Fiddling event a top weekend pick

The sounds of mandolins, fiddles and flat-picked guitars will waft through South Park Sunday during the 23rd annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships. The no-cost event is open to the public. Here’s a look at other ways to spend your weekend:

Today

  • Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m.-soldout, Fourth and Cherokee, Leavenworth.
  • “Festival of Butterflies 2003,” 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • “Spot the Dog, in the junior section, 2 p.m., Barnes and Noble Booksellers on the Country Club Plaza, 420 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Rajean, piano, 6 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse, 427 E. Fourth St.
  • SUA’s welcome back concert with G.B. Leighton, Kelpie and Evac, 7 p.m., Lied Center lawn.
  • Roots Music Jam Session, 7 p.m., Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main, Ottawa.
  • Two Dollar Shoe Revival Story, 7 p.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm.
  • Tech N9ne, 7 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.
  • Mike Roberts, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Bambino’s Italian Restaurant, 1801 Mass.
  • “Women of the Wind,” 7:30 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University campus, Baldwin.
  • Open jam session, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.
  • Gladys Knight, 7:30 p.m., Ameristar Casino Hotel, 8201 N.E. Birmingham Road, North Kansas City, Mo.
  • Special Surprise Show, 7:30 p.m., Annie’s Country Jubilee, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
  • Community Barn Dance, 8 p.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St.
  • The Samples, 8 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth.
  • “Hands Off, You Brute!” 8:30 p.m., Apple Valley Farm on Lake Perry.
  • Keller Williams, 9 p.m., Liberty Hall, 642 Mass.
  • Walter Trout, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • The Hearers, Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Anna Mude, Andrew Ashby, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
  • The Sound and The Fury, Substance, Intent, Concrete Core, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Coyote Ugly, 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.
  • The Silvermen, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • 21 Reasons, Kaw Valley Devils, 10 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
  • Eleni Mandell, The Kemps, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday

  • “Picking Sundays,” harvesting and crushing grapes, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery, 18807 158th St., Basehor.
  • “Festival of Butterflies 2003,” 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
  • “Thunder in the Heartland,” last stop on southwest tour of Harley-Davidson’s 100th anniversary: “Ride Home,” noon-6 p.m., outside Union Station and the Liberty Memorial, 30 W. Pershing, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “A Magnificent Age,” guided tour, 1 p.m., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Women of the Wind,” 3 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University campus, Baldwin.
  • Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Pomeroy, Big Metal Rooster, Kristie Stremel, Baloney Ponyz, Amy Saia, 7 p.m., Best Buy, 31st and Iowa streets.
  • Stretch Arm Strong, Norma Jean, The Bled, The Takeover, 7 p.m. (early show), The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
  • 2003 New Musician Showcase featuring country and traditional, 7 p.m., Liberty Performing Arts Theatre, 1600 S. Withers Road, Liberty, Mo.
  • Hip Hop Ladies Night, 8 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • Minus the Bear, Panic in Detroit, Pixel Panda, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
  • I Have No One, Hemlock, Vampire Mooose, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Don Mumford and Friends, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, Eighth and New Hampshire streets.

Ongoing

  • “A Showing of Watercolors and Ink,” by Kimbo, through Wednesday, Olive Gallery and Art Supply, 15 E. Eighth St.
  • “Sky Mudras: Paintings by Robert Price,” through Wednesday, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
  • Lawrence Arts Center Faculty Exhibition, through Wednesday, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
  • Nora Campbell-Hume, ceramics/shoes/pastels, through Friday, Art Affair, 622 High, Baldwin.
  • Flower scans by John Heider, library media room, through Aug. 31, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
  • Scott and Victoria Garrette, drawings, paintings, ceramics and more, through Aug. 31, Z’s Divine Espresso, 1800 E. 23rd St., Suite A.
  • “Earthworks: Woman as Nature,” by C. Whittaker, through Aug. 31, Z’s Divine Espresso downtown, 10 E. Ninth St., Suite A.
  • Basic studies scholarship exhibition, through Sept. 5, Art and Design Gallery, Kansas University.
  • “The Orchid Pavilion Gathering: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting from the University of Michigan Museum of Art,” through Oct. 26, Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss.