Area offers varied cultural events

Musical performances by such artists as classical guitarist John Jervis, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, and Tech N9ne will spice up this weekend.

Today

  • “Little House,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass.
  • To Scale the Throne, Crimson Massacre, The Plague, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
  • A Country School Christmas, a turn-of-the-century Christmas, make your own ornament, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Historic Lanesfield School, 18745 S. Dillie Road, Edgerton.
  • 22nd annual “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Spencer Theatre, University of Missouri-Kansas City Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • John Jervis, classically trained guitarist, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 725 Mass.
  • Live jazz, featuring Mr. Van’s Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.
  • Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

    • Tech N9ne will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

  • Fabulous Fifties Show, 7:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
  • Waterdeep, 7:30 p.m., New Earth Coffee House, 3953 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, 7:30 p.m., Ameristar Casino Hotel, 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road, North Kansas City, Mo.
  • Tech N9ne, 8 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Bat Boy: The Musical,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Lester “Duck” Warner, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Marcia Ball, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Die Fledermaus, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Getaway Driver, Form of Rocket, Mail Order Midgets, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Kirby Wendler, 9 p.m., Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Snakebite Orphans, The Greenville Bends, The Kemps, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Kat LaGue, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing (The Pub), 8 E. Sixth St.
  • Vibralux, Contra Naturam, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
  • Max Jones and the Joyriders, 9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.
  • Second Wind, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.
  • Blue Condition, 9 p.m., Cross Town Tavern, 1910 Haskell Ave.
  • Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, live recording, 9:30 p.m., BB’s Lawnside BBQ, 1205 E. 85th St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Mountain of Venus, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • Gourmet Mushroom X, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Sunday

  • A Country School Christmas, a turn-of-the-century Christmas, make your own ornament, 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Historic Lanesfield School, 18745 S. Dillie Road, Edgerton.
  • Brother Ike’s Rural Grit Winter Tick Fest, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. (early show), Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Little House,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Bat Boy: The Musical,” 3 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Lonnie Ray, 8 p.m.-11p.m., Teller’s, 746 Mass.
  • Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Dance Academy, 1117 Mass.
  • Brody Buster and his L.A. Band, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Satan’s Jeweled Crown, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.
  • Headhandsfeat, 10 p.m.-1 a.m., Harbour Lights, 1031 Mass.
  • Don Mumford and Friends, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, Eighth and New Hampshire streets.