Wichita arts calendar for March 1

THEATER

Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. March 8, Performance Hall in the De Mattias Fine Arts Center, Newman University; $12 adults, $10 seniors and staff, $5 non-Newman students, Newman students free; www.newmanu.edu, 316-942-4291, ext. 2486.

“My Sweetheart Is Smokin’ Hot or The Valentine’s Day From Hell,” 7:50 p.m. Thu.-Sat. through March 28, Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley; $28 dinner/show, $24 seniors, $22 ages 12 and under, $18 show only; www.mosleystreet.com, 316-263-0222.

“Always … Patsy Cline,” musical based on the story of Patsy Cline’s friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger, 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. through March 28, Roxy’s Downtown, 412 1/2 E. Douglas; $25 show only, $40 Stroud’s dinner and show; www.roxysdowntown.com, 316-265-4400.

“The Elephant Man,” presented by Friends University, 7:30 p.m. March 12-14, Alumni Auditorium, 2100 W. University; $11, $9 seniors and students; www.friends.edu/theatre, 316-295-5537.

“Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike,” comedy that pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Anton Chekov through a case of middle-aged sibling rivalry, presented by the Guild Hall Players, 8 p.m. March 12-14, 7 p.m. March 15, St. James Episcopal Church, 3750 E. Douglas; $12, $10 students; 316-683-5686.

“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” musical presented by Sunrise Christian Academy, 7 p.m. March 13, 2 and 7 p.m. March 14, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central; $8, $7 seniors, $6 students; 316-744-9262.

Opera broadcast live from New York in high definition: Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago,” 11:55 a.m. March 14, Murdock Theatre, 536 N. Broadway; $23, $21 seniors, $18 students with ID, $13 ages 7-17; 316-263-1665.

MUSIC

Pete Zimmer Trio, jazz drummer from New York plus pianist and bassist from Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Tue., Bethel College’s Luyken Fine Arts Center, 400 S. Main St. in Newton; open master class 4-6 p.m., Krehbiel Auditorium. Free, 316-284-5265.

CAMERA, vocal music concert, 7:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sat., 700 Building, Butler Community College, El Dorado Campus, 901 S. Haverhill Road; $2-$5; 316-733-2222.

Bucky Fowler Family Chuckwagon Supper, classic country with a touch of gospel, bluegrass and pop, plus horse-drawn-wagon rides, classic cowboy movies and Silver Screen Cowboy Museum, gates open at 5 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. Sat., Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper, 15231 SW Parallel St., Benton; $40; reservations required; 316-778-2121, www.prairierosechuckwagon.com.

Spring Youth Orchestras Concert, 3 p.m. March 8, Century II Concert Hall, 225 W. Douglas; $12, $6 for students, children 12 and under free; 316-267-7658.

“Bluebeard’s Castle” by Bartok featuring Samuel Ramey, with six artworks by artist Dale Chihuly on stage with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. March 13, 3 p.m. March 15, Century II Concert Hall, 225 W. Douglas; $30-$80; wichitasymphony.org, 316-267-7658.

Front Porch Gospel Concert Series featuring Rusty Rierson, country gospel and contemporary Christian music, 7:30 p.m. March 13, Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper, 15231 SW Parallel in Benton; $15; 316-778-2121, www.prairierosechuckwagon.com.

SPECIAL EVENTS

“The Ugly Ducking” and “The Tortoise & the Hare,” cutting-edge technology, moving sculpture and dance theater experience, 7 p.m. Thu., Stiefel Theater, 151 S. Santa Fe in Salina; $14, $9 for children 11 and under; www.stiefeltheatre.org, 785-827-1998.

The Romans Always Win? Newman University spring history lecture by Brian Turner, professor of the ancient Mediterranean world at Portland State University, 7 p.m. Thu., Dugan-Gorges Conference Center at Newman, 3100 McCormick.

Outdoor Living & Landscape Show, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. March 8, Century II Expo Hall, 225 W. Douglas; $9, $7 seniors, $4 ages 5-12, free children 4 and under; wichitatix.com, 316-219-4849; www.outdoorlivingandlandscapeshow.com.

Friends University Spring Ballet: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with music by Felix Mendelssohn, plus a new contemporary ballet by Stan K. Rogers with music by Karl Jenkins, 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. March 8, Sebits Auditorium in the Riney Fine Arts Building, 2100 W. University; $16 adults, $13 seniors and students; friends.edu/finearts, 316-295-5677.

Ailey II, modern-dance company from New York, 8 p.m. Fri., Orpheum Theatre, 200 N. Broadway; $30-$40; selectaseat.com, 316-755-7328, Select-A-Seat outlets.

Death by Chocolate, fundraiser for Exploration Place, including chocolate vendors and other food, music and dancing with the Recess Band, chocolate demos, 7-10:30 p.m. Sat., Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd.; $80; www.exploration.org, 316-660-0620.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, noon March 14, clock tower in Delano at Douglas and Sycamore streets; www.historicdelano.com.

Learn how to two-step, fundraiser for Black Women Empowered in Wichita, taught by Darrell Calhoun, 2014 step-off champion of Kansas City, 6-10 p.m. March 14, 40Plus Club, 3926 E. 13th St.; $10 in advance, $15 at the door, 316-371-2253.

