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  updated 01.26.12


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911 Restaurant & Lounge, – 1911 Main, 816-527-0200, www.1911main.com
A Modern Night At the Folly, City in Motion Dance Theater, $18, $15, 8 pm, Feb. 18 – The Folly Theater, 300 W 12th St., 816-561-2882, www.cityinmotion.org
Ameristar Star Pavilion, – 3200 N Ameristar Dr., 866-667--3386, 816-414-7000, www.ameristar.com
B.B.'s Lawnside Bar B.Q., Wed., Shinetop, Jr., Thurs., John Paul's Flying Circus, Sat., "Mama Ray" jam, Sun., Lee McBee & The Confessors – 1205 E 85th St., 816-822-7427, www.bbslawnsidebbq.com
The Beaumont Club, – 4050 Pennsylvania, 816-561-2560, www.beaumontkc.com
The Blue Room, Joe Cartwright Trio w/ Jorge Nila; Jan. 27; Matt Otto Quartet w/ Shay Estes, Jan. 28 – 1616 E 18th St., 816-474-2929, 816-474-6262, www.americanjazzmuseum.org
The Bottleneck, – 737 New Hampshire, Lawrence, 785-841-5483, www.thebottlenecklive.com
Burlesque Downtown Underground, "Aphrodite Awakened," $20, 8 pm, 10:30 pm, Feb. 10-11 – Off Center Theater, Crown Center, 816-274-8444, https://tickets.ahtkc.com/OCT/Online/
Capitol Federal Park@Sandstone, – 633 N 130th St., Bonner Springs, www.sandstoneamp.com
CrossroadsKC, – 417 E 18th St., www.crossroadskc.com
Czar Bar, – 1531 Grand, 816-221-2244, www.czarbar.com
Davey's Uptown, – 3402 Main, 816-753-1909, www.daveysuptown.com
Fat Fish Blue, – Zona Rosa, 7260 NW 87th St., 816-759-3474, www.fatfishbluekc.com
Gaslight Grill & Back Room, jazz, – 5020 W 137th St., 913-897-3540, www.gaslightgrill.com
The Granada, The Lemonheads, Jan. 27 – 1020 Massachusetts, 785-842-1390, www.thegranada.com


The Lemonheads, The Granada, Jan. 27 (photo courtesy of Bad Luck City)


Grace Kelly Quintet, Folly Jazz Series, $35, $27, $18, 8 pm, Feb. 4 – 300 W 12h St., 816-474-4444, www.follytheater.com
Harrah's Voodoo Lounge, – One Riverboat Dr., NKC 816-931-3330, 816-889-7320, www.VooDooKC.com
Hot Jazz, Cool Nights, free, 7-9 pm, – Zona Rosa, 8640 N Dixson Ave., 816-587-8180, www.zonarosa.com
"Jam Baroque" Celtic Roots and Baroque Improvisation w/ Gerald Trimble, $10, $9, 8 pm, Feb. 18 – All Saints Episcopal Church, 9201 Wornall, 816-931-6303
Jardine's, – 4536 Main, 816-561-6480, www.jardines4jazz.com
Jazz Poetry Jams, open mic poetry slams with cash prizes, $5, third Tuesdays of the month – American Jazz Museum's Blue Room, 18th & Vine, 816-474-8463 ext. 2
The Jazzhaus, – 926 1/2 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-3320, www.jazzhaus.com
Jim Mair & Mike Ning, 6:30-9:30 pm, Fridays & Saturdays; Mike Ning & Sherry Jones, 5-8 pm, every Sunday – Johnny Cascone's, 6863 W 91st St., 913-381-6837
Kansas City Jazz at the Golden Ox Loren Pickford and his trio, featuring Charlie Gatchet & Micah Herman, 6:30-10:30 pm, every Friday and Saturday – Ox Bar, Golden Ox Restaurant, 1600 Genessee, 816-842-2866, www.goldenox.com
Kansas City Symphony
, Mahler's Second, Feb. 3-5; Pops Series, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Feb. 24-25 – The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, 816-471-0400, www.kcsymphony.org

