46F AUGUST 1996
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
Continued from 45F
Seem-To-Be Players Children's Theatre
843-5067. Lawrence Arts Center,
200 W. Ninth St.
- "Three Billy Goats Gruff and Other Fairy Tales for the Very Young." Sept. 28-29.
- "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers," Oct. 30-Nov. 3.
- "Halloween for the Very Young." Nov. 2.
- "An O. Henry Holiday," Dec.
12-15.
- "The Seem-To-Be Just-So Stories." April 5-6.
- "Reliable Junk," Jan. 23.
* "The Seem-To-Be Just-Sc
KANSAS CITY
Armenian Heartland Theatre Co.
Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Tickets, (816) 842-9999. Performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturdays.
- "Funny Money," through Aug. 31.
- "Greater Tuna," Sept. 6-Oct. 27.
- "A Wonderful Life," Nov. 8-1an. 11.
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City (816) 471-7344.1029 Central, Kansas City, Mo.
- "La Boheme," Sept. 14-22.
TOPEKA
Topeka Civic Theatre
Performance times are 7:30 p.m.
Topeka Civic Theatre Box office, (913) 357-5211. Dinner and non-dinner seating. Box office, 534 1/2 N. Kansas.
- "Laundry and Bourbon on Lone Star," Sept. 13-Oct. 5.
- Tuesdays-Wednesdays; 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays, with dinner starting at 6 p.m.; and 2 p.m.
Sundays.
9. "Shadowlands," Oct. 18-Nov.
- "Baby," Nov. 29-Dec. 28.
- 8. "I Hate Hamlet," Jan. 17-Feb.
- "Pack of Lies," April 18-May 10.
- "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Feb. 28-March 29.
"Sylvia," May 30-June 21.
"Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers," July 11-Aug. 9.
Topeka Performing Arts Center
(913) 297-9000. 214 S.E. Eighth St.
- "42nd Street," Oct. 5.
- "Ain't Misbehavin'," Oct. 20.
- "Kiss of the Spider Woman," Feb. 5.
- "Grease!" March 28-29.
- "CATS," May 6-8.
Miscellany
LAWRENCE
Harvest of Arts/Celebration of Cultures
- Sept. 28-Oct. 6: Various arts and cultural-related events in downtown lawrence.
downtown Lawrence.
throughout the year for
Ecumenical Christian Ministries 843-4933.1204 Oread Ave. Regular meetings scheduled
- Wednesdays: Lawrence Men's Group, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
- C. O.D.A., Interactions, Chinese Cultural Club, lcthus, Natural Ties, Coffee House and yoga classes
- Mondays: AA, 11:30 a.m.
12:45 p.m.
- First Sunday of each month:
PFLAG, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
- Thursdays: KU Environs, vegetarian lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
*Sundays: Peace Mennonite Church, 10 a.m.
Hall Center events
Hall Center events Kansas University campus.
- Sept. 4: Lecture and panel discussion, "Technology, Public Debate, and the Electoral Process." 7 p.m.
- Sept. 10: Humanities lecture series, "John Steuart Curry, Prairie Prodigal," 7:30 p.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
- Sept. 16: Public lecture,
"Ethics of Literal Writing."
- Oct. 23: Public lecture,
"Poetry Reading with
Commentary," Gwendolyn
Brooks, author, 8 p.m., Lied
Center.
- Nov. 12: Humanities lecture series, "Rembrandt's Originality," 7:30 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
- Feb. 20: Humanities lecture series, "Working in Nature," 7:30 p.m.
- March 11: Humanities lecture series, "The Spanish New World in the Narrative Imagination, Past and Present," 7:30 p.m.
Kansas University football
Kansas University football Memorial Stadium, Kansas University. Home games with asterisk. Dates and time are subject to change.
- Aug. 29: Ball State*, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 14: Texas Christian, 7:05
- Sept. 28; Utah, 8:05 p.m.
Oct. 5; Oklahoma, 1:30 p.m.
- Oct. 12: Texas Tech* (Band Dav). 1 p.m.
- Oct. 19: Colorado* (Homecoming), 1 p.m.
- Oct. 26: Nebraska, 1 p.m.
- Lawrence Public Library
843-3833. 707 Vt.
- Nov. 16: Texas*, 1 p.m.
- Nov. 2: Iowa State, 1 p.m.
• Nov. 2: Iowa State, 1 p.m.
