• Adult Swim Carnival
Street Closure – between Mass. St. and New Hampshire St. (17 East 8th Street in Lawrence, KS)
Thursday, April 14, 6-11pm

From the Organizers:
Adult Swim is about to jollificate all over Lawrence. The Ragbag of Jollification features Bands! Prizes! Games such as Convict Escape! Flunko! and Balloonicorn Blowout! And it’s FREE! FREE! FREE!

Go to adultswimpresents.com to find out more.

Performance by Pusha-T featuring Rick Geez, and music by Nick Arcade.

• Shadows of Minidoka
• 31st Annual Lawrence Art Auction
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Saturday, April 9, 5:30-10pm

From the organizers:
Doors open at 5:30. Live Auction begins at 7:30

Art from over 150 artists on view now in the galleries.

2011 Featured Artist: Roger Shimomura.

Major sponsors: The EyeDoctors Optometrists Dr. Harvat, Dr. Brown, and Dr. Hamilton.

Artwork generously donated by artists represents a diverse spectrum of forms and mediums, including paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics, jewelry and prints. The art auction committee is working hard at ensuring this event is teeming with quality art and that the event is truly a great experience for all involved. You can expect fresh changes to many aspects of this event. Ben Ahlvers, Exhibitions Director along with the Art Auction Committee are enthusiastic to bring this annual event to the community.

The Lawrence Arts Center is a non-profit arts agency that has served the Lawrence community for 35 years. The Exhibitions Program strives to provide the highest quality in local, national, regional, national and international visual art. Between the two gallery spaces, the program hosts 15-18 exhibits per year. This annual event serves as the gallery programs primary source of funding. Now, more than ever the arts need you to become an active participant.

Tickets may be purchased by phone (785-843-2787) or at the Lawrence Arts Center with credit card, check, cash. $40 in advance (ends 4pm April 9), $50 at door.

• Spring Student Night: 2011: A Space Odyssey
Spencer Museum of Art (1301 Mississippi Street in Lawrence, KS)
Thursday, April 7, 5:30-7:30pm

From the organizers:
The Spencer Student Advisory Board is hosting its annual spring student night. This year’s theme, “2011:A Space Odyssey,” celebrates the Spencer Museum of Art’s current artist-in-residence, Jin Shan, and his exhibition “It Came From the Sky.” It is going to be a Space BLAST!!!

A moonbounce (pending), KJHK DJ, and Costume contest with prizes: Dress up in a space-suit or as your favorite sci-fi character! Free food from local businesses, photobooth, KU DDR Club, and Out-of-this-world activities. The SSAB would like to thank KU Student Senate, Coca-Cola, and the SMA for their generous support.

• Fresh Ink: Poetry Slurrrr
The Jazzhaus (926 1/2 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Wednesday, April 6, 9-11:30pm

From the organizers:
Featured Poet: Tyree, Guest Musician: DJ Cquence, Your Host: Miss Conception.

Featured Poet goes on at: 10:00. Followed by an Open Mic Freestyle Cypher Jam at 12:00 midnight.

Cover $3 21+

All poets, rappers, flowers, comedians, performers, dancers, artists and musicians welcome!!!

• Lawrence Raw Foods Potluck
South Park Gazebo (1141 Massachusetts St. in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, April 1, 6-7:30pm

From the organizers:
This is the first of what will be a monthly potluck on the first Fridays of each month. Everyone welcome! Please bring an organic, vegan, raw dish to share and a plate/bowl/utensils/personal beverage. If you have no idea what to bring– fresh fruit, salad or a veggie tray would be something easy and tasty! Another idea is to search for “raw, vegan recipes” online. There is an abundance of online resources for raw recipes. Come share great living food with great people!

• Patrick Giroux
Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, March 25, 5-9pm (Ongoing until Apr. 25th)

From the organizers:
PRINTerpretation presents selected works by Patrick Giroux

Patrick Giroux is a graphic designer and illustrator living in Lawrence, Kansas. He started
designing posters when asked to make one for a friend’s band, and continued to make them
having fallen in love with the printmaking/letterpress process. He is a contributor to Johnny
America, a small literary zine. He has worked as a designer at the Lawrence Journal-World
and an art director at lawrence.com. Patrick currently works in Kansas City, and spends his
off-time in Lawrence with his lovely wife, Caterina, and furry dog, Frances.

• Misha Kligman Artist Talk
Hashinger Hall’s Black Box Theatre (1632 Engel Rd. in Lawrence, KS)
Tuesday, March 29, 7-8pm

From the organizers:
Join us as visual artist Misha Kligman discusses his new body of work “The Scent of Time”. A reflection on his continuous struggle to understand the insistent nature of nostalgic longing tinted by a history of exile and the knowledge of genocide.

“In my everyday life I attempt to combat the forgetting and my own trivialization of history that time and distance only exacerbate. I believe that the history in which we are implicated should be an ever -present force on our consciousness and personal choices. Through the work I aim to clarify and reflect on that fundamental belief.” – Misha Kligman, 2010

From the organizers (QuintEssential Gallery):
This will be a retrospective show featuring older and new works by the members of Q5 Gallery and some added guests. We will be hanging art on both the upper and lower levels of Henry’s on 8th with opening festivities Final Friday, March 25th with the art hanging for the majority of April.

Then we will return to Quinton’s with “Just Hangin ” for April with our usual open call, hang the best show possible format.

• Valerie Skubal with Tangent Arc
Love Garden Sounds (822 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, March 25, 5-9pm

Kansan Photographer Valerie Skubal will  have her photos on display along with a performance by the band Tangent Arc at 7pm.

• Eyeteeth Summertees
Wonder Fair: Art Gallery, Shoppe & Studio (803 1/2 Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS)
Friday, March 25, 7-10pm

From the Organizers:
Wonder Fair makes your very first summertime tee!
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
A live interactive print event by the Wonder Fair Family! Gallery goers will create one-of-a-kind tee shirts by choosing the placement of eyes and teeth designed by Wonder Fair Family. Come join in the fun, grab a tee, and help support Wonder Fair!