NIGHTLIFE

TODAY

LAWRENCE

Jeff Coffin, 8 p.m. (early show), The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-3320.

Tri Point Paradox, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-3320.

Billy Ebeling and the Late For Dinner Band, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa, 856-7887.

Nick Nave (of Red Guitar) and Don Chaffer (formerly of Waterdeep), 8 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass., 830-8030.

Distance to Empty, 9 p.m., Fatso’s, 1016 Mass., 865-4055.

Big Metal Rooster, Speakeasy, Green Lemon, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

The Wobbly H, 10 p.m., Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth St., 841-5855.

Ex-Models, Be/Non, This Is My Condition, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Last Caress (The Esoteric as Misfits tribute band), 11:59 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Balagan, 10 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H., 841-6918.

Mike Roberts, 7 p.m., Bambino’s, 1801 Mass., 832-8800.

KANSAS CITY

Bockman, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

The Stillborn, Moire, Albino Fly, Sidewise, 9 p.m., The Beaumont, 4050 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-2560.

Unknown Pleasures, Minus Story, Doris Henson, Hot Fruit, In the Pines, 10 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

Brass Knuckle Choir, Iron Guts Kelly, Circle of Trust, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-8349.

Nace Brothers, 9 p.m., Blayney’s, 415 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-3747.

Johnny Cash’s Birthday Bash with Honeywagon, Pendergast, 9:30 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

Robert Moore, Doris Henson, In the Pines, 10:30 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

SATURDAY

LAWRENCE

Blood Brothers, The Chinese Stars, Mean Reds, Pixel Panda, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

William Elliott Whitmore in-store performance, 6 p.m., The Love Garden, 936 1/2 Mass. (upstairs), 843-1551.

William Elliott Whitmore, Atone at Tone, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Sidewise, A Certain Cure, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.

Coyote Ugly, 9 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa, 925 Iowa, 856-STUS.

The Crumpletons, 7:30 p.m. (early show), Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth St., 841-5855.

Pomeroy, Tanner Walle, Ludo, 9 p.m., Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth St., 841-5855.

The Architects, The Ants, 10:30 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

Balagan, 10 p.m., Limerance, 1520 Wakarusa, 842-5805.

Smooth Operation, 7 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

KANSAS CITY

Elevator Division, Darling At Sea, Matches the Sky, 10 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

Rex Hobart and the Misery Boys, Outlaw Jim and the Whiskey Benders, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

Billy Ebeling and the Late For Dinner Band, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-5556.

Breakdown, 9 p.m., Jilly’s on Broadway, 1744 Broadway, (816) 221-4977.

Evermore CD release, Crazy Talk, Beyond the Fall, Skateomasochist, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-8349.

Nace Brothers, 9 p.m., Blayney’s, 415 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-3747.

SUNDAY

LAWRENCE

Hot Rod Circuit, Mae, The Snake The Cross The Crown, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.

Malachy Papers, Handsome Molly, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

Matthew Brewer, 4 p.m., Starbucks, 647 Mass., 832-0300.

Key West Jazz Quartet, 6 p.m., Stone Creek, 3801 W. Sixth St., 830-8500.

Gaslight Players, 9 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second, 856-4330.

Dirty Boogie, 10 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

KANSAS CITY

Indigenous, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

Gwar, All That Remains, Alabama Thunderpussy, 7:30 p.m., The Beaumont, 4050 Penn., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-2560.

Eyes of the Betrayer, Given With Honor, The Escape, Ocean is Ours, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-8349.

The Blank Stares, Forevernevercame, Civella, 9:30 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-0884.

MONDAY

LAWRENCE

Umphrey’s McGee, 10 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

The Spanktones Open Jam, 9 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-1387.

World Leader Pretend, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

PreTense, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass., 832-1085.

DOJO, 11 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

KANSAS CITY

Brodioke!, 10 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N., 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

TUESDAY

LAWRENCE

Mass Appeal, 10 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

Renata, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

KANSAS CITY

Demario Richardson, Evan Deas, Young Thuggish Luichano, The Gogs, Midwest Shogunz, S. Lies, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

WEDNESDAY

LAWRENCE

The Sound and the Fury, 9 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

KANSAS CITY

Chris Tolle Matinee, 7 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen, 39th and State Line, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-5556.

Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Ol’ Yeller, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

Ronnie Baker Brooks, 7 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 531-1504.

North of Grand, 10 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 421-1634.

THURSDAY

LAWRENCE

Ten Mile Tide, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass., 749-1387.

The Ice Cream Sandwiches, Aubrey, 10 p.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 N.H., 841-6918.