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Pops Series,
Kansas City Symphony, Feb. 24-25

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Evening of Baroque, The Friends of Chamber Music, 8 pm, Jan. 27; Parson Dance, $25, $45, $50, $60, $75, 7:30 pm, Jan. 28 – 1601 Broadway, 816-994-7222, www.kauffmancenter.org
Knuckleheads Saloon, The Belairs, J.D. Souther, Jan. 28 – 2715 Rochester, 816-483-1456, www.knuckleheadskc.com
Liberty Hall, – 644 Mass.St., Lawrence, 785-749-1972, www.libertyhall.net
Lied Center of Kansas, Elvis Lives, $36, $15, 7:30 pm, Feb. 2; Chamber Ensemble of the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, $28, $10, 7:30 pm, Feb. 13; Matt Haimovitz,cello, Christopher O'Riley, piano, $21, $5, 7:30 pm, Feb. 18; Jin Xing Dance Theatre, $24, $10, 7:30 pm, Feb. 23 – 1600 Stewart Dr., 785-864-2787, www.lied.ku.edu
Live at the Legends, 5-8 pm, – Jazz: A Louisiana Kitchen, Legends, 1843 Village West Pkwy., www.legendsshopping.com
Lucky Brewgrille, Live Jazz Fridays – 5401 Mission Rd., 913-405-8571, ww.luckybrewgrille.com
The Midland, – 1228 Main, 816-283-9921, www.midland.com
The Mutual Musicians Foundation, Rush Hour Live Jazz, 4:30-8:30 pm, Fridays, Late Night Jams, 1 am-5 am, weekends – 1823 Highland, 816-471-5212, www.thefoundationjamson.org
"My Romance," songs of Rodgers and Hart, $29, thru Feb. 19 – Quality Hill Playhouse, 303 W 10th St., 816-421-1700, www.qualityhillplayhouse.com
newEar, 8 pm, "World's Apart," Feb. 11; "Road Trip," April 28 – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, 816-235-6222, www.newear.org
Paul & Jacks Tavern, – 1808 Clay, NKC, 816-221-9866, www.paulandjacks.com
The Phoenix, local jazz artists – 302 W 8th St., 816-221-JAZZ, www.phoenixjazzkc.com
RBar, – 1617 Genessee, 816-471-1777, www.rbarkc.com
Record Bar, Rex Hobart Honky Tonk Supper Club, every Tuesday; Bob Walkenhorst & Friends, every Wednesday; –1020 Westport Rd., 816-753-5207, www.therecordbar.com
Replay Lounge, – 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence, 785-749-7676
Retro, – 1518 McGee, 816-421-4201, www.retrodowntown.com
Riot Room, – 4048 Broadway, 816-442-8179, www.theriotroom.com
Simone Dinnerstein, piano recital, 8 pm, Jan. 28 – JCCC, 12345 College Blvd., 913-469-4445, www.jccc.edu/TheSeries
Sprint Center, – 1407 Grand, 800-745-3000, 816-949-7000, www.sprintcenter.com
Starlight Theatre, – 4600 Starlight Rd., Swope Park, 816-363-7827, www.kcstarlight.com
Stix & Stones, – 11404 E 24 Hwy., Sugar Creek, 816-833-STIX, www.stixstones.com
Sunday Jazz, w/ Mike Ning, Victor Perelmuter, 5-8 pm, every Sunday – Cafe Cedar, 2 E 2nd St., Parkville, 816-505-2233, www.cafecedar.com
Trouser Mouse Bar & Grill, – 625 NW Mock Ave., Blue Springs, 816-220-1212, www.trousermousebar.com
Uptown Theater, – 3700 Broadway, www.uptowntheater.com


