It’s a safe bet most gallery-goers haven’t seen a show with an evolution quite like the one that opened this weekend at Signs of Life, 722 Mass.

Kansas University art history professor David Cateforis started with a CD of images created by gallery artists and began categorizing the works in broad sweeps — grouping landscapes with landscapes, figures with figures, abstracts with abstracts. But then he started noticing more acute connections — several pieces included apples, for instance — and he honed the categories.

Rather than displaying the show in a more traditional style (clustering a single artist’s works together), Cateforis and gallery director James Schaefer hung the exhibit, “Making Connections,” by categories. But Cateforis says his intentions go beyond pointing out what the pieces share. He hopes comparing the artworks will help viewers appreciate the unique qualities each brings to the gallery.

Cateforis gives a gallery talk at 5 p.m. today. Some other weekend entertainment options:

Miscellaneous

• Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour of Downtown, presented by John Jewell and Katie Armitage, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. today, meet at Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 841-4109.
• Create: papermaking class, part I, 10 a.m. today, The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, (913) 299-2384.
• “Lawrence in 1867 Through the Eyes of a 13-Year-Old Girl,” presented by John Jewell and Katie Armitage, 1 p.m.- 2 p.m. today, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 841-4109.
• Story time: “Magic of Water,” 1 p.m. today, The Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive, Wyandotte County Lake Park, Kansas City, (913) 299-2384.
• “The Heroes, Heroines & Villains of Quantrill’s Raid,” presented by Tom Mach, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. today, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 841-4109.
• “Fraser, KU Chancellor and Civil War Hero,” presented by Brian DeToy, 6:30 p.m. today, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 841-4109.

Art events

¢ Gem of the Plains Art Assn. Members Show, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. today, Old Jefferson Town, Oskaloosa, (785) 863-2070.

• Know Your Museum Tour: “Realism and Abstraction: Six Degrees of Separation,” 1:30 p.m. today, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 751-1ART.
• Gallery talk: “Making Connections” by David Cateforis, 5 p.m. today, Signs of Life gallery, 722 Mass., 830-8030.
• Walk-in Tour: “Black and White in America,” 2 p.m. Sunday, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 751-1ART.

Theater

• “Wizard of Oz,” 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday, Performing Arts Center, Fifth and Delaware streets, (913) 250-2300.

Music

• Truth Cell, Moire, Remember the Day, Dark Matter, Silence Broken, 5 p.m. today (early show), The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.
• The Supernauts, The Seventh Chapter, Abbington, A Delicate Disaster, Good Mo, 7 p.m. today, El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-8349.
• County Basie Centennial Celebration, 7:30 p.m. today, Gem Theater, American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463.
• Lucinda Williams, Bottle Rockets, 7:30 p.m. today, The Beaumont, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-2560.
• Sebadoh, Tom Heinl, Riddle of Steel, 9 p.m. today, The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.
• The Sexy Sounds of Aaron Marable, 9 p.m. today, Gaslight Tavern and Coffeehouse, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.
• The Sound You Say, The Harvey Girls, 9 p.m. today, Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H., 841-6918.
• Shake, 9 p.m. today, Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa, 856-7887.
• Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. today, Kobi’s, 113 Oak, Bonner Springs, (913) 422-5657.
• North Versus South Hard-Pop Rock Band Music Festival (day three), featuring Ethan Azarian, Shebangs, Rockland Eagles, Grant Hart, 9:30 p.m. today, Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.
• Majestic Rhythm Revue, 10 p.m. today, The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-1387.
• 24th Annual Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships, 12:30 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, South Park, 11th and Massachusetts streets.
• Gooding, The Sirens of Titan, Nathan Brooks, 6 p.m. Sunday (early show), The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.
• Robert Earl Keen Jr., 8 p.m. Sunday, Liberty Hall, 642 Mass., 749-1972.
• Headhandsfeet, 10 p.m. Sunday, Harbour Lights, 1031 Mass., 841-1960.