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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004
WEDNESDAY JUNE 16
Open mic night at Stu's Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa St., begins at 9 p.m.
The Juneteenth celebration will continue with oral history presentations at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union beginning at 6 p.m.
Reading of James Joyce's Ulysses will begin in downtown Lawrence at 8 a.m. to continue the celebration of the Bloomsday Centenary.
The Meat Market, 811 New Hampshire St. will begin a watch party at 8 p.m. for the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships.
THURSDAY JUNE 17
Fourth through 7th graders will perform The Wizard of Oz at 7 p.m. It will be performed at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. The event is free.
- Apollo 13 will debut at the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St., for a 21 and over show starting at 10 p.m. Cost at the door is $3.
The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival begins. The event lasts through June 20. Single-day tickets are available for $40 through Friday or $50 at the gates. Three-day tickets are still available for $105 and include the cost of camping.
FRIDAY JUNE 18
E. M.U. Theatre of Lawrence presents Love and War and Shift. The play performance will begin at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. Tickets are $5.
The YOG Rock show will be at Grace Evangelical Presbyterian Church starting at 6:30 p.m. it is a free show open to all ages.
Raising Grey will perform at Café Luna beginning at 9:00p.m. All ages show, free.
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition exhibit will be on display through Sept. 6 at the Union Station in Kansas City, Mo. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The cost for admission is $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and $7 for children ages 4-12.
Letter Kills will perform at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., starting at 5 p.m. It is an all ages show. Admission to the show is $8.
SATURDAY JUNE 19
Right Between the Ears will do a live broadcast from Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. It is a comedy routine that is broadcasted on Kansas Public Radio. The show runs from 5:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Ticket prices range from $10.50 to $12.50.
- Laughing Matters will perform at the Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy, 3028 Southwest Ave., Topeka. Doors open at 7 p.m. and acts begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7.
- Donkey Show, Ike Turner Overdrive and The Rama Lamas will begin playing at the Bottleneck at 9:00p.m. The show is open to all ages.
Seventeenth Annual Outdoor Downtown Sculpture. Exhibition will start at 5:30 p.m.at the Lawrence Arts Center,940 New Hampshire St.
SUNDAY JUNE 20
The Oxford Collapse/John Harrison will perform starting at 10 p.m.at The Eight Street
Former fine arts' dean shows art locally
By Erik Johnson ejohnson@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Moon/Jet/Cloud is little more than its title: a three-quarter moon, a commercial airliner and a barely-existent cloud, all dwarfed by a vivid mid-evening sky. But even at first glance, the pieces fit and the photo's absolute simplicity captures precisely what Peter Thompson wants in his work.
"It's all just stuff that's around here to see, but that most people overlook," Thompson said.
Recalling his experience both as a photographer and a painter, Thompson answered questions last night at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., in the main floor gallery exhibiting 60 photographs he's taken throughout the past four years. The exhibit will remain open until July 16.
Most of Thompson's pictures were taken in or around his Lawrence residence: a yellow lawnchair caught in the light of a garage window, reflections of common items off the gas tank of a Yamaha motorcycle or just onions cooking. This revelry in simplicity, said Rick Mitchell, gallery director for the Lawrence Arts Center, is what makes Thompson's photos so compelling.
"It's not what they are of, but how they are seen that's so interesting," Mitchell said.
Thompson served as the dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas from1986 to 1999. Among other accomplishments, he was instrumental in planning and building the Art and Design Building, the Lied Center and the Bales Organ Recital Hall project. For the Bales Organ Recital Hall project, Thompson designed both the ornamental woodwork for the 35-foot pipe organ and the stainedglass windows near the rear of the hall.
It was during the construction of the Bales stained-glass windows that Thompson began working with a simple point-and-shoot camera.
He initially intended to document the windows, but soon found himself shifting from taking photographs to creating art.
Since retiring from the dean's position in 1999, Thompson carries a light load teaching studio art courses and spends much of his time creating images with a Canon digital camera. He often finds photography more difficult than painting because he most often can't focus in on one object or alter the scene to make the picture fit better, he said.
For Thompson, though, art always comes back to the understanding that behind the surrounding complexities and enormity of the everyday world exists something that
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
Peter Thompson, former dean of the School of Fine Arts, answers a question about the work he created with his digital camera. Thompson answered questions last night at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., where 60 of the photographs he has taken over the past four years were displayed. Thompson described digital photography as a low-risk venture."It was really the delete button that kept me going," he said.
deserves much more than a passing glance.
"Somewhere between you and the Grand Canyon," he said, "there's a mud puddle worth photographing."
— Edited by Abby Tillery
Tap Room, 801 New Hampshire St. The show is 21 and over. There is a $2 charge at the door.
The Pony's/Murdocks will perform at 10 p.m. at the Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts St. The show is 21 and over with a $2 cover.
MONDAY JUNE 21
Chemical Ali/The Afternoon will perform at the Jackpot Saloon and Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St., beginning at 10:30 p.m. The show is 18 and over. Cost is $3 to $5.
Eighteen visions, Underoath and Fear Before the March of Flames will all perform at the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., beginning at 9 p.m. The show is open to all ages.
City, Mo. Tickets range from $7 to $25.
TUESDAY JUNE 22
Kansas City Royals versus Detroit Tigers at 7:10 p.m. at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas
Graham Colton will be in concert at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., starting at 8:30 p.m. The show is 18 and over. Tickets are $10.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 23
Train performs at Liberty Hall, 642
Train performs at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. The show is open to all ages. Tickets are $25 and are subject to additional processing fees.
Winfield Documentary Series Volume 1: Pecan Grove 2003 will show at the Jazzhaus,926 1/2 Massachusetts St.,at 10 p.m.The show is open to 21 and older.
Mammoth Funk, a line-up of KJHK DJ's spin at Duffy's located at the Ramada Inn, 2222 6th St. The show starts at 10:00 p.m. It is a 21 and older show.
MOVIE LISTINGS
LIBERTY HALL
642 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-1912
Super Size Me (PG) 4:40 7:10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (R) 9:30
SOUTH WIND 12
3433 Iowa Street, Lawrence, 785-832-0880
Chronicles of Riddick (PG-13) 12:45 1:55 4:20
4:50 7:00 7:35 9:50 10:15
Day After Tomorrow (PG-13) 2:00 4:40 7:30 10:20
Garfield The Movie (PG-13) 12:05 2:15 4:25 7:05 9:35
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(PG-13) 12:00 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 7:00 7:30
8:00 10:00 10:30
Raising Helen (PG-13) 12:55 4:15 7:10 9:55
Shrek 2 (PG) 11:40 12:30 2:00 3:00 4:30 5:10
7:15 7:45 9:30 9:50
■ Stepford Wives (PG-13) 12:15 2:30 4:45 7:20 9:45
■ Troy (R) 11:45 3:00 6:45 10:00