Agent 5 Nine, Ever We Fall, The Drake Equation, 10 p.m., The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass., 749-7676.

The Americana Music Bluegrass Jam, 7:30 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass., 830-8030.

John Weatherwax and the Junkyard Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St., 842-3415.

Glo, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H., 841-LIVE.

Neon, 10 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

Floyd the Barber, 7 p.m., Pachamama’s, 2161 Quail Creek Drive, 841-0990.

Ragin’ Hormones (early show), 7 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St., 856-4330.

DOJO, 10 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second, 856-4330.

KANSAS CITY

Crunchy (featuring Monty Colvin of Galactic Cowboys), Stickups, 9:30 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-1909.

MUSIC

TODAY

KANSAS CITY

Free Music Friday: The Eugene Smiley Blues Band, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Grand Hall, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 460-2020.

SATURDAY

LAWRENCE

Faculty artist: Ben Sayevich, violin, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, KU campus, 864-3436.

Children’s Music Hour with Melanie Dill, 10:30 a.m., Oread Books, level 2, Kansas Union, KU campus, 864-4431.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass., 830-9640.

KANSAS CITY

Brian Regan: The “Take Luck” Tour, 8 p.m., Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 753-8665.

Musical Story Time: “Nursery Rhyme Nonsense,” featuring the Kansas City Children’s Chorus and Kasey Kangaroo, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 235-6222.

Ann Hampston Callaway in Ella Fitzgerald tribute, 8 p.m., The Folly Theatre, 300 W. 12th, Kansas City, Mo., 800-279-4444

SUNDAY

KANSAS CITY

Gospel Sunday Concerts Celebrate Black History Month, 3 p.m., H&R Block City Stage Theater, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 460-2020.

“Oscar Night America,” benefiting children’s charity Variety, 6 p.m., Midland Theatre, 1228 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 931-3330.

TOPEKA

Spencer Consort: “Bach Arias and Baroque Instrumental Quartets,” 3 p.m., Countryside United Methodist Church, 3221 S.W. Burlingame Road, (785) 865-5946 or (785) 266-7541.

MONDAY

LAWRENCE

Organ Recital: Eun Young Cho, 7:30 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, KU campus, 864-3436.

KANSAS CITY

JCCC Ruel Joyce Recital Series: James Swain, cello, noon, Recital Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park, (913) 469-8500.

“At Ease With Opera,” Debra Karr, Opera Guild speaker, 7 p.m., Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 471-7344.

TUESDAY

LAWRENCE

Keller Williams, 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass., 749-1912.

KU Symphony Orchestra and KU Symphonic Choir, 7:30 p.m., The Lied Center, KU campus, 864-2787.

KANSAS CITY

JCCC Jazz Series: KC Jazz Bass Quartet, noon, Recital Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park, (913) 469-8500.

WEDNESDAY

KANSAS CITY

Alison Krauss and Union Station, 8 p.m., The Midland Theater, 1228 Main, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 471-8600.

Noon Notes & Nosh: Mark Langdon, organ, noon, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Wornall and Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 523-0160.

THURSDAY

LAWRENCE

Jazz Colloquium, 8:45 a.m.-6:15 p.m., Alderson, Kansas Union, KU campus, www.ku.edu/~kuijsg or email wjh8@ku.edu.

THEATER

LAWRENCE

“Carmen,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Lied Center, KU campus, 864-2787.

“Enchanted April,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469.

KANSAS CITY

“A Lie of the Mind,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Mabee Theater, Rockhurst University, 1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 501-4895.

“Reckless,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, H&R Block City Stage Theater, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 460-2020.

“Ms. Piggle-Wiggle,” 10 a.m. and noon Tuesday-Thursday, Theatre for Young America, 5909 Johnson Drive, Mission, (813) 831-2131.

“Dream a Little Dream,” rock’n’roll musical of The Mamas & The Papas, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park, (913) 469-4445.

“Rain and Off the Map,” 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Black Box Theatre, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park, (913) 469-4445.

MISC.

TODAY

LAWRENCE

Program and discussion: “Free Did Not Mean Welcomed,” Carmaletta Williams, JCCC, 6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 841-0030 or 979-4692.

KANSAS CITY

Dinner and music, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 561-4000.

TOPEKA

Kansas Silent Film Festival: “Those Awful Hats” (1909), “Never Weaken” (1921), “Pass the Gravy” (1928) and “When the Clouds Roll By” (1919), 7 p.m.-10 p.m., White Concert Hall, Washburn University campus, 17th and Jewell, (785) 231-1111, ext. 127.

