Weekly choice
Tues 11/01
Randy Rogers. Grand Emporium, 8 p.m., 21+,$10
Two Can Play, New Theatre Restaurant,
6 p.m., $29.20, includes dinner
The last week. Closing November 6.
Workshop: Leadership Enhancement Series: "The Leadership Challenge... Are you up to it?" Kansas Union, Jayhawk Room, 6 p.m., FREE Are you a leader? This leadership lecture will give you a chance to meet with other would-be student leaders and discover different ways to apply your skills. Lead on, friend.
Nodes of Ranvier, A River Forth, Flee the Seen. Boobie Trap Bar, 8 p.m., all ages, $5 to $6
University Singers. First United Methodist Church, all ages, FREE
Nickel Creek. Uptown Theater, 7:35 p.m., all ages, $25.50
Flashback Film: The Sandlot. Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, level 5, 7 p.m., $1 or FREE with an SUA Activity Card
No self-respecting, freedom-loving American can deny that this film chronicles all that is good and pure with Americana. It may not be summer and you may not be in baseball mode anymore, but how can you miss watching Michael 'Squints' Palledorous make out with that hottie lifeguard? If you don't love that, you have no soul.
Club Wars Regional Semi-Final with Cassiopia, Dora Dank, Burning Existence. Beaumont Club, 9 p.m., 21+,$7
Hot Rod Circuit, Piebald, The JuniorVarsity, Tablets of Orion. Bottleneck, 7 p.m., all ages,$9 to $11
Wed 11/02
Lecture: Study Group with Institute Fellow Paul Curcio, Political Advertising Executive, Big Time Political Advertising: Behind the Scenes. Dole Institute of Politics, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. all ages FREE
Amos Lee. Grand Emporium, 8 p.m., 18+, $15
Digable Planets. Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $20 to $25
Fresh Ink, Spoken Word and Music, poetry slam. 10 p.m., 21+, $3
Samples, Honeytribe. Beaumont, 8 p.m., all ages, $15
Movie: L'esquive (Games of Love and Chance) presented by the Department of French and Italian. Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium, level 4, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $2 at the Hawk Shop Convenience Store
Lecture: Study Group with State Representative Barbara Ballard, Institute Associate Director for Outreach. Dole Institute of Politics, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., all ages, FREE
Lecture: Matthew Dowd. Dole Institute of Politics, 7:30 p.m., FREE
Dowd, chief campaign strategist for Bush-Cheney '04, provides an insider's perspective of how Bush stole, er, won the election. Note: Riot likely, dress appropriately
Matt Nathanson, Matt Wertz, Kate Earl. Bottleneck, all ages, 8 p.m., $10
Iridescence. Harbour Lights, 10 p.m.,
21+, $2
Two Can Play. New Theatre Restaurant,
6 p.m., $29.20 (includes dinner)
The last week. Closing November 6.
Poetry Slam. Kansas Union Hawks Nest, 7 p.m., FREE
Nest, 7 p.m., FREE
On the first Wednesday of every month SUA plays host to our popular poetry slam series. Readers have five minutes to read any type of poetry. Audience members will vote on their top slam poet, and prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers ($50, $25, and $15, respectively). Source: www.ku.edu