AIDS quilt panels on display at Spencer

Two sections of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt are on display at the Spencer Museum of Art.

Each section is made up of eight 3-by-6-foot panels. The quilt panels will be on display through Dec. 8 in the museum’s central court. At 5:30 p.m. Dec. 2, Douglas County AIDS Project will co-sponsor a World AIDS Day commemoration at the museum.

The panels are memorials created by loved ones of people who have died of AIDS.

Two of the panels are devoted to Kansas University graduates Mark Lee Knapp and Gordon Woods. Knapp graduated in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in general studies. He died in 1993. Woods graduated in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned his master’s of business administration in 1989. He died that same year.

Exhibit features work of architecture students

An exhibition of work by Kansas University architecture students will fill the Art & Design Gallery the next few weeks.

The show, which opens today, features work leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture. It includes studio work and work produced in supporting courses, such as freehand drawing, building technology, computers, structures, site planning and environmental systems.

The exhibit runs through Dec. 3. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Vocal concert to feature local, alumni talent

Two vocalists formerly of Lawrence will return Friday for a performance of Broadway, jazz and popular music to benefit the Seem-To-Be-Players.

“Sing Out” will feature Shane Scheel, Kirsten Paludan and Kansas University student Bree Bruns. The concert will be at 8 p.m. Friday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Scheel is a singer, actor, musician, producer and director who now lives in Los Angeles. He spent nearly 10 years here working in a variety of positions in the performing arts. Paludan is an actress, singer, songwriter and Lawrence native. Bruns is a singer, actress and Tonganoxie native.

All proceeds will support the Seem-To-Be-Players. Tickets are $20 and are available at the arts center and by calling 843-ARTS.