‘Death by Design,’ acoustic blues on art plaza, women’s-movement art and music

Mysterious comedy

Noel Coward and Agatha Christie are both inspirations for “Death by Design,” playing at Wichita Community Theatre. The comedy murder-mystery is set in 1932 in an English country manor where one of the diametrically opposed guests is murdered. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 16. Tickets are $14, $12 for students, military and seniors. The theater is at 258 N. Fountain. Call 316-686-1282.

Acoustic blues for your ears

Doug MacLeod, winner of the Blues Music Awards Acoustic Artist of the Year and Acoustic Album of the Year (“There’s a Time”) in 2014, will perform at the next Art for Your Ears concert outside the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University. The show will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday on the McKnight Art Center Plaza, and the museum’s galleries will open at 6:30. Light refreshments will be served. It’s all free. Bring a lawn chair. (Rain location: WSU Campus Activities Center Theater.)

Women’s art, rock

Mixed-media artwork focusing on women and women’s movements by Donna Davis will be accompanied by performances by several female musicians – including Lalanea Chastain, Rachelle Coba, Lacey Cruse, Lily Frances Dooman, Charisse Kahler, Nikki Moddelmog and Jenny Woodon – on Friday at Positive Directions, 414 S. Commerce. The free Final Friday reception starts at 6 p.m., and the music at 7. Refreshments will be served. There also will be a cash bar, and donations of nonperishable food items will be collected.

Annie Calovich

This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 2:08 PM with the headline "‘Death by Design,’ acoustic blues on art plaza, women’s-movement art and music."