Forrest Gump Forrest Gump 29th Annual KU Jazz Festival Combo Night. Kansas Union, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $10 for students, 864-3436 FRIDAY 3.03 Ad Astra Per Aspera, AM Synchide, The Black, Sad Fingers. Jackpot Saloon. 10 p.m., 18+, 55 www.jackpotsalon.com jackpotsalon.com Cosmic Bowling, Kansas Union, 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., all ages, FREE, www.suaeevents.com Dead Commuter, Lethe. Replay Lounge, 10 p.m., 21+, $2, www. replaylounge.com Delirium. Kemper Arena, 8 p.m. all ages, $69.50 - $99.50, www. kemperarenak.com *c* Eileen Ivers. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $23 to $28, www.lied.ku.edu [First Fridays]: Hawks Nest, 7 p.m., all ages, FREE, www. suaeevents.com Green Carnation, Beyond The Embrace, Sicadis, El Torreon Ballroom, 7 p.m., all ages, $10, www.eltorreon.com* Flogging Molly. Beaumont Club, 8 p.m., 21+, $16.50, www.kcclubs.com* The Living Things, Vacation. Bottleneck, 8:30 p.m., all ages. $9, www.bottlenecklive.com Lucinda Williams. VooDoo Lunge at Harrah's Casino, 7 p.m., 21+, $25, www.voodookc. com* Mirror Image (CD Release). Boobie Trap Bar, 8:30 p.m., all ages, $/5 / $6 (under 21), www. boobietrapbar.com* Murder Mystery Dinner. Kansas Union, 8 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.suaeevents.com Performance & Culture Seminar. Hall Center, 1:30 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.hallcenter. ku.edu Red Herring. Lawrence Community Theatre, all ages, price varies, www. community.lawrence.com/ Community Theatre/ Savage Henry.Jazzhaus. 9 p.m. 21+, $4, www.jazzhaus.com Sci-Fi Fermentation: The Impact of Science on the Natural World. Kemper Museum, 10 a.m.to 9 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.kemperart.org * Seem-To-Be-Players: The Diary of Anne Frank. Lawrence Art Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, www.lawrenceartcenter.com Tab Benoit. Uncle Bos' T-Town Bar, 8:30 p.m., 21+, $15 - $18. www.uncles.boom.com Territory Bands, Then and Now. Kansas Union, 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. all, ages, FREE, 864-2305 The "World Famous" Lipizzan Stallions. Hale Arena, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $20.50, www.kemperaneakc.com * World Fusion Music: Eileen Ivers, Violin & Immigrant Soul. Lied Center, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $11.50, www.llied.ku.edu THURSDAY 3.02 Better Than Ezra, VooDoo Lounge at Harrah's Casino, 8 p.m., 21+, $15, www.voodookc.com* Black Aie Sinners. Jazzhaus. 10 p.m., 21+, $3, www.jazzhaus.com Exhibition: Celebrating a Grand Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.nelson-atkins.org* Exhibition: Two Cultures: Collection. Natural History Museum, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.nhm.ku.edu/ Exhibition: Flowers, Dragons and Pine Trees: Asian Textiles in the Spencer Museum of Art. Spencer Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.spencerart.ku.edu Exhibition: Gordon Parks At Home and Abroad: A Small Selection. Spencer Museum of Art, 10 a.m to 9 p.m., all ages. FREE, www.spencerart.ku.edu Exhibition: Kurt Lightner: Five Acres. Kemper Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.kemperart.org* Exhibition: MFA Thesis. KU Art and Design Gallery, 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., all ages, FREE, www. ku.edu/~fsa/art/adgallery.html Exhibition: Sci-Fi Fermentation: The Impact of Science on the Natural World. Kemper Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.kemperart.org* Gallery Conversations: Intern Madeline Rislow on the several Italian oak cassone (chests) in the Spencer's permanent collection. Spencer Museum of Art Kress Gallery, 12:15 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.spencerart.ku.edu Kreator, A Perfect Murder, Undying. Bottleneck, 7:30 p.m., all ages, $19, www. bottlenecklive.com Wine & Cheese Lecture: "The Ocean Empire: Reconsidering Japanese Expansionism, 1895-1945" with William Tsutsui, associate professor of Japanese history. ECM Center, 4:30 p.m., all ages, FREE, www.ceas.ku.edu Randy Rogers. Grand Emporium, 8 p.m., 21+, $9, www.kclubs.com* SATURDAY 3.04 Back Porch Blues Band. Uncle Bo's T-Town Bar, 8:30 p.m., 21+, $3, www.ncebus.com* Backlash, Warlock. Boobie Trap Bar, 9 p.m., all ages, $5 – $6, www.bobietrap.com* Cosmic Bowling. Jaybowl, Kansas Union, 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. FREE, www.ku.edu/~calendar. Delirium. Kemper Arena, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., $69.50-$99.50, www. kemperarenakc.com. Exhibition: Flowers, Dragons and Pine Trees. Spencer Museum of Art, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., FREE, www.spencerartku.edu Exhibition: Kurt Lightner: Five Acres. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 a.m. to p.m., FREE, www.kemperart.org. Exhibition: Sci-Fi Fermentation:The Impact of Science on the Natural World. Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., FREE; www.kemperart.org. Floored,The Epics,Grand Emporium,8 p.m.,21+,$5,www.kclubs.com* Jason Boland & the Stragglers, No Justice. Granada, 8 p.m., all ages, $10, www.thegranada.com Ogrе, Conner. Replay Lounge. 10 p.m., 21+, $2, www. replaylounge.com Mi & Lau, Boo and Boo 100. Jackpot庐, 10 p.m., 18+, $6, www.thejackpot庐.com Mo Rocca: "Gamekillers 101". Budig Hall, 8 p.m., FREE ticket vouchers available at SUA Box Office, 864-SHOW Regina Carter Quartet, Folly Theater, 8 p.m., all ages, $15 – $45, follytheater.com* Tri Point Paradox. Jazzhaus, 10 p.m., 21+, $4, www.jazzhaus. com Beaumont Club 4050 Pennsylvania Avenue Kansas City, Mo. 816-561-2560 Davey's Untwnt 3402 Main St. Kansas City, Mo. 816-753-1909 Boobie Trap Bar 1417 SW 6th St. topeka 785-232-9008 Folly Theater 300 W.12th St. Kansas City, Mo. 816-474-4444 El Torreon Bellroom 3101 Gillham Plaza Kansas City, Mo. Grand Emporium 3832 Main St. Kansas City, Mo. 816-531-1504 Hale Arena 1701 American floyal Court Kansas City, Mo. 816-513-4000 Kemper Arena 1800 Genesee Kansas City, Mo. 816-513-4000 Kemper Museum of Art 4420 Warwick Blvd. Kansas City, Mo. 816-561-3737 Mike's Tavern 5424 Troost Avenue Kansas City, Mo. 816-444-3399 Nelson-Atkins 4525 Oak St. Kansas City, Mo. 816-751-1278 Uncle Bo's T-Town Bar 420 S.E. 51th St. Topeka 785-234-5400 VooDoo Lunge at Harrah's Casino 1 Riverboat Drive Kansas City, Mo. 816-472-7777 03. 02.2006 JAYPLAY <03 v1