fall break OUR BEST BETS UNTIL IF YOU'RE STICKING AROUND LAWRENCE
OCTOBER 23 home grown.
Head down to the 1000 block of Vermont Street and taste fresh, local autumn produce at the Lawrence Farmer's Market from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Later, head down to the Jazzhaus,926 1/2
Two Dollar Shoe Revival Story
Massachusetts St. and bop to the bluegrass twang of Two Dollar Shoe Revival Story.The show is all ages and starts at 11:00 p.m.The cost is yet to be announced.
hit the road. The KU vs.
OCTOBER 25
K-State football game is a great excuse to get out of town. Even if the rivalry doesn't mean that much to you,
Manhattan is still Man-happenin' this weekend.
Aggieville touchdown weekends are a great place to get cheap food, shopping deals and all the drunken cowboys you could want. Nature iovers can get their fix on guided tours of the
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Prairie Bus Tours take place three times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $5; for more information call 620-273-8494. Round out the evening in the cavernous Rusty's Last Chance, an ever-expanding Manhattan bar that now occupies five buildings on Moro Street in Aggieville. For more information on Manhattan activities, visit www.aggieville.org.
OCTOBER 26 get moving. Expose yourself to a variety of artistic
expression on the Lawrence Art Walk, noon to 6 p.m. The walk features more than 75 artists at 62 locations in and around Lawrence. Pick up your free guidebook at The Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Today is also the end of daylight-saving time, so don't forget to reset your clocks or you might miss your first class tomorrow.
raise a toast. Trade fall break adventure.
OCTOBER 27
stories at Free State Brewery's, 636 Massachusetts St., Half Price Draws night. People come out of the woodwork for $1.75 pints, so this is a great opportunity to catch up with friends you haven't seen in a while..
bump in the night.
Make the annual pilgrimage to Kansas
City's haunted houses. Built in abandoned warehouses, the classic scream fests blow away any houses of horror you saw back home. Although tickets can get pricey, you can buy combo packs for a significant discount. The Beast and The Edge of Hell combo is $30 on weekends. Lesser-known haunted houses are also a good buy with tickets as low as $12. For more information on tickets, haunted houses and driving directions, check out http://kansascityguide.com/haunted.html.
OCTOBER 28
scrappy doo. The ath
letic percussionists of Scrap Arts Music make all their own instruments from salvaged and recycled junk. See what all the noise is about at the Lied Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $11.50 to $14.
OCTOBER 29
american classics.
Sherman Alexie is best known for his 1998
Sundance-award-winning movie Smoke Signals. Killing Indians: Myths, Lies and Exaggerations is a free lecture that promises to poke holes in popular wisdom and poke fun at pop culture. The event starts at 7:30 p.m.at the Lied Center and no tickets are needed. Dress up in your best corset and see The Rocky Horror Picture Show at 8:00 p.m.in the Kansas Union. Student Union Activities will be handing out free prop packs for the interactive show and a costume contest will determine the best-dressed sweet transvestites..
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thursday, October 16, 2003