Area theaters offer a chance to get inside and take a break from the summer heat. Among the offerings are “Little Women,” “Annie Warbucks” and “Alice in Wonderland.” Here are some other offerings this weekend:

Saturday

“Guitars in the Garden,” 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 2524 Red Bridge Terrace, Kansas City, Mo.

Independence Inc.’s “Living with a Disability in a Rural Community,” 10:30 a.m.-noon, Oskaloosa Public Library, Oskaloosa.

“Alice in Wonderland,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

“Annie Warbucks,” 2:30 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University, Baldwin.

Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass.

Reception for the “The Photo Show,” works by the Lawrence Photo Alliance, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., with gallery talk by Tim Kelly at 4:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Brandeis Used Book Sale 2002 opening, 6 p.m.-9 p.m., lower level Metcalf South Shopping Center, 95th and Metcalf, Overland Park.

“Fabulous Fifties Show,” 6:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, downtown Tonganoxie.

Doug Talley Quartet, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Kegelstatt Trio,” 7 p.m., Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.

“Little Women,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“Lullaby of Broadway,” 7:30 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth St., Topeka.

Karrin Allyson, 8 p.m., Blue Room, American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.

“Hello Dolly,” 8 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre, Gage and S.W. Eighth streets, Topeka.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

The Victor Continental Show, comedy, 10 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Sunday

Shannon McNally, 2 p.m., Border’s Bookstore, 12055 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park.

“Little Women,” 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” 2 p.m., American Heartland Theatre Co., Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Alice in Wonderland,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, Mission Center Mall, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.

“Large Scale Projects,” film, 2 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

“Everybody’s Got a Story, Everybody’s Got a History,” with Lawrence historian Steve Jansen, 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

The Rev. Dennis Eugene Moore and Praise, live gospel music, 3:30 p.m., Union Station, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

“Kegelstatt Trio,” 5 p.m., St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1301 Holmes St., Kansas City, Mo.

John Mellencamp, Shannon McNally, 6 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 633 N. 130th St., Bonner Springs.

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

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

Quilt 2001 Contemporary Quilts, through Sunday, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets. Topeka.

“FLASH! The AP Covers the World,” through Sunday, Harry S. Truman Library, U.S. Highway 24 and Delaware Street, Independence, 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.

“Geometric Abstractions: Quilts 1870 to 1990 from the Collection,” through Aug. 18, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“The Moravian Mission to the Sunsees: From the Hills to the Tundra,” through Aug. 21, Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh, Ottawa.

“Rodin’s Obsession: The Gates of Hell,” through Aug. 25, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan.

“Frederick J. Brown: Portraits in Jazz, Blues and other Icons,” through Sept. 1, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Fish, Flower and Flying Things: Nature at the Spencer Museum,” through Sept. 1, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Hubble Telescope: New Views of the Universe,” through Sept. 2, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.

“Night Life/Day Trips: Paintings by Ellen Pearce” and “Rhett Johnson: Beyond Lost,” through Sept. 8, Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, 2818 Frederick Blvd., St. Joseph, Mo.

“Tour: 40 Demonic Heads by Robert Gonzalez,” through Sept. 15, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan.

“Truman’s Chryslers,'” through September, Harry S. Truman Library, U.S. Highway 24 and Delaware Street, Independence, Mo.

“Till Freiwald,” through Oct. 6, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Drawing Figures,” through Oct. 20, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Beyond Oz: Children’s Book Illustrations from the Region,” through Dec. 15, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan.

“History of Corinthian Hall,” through December, Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Circus Magicus,” through Jan. 5, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.