competition concert, featuring Angela Kornilova, 3 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, KU.

“Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief,” by University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

Paul Taylor, Phil Perry, Sojourn, 8 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

“Harlem Knights,” 8 p.m., Just Off Broadway Theatre, 3051 Central St., Kansas City, Mo.

Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Dance Academy, 1117 Mass.

Ongoing

Orton International Cone Box Show, through Friday, Holt-Russell Gallery, Parmenter Hall, Baker University, Baldwin.

“G. Baley Price Papers: Connecting the Generations,” through April 15, Kenneth R. Spencer Research Library, KU.

“Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things” exhibit, through April 21, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Hard Mud II ceramics exhibit, through April 21, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets, Topeka.

“Wow! That Oughta Be In a Museum,” through April 24, Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh St., Ottawa.

Works by Lauretta Hendricks-Backus, through April 28, Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.

“Observations on Nature,” by Harold Roe, through April 30, Gallery of Rural Art, National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, Bonner Springs.

Oils by Kristin Dempsey, through April 30, Borders, 700 N.H.

“Behind the Screen: Making Motion Pictures and Television,” through May 12, Union Station, 20 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo.

“Contemporary Ceramics East and West” and “Goltzius and the Third Dimension,” through May 19, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Tim Rollins/KOS and the Langston Hughes Project,” through May 26, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Langston Hughes, A Voice for All People,” through May, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU.

“Small Paintings” by Alex Katz, through June 2, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Good Bears of the World,” through July 11, Toy and Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

“From Reservation to Corporate Office: A Donation of Southwest Art” and “Early Us (and Them) in Africa,” through Aug. 18, Museum of Anthropology, KU.

“Truman’s Chryslers,'” through September, Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.

Topeka Zoo, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays, 635 S.W. Gage Blvd., Topeka.