A bowl of hot soup, a musical revue and a candlelight concert are ready to warm your spirits this weekend.
There's plenty to do, so get off the couch and enjoy.
Today
Souper Bowl Saturday, 11 a.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.
Book-signing by Mary Burchill, author of "Lady of the Canyon: Evelyn Cecil Frey," 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Southwest and More, 727 Mass.
"Celebrate Chinese New Year!" noon-4 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.
"African Tales of Anansi," 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.
"Lumber Jacks in Love," 6 p.m., New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland Park.
"Playing for Time," 7 p.m., The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Carl Sandburg's Prairie!" with Prairie Wind Dancers, 7:30 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, 301 S. Hickory St., Ottawa.
"Pirates of Penzance," 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, Kansas University.
"Baroque by Candlelight," 7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 10th and Vermont streets.
"Regards to Broadway: River City Revue 2002," 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.
"The French Connection, Part II," 8 p.m.., with the Rosetti String Quartet, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.
Violinist Gil Shaham, 8 p.m., William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.
"Don't Dress for Dinner," 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
"The Rainmaker," 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"In the Blood," 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
"Tons of Money," 8 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets, Topeka.
Sunday
"Lumber Jacks in Love," noon, New Theatre Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland Park.
Opening reception and lecture for Jacquard textiles exhibit, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU.
"Whispering Corridors," film, 2 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
"Tons of Money," 2 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets, Topeka.
"The Rainmaker," 2 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Playing for Time," 2 p.m., The Coterie, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"African Tales of Anansi," 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.
"Pirates of Penzance," 2:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, KU.
"Don't Dress for Dinner," 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
"In the Blood," 3 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Free State High School Spirit Squad clinic, for children in grades K-6, 3 p.m.- 5 p.m., Free State High School gymnasium, 4700 Overland Drive.
Luther College Nordic Choir, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 3033 S.W. MacVicar Ave., Topeka.
Ongoing
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.
"Treasures from a Missouri Attic," through Jan. 31, Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main St., Ottawa.
"Sticks of Thunder," through Jan. 31, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
"Signs of Faith: Photographs from the Collection," through Feb. 3, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
"Lewis and Clark" exhibit, through Feb. 10, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
"John F. Helm Jr.: A Retrospective," through Feb. 10, Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan.
"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.
"Faces from the Mulvane Permanent Collection," through Feb. 24, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets, Topeka.
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.
Ice Terrace, through March 24, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Remembering 9/11: The World Trade Center in Photographs," through March 31, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
"Bean Finneran: Recurrence," ceramic forms by Bean Finneran, through April 7, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"Tutankhamun: Wonderful Things," exhibit, through April 21, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
"From Reservation to Corporate Office: A Donation of Southwest Art," through Aug. 18, Museum of Anthropology, KU.
"Truman's Chryslers,'" through September, Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.
Exhibits pertaining to Douglas County history, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.
"Seeking the Good Life" and "1950s All-Electric House," ongoing, Johnson County Museum of History, 6305 Lackman Road, Shawnee.
Exaggerated postcards by William Harrison "Dad" Martin, Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh St., Ottawa.
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