Thurs.9/30
Expand your vocabulary with a $5 bag of books at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont, for the Friends of the Library Book Sale, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thousands of books in dozens of categories will be sold and auctioned though Saturday.
Junior Brown, The Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., 9.p.m., 21+, $20
DJ Scottie Mac, The Granada
Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts 10
p.m., 18+, $2
Shake Your Culo, EightOneFive,
815 New Hampshire, 10 p.m., 21+
$3
Electrolane, Jackpot Saloon, 943
Massachusetts, 10 p.m. p., 21+,$5
Andrew Ashby / Chase Missy,
The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City,
Mo., 10 p.m., 21+, $2
Fri.10/1
The Lawrence public Library will show one of film legend Marlon Brando's most famous works, The Men, at 7 p.m. Popcorn is provided and guests may bring beverages to this free showing.
Breaking Fall/ 7fold Tomorrow/
Anything But Joey, The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania,
Kansas City, Mo., all ages, 6 p.m.,
$10
The Sound You Say / The Esoteric / Buffalo Saints / Actors and Actresses (following the Harvest of Arts Film Festival), The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts, all ages, 9 p.m., $5
The Pixies / The Thrills, Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., all ages, 8 p.m., $39.50
The Band That Saved the World,
The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts, 21+, 10:30 p.m., $5
Da Popper / DJ Shad / D.O.P.E./ Reggie B, The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, all ages, 10 p.m., $2
Sat. 10/2
Take a shot at the slots, wine and dine all at the same time! The Argosy Riverboat Casino, located at Interstate 635 and Highway 9 N.W. Argosy Pkwy., North Kansas City, has everything you need to bring home some cash. It offers 955 slot machines as well as 60 live table games. For more information call (816) 746-3100.
Billy Ebeling and the Late For Dinner Band, Abe and Jake's Landing, 8 East 6th St., 18+, 7 p.m., free
Ruskabank / O'Phil / B-team /
Special Disaster Team, The
Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts,
all ages, 7 p.m., $5
The Sexy Sounds of Aaron Marable, Gaslight Tavern & Coffeehouse, Locust Street (next to Johnny's Tavern), 21+, 9 p.m., free
Her Space Holiday / Daedelus /
Neotropic / Octavius, The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, 18+, 9 p.m., $7
Yo La Tengo. The Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., 21+, 9.pm., $2
Double Clutch Stu's Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa St. 21, +9 p., $2
Mendoza Line / OK Jones, The Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, 21+, 10 p.m., $2
Soulful King, The Jazzhaus, 926
Massachusetts, 21+, 11/p.m., $3
Rye Coalition / Division of Laura Lee / Your Enemies Friends / The Kinison, The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire, all ages, time TBA, $10
Sun.10/3
EAT presents: Two original one act plays "The Sunshine Game" by Tim Macy and "Sam's Club" by Mark Frossard 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center ($6-$ 10)
Josh Gracin, Beaumont Club,
4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas
City, Mo., all ages, 6 p.m., $10
Mon.10/4
Watermelon Slim, Blaney's, 415 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo., 21+, 9 p.m., $5
The Silos, Davey's Uptown, 3402 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo., 21+,
7:30 p.m., $10
Adam Marsland, The Hurricane,
4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.,
21+; 9:30 p.m., $12
Tues.10/5
Swing dancing, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread. KU Swing Society is sponsoring the event, and you don't have to be a student to
swing. Free lessons are from 9 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m., but it's a dollar to dance
all night. Please wear non-marking
shoes, and brace yourself to get
thrown around like a rag doll.
The Pixies, Hearnes Center, 600 Stadium Blvd., Columbia, Mo., all ages, 7 p.m., $34
The Kollihans, The Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City,
Mo., 21+ 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., $2
Vote For Change Tour (featuring Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Keb Mo), The Midland Theater, 1228 Main St., Kansas City, Mo., all ages, $37.50-$ 57.50
Blaze featuring DJ Proof,
Gaslight Tavern & Coffeehouse,
Locust Street (next to Johnny's Tavern),
21+, 10 p.m., $2
Wed.10/6
Godzilla invades Lawrence at the Spencer Art Museum's "Pop Goes Godzilla" exhibit. Tonight's feature is the Japanese anime film "Princess Mononoke," the story of a young prince in search of an antidote for an deadly disease thrust upon him after killing a boar god. Showing at 7 p.m. in the Spencer Auditorium for free.
Rex Hobart and the Misery
Boys, The Replay Lounge, 946
Massachusetts St., 21+, 10:30 p.m.
$3
Fiery Furnaces, The Bottleneck,
737 New Hampshire, all ages, 9
p.m., $8
Live music at Stu's, Stu's Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa St., 21+, 9 p.m.
Punk Rock with DJ Mica, Gaslight Tavern & Coffeehouse, Locust Street (next to Johnny's Tavern), 21+
Mike Watt. The Grand Emporium,
3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
21+, 9 p.m., $10
9.30.04 Jayplay
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