SATURDAY

LAWRENCE

Lawrence Children’s Choir Benefit Sale, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Lawrence Community Center, 11th and Vermont streets, 691-7824.

Empowerment Seminar for Youth, introduction by Barbara Ballard, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, 841-0030 or 979-4692.

KANSAS CITY

Jumpstart Story Time, 2 p.m., Kansas City Public Library, L.H. Bluford Branch, 3050 Prospect, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 235-1003.

Star Light, Starry Night Astronomy Program: “Realm of Galaxies,” 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.

Create: “Build a Cold Frame,” 10 a.m.-noon, Powell Gardens, 1609 N.W. U.S. Highway 50, Kingsville, Mo., (816) 697-2600.

Mid-America MS Achievement Center’s “7th Annual Race to Nowhere,” 24 Hour Fitness, Overland Park, (816) 751-7777.

“Red Hot” Heart Ball, American Heart Assn. annual fund-raiser, 6:30 p.m., Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo., (913) 648-6727.

“Golden Anniversary Bacchus Ball,” benefits Shakespeare Festival, 7 p.m., Rooftop Ballroom, Fairmont on the Plaza, Kansas City, Mo., www.bacchuskc.com.

TOPEKA

Kansas Silent Film Festival: “The Sundown Limited” (1924), “Mickey in School” (1928), “His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz” (1914), “The Hazards of Helen, Chapter 9: The Leap from the Water Tower” (1915), “Nell Gwyn” (1926), “The Roaring Road” (1919), “Wrong Again” (1929), “A Woman” (1916) and “The Phantom of the Opera” (1925), 10 a.m.-10 p.m., White Concert Hall, Washburn University campus, 17th and Jewell, (785) 231-1111, ext. 127.

Topeka Ballet Ensemble: “Peter and the Wolf,” “Les Sylphides,” “Missione A Bombay and “Fantasia Corrette,” 7 p.m., Georgia Neese Gray Auditorium, Garvey Fine Arts Center, Washburn University campus, (785) 633-0484.

OTTAWA

Bridal Fair, 9 a.m.-noon, Ottawa Library, 105 S. Hickory, (785) 242-3080.

SUNDAY

LAWRENCE

Family Barn Dance, 4 p.m. dance, 5:15 p.m. potluck, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 841-5759.

Enjoy the Oscars with the KU department of theater and film, 6 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass., 842-1390.

MONDAY

TOPEKA

Event: “K-State Just for Juniors,” presented by the K-State Alumni Association, 6:30 p.m., Topeka’s Capitol Plaza Hotel, 1717 S.W. Topeka Blvd., (800) 600-ALUM or (785) 532-6260.

TUESDAY

KANSAS CITY

“Travels in Morocco,” Windows on the World Travelogue, 2 p.m., Yardley Hall, Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College, Overland Park, (913) 469-4445.

Visiting Scholar Lecture Series: Jude Dougherty, “Wretched Aristotle,” 7:30 p.m., Mabee Theater, Sedgwick Hall, Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost Avenue, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 501-4828.

TOPEKA

International Film Series: “Osama,” 6:30 p.m., Marvin Auditorium, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, (785) 580-4540.

“Your 401K: Will It Be There When You Need It?”, 7 p.m., Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, (785) 580-4540.

“Blue’s Clues Live!”, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Topeka Performing Arts Center, 214 S.E. Eighth Ave., (785) 234-4545.

WEDNESDAY

LAWRENCE

Book signing: Doug Vance and Jeff Bollig, “Beware of the Phog: 50 Years of Allen Fieldhouse,” 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Oread Books, KU Union, KU campus, 864-4431.

University Forum: “A Place at the Table: Using Our Faith to Advocate for the World’s Hungry,” Elise Young, regional organizer for Bread for the World, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread, 843-4933.

KANSAS CITY

“Love Your Body” Free Stuff giveaway, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Massman Hall lobby, Rockhurst University, 1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 501-4895.

THURSDAY

KANSAS CITY

Relaxation and Meditation, 4:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Mabee chapel, Massman Hall, Rockhurst University, 1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 501-4895.

MUSEUMS

ONGOING

LAWRENCE

Clinton Lake Museum, Route 5, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday and by appointment, (785) 748-0800.

Exhibits: “Clinton Lake Communities: The First 20 Years, 1854-1874,” “Religion,” “The Underground Railroad,” “The J.C. Steele House.”

Clyde W. Tombaugh Observatory, 500 Lindley Hall, KU, 964-3166. Open to the public for observations on the second and fourth Sunday nights of each month, if skies are clear, 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Haskell Cultural Center and Museum, 155 Indian Ave., Haskell Indian Nations University, 832-6686. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., KU, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 864-4710.

