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Late Night in the Phog

KU's men's and women's basketball teams celebrate the beginning of preseason practices by putting on an exhibition for fans. The annual festivities include dance numbers, video presentations, and a scrimmage by each team. This year's event will showcase renovations to Allen Fieldhouse.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. No admission will be charged. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Children 12 and under will not be admitted without an adult. Fieldhouse doors will be closed when the arena reaches capacity.

The Black Sheep Art Collective at the Percolator

The Black Sheep Art Collective mentors and provides space for young artists in Arizona. While in Lawrence, the BSAC has been working with several Haskell Indian Nations students to complete a series of panels that will form a mural to be installed at the 4 Winds Center at 15th and Haskell. Tonight, that mural will be unveiled. Check out our podcast interview with members of the Black Sheep Collective.

Lawrence Community Theatre presents "Cups"

Joni Sheram's "Cups" is a one-woman play about the life of women told through the contours and curves of bras. Nora keeps an unusual journal. She keeps her old bras locked in a trunk, and, as she pulls them out, each tells part of the story of her life — the training bra, the nursing bra, the sexy post-divorce bra, and the mastectomy bra. The show is presented in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month and "Bras Across the Kaw." Check out our full preview of the production.

Steppin' In It and the Heebie Jeebies @ The Bottleneck (early show)

Thanks to tonight's early show at the Bottleneck, you don't have to wait until 10 p.m. to get your steppin'-out on. Opener The Heebie Jeebies are a local folk/country duo who play covers spanning Neko Case to Gram Parsons, as well as a few originals. Steppin' In It is a versatile outfit from Michigan that trades in roots, country-blues, folk, western swing, and cajun styles.

Sam and Ruby @ The Granada

Ruby Amanfu and