Weekend guide: Quixotic, Overland Park Arboretum team up for unique arts experience
Visitors to “Terra Luna” can experience a unique walk-through experience this weekend at the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.
Featuring the performance art collective Quixotic, “Terra Luna” will consist of a multimedia installation through the grounds, culminating with a performance combining live music, dance and aerial acrobatics.
It will run Sept. 17-20, with tickets sold for specific half-hour time slots from 7:30 through 10:30 p.m. Face masks and social distancing will be required. Advance tickets are $25; if available, admission at the gate will be $30 on performance nights. artsandrec-op.org/arboretum.
Here is one hybrid event:
▪ Pianists Behzod Abduraimov, Kenny Broberg and Stanislav Ioudenitch will perform in Park International Center for Music’s “Stanislav & Friends” at the Boulevard Drive-In, 6 p.m. Sept. 17 ($50 for two people in car, $100 for three or more in car). icm.park.edu/drive-in. Also, Stanislav & Friends Stay At Home Virtual Event, Sept. 25-27 ($25). icm.park.edu/virtual.
Here are six more in-person activities to consider for the next week:
▪ Wizarding Week began Sept. 16 at Science City and will run through Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. (included with admission, $14). unionstation.org/sciencecity.
▪ The plein air painting competition of the Brush Creek Art Walk will take place Sept. 18-20 along the walkways of Brush Creek from the Plaza to Elmwood, with quick-paint events 7-10 p.m. Sept. 18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 19 and 5-8 p.m. Sept. 20. Works will be on exhibit and for sale at the Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center starting Oct. 6. facebook.com.
▪ Katie Brennan, Oscar Trujillo and Amanda January, with original music performed by Jamie Roach and Brian Deal, will present the outside dance experience “Whisper” sponsored by Charlotte Street Foundation, on and near Cliff Drive, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 and 3:30 p.m. Sept. 19 ($18; audience limited to 20). charlottestreet.org.
▪ The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra (quintet version) will perform a drive-in concert of “Tenor Madness” at Plexpod, 7 p.m. Sept. 19 ($30-$50). kcdriveinconcerts.com.
▪ The American Jazz Museum will present a tribute to Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Lauryn Hill at the Gem Theater, with performances by Kim Keyz, Connie J, Jay Sol, Love May C, Tahirah and others, 4 and 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20 ($20). americanjazzmuseum.org.
▪ Drinking songs from opera will be the focus of Opera 180 of Kansas City’s “Ein Prosit!” at Kansas City Bier Company, featuring Kristin Newbegin, Elaine Fox, Joshua Baum and Robert McNichols Jr., 6 and 8:30 p.m. Sept. 21 ($40 for two). opera180.org.
Here are five online ways you and your family can spend your coronavirus-induced stay-at-home time:
▪ Chaeyoung Park, the 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition winner who studied in Lawrence for eight years as a youth, will appear in a free virtual mini-recital and interview from the Lied Center stage, 7 p.m. Sept. 17. lied.ku.edu.
▪ The Wires (Sascha Groschang and Laurel Parks) will perform as part of the Westport Center for the Arts’ Live Stream Friday Evening Concert Series, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 (free). wcakc.org.
▪ The annual New Dance Partners was a victim of the pandemic, so organizers have assembled a Virtual Retrospective on film with the Kansas City Ballet, Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company, Owen/Cox Dance Group and Störling Dance Theater looking back on works commissioned and premiered by the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 through midnight Sept. 20 (free). jccc.edu/carlsen-center-presents.
▪ The Midwest Chamber Ensemble will livestream its concert featuring the North American premiere of “Elegie” by Jean Langlais along with “Time and the River” by Kansas City’s Kurt Knecht and “Mouvements Perpetuels” by Poulenc, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 (free). midwestchamberensemble.org.
▪ Johnson County Community College’s Ruel Joyce and Jazz Recitals, which will be virtual for 2020-21, will kick off with pianist Evangelos Spanos at noon Sept. 21 and the Doug Talley Quartet at noon Sept. 22. jccc.edu/carlsen-center-presents.
