Musical weekend in store
Music will fill the air during the weekend. With musicals, concerts and an all-weekend dance on tap in the area. Here’s the lineup:
Today
- Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. Dance Weekend, all day, Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St.
- Extension Master Gardeners meeting, “Tips for Taking Great Photos in Your Garden,” 9 a.m.-11 a.m., extension building, 2110 Harper St.
- “Ecology On the Net,” 10 a.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Mo.
- “Day of the Dead Cross-Culturally,” lecture by Gary H. Gossen, Deep Springs College, 10 a.m., Museum of Anthropology, KU.
- “Make It and Take It Activities for Kids: Thanksgiving Turkey Decoration,” 10 a.m.-3 p.m., John Wornall House Museum, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo.
- Dragon Tales Live’s “Journey to Crystal Cave,” 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Municipal Auditorium, 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
- Community forum on the role of men in the “Womyn Take Back the Night,” march, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
- “Lumumba,” African Film Series, 2 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
- “One Mic, Two Rhythms and Poetic Pieces,” jazz poetry workshop, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
- “Turkey Call,” 3 p.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Mo.
- Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass., 830-9640.
- Bud Reese, Alicia Kay, 6:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
- Live jazz, featuring Mr. Van’s Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.
- Richard Buckner, 7 p.m. (early show), Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
- Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
- “Our Town” by the Free State High School Drama Department, 7:30 p.m., FSHS, 4700 Overland Drive.
- Kirk Whalum, Norman Brown, Rick Braun, 7:30 p.m., Ameristar Casino Hotel, 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road, North Kansas City, Mo.
- Billy Ebeling, 8 p.m.-midnight, New Point Grille, 917 W. 44th St., Kansas City, Mo.
- Ottawa Promenaders Square Dance Club square dance lessons, 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Ottawa Middle School, Ottawa.
- Beck, Flaming Lips, 8 p.m., Lied Center, KU.
- O.A.R., Pseudopod, Matt Nathanson, 8 p.m., Uptown Theatre, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
- “Hamlet,” 8 p.m., Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.
- Beale Street Queen of the Blues Ruby Wilson, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
- Import Ants, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.
- Dirt Nap CD release party, Appleseed Cast, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
- The Meat Purveyors, Snakebite Orphans, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
- Smokin’ Joe Kubek, B’Nois King, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
- Dismemberment Plan, French Kicks, Need New Body, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
- The Greenhornes, The Last of the V8s, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.
- WC Clark, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
Sunday
- The 26th Annual Holiday Bazaar, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.
- Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. Dance Weekend, 11 a.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St.
- Dragon Tales Live’s “Journey to Crystal Cave,” 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Municipal Auditorium, 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.
- “Legislating Morality through Welfare Reform,” lecture by Kathy Libal of the women’s studies and international studies departments at KU, 2 p.m., Room A of Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.
- Lawrence Chamber Orchestra, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
- “The Mystery of Fitz Hugh Lane’s Paintings,” lecture, 2 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
- “Oklahoma!” 2 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, 301 S. Hickory, Ottawa.
- Lawrence Habitat for Humanity presents “Swing Time & Coffee,” Clyde Bysom’s Big Band & Don Mueller and ATTUNE will perform music from the ’30s and ’40s, 2 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vt.
- Ottawa University Symphonette Concert, 3 p.m., Ottawa University Chapel.
- The Meat Purveyors, Saddlerash, 6 p.m. (early show), Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.
- Engine Down, Salt the Earth, Volara, Laredo, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
- Sean O’Brien, Kansas City defense attorney and death penalty expert, speaks at Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty Annual meeting, 7 p.m., St. John’s School gym, 1208 Ky.
- The Presidential Lecture Series, David McCullough, author of “Mornings on Horseback,” “The Path Between the Seas,” and “The Great Bridge,” 8 p.m., Lied Center, KU.
- Oddjobs, Heiruspecs, POS, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
- Riva, Odds Even, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
- Haujobb, Hocico, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
- The Trash Brats, Blow, Doris Henson, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
- The Circulatory System, Clockwork, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.
- Don Mumford and Friends, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, Eighth and New Hampshire streets.
Ongoing
- Mini train and carousel, 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.
- Canstruction, through Sunday, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
- “Milk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950” and “N.C. Wyeth: Works from the Collection of the Brandywine River Museum,” through Sunday, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
- “Tallgrass Spirit, Prairie Renewal,” Dana Hassett and Judith Mackey, through Nov. 25, Phoenix Gallery Topeka, 2900-F Oakley Ave., Topeka.
- “Spiritual Journeys Exhibition: The Art of Robert Sudlow,” through Nov. 30, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.







