KU group to perform Bard’s work

Area events also include Lyle Lovett concert in K.C.

Kansas University students will perform “As You Like It” this weekend at Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra renders “The British Are Coming” at Lawrence Arts Center, and Lyle Lovett and His Large Band appear Sunday at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre. Here are some other entertainment choices:

Miscellaneous

  • 3rd Saturday Barn Dance, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. today, beginners lesson, 6:45 p.m., Woodlawn School, 508 Elm St., 749-1356.
  • Storydancer Danztresse /Zuleikha in concert, 7:30 p.m. today, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., 843-ARTS.
  • 2003 Crown Center Pumpkin Patch grand opening today, Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 274-8374.
  • Dayton Contemporary Dance Company: “The Flight Project,” 8 p.m. today, Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, (913) 469-4445.
  • Native American Loom Beading Class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m. today, Kansas History Center, 6425 S.W. Sixth Ave., (785) 272-8681.

Art events

  • “Travels in Nature,” photographs by Carl Multon, today, Phoenix Gallery, 919 Mass., 843-0080.
  • Small ceramic works from Johnson County Community College, including artists Laura Gascogne, Hoon Lee, Nick Haney and Paul Von Fange, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU, 864-3209.
  • Stoneware sculpture by Ryan Paget. Paintings by Paula Hauser Leffel, Colleen Zacharias Gregoire, K.M. Kern, Mark Mohr, John Hulsey and Diana Dunkley. Prints by Ken Grizzell. Mixed media on paper by Colette Bangert. Photographs by Bob Lindholm, Chris Kilmer, Wally Emerson, Jose Santa-Cruz and James Nedresky, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Fields Gallery, 712 Mass., 842-7187

Theater

  • “As You Like It,” 7:30 p.m. today, Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, Kansas University campus, 864-3982.
  • “The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Searching for Eden,” 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. today, American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd., Suite 314, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 842-9999.
  • “Yellowman,” 8 p.m. today, Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-PLAY, ext. 10.
  • “My Way,” 6 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. show today, Topeka Civic Theatre, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave., (785) 357-5211.
  • “Gatherings in Graveyards III,” 2 p.m. Sunday, The Coterie Theatre, level one, Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-6552.

Music

  • The Anniversary, Monarques, Danny Pound Band, 10 p.m. today, The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.
  • The Eudoras, 10 p.m. today, Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.
  • Army of Freshman, The Brighton Line, 10 p.m. today, Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass., 842-5199.
  • Pomeroy, Phunk Junkeez, 9 p.m. today, Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., 841-5855.
  • Calexico, Ashley Miller and the Golden Calves, 9 p.m. today, Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.
  • Kansas, 8 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth St., (785) 297-9000.
  • Patti Austin: “For Ella,” 8 p.m. today, American Jazz Museum, Gem Theater, 1615 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463, ext. 213.
  • Alain Lombard conducts the Kansas City Symphony, 8 p.m. today, Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 471-0400.
  • Lawrence Chamber Orchestra: “The British Are Coming,” 2 p.m. Sunday, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., 864-2787.
  • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, 8 p.m. Sunday, Midland Theatre, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 471-8600.
  • Alain Lombard conducts the Kansas City Symphony, 2 p.m. Sunday, Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 471-0400.