4/01 Thurs.
Another side of campus
If you've only been down the backside of campus for football tailgaiting and snow sledding down the hill, then you're missing the great benefits of the Spencer Art Museum, 1301 Mississippi St. Not only are art history classes held there, but so are weekly lecture programs for students and the public. Ann Jensen Adams will be speaking tonight at 7 p.m. on "Portraiture in the Age of Rembrandt." Adams is an associate professor of art history at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The lecture is sponsored by the Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Fund. Non-art majors are welcome!
4/02 Fri.
A side-splitting matter
Whose Line is it Anyway? ain't got nothin' on Laughing Matters, a fastpaced comedy improv performance opening tonight at the Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, 3028 S.W. 8th Ave. The show includes audience participation and a blend of outrageous comedy sketches.
This comical troupe of zany performers is a Topeka audience favorite and will be packing the house at 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow. Tickets are $7 for this all-ages event. Call (785) 357-5211 for more information.
4/03 Sat.
Seek and you shall find
It's no martini bar. The Olive Gallery and Art Supply, 15 E.8th St., is a display case for contemporary art and a store for affordable and accessible art supplies. Owned by two University of Kansas art students and a rural Kansas artist/doctor, the Olive Gallery buys and changes its exhibits on the first Saturday of each month.
Tara Nicole Tonsor, a KU graduate will refresh the gallery with her large paintings, a visual time-line diary and a series of brightly painted wooden plaques with collage. Tonsor's exhibit, See{k}, is inspired by the desire to capture her own moments in time in a tangible, expressive medium. The exhibit opens with a viewing from 6 p.m.to 10 p.m.tonight.The exhibit also celebrates the Olive Gallery's first anniversary.
where it's at this week's happenings
4/04 Sun.
Become a bookworm
Sick of paying oodles and oodles of cold, hard cash for worthless textbooks? Visit the annual Friends of the Lawrence Public Library spring book sale from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. today. Some books have been known to go for a buck. Rare and valuable books can be purchased by silent auction. If you're sick of books, stock your music collection with records, tapes and CDs. Magazines, puzzles, maps and children's books will also be sold. For more information, contact Leslie O'Neil at 843-3833, or e-mail her at flpl@lawrence.lib.ks.us. The event will take place in the Library's garage at 7th and Kentucky Streets.
Lawrence music is great music, especially when it's free. For those 21 and over, head to the bar upstairs at Henry's on Eighth, 11 E. 8th St., where Lawrence-based RIVA will play a live acoustic show at 10 p.m.RIVA's sound mixes vocal melodies and underlying rock rhythms with a dash of Carribean spice. Some of you may remember RIVA from last semester's Jayplay Live show at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. To hear streaming audio on the Web from RIVA's live performance, click the link in "Where it's At" in the Jayplay section on Kansan.com.
4/05 Mon. A RIVA runs through it
4/06 Tues. A little music night
If you're looking for some live music, whatever your taste, tonight's your night. For the indie rockers, head to The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. for The Capitol Years, Conner, Ricky Fitts, and Civella. This all ages show costs $5 and begins at 9 p.m. For a dash more poppunk, take the 45-minute drive to Kansas City, Mo., where Something Corporate, Yellowcard and The Format will rock out starting at 7 p.m. at The Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania. This all-ages show costs $17 to $19. Like the lyrics but could do without the heavy instruments? Then stay in Lawrence for m-pact, measureXmeasure and Genuine Imitation at The Granada Theatre, 1020 Massachusetts St. starting at 7:30 p.m. These three groups are exclusively a cappella, but seasoned with jazz, blues, pop and funk influences. For $10, all ages can enjoy this welcome musical change from the guitar-heavy local rock scene.
Don't get mad...
Get educated at the Tunnel of Oppression, 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Hashinger Hall, 1632 Engel Road. This annual event, sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center, provides a reminder of the hatred, violence and cruelty that still exist in our society. Video, sound recordings and live actors portray events that seem horrific and surreal, but for some are everyday realities. At the end of the tunnel, visitors talk with MRC counselors about how the scenes made them feel and what they can do to stop oppression. This event is free.
4.01.04 Jayplay
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