Kansas Coliseum Flea Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 15, Kansas Pavilions, 1279 E. 85th St. North, Park City; $1 admission, children 12 and under free; www.midamericafleamarkets.com.

ART EVENTS

“Between You and Me: Artists’ Portraits of Friends and Family from the Wichita Art Collection,” noon to 5 p.m. Sunday (last day), Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd.; included in admission; wichitaartmuseum.org, 316-268-4921.

Art for Lunch: “Travels in Cuba,” lunch and lecture by Wichita State photography professor Larry Schwarm, noon Tue., Steckline Gallery at Newman University, 3100 McCormick. Free. Exhibit of his and his students’ images open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and by appointment for groups through March 20; www.newmanu.edu/stecklinegallery, 316-942-4291.

“A Woman in Her Place,” discussion with gallery curator and artists of a new exhibit at Butler Community College that features artwork by female artists using a traditional slip (undergarment) as a unifying symbol for women, 1:30 p.m. Tue., E.B. White Art Gallery, in the 700 building of the El Dorado campus, 901 S. Haverhill Road. Exhibit open through April 10. Free; www.butlercc.edu, 316-733-2222.

“Nature’s Industry,” nature-inspired works by Shalo Maida, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ending Fri., William J. Reals Gallery, KU School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 N. Kansas. Free; 316-293-3400.

Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition and recognition, open house to recognize award winners among high school and middle school artists from 70 Kansas counties, 1-5 p.m. Sat., 2-4:30 p.m. March 8, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central. Free. Exhibit open 1-5 p.m. Tue.-Sun. through March 8. Free; www.wcfta.com, 316-634-2787.

Unveiling of Blackbear Bosin’s mural “From Whence All Life,” to be on permanent loan to the Mid-America All-Indian Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 14, 650 N. Seneca; 10 a.m. talk by David Simmonds on the life of Bosin and the history of the mural; 10:30 a.m. talk by Doug Robertson, director of “Tsate Kongia: Walking in Two Worlds, the Life of Blackbear Bosin;” 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., showings of the documentary. Free. Also, admission to the museum, which includes the largest permanent display of Bosin’s artwork, will be half price that day: $3.50 for adults and $2.50 for seniors, military and students, and free for children 12 and under; www.theindiancenter.org.

Tara Hufford-Walker exhibit, through March 13, Riney Fine Arts Gallery, Friends University, 2100 W. University. Free; 316-295-5677.

Wichita’s Mid-Century Modernist Galleries, exhibition about Wichita art and artists who went into new artistic territory, through March 15, Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main; included in admission; 316-265-9314.

Mission McConnell: Checklist to Flight, images taken at McConnell Air Force Base by photographer Barney Tull, through March 27, Derby Public Library, 1600 E. Walnut Grove in Derby; 316-788-0760

Elizabeth Corbett and Linda Metzker art exhibit, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through March 24, Gallery at Larksfield Place, 7373 E. 29th St. North. Free; 316-636-1000.

Ulrich Underground: Shock Print, national juried exhibition of printmaking, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri. through April 19, Wichita State University’s Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 N. Fairmount. Free; www.ulrich.wichita.edu, 316-978-3664.

Midwest Art Exhibition, prints by Janet Turner and Norma Bassett Hall, paintings by Ed Pointer of Wichita and David Vollbracht of Medicine Lodge, and a special exhibition of works by the Prairie Water Color Painters, through April 19, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, 401 N. First St., Lindsborg; gallery hours 1-5 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Free; www.sandzen.org, 785-227-2220.

“Photographic Wonders: American Daguerreotypes,” exhibit of 82 daguerreotypes from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, through May 10, Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd.;10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Museum admission $7, $5 seniors, $3 students and youth ages 5-17, members free. Saturdays free admission; wichitaartmuseum.org; 316-268-4921.

“Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk,” color block prints on paper by Norma Bassett Hall, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. through July 12, Wichita Art Museum, 1400 W. Museum Blvd; museum admission $7, $5 for seniors, $3 for students and ages 5 to 17, and free on Saturdays. wichitaartmuseum.org; 316-268-4921.

In Living Color: Art on Paper from the Permanent Collection, abstracts-on-paper exhibit, Wichita State University Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 N. Fairmount. Free; www.ulrich.wichita.edu, 316-978-3664.

Books

William Paul Young, author of “The Shack” and “Cross Roads,” 7:30 p.m. March 8, Wesley Black Fine Arts Center at Central Christian College of Kansas, 1200 S. Main St. in McPherson, and 7:30 p.m. March 9, The Well, 101 N. Main St. in McPherson (preceded by a book signing at 6:30 p.m.). Free; www.centralchristian.edu, 620-241-0723.

Auditions

Music Theatre for Young People, open auditions for the musical “Oliver!” for second-graders through 12th-graders, 2 to 5 p.m. Sun., meeting room 102, Century II. Bring sheet music of audition song (16 to 32 bars) and shoes to dance in; www.mtypks.org, 316-262-6897.

Wichita Community Theatre, auditions for one man and three women for “Motherhood Out Loud,” 2:30 to 4 p.m. Sat. and March 8 at the theater at 258 N. Fountain. Bring a one-minute comic monologue if you have one. There will be readings from the script; wichitact.org.

This story was originally published February 27, 2015 at 6:50 PM with the headline "Wichita arts calendar for March 1."