Concert to benefit scholarship fund

The Lawrence Arts Center’s arts-based pre-school will sponsor a concert Saturday to raise money for its scholarship fund.

The concert will feature Jim Cosgrove and the Hiccups at 11 a.m. in the Arts Center, 940 N.H. The Kansas City musician and his band play music for children of all ages, but this concert is recommended for those ages 2 to 10. His songs focus on the important things in childhood, such as laughing, singing and dancing.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased for $5 at the arts center. Tickets are limited and seating is reserved. For more information, call 843-2787 or go to www.lawrenceartscenter.org.

Galleries

‘Revolutionary’ art on view at Olive

The creations of Topeka artist William Wesley Marshall will be on display during an impromptu show that opens Friday and runs for one week only at the Olive Gallery.

In the artist’s words, the work is “revolutionary.” Marshall is known in Topeka for his abstracts and portraits of influential black leaders. He was influenced by the spatial illusions of Escher, who inspired him to create three-dimensional, iridescent guided images, like the one pictured above.

An opening reception for “A Guided Imagery Tour” will be 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. today.

Benefit

Sale to help fund children’s choir tour

A sale to benefit the Lawrence Children’s Choir will be 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday in Rooms 1 and 2 at the Lawrence Community Center, 11th and Vermont streets.

Funds from the benefit will help the children’s choir to sing in Eutin, Germany, a sister city to Lawrence.

For more info, call 691-7824.

Students to perform at Sunday recital

Junior high students will perform during the Lilias Schmidt honors recital at 2 p.m. Sunday at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt.

The Lawrence Alumni Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, a music fraternity at Kansas University, is sponsoring the event.

Junior high group to stage ‘Jolly Roger’

The West Junior Players will be performing “Jolly Roger and the Pirate Queen” at 7 p.m. March 4-5 at the Sally Six Hersh Auditorium at West Junior High, 2700 Harvard Road.

The hilarious adventure yarn includes professionally choreographed fight scenes and elaborate pirate costumes.

Tickets are $3 at the door.