An exhibit called Animal Magnetism by Marie Mason is particularly evocative of the bizarre, as fliers for the exhibit at Blue Gallery depict a man sitting between two dogs, looking at a painted portrait of what appears to be the same man, this time unclothed, sitting between what appear to be the same two dogs, also unclothed. On display will be new multimedia pieces by Jesse Kaminsky , whose work tends to be big, engulfing and mazelike. One entire room is filled by an installation based on the evening's star charts, so anyone who needs a quick reading might want to drop by. 3 Saturday Don Hertzfeldt, who regularly participates in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation , recently was nominated for an Academy Award for his animated short film, Rejected . Park's previous creations involve disgruntled zoo animals, fugitive chickens and the ever-popular Wallace and Gromit duo responsible for stopping sheep rustlers, incarcerating a penguin jewel thief and going to the moon for cheese.
Today is the second day of the festival, which continues through tomorrow.
4 Sunday Just when we thought threesomes were becoming old hat, the University Theatre at the University of Kansas brings Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit , a play about a love triangle involving two people and a ghost. It is the writer's secret hope that the medium he's invited, Madame Arcati, will be an obvious fraud, providing material for his upcoming novel. But following the medium's departure, the writer's dead wife makes a visit, and she's not coming for alimony. She may be dead, but she still likes a good time. Largely anonymous individually, the talented musicians in these bands devote their energy to capturing the essence of their idols' work, producing the equivalent of tracing-paper renderings of gallery pieces.