Two-day water garden tour begins

Country and rock acts line up outdoor concerts

As the temperature rises, so does the summer activity. Here are some of the offerings this weekend:

Today

Farmers Market, 6:30 a.m.-10 a.m., Tenth and Vermont streets.

Grandparents Days at the Pool, all day, Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, Seventh and Kentucky streets, and Lawrence Indoor Aquatic Center, 4706 Overland Drive.

Water Garden Tour 2002, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., tickets available at Water’s Edge, Earl May Nursery and Garden Center, Sunrise Garden Center, Clinton Parkway Nursery and Garden Center and at all tour sites.

Country Stampede, with Shevy Smith, Larry the Cable Guy, Phil Vassar, Jamie O’Neal, Trace Adkins, Kenny Chesney, noon, Tuttle Creek State Lake, Manhattan.

Upward Bound Powwow and Art Show, noon-5 p.m., powwow grounds, Haskell Indian Nations University.

Screening of “Run,” a film by Timothy English, noon, Rio Theatre, 80th and Metcalf streets, Overland Park.

Red, White & Boom, featuring Def Leppard, Train, Michelle Branch, Five for Fighting, Vanessa Carlton, India.Arie, Course of Nature, O-Town, Toya, RES, A1, Ashanti, 2 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs.

“The Pied Piper,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

Acoustic Community Jam Session, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., The Americana Music Academy, 745 N.H.

Latin Express Band, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., Seventh and Kansas streets, Topeka.

“Right Between the Ears,” 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

American Roots Music Jam Session, 6 p.m., Carnegie Cultural Center, Fifth and Main streets, Ottawa.

“Cars Under the Stars,” Lenexa Annual Street Fair, 6 p.m.-11 p.m., Old Town Lenexa, on Santa Fe Street between Pflumm and Noland Roads, Lenexa.

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” 7 p.m., Coterie Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

String Cheese Incident, 7 p.m., Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road., Kansas City, Mo.

Fabulous Fifties Show, 7:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

“Oliver!” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“Extrasolar Planets,” 8 p.m., White Concert Hall, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets, Topeka.

“Incorporated!” by Theatre of Relativity, 8 p.m., NextSpace Gallery, 512 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Dunn/Freeman Mix, 8:30 p.m., American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday

Water Garden Tour 2002, noon-4 p.m., tickets available at Water’s Edge, Earl May Nursery and Garden Center, Sunrise Garden Center, Clinton Parkway Nursery and Garden Center and at all tour sites.

“Oliver!” 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” 2 p.m., Coterie Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

“Incorporated!” by Theatre of Relativity, 2 p.m., NextSpace Gallery, 512 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Elizabeth Egbert Berghout, carillonneur, 5 p.m., Campanile, KU.

Earth, Wind and Fire, WAR, 7 p.m., The Amphitheater at Mizzou, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo.

Lawrence Community Theatre Gala, 7 p.m., Marriott SpringHill Suites, 1 Riverfront Plaza.

Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Dance Academy, 1117 Mass.

Public viewing sessions, Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory, 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m., press box roof of Memorial Stadium.

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.

“Amish Quilts 1880 to 1940, from the Collection of Faith and Stephen Brown,” through Sunday, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donnapermill,” through Sunday, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan.

“Ceramics East and West,” through Monday, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

“Todd Hido: Open House,” through July 7, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum,” through July 7, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

“Good Bears of the World,” through July 11, Toy and Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

“Postcards from the Past: Preserving the Built Environment,” Sunday through July 17, Old Depot Museum, 135 W. Tecumseh.

“Printed Art and Social Radicalism,” through July 21, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

Quilt 2001 Contemporary Quilts, through July 28, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets, Topeka.

“FLASH! The AP Covers the World,” through July 28, Harry S. Truman Library, U.S. Highway 24 and Delaware Street, Independence, Mo.

“Garden of the Heart,” through Aug. 1, Dane G. Hansen Museum, 110 W. Main St., Ottawa.

“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.

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

“Abandoned in Place,” Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, through Aug. 31, 1100 N. Plum, Hutchinson.

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

“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.

“Amelia Earhart: Icon in Advertising,” through October, Atchison County Historical Society Museum, 200 S. 10th St., Atchison.

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

“Circus Magicus,” through Jan. 5, 2003, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.