Walter Bargen, poet, Rockhurst University, Jan. 26

VISUAL ARTS/FILMBack to Top


Hallmark Visitors Center, 14 exhibits areas about the Hallmark company founded in 1910, ongoing — Crown Center, 2450 Grand, 816-274-5745, www.hallmarkvisitorscenter.com
IFC Meetings, network and seminars for the independent and student filmmakers, Wednesdays, ongoing – Westport Coffee House, 5010 Pennsylvania, 913-649-0244, www.ifckc.com
Kansas City Artists Coalition, – 201 Wyandotte, 816-421-5222, www.kansascityartistscoalition.org
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, – 4420 Warwick Blvd., 816-753-5784, www.kemperart.org
Maria Calderon, The Power of Intention, Feb. 3-24; Corazones Valientes, a collective group of female painters and muralists, Feb. 3-April 20 – Mattie Rhodes Center, 919 W 17th St., 816-221-2349, www.mattierhodes.org


"Like a Phoenix Rising From the Ashes"
Maria Caleron, Mattie Rhodes Center,
Feb. 3-24

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, The Photographs of Brett Weston, thru March 25; Rodin, sculptures, thru June 3 – 4525 Oak, 816-751-1ART, www.nelson-atkins.org
"Searching the Psyche through Cinema: Four Films by Woody Allen," Sun., 1:30 pm,Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Jan. 29 – Plaza Library, 4801 Main, 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault, free, Mondays, 6:30 pm, Saturdays, 1:30 pm, "Robert Wise: Hollywood Journeyman,"The Sand Pebbles (1966), Jan. 28; The Andromeda Strain (1971), Jan. 30 – Central Library, 14 W 10th St., 816-701-3407, www.kclibrary.org

CALL FOR ARTISTS: The Carter Arts Center at MCC-Penn Valley Community Center has issued a call for artists. The application can be downloaded at http://mcckc.edu/pvart ... Lighton Internation Artist Exchange Program is taking submissions, go to www.KansasCityArtistsCoalition.org

THEATER/COMEDY Back to Top

Battle of the Sexes, Feb. 9-11, 16-19 – Slightly Off Broadway Players, 114 Marietta St., Excelsior Springs, 816-637-3728, www.esctheatre.org
Beer For Breakfast, thru Feb. 19 – American Heartland Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, 816-522-4064, www.ahtkc.com
Billy Bishop Goes to War, Kansas City Actors Theatre, $34, $30, 2 pm, 7:30 pm, Feb. 10-26 – National World War I Museum, 100 W 26th St., 816-235-6222, www.kcactors.org
The Breakfast Club – Live Mondays, $12, 7:30 pm, ongoing – Westport Coffeehouse, 4010 Pennsylvania, 816-474-6552, www.coterietheatre.org


( l to r) Charles Fugate as Adam and Doogin Brown as
Brandon in Union Theatre's Next Fall, thru Feb 12
(photo by Cynthia Levin, courtesy of Unicorn Theatre)

Camelot, River City Community Players, Feb. 24, 25, March 2-4, 9-10 – 500 Delaware, Leavenworth, KS 913-682-7557, www.rccplv.com
The Glass Man, In-Progress New Play Reading Series, free, 7:30 pm, Feb. 2 – Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, 816-531-7529, www.UnicornTheatre.org
Improv, – Zona Rosa, 7430 NW 87th St., 816-759-5233, www.improvkc.com
Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Feb. 16-18, 23-25 – Corbin Theatre, 15 N Water, Liberty, 816-529-4988, www.corbintheatre.org
Next Fall, thru Feb. 12 – Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, 816-531-7529, www.UnicornTheatre.org
Oleanna by David Mamet, $20, 8 pm, Feb. 10-26 – The Living Room, 1818 McGee, 816-221-4260, www.thelivingroomkc.com
Orange Flower Water, $12, $10, $8, Feb. 10-18 – River's Edge Theatre, 122 W 5th St., 816-405-9200, www.sheandherproductions.com
The Seagull, $30, $25, $15, 7:30 pm, 2 pm, thru Jan. 29 – Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, 3604 Main, 816-569-3226, www.metkc.org
Stanford & Sons Comedy Club, – Legends Mall, 913-400-7500, www.stanfordscomedyclub.com


Auditions: The Laramine Project, March 12-13, River City Community Players, www.rccplv.com; Frozen, Jan. 28, 1-4 pm, Jan. 29, 12-3 pm, River's Edge Theatre, 122 W 5tj St., akterboi1@aol.com


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