Exhibit: “Tokyo: The Imperial Capital,” woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940, Kress Gallery, Saturday through March 20.

Exhibit: “Daguerreotype to Digital: Photographs from the Collection,” North Balcony Gallery, through July 31.

Exhibit: “Tradition and Modernity: Japanese Art of the Early Twentieth Century,” Asian Gallery, through May 22.

Exhibit: “Brion Gysin: A Selection of Books and Works on Paper.”

Exhibit: “Transitions: KU Faculty Artists Explore Change.”

Kansas University Natural History Museum, on Jayhawk Boulevard on KU campus, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 864-4540 or 864-4450.

Kenneth Spencer Research Library, behind Strong Hall on Poplar Lane, KU, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 864-4334.

Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; 841-4109, www.watkinsmuseum.org.

Exhibit: Prairie Gold: “Opportunity & Struggle: Early Settlement of Douglas County, 1820-1861,” through 2005.

KANSAS CITY

American Jazz Museum, 1616 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-8463. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: “The Light in the Other Room: It Happened on the Vine,” Changing Gallery, through April 30.

The Belger Arts Center, 2100 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 474-3250. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m.-9 p.m. the first Friday of each month.

The Truman Presidential Museum & Library, Kansas City, Mo., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, open until 9 p.m. Thursday, (816) 833-1225.

Hallmark Visitors Center, Crown Center, 25th and McGee streets, Kansas City, Mo., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, (816) 274-3613.

Exhibit: Creative and Hallmark Keepsake Ornament Exhibit; J.C. Hall Christmas Trees, year-round.

Johnson County Museum of History, 6305 Lackman, Overland Park, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, (913) 631-6709.

Exhibits: “Seeking the Good Life” and “1950s All-Electric House,” ongoing.

Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-4:30 p.m. Sunday, (816) 483-8300.

The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (816) 561-3737.

Exhibit: “Out of Nature,” John Kalymnios, kinetic sculpture, through Feb. 27.

Exhibit: “Roberto Juarez: They Entered the Road,” through Feb. 27.

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (816) 561-4000.

Exhibit: “Bingham to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” Saturday through July 31.

Exhibit: “The Glory of the Law: Treasures of Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture,” through July 31.

Exhibit: “Realism and Abstraction: Six Degrees of Separation,” through July 31.

Exhibit: “‘Tide of Chaos, Fervor Within: Chinese Painters of the 17th Centure Respond to Dynastic Upheaval,” through July 31.

Exhibit: “Bingham to Benton: The Midwest as Muse,” through July 31.

Toy and Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak, Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, (816) 333-9328.

Storytime: River and Prairie Storyweavers, 1 p.m. Saturdays.

Exhibit: Miniature Mt. Vernon and Other Presidential Exhibits, through March 25.

Exhibit: “Ships Ahoy,” hand-made ship models built by Kansas City Square Riggers Club members, through June 4.

Union Station-Science City, Pershing Road and Main Street, Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, (816) 460-2020.

Multimedia show: “Skywatch,” 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.

Kansas City Jewish Museum, 5500 W. 123rd St., Overland Park, (913) 266-8413.

The John Wornall House Museum, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, (816) 444-1858.

TOPEKA

Combat Air Museum, Forbes Field, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, (913) 862-3303.

The Great Overland Station, 701 N. Kansas Ave., (785) 232-5533. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Kansas Museum of History, 6425 S.W. Sixth Ave., (785) 272-8681. Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, (785) 272-8681.

Exhibit: “From Gems to Gimcracks, The Discovery Place,” hands-on gallery for children, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. daily.

Exhibit: “Beyond Lewis & Clark, The Army Explores the West,” through Aug. 14.

Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, 17th and Jewell streets, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, (785) 231-1124.

Exhibit: Chinese paintings and calligraphy by Ertai and Maya Gao and posters and artifacts of China’s Cultural Revolution, through Feb. 27.

Ward Meade House, 124 N. Filmore, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, (913) 235-0806. Victorian house, log cabin, old school and botanical gardens, with tours and crafts shop.

LECOMPTON

Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (785) 887-6520.

Exhibit: “Bleeding Kansas” program series, 2 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 27.

Territorial Capital Museum, downtown, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, (785) 887-6148.

GALLERIES

SATURDAY

KANSAS CITY

Storytime session: “Once Upon A Treasure Trunk,” noon and 2 p.m., Atrium, Crown Center Shops, 2450 Grand, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 274-8444.

TUESDAY

KANSAS CITY

Opening: “Chairs: They Lift Us Up,” FaFa Gallery, 2000 Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 221-2727.

