This Weekend’s Highlights

Primetime Heroes

With KC pop punkers Anything But Joey calling it quits, Topeka’s Primetime Heroes look to inherit the “three chords and a goofy hook” crown. The band’s brand of stick-in-your-head, Blink 182-inspired pop draws some serious hometown allegiance. This show offers a free opportunity to check out the Heroes and four other up-and-coming local bands, as they join Ten Mile Drive, Brighton Line, The Effects and Amsterband for a free show 6 p.m. Saturday at The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

Black Pool Lights

Side projects are all the rage these days amongst Lawrence favorites The Get Up Kids. Matt Pryor fronts The New Amsterdams; Rob and Ryan Pope are jamming with Koufax; and James Dewees has the equally revered Reggie and the Full Effect. Lest The Get Up Kids guitarist and co-songwriter Jim Suptic be left in the cold, there is Black Pool Lights, which makes its Lawrence debut 11 p.m. today at The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Anne McCue

Anne McCue hails from the Aussie punk scene but moved to California a few years ago where her music picked up an ounce of twang. She owns nine guitars, including a lap steel and 6-string banjo. Her biggest fan (and one of her major influences) is Lucinda Williams — and they’ve toured together. McCue and her trio perform 8 p.m. Saturday at Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Gallery talk

Emporia-born photographer Leo Lutz has been using a camera to make black-and-white photographs of natural landscapes, historical locations and architectural subjects for some 17 years. The Kansas University graduate studied with masters associated with the F64 Group of California photographers. Like those purists, Lutz shoots normal perspectives in sharp focus rather than manipulating images to resemble other art media. He’ll discuss his work during a 7 p.m. Tuesday gallery talk for his one-man exhibition, “The Exploring Eye,” on view through Feb. 11 at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

Lines in motion

Mark Sheinkman’s works on paper and canvas explore the possibilities of abstraction through classic elements of drawing. In his experimental line compositions, he blends sculptural and architectural features with his unique method of abstract painting. Sheinkman, a visiting artist at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Mo., will speak about his work during an opening reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today at the museum. “New Works by Mark Sheinkman” will remain on view through April 10.