thanksgiving week. IF YOU'RE NOT TOO SLEEPY FROM ALL THAT TURKEY
NOV. 27 ooooh, aaaaah
night with about 275,000 people. The annual Plaza Lighting Ceremony is a great way to kick off the holiday season and spend your Thanksgiving evening with friends, family or the many others gazing at the towers, domes, balconies, courtyards and buildings spanning the 14-block area. This year, the power to flip the lights will be in the control of Kate Spade, famed handbag and accessory designer. The 288,000 jewel-colored bulbs will be turned on at 7:30 p.m. but actual Broadway-themed festivities run from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The stage is located at Nichols Road and Wyandotte Street in front of the Mark Shale store.
NOV.29 a little
odd.
odd. Bizarre Bazaar is held annually every Thanksgiving weekend at the Lawrence Arts Center, 904 New Hampshire St. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., feast your eyes, ears and taste buds on the wide range of artistic fare. Right Between the Ears is the popular sketch-comedy Kansas Public Radio show. Double your pleasure tonight with two shows at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. One at 5 p.m., and a live broadcast performance is at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 to $12.
DEC.1 secret
santa
NOV.28
Santa. Santa knows if you've been bad or good, but what do you know about him? Santaland Diaries, a play based on David Sedaris' book Holidays on Ice, follows the travails of an out-of-work actor turned department store Santa. Originally performed on National Public Radio. Catch it at The Late Night Theatre, 1531 Grand in Kansas City, Mo. Showtime is at 8 p.m. and tickets are $18.
DEC.2
fallen woman?
NOV. 30 hear, hear.
For this post-Thanksgiving Sabbath day, Heiruspecs and Sounds Good will be at The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway tonight; the exact time is to be announced. For $5 for a 21-and-older crowd, witness the musical and lyrical genius of two Midwest hip-hop deities.
today. This tale of how horrible the world would be without one good man will inevitably pop up on television within the next few weeks. See it early at the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire St., at 8 tonight. Ticket price will be announced later. As long as bells and angel's wings are on your mind, we'd like to remind you not to be like the villainous Mr. Potter. Money. Possessions aren't everything, even on the busiest shopping day of the year ... or so we hear from the folks promoting Buy Nothing Day.
story unfold as a woman travels from city to city trying to overcome her street ways to become a high society wife. This sex tragedy, Lulu, performed by the KU Theatre, written by Frank Wedekind and directed by Patricia Ybarra, lets you decide if Lulu destroys men with her lethal love or if she is the victim of heartless men. The play begins at 7:30 p.m. at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $12. Performances continue through Dec. 7. For more information, visit www.kutheatre.com or call 864-3982.
we love you, clarence
DEC. 3 oom pah
pling and a one-man band? What more can a well-rounded music lover want? Drums and Tuba will be at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., with That 1 Guy. Since 1997, Drums and Tuba have produced their eclectic assortment of music with just drums and a tuba, encompassing everything from funk to punk. If you're 18 or older, you'll only be out $7 to share in this strange, but seemingly entertaining, musical smorgasbord.
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thursday. november 20, 2003