Hughes celebration continues, but the weekend also brings other events

The Langston Hughes centennial celebration continues this weekend with concerts, a portrayal of the poet, art exhibitions and a second-day stamp cancellation.

Other events going on that are not related to the Hughes celebration include a history-based children’s play, a children’s concert, a woodworking show and a barn dance.

Creed performs at 8 p.m. Sunday at Kemper Arena, 1800 Genessee, Kansas City, Mo. Also on the bill is Tantric.

Today

Woodworking Show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Overland Park International Trade Center, 115th Street and Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park.

Billy Ebeling & the Late For Dinner Band, children’s show, 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Borders, 700 N.H.

“Bird Woman: The Story of Sacagawea,” by the Seem-To-Be Players, 1:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.

Carly Sundvold, clarinet recital, 3 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University.

“Right Between the Ears,” 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Gospel concert, 7 p.m., St. Luke A.M.E. Church, 900 N.Y.

Charles Everett Pace, portrayal of Langston Hughes, and Langston Hughes stamp cancellation, 7 p.m., Ninth Street Baptist Church, 847 Ohio.

“The Waiting Room,” by University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

“Ask Your Momma: 12 Moods of Jazz,” with Ronald McCurdy and John S. Wright, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.

Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. barn dance, 7:30 p.m., with beginner’s session at 6:45 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center Dance Annex, 205 1/2 W. Eighth.

“Shields Green and the Gospel of John Brown,” staged dramatic reading by Mitch Brian and Kevin Willmott, 8 p.m., Oldfather Studio, 1621 W. Ninth St.

Sunday

Woodworking Show, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Overland Park International Trade Center, 115th Street and Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park.

“Lunch with Lance A. Fahy,” noon-2 p.m., Aimee’s Coffeehouse, 1025 Mass.

“Bird Woman: The Story of Sacagawea,” by the Seem-To-Be Players, 1:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.

“Ganbatte Ikimasshoi,” film, 2 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Bleeding Kansas Counties” series, “Lincoln and Kansas: Partnership for Freedom,” Carol Dark Ayres, 2 p.m., Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore, Lecompton.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, 3 p.m., Lied Center.

Kansas City Symphony, with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, 7:30 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“The Waiting Room,” by University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Inge Theatre, Murphy Hall, KU.

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

Lawrence Photo Alliance’s Langston Hughes exhibit, today-March 31, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Monday-March 1, Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU.

“Forging the Future: Bud Wilson and the American Dream,” through Feb. 23, Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh, Ottawa.

2001 Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket and Journal Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., through Feb. 24, University Press of Kansas building, 2501 W. 15th St.

“Kwang Jean Park and Shinoda Toko,” through Feb. 24, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Dream Variations,” artworks inspired by Langston Hughes’ works, through Feb. 28, Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.

Spring Garden Conservatory Show, through March 3, Powell Gardens, east of Lone Jack, Mo., on U.S. Highway 50.

“American Indians of the Northwest Coast,” through March 8, Museum of Anthropology, KU.

Works by Lawrence Photo Alliance, through March 9, Art Affair, 622 High, Baldwin.

“Shouts from the Wall: Posters and Photographs Brought Home from the Spanish Civil War by American Volunteers,” through March 10, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

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

“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.

“From Reservation to Corporate Office: A Donation of Southwest Art,” through Aug. 18, Museum of Anthropology, KU.