Farmers Market to kick off new season

Unless Mother Nature shuts it down, the Lawrence Farmers Market will open for business this weekend with a plethora of produce and handmade goods for sale. Here are a few other ways to enjoy the weekend:

Today

  • Farmers Market, 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 1000 block of Vermont Street.
  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center Nash Dash, 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., Lawrence Union Pacific Depot, 402 N. Second St.
  • “Copper Garden Trellis,” 9 a.m.-noon, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • “A Centerpiece for Every Occasion,” 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Annual Doll Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Ag Hall, Kansas Expocentre, 17th Street and Topeka Boulevard, Topeka.
  • “Learn to Play the Cedar Flute,” 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Lawrence Helmet Fair, 10 a.m.-noon, Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive.
  • Women’s Transitional Care Services Inc.’s Mother’s Day Tea and Silent Auction, 10:30 a.m., Pachamama’s, 2161 Quail Creek Drive.
  • Floyd Ott rests on his selection of apples at the Lawrence Farmers Market, which opens its season today in the 1000 block of Vermont Street.

  • “Schoolhouse Rock Live Too,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Indian Ink,” 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., Missouri Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass.
  • Lamb Of God, 18 Visions, Atreyu, Chimaira, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Mike Roberts, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Bambino’s Restaurant, 1801 Mass.
  • Richard Thompson, 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 642 Mass.
  • Dixie Chicks, Joan Osborne, 8 p.m., Kemper Arena, 1800 Genessee, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Ida McBeth, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
  • The Band That Saved The World, Yo, Flaco!, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St.
  • Pomeroy, Vallejo, Anything But Joey, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
  • Cyclamatic, The Autumn State, Distance to Empty, The Love Squad, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Corey Stevens, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Freekbass, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • Glass Coffee Table, 10 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.

Sunday

  • Brookside Brass Quintet and Mother’s Day Brunch, 11 a.m.-3 a.m., Cafe Thyme Brunch, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo.
  • Mother’s Day Brunch and music, noon-3 p.m., Rozzelle Court, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Shakespeare at the Center, City Youth Theatre, 2 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
  • “Indian Ink,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Missouri Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. Family Barn Dance, 4 p.m., Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
  • Hip Hop Ladies Night, 8 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
  • Woke Up Falling, The Brighton Line, 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

  • 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.
  • Watercolors by Barbara Neth, oil paintings by Jean Singer, stone sculpture by David De Rousseau and Ukrainian Eggs by Anna Broske, through today, Images Art Gallery, 1721 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?” photography exhibit, through Sunday, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “The Greatest Show on Earth,” by Judy Onofrio, Christin Ciaccio, Nancy N. Erickson, Laura DeAngelis and Norman Jacobshagen, through May 17, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, 2004 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Photographs by Michael Johnston, through May 18, Art Affair, 622 High, Baldwin.
  • “Sharon Louden: The Attenders,” through May 25, The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West,” on Extreme Screen, through May 30, Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Amy Schmierbach Mixed Media Installation, through May 30, Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition Galleries, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Kristy Lewis Andrew Mixed Media, through May 30, Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition Galleries, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo.
  • Maryanna Stark Adelman, Greg Lakin and Karl Marxhausen, through May 30, New Works Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition Galleries, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Seeing is Believing: The Art of Stephen T. Johnson,” through May 30, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka.
  • “Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Millennium,” through July 6, Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
  • “The Attenders,” through May 25, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Seeing is Believing: The Art of Stephen T. Johnson,” through May 30, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th Ave., Topeka.
  • “The Body Broken: Recent Paintings by Bruce Herman,” through June 14, Signs of Life, 722 Mass.
  • “Inspired by Japan,” through June 29, White gallery of the Spencer Museum of Art, on Mississippi Street west of the Kansas Union, KU.
  • “Frosted Windows: 300 Years of St. Petersburg through Western Eyes,” through July 3, Spencer Museum of Art, on Mississippi Street west of the Kansas Union, KU.
  • Russel Crotty, “Globe Drawings,” through July 6, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
  • “Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Millennium,” Kress Gallery, through July 6, Spencer Museum of Art, on Mississippi Street west of the Kansas Union, KU.