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. HereâÂÂs the lineup:

Today

⢠Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. Dance Weekend, all day, Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St.

⢠Extension Master Gardeners meeting, âÂÂTips for Taking Great Photos in Your Garden,â 9 a.m.-11 a.m., extension building, 2110 Harper St.

⢠âÂÂEcology On the Net,â 10 a.m., The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠âÂÂDay of the Dead Cross-Culturally,â lecture by Gary H. Gossen, Deep Springs College, 10 a.m., Museum of Anthropology, KU.

⢠âÂÂMake It and Take It Activities for Kids: Thanksgiving Turkey Decoration,â 10 a.m.-3 p.m., John Wornall House Museum, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠Dragon Tales LiveâÂÂs âÂÂJourney to Crystal Cave,â 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 âÂÂWomyn Take Back the Night,â march, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

⢠âÂÂLumumba,â African Film Series, 2 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠âÂÂOne Mic, Two Rhythms and Poetic Pieces,â jazz poetry workshop, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠âÂÂTurkey Call,â 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., AimeeâÂÂs Coffee House, 1025-A Mass., 830-9640.

⢠Bud Reese, Alicia Kay, 6:30 p.m., GlenâÂÂs Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

⢠Live jazz, featuring Mr. VanâÂÂs Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., BichelmeyerâÂÂs Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.

⢠Richard Buckner, 7 p.m. (early show), DaveyâÂÂs Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., GlenâÂÂs Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.

⢠âÂÂOur Townâ 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.

⢠âÂÂHamlet,â 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., StuâÂÂs 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., DaveyâÂÂs Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠Smokinâ Joe Kubek, BâÂÂNois 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 LiveâÂÂs âÂÂJourney to Crystal Cave,â 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Municipal Auditorium, 301 W. 13th St., Kansas City, Mo.

⢠âÂÂLegislating Morality through Welfare Reform,â lecture by Kathy Libal of the womenâÂÂs 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.

⢠âÂÂThe Mystery of Fitz Hugh LaneâÂÂs Paintings,â lecture, 2 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.

⢠âÂÂOklahoma!â 2 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, 301 S. Hickory, Ottawa.

⢠Lawrence Habitat for Humanity presents âÂÂSwing Time & Coffee,â Clyde BysomâÂÂs Big Band & Don Mueller and ATTUNE will perform music from the âÂÂ30s and âÂÂ40s, 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 OâÂÂBrien, Kansas City defense attorney and death penalty expert, speaks at Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty Annual meeting, 7 p.m., St. JohnâÂÂs School gym, 1208 Ky.

⢠The Presidential Lecture Series, David McCullough, author of âÂÂMornings on Horseback,â âÂÂThe Path Between the Seas,â and âÂÂThe Great Bridge,â 8 p.m., Lied Center, KU.

⢠Oddjobs, Heiruspecs, POS, 9 p.m., Abe & JakeâÂÂs Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.

⢠Riva, Odds Even, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

⢠Haujobb, Hocico, 9 p.m., DaveyâÂÂs 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.

⢠âÂÂMilk and Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950â and âÂÂN.C. Wyeth: Works from the Collection of the Brandywine River Museum,â through Sunday, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

⢠âÂÂTallgrass Spirit, Prairie Renewal,â Dana Hassett and Judith Mackey, through Nov. 25, Phoenix Gallery Topeka, 2900-F Oakley Ave., Topeka.

⢠âÂÂSpiritual Journeys Exhibition: The Art of Robert Sudlow,â through Nov. 30, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.