THURSDAY

KANSAS CITY

Opening reception: 2004 Omni Awards Show, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, 5015 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Mo., (816) 235-1501.

ONGOING

LAWRENCE

Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU, 864-3209. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. Gallery closed Saturdays and Holidays.

Exhibit: Graduate Student Exhibition, through today.

Exhibit: BFA Art Department Exhibition, Sunday through March 4.

Back to the Garden, 619 N. Second St.

Exhibit: metal sculpture by Steen Kjorlie, ongoing.

Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., 843-1001.

Exhibit: “Feast or Famine?” paintings by Aaron Marable, Sundays through Monday.

CornerBank, 4621 W. Sixth St., 838-9400. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon Saturday.

Exhibit: Marla Jackson, quilts, and Sue Kapfer, “Stick People,” mixed media sculptures, through March 25.

Diane’s Artisan Gallery, 801 1/2 Mass., 856-1155. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and till 7 p.m. Thursday.

Exhibit: Lawrence potter Larry Brow and glass bead “Garden Bracelets” made by Cherie Cooper of Salem, Ore., ongoing.

Dole Institute of Politics, KU campus, 864-4900. Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily.

Exhibit: “The Reagan Presidency: Images from the Dole Archives,” Hansen Hall Lobby, through Monday.

Exhibit: Trade Center memorial and memory wall honoring World War II veterans from Kansas, ongoing.

Do’s Deluxe, 416 E. Ninth St., 841-2254.

Exhibit: Quilts by Terry Thompson, through March 12.

Douglas County Law Library Art Gallery, 111 E. 11th St., 838-2477 or www.douglascolawlibrary.org. Hours: Noon-3 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. All exhibits sponsored by Lawrence Art Guild.

Exhibit: Nature photography by D.W. Gates, through Monday.

Fields Gallery, 712 Mass., 842-7187. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: Kim Kern, figurative oil paintings, through April 17.

Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., 843-2787. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Frequently open in evenings.

Exhibit: “All Members Show,” through March 11.

Exhibit: “Circles and Cycles: Textiles by Carla Tilghman,” through March 11.

Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833.

Exhibit: “Prints about Lawrence by Lawrence Artists,” gallery, through Monday.

Exhibit: Fine Art Photography by Jim Swanson, lower level, through Monday.

Milton’s Coffee & Wine, 920 Mass.

Exhibit: Abstract expressionist figure paintings by Gerry Miller, through March.

Olive Gallery and Art Supply, 15 E. Eighth St., 331-4114, www.oliveart.org. Hours: Noon-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and noon-7 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: “A Guided Imagery Tour,” artwork by William Wesley Marshall, through March 4. Reception: 6 p.m.-10 p.m. today.

Phoenix Gallery, 919 Mass., 843-0080.

Exhibit: Jane Domko’s fused glass plates and jewelry, ongoing.

The Red Dresser, 624 N. Second St., 856-7877. Hours: 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Call gallery for special holiday hours.

Exhibit: Local artists and refurbished furniture, ongoing.

Signs of Life, 722 Mass., 830-8030. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.

Exhibit: “Eyes to See,” engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser, through April 2.

SilverWorks and More, 715 Mass., 842-1460. Hours: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday.

Exhibit: “Figurative Interpretations in Crafts,” ongoing.

Southwest and More, 727 Mass., 843-0141. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: Recent works by Patricia Shebola, Don Dane, R. Wade Brown, Dolores Corcoran, Cheryl Richter, Tana Cimino, Luther Narcomey and Jim Smith.

Starbucks, 647 Mass., 832-0300.

Exhibit: Lynn A. Metzger, oil paintings, through April 1.

Topiary Tree, 716 Mass., 842-1181.

Exhibit: Impressionist oil paintings by Joanie Whiteknight, ongoing.

Unity Art Gallery, 900 Madeline, 841-1447. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibit: Painting and mixed media by Marty Olson, through Monday.

Wildcat Studio, 3320 Peterson Road, Suite 102A, 842-3154. Hours: by appointment.

Exhibit: Portraits, paintings and epic-size history paintings by Wayne Wildcat, ongoing.

Z’s Divine Espresso-east, 1800 E. 23rd St., Suite A, 842-7651.

Exhibit: Yuri Zupancic, paintings and drawings, through Feb. 28.

Z’s Divine Espresso downtown, 10 E. Ninth St., Suite A, 843-3007.

Exhibit: Geoff Benzing, acrylic on canvas, through Feb. 28.

Zen Zero, 811 Mass. St., 832-0001.

Exhibit: “Reflections of the Self,” wood sculptures and framing by Terry Miller.