The winter hibernation is over, and the start of the spring season is here for many performing arts groups.
You can take in theater, opera, concerts and films, or opt to hang out at a flea market or museum.
Today
"The Boston Tea Party," by the Seem-To-Be Players, 1:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
Martin Luther King Jr. banquet, with Richard Littlebear, 6:30 p.m., Kansas Union Ballroom, Kansas University.
"Sunflower Journeys," live, 7:30 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.
"Pirates of Penzance," by KU Opera, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, KU.
Yakov Kasman, piano, 7:30 p.m., UMKC Conservatory of Music, Center for the Performing Arts, 50th and Cherry streets, Kansas City, Mo.
"Don't Dress for Dinner," 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
Susan Marshall & Company, dance, 8 p.m., Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.
Ahmad Jamal, pianist, 8 p.m., Folly Theater, 12th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Kansas City Symphony, with cellist Alisa Weilerstein, 8 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
"The Rainmaker," 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Tons of Money," 8 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets, Topeka.
Sunday
Flea Market, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Kansas Coliseum, 1229 E. 85th St. North, Wichita.
"The Boston Tea Party," by the Seem-To-Be Players, 1:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
Phoenix Bassoon Quartet, 2 p.m., Lied Center.
"Sopyonje," Korean film with subtitles, 2 p.m., auditorium, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
"The Rainmaker," 2 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Tons of Money," 2 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets, Topeka.
Kansas City Symphony, with cellist Alisa Weilerstein, 2 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
"Don't Dress for Dinner," 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
"Pirates of Penzance," by KU Opera, 2:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, Kansas University.
The Majestic Seven Swing Band, 3 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth, Topeka.
Gospel musical honoring Martin Luther King Jr., 6:30 p.m., Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave.
Ongoing
"Winter Interlude," through mid-January, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, KU.
Lawrence Art Guild All-Members Show, through Jan. 29, Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
"Pieces of My Life: A Quarter Century of Quilting," quilts by Lawrence resident Patti Butcher, through Jan. 30, West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kan.
"Hatching the Past," through Jan. 31, Natural History Museum, Kansas University.
"Truth of Souls," quilts by Marla Jackson, and watercolors by Kathleen Anderson, through Jan. 31, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
"Signs of Faith: Photographs from the Collection," through Feb. 3, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
Works of Bridget Dobson and Phillip Geller, through Feb. 3, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, 2818 Frederick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Lewis and Clark" exhibit, through Feb. 10, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
"Langston Hughes: Let America Be America Again," through Feb. 17, Watson and Anschutz libraries, KU.
"Unfinished: Collaborations with Circumstance," by Zigmunds Priede, through Feb. 23, Morgan Gallery, 412 Del., Suite A, Kansas City, Mo.
"Kwang Jean Park and Shinoda Toko," through Feb. 24, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
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.
"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.
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