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Wilderness

Wilderness

Lawrence's Minus Story gets paired with Jagjaguwar Records labelmate Wilderness, a powerful psychedelic rock band in the vein of Explosions in the Sky and Savage Republic. Formed by a quartet of Baltimore friends who have been musically collaborating for more than a decade, the outfit delivers songs that "touch on numerous themes like living through the end of capitalism, feeling the landfills topple and swell, vibrations in the market place, collective brain harvesting and the absolute falling all around the opinionated as the opinionated fall all around the absolute." The groups join The Internet at 10 p.m. Saturday at The Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Alanis Morissette

Salva Me

It's the 10-year anniversary of Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill," where she unleashed her ululating frustration on the pop-rock world. Though some were skeptical of her position as a rocker at the time, when compared to Britney, Christina and Jessica, whom the musical shift of the last decade has placed in the category, Morissette is a goddess among girls - and certainly the only one ever cast to the part. Morissette joins Jason Mraz at 8 p.m. Sunday at The Midland Theater, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Salva Me

Although hailing from the same town as Cheap Trick, there is nothing musically cheap about Salva Me. The Rockford, Ill., group has created a buzz in a relatively short span with its experimental mix of electronic, pop and jazz styles. Fronted by comely siren Stephanie Castillo, the ensemble has both the ambient quality of a hip indie soundtrack and undeniable onstage charisma that makes for an engaging live show. The band performs at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

'Jesus Loves Me'

'Jesus Loves Me'

Severed fingers always look lovely above the sofa - or so says the proprietor of Olive Gallery and Art Supply, who is showing works by Kristen Ferrell this month. Dualities play out on Ferrell's canvases: beauty and the grotesque, innocence and rage, id and superego. "Being raised in a quiet, God-fearing Kansas home and being plagued with constant violent rebellious tendencies" inspired Ferrell to express internal conflicts through her art, which is gaining a following in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle - even Germany. Her Lawrence exhibition, "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know," opens with a reception from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, 15 E. Eighth St. Ferrell's son, Sullivan, will display his artwork in Kids' Corner. The show remains on view through July 27.

'The Dinosaur Musical'

'The Dinosaur Musical'

Prehistory is rewritten in "The Dinosaur Musical," a rollicking show about a mother and daughter pair of Parasaurolophuses who are down on their luck until they come upon the Paradise Hotel - a safe haven for vegetarian dinosaurs looking to escape carnivores. Kansas City-area audiences will be the first in the country to see the professional workshop production by the brothers Robert and Willie Reale, Tony Award nominees for "A Year With Frog and Toad." The show opens at 7 p.m. today at The Coterie Theatre, on level 1 of the Crown Center Shops, 2450 Grand Blvd. Performances continue through Aug. 7.