Weekend fun includes a bit of Shakespeare

Summer Youth Theatre tonight and Sunday will stage Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. You’re sure to avoid a tragically boring weekend with all the arts and entertainment options to choose from. Here’s a selection:

TODAY

  • Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m.-soldout, Fourth and Cherokee, Leavenworth.
  • Amelia Earhart Festival: 2K/8K Fun Run/Walk, 8 a.m.; River Rod-A-Rama Car Show, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Breakfast with the Books, 9 a.m.; various downtown festivities; Birthplace Museum Open House, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; carnival rides, noon-midnight; “All About Amelia” symposium, 11 a.m.; Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award Luncheon, noon; “Milestones in Flight” symposium, 1:30 p.m.; “Concert in the Sky” fireworks, after dark; Street dance, 10 p.m.-midnight, Atchison.
  • Youth Program: “Pots and Points: Discovering Archaeology,” 10 a.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.
  • “Basket Making: House Basket,” 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Christmas in July Arts and Crafts Show, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Overland Park International Trade Center, 6800 W. 115th, Overland Park.
  • “Gardening and Nature: Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, 10:30 a.m.-noon and 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.

    • Before the Thursday showing of Macbeth at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H, Emma Hoyle, left, Ally Oliver, upper middle, and Meryl Kass, right, braided Erin McDowell's hair. The Youth Summer Theatre presents the production at 7:30 tonight and 2 p.m. Sunday at the center.

  • “The Hundred and One Dalmatians,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Yallapalooza, featuring Clay Walker, Gary Allen, Terri Clark and The Warren Brothers, 3:30 p.m., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs.
  • “Best of Leavenworth,” sponsored by Leavenworth Main Street Program, 6 p.m.-10 p.m., Riverfront Community Center, 123 S. Esplanade, Leavenworth.
  • Marvin Hunt, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.
  • Undying, Saved By Grace, It Dies Today, With Resistance, Undying, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Motocross Freestyle, 7 p.m., Wyandotte County Fairgrounds, 98th Street and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kan.
  • “Macbeth,” Summer Youth Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., 843-2787.
  • “Blind Faith,” 7:30 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, Third and Hickory streets, Ottawa.
  • “More Backyard Astronomy,” 8 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Dunn/Freeman Mix, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Son Venezuela, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.
  • Flip Side, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.
  • Zapp, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Honky Tonk Chateau, Pendergast, Trouble Junction, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Helios Creed, Transdimensional Doorway, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
  • The Band That Saved the World, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • Kaw Valley Devils, Back Porch Mary, I Can Lick Any SOB in the House, 10 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

SUNDAY

  • Christmas in July Arts and Crafts Show, noon-4 p.m., Overland Park International Trade Center, 6800 W. 115th, Overland Park.
  • “A Magnificent Age” guided tour, 1 p.m., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Sculpture talk: “Sculpted by Light,” 2 p.m., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Macbeth,” Summer Youth Theatre, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., 843-2787.
  • “Good Things from the Garden: Gathering and Using the Herbal Harvest,” 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • “The Hundred and One Dalmatians,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2450 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Blind Faith,” 2 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, Third and Hickory streets, Ottawa.
  • Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m.-late, Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Scream Tour III, featuring B2K, Marques Houston, Mario, Nick Cannon, Jhene, Nazcar and DJ Jus, 7:30 p.m., Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road., Kansas City, Mo.
  • David Allan Coe, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Beehive and the Barracudas, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

ONGOING

  • “Artists of the Greatest Generation,” North Balcony Gallery, through Sunday, Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss.
  • “Composition, Works in Metal,” local artists, through July, Grimshaw Gallery, 731 N.H.
  • “Carnival Crushes,” new paintings and mixed media by Kendra Herring, through Wednesday, Olive Gallery and Art Supply, 15 E. Eighth St.
  • “Expressions: Art by Lawrence Art Guild Members,” entrances, gallery, cases, and lower level, through July, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.
  • Barbara Waterman-Peters, continuing series on contemporary women in timeless circumstances, through July, Collective Art Gallery, 3121 S.W. Huntoon, Topeka.
  • “Sky Mudras: Paintings by Robert Price,” through Aug. 27, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
  • Sculptural metal forms by Ron Hinton, multimedia sculptures by David Vertacnik, abstract paintings by T. Watson Bogaard, and origami art creations by Nancy Loo Bjorge, through Aug. 29, CornerBank, 4621 W. Sixth St.