Maple Leaf Festival, 'Black Jack' on tap this weekend

The leaves are bursting with color, and the weekend's activities also are reflecting the fall season. Outdoor festivals and foliage tours, barn dances and folk singers are among the events from which you can choose.

Today

� Maple Leaf Festival, entertainment, crafts and food, begins at 9 a.m., downtown Baldwin.

� 2001 Coin, Stamp and Card Show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Lenexa Community Center, Pflumm Road and Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa.

� American Royal Parade, 10 a.m., downtown Kansas City, Mo.

� Fall Foliage Trolley Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. 10th St., Atchison.

� Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Bonner Springs.

� "The Ballad of Black Jack," 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University, Baldwin.

� Book signing by Marie Mason, author of "The Canine Kind," 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Borders, 700 N.H.

� Lawrence Barn Dance Assn. dance, with caller Jim Thaxter and music by Fox on the Run, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center Dance Annex, Eighth and Vermont streets.

� "All Over Blues" with The Muddy Waters Tribute Band, 8 p.m., Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.

� Singer Audra McDonald, 8 p.m., William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo.

� Corrina, folk singer and songwriter, 8 p.m.-10 p.m., Borders, 700 N.H.

Sunday

� Maple Leaf Festival, entertainment, crafts and food, begins at 9 a.m., downtown Baldwin.

� 2001 Coin, Stamp and Card Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Lenexa Community Center, Pflumm Road and Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa.

� Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Bonner Springs.

� Home Energy Conservation Fair, begins at noon, Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 21st and Harper streets. Tour sites open noon to 4 p.m.

� Fall Foliage Trolley Tour, noon-4 p.m., Santa Fe Depot, 200 S. 10th St., Atchison.

� "The Ballad of Black Jack," 2 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University, Baldwin.

� Kansas City Symphony, with Joseph Lin, 2 p.m., Lyric Theatre, 11th Street and Central Avenue, Kansas City, Mo.

� Stevie Starr, "The Regurgitator, 7 p.m., Washburn University, Topeka.

Ongoing

� Through Oct. 21: 13th Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show, Museum of Anthropology, Kansas University.

� Through Oct. 24: "The Experience of Farmers," works by Lora Jost, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

� Through Oct. 27: Snoopy and Peanuts memorabilia, Toy and Miniature Museum, 5235 Oak St., Kansas City, Mo.

� Through Oct. 28: Preview exhibition of Lawrence Artwalk 2001, Back to the Garden Gallery, 619 N. Second St.

� Through Oct. 28: Works by Lawrence Photo Alliance members, Fields Gallery, 712 Mass.

� Through Oct. 30: "Imagination & Place: Three Perspectives," works by Jane Voorhees, Gesine Janzen and Ron Michael, Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St.

� Through Nov. 2: Vernon Brejcha Retrospective Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Art and Design Building, KU.

� Through Nov. 3: "American Indian Art," Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

� Through Dec. 30: "Alberto Vargas: The Esquire Pinups" and "History of Photography," Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.

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