Weekend filled with events to share with mom

Happy Mother’s Day weekend! From themed brunches to storytimes, jazz concerts and art shows, today and Sunday are ripe with opportunities to spend special time with your mom. Here’s a look at some of your options:

Miscellaneous

  • Teachers workshop: “The Southern End of the Americas: Argentina,” 8:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. today, Spooner Hall (formerly Museum of Anthropology), Kansas University campus, 864-4213.
  • Lecture: “Basics of a Healthy Lawn, Start to Finish,” 9:30 a.m.-noon today, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.
  • Third Annual Antique Appraisal Fair, bring family treasures for appraisal, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main, Ottawa, (785) 242-8478.
  • Interactive class for youths: “1960s Tye-Dyeing,” 1 p.m. today, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 841-4109.
  • Storytime: “Mother’s Day,” 2 p.m. today, Barnes & Noble Booksellers on the Country Club Plaza, 420 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1313.
  • “Dance On Site,” aha! dance theatre, 6 p.m. today, Loose Park, Wornall Road and 51st Street, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 523-6732.
  • Whistling Contest, 7 p.m. today, Cyber Nova Cafe, 747 N.H., 841-3282.
  • Mid-America Train & Toy Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, BTC Exhibit Hall (formerly KC Market Center), Interstate 435 and Front Street, Kansas City, Mo., (913) 651-5864.
  • Mother’s Day Brunch, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Cafe Thyme, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.
  • Mother’s Day Brunch, noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 751-1278.
  • Mother’s Day Performance with Brookside Brass Quintet, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.
  • Create: “Hanging Herb and Vegetable Basket,” 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.
  • Lecture: Filmmaker Madison Davis Lacy, 7 p.m. Sunday, Auditorium, Spencer Museum of Art, KU campus.

Art events

  • “People and Portraits,” today-June 19, Unity Art Gallery, 900 Madeline, 841-1447. Reception: 4 p.m.-6 p.m. today.
  • Installation Art Class 2004 Annual Exhibition, Sunday-Friday, Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU, 864-3209. Reception: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday.
  • “Haitian Women: Portraits of Courage,” portraits of Haitian women by Tequila Minsky, Monday-Friday, Kansas Union Gallery, Jayhawk Boulevard on KU campus, 864-SHOW.

Theater

  • “George Dandin,” 7:30 p.m. today, Inge Theatre, KU campus, 864-3982.
  • “Holy Ship!” 9 p.m. today and Sunday, Ad Astra Gallery, 205 W. Eighth St., sorenta@lycos.com.
  • “Catechism II-Sometimes We Feel Guilty Because We Are Guilty,” 8 p.m. today and 2 p.m. Sunday, H&R Block City Stage Theater, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 460-2020.