- Sept. 11: "Medicine River, by Thomas King, Native American Writers of the Plains book discussion series, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
- Nov. 2: Iowa State, 1 p.m.
- Nov. 9: Kansas State*, 1 p.m.
- Nov. 23: Missouri, 1 p.m.
Workshop, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Sept. 26: "Fools Crow," by James Welch, Native American Writers of the Plains book discussion series, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
- Oct. 9: "The Bingo Palace," by Louise Erdrich, Native American Writers of the Plains book discussion series, 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m.
- Oct. 23: "Mean Spirit," by Linda Hogan, Native American Writers of the Plains book discussion series, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Liberty Hall
- June 14: The Imagination Workshop, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Aug. 24: KANU Goodtime
Radio Revue
Kansas University west campus.
• Sept. 19: Seattle Mime Theatre, 8 p.m.
749-1972. 642 Mass.
Lied Center
- Feb. 1: The imagination.
Workshop, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Oct. 5: The Imagination Workshop, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- Oct. 6: Pittsburgh Symphony,
with Andre Previn, 7 p.m.
- Oct. 1: Beaux Arts Trio, 8 p.m.
- Nov. 30: The Imagination
- Oct. 22: Sankai Juku in "Yuragi: In a Space on Perpetual Motion." 8 p.m.
- Oct. 25: Queensland Ballet, with the Kansas City Symphony, in "Pirates!", 8 p.m.
- Nov. 10: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, 3:30 p.m.
- Oct. 22: Sankai Juku in
- Nov. 2: National Song and Dance Ensemble of Tibet, 8 p.m.
- Jan. 28: Mercy Cunningham Dance Company, 8 p.m.
- Dec. 14-15: "Sleeping Beauty on Ice," featuring St. Petersburg State I ballet, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
- Nov. 15: "Tommy," 8 p.m.
- Feb. 7-9: "Carousel," 8 p.m.
Feb. 7, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 8
and and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb.
9.
- Feb. 16: New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, 3:30 p.m.
- Feb. 21-23; Stomp. 8 p.m.
Feb. 21-22 and 7 p.m. Feb. 23.
- Feb. 25: Dawn Upshaw, soprano, and Richard Goode, piano, 8 p.m.
- March 2: "Sound of Music," 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
- March 7: New York Opera
National Company in "La Boheme," 8 p.m.
- March 18: Streb/Ringside in "Population." 8 p.m.
Population, 8 p.m.
• April 6: Ying Quartet, 3 p.m.
• April 9: Russian Village
Festival, 8 p.m.
- April 13: Theatre Sans Fil in "The Crown of Destiny," 2 p.m.
- April 20: Blair String Quartet with Bela Fleck. 3:30 p.m.
Museums
LAWRENCE Helen Foresman Spencer Museum Of Art
864-4710. On Mississippi Street west of the Kansas Union on Kansas University campus.
Comprehensive museum with paintings, sculpture, graphics, textiles. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Thursdays; and noon-5 p.m.
Sundays. Closed Mondays, Dec.
24-25 and Dec. 31-Ian. 1.
- "Kansas Quilts from the Spencer Museum Collection," through Sept. 29.
- "Hopi Pottery." Sept. 7-Oct. 20.
Witness.
- "Western Waters:
Photographs by Terry Evans, Greg Conniff and Wanda Hammerbeck." Aug. 24-Oct. 20.
- "Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts," Oct. 19-Dec. 29.
- "Pictorialism into Modernism:
The Clarence H. White School of
Photography" Feb. 1-March 30.
- "Hogarth and Shows or London," Feb. 1-March 30.
- "Stage Designs by Boris Anisfeld," April 25-May 31.
Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Behind Strong Hall on Poplar Lane, KU campus. Hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays (the Kansas Collection and University Archives close at 5 p.m.).
- "Strong Hall: Crown Jewel of Mt. Oread," University Archives Gallery.
Kansas University Natural History Museum
History Museum 864-4540 or 864-4450. On Jayhawk Blvd. on KU campus. Hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m. Sundays. Closed Thanksgiving Day. Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
- 1995 British Gas Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition exhibition, through Sept. 9.
- Museum of Anthropology 864-4245. Spooner Hall on KU campus. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
- "People of Africa," through April 6.
- Eighth Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show: A Juried Competition, Sept. 7-Oct. 20.
- "Los Dias de los Muertos," Oct. 26-Nov. 17.
- The Hazelle Rollins Puppets, Nov. 30-Jan. 5.
- "Images of the Virgin," Feb. 15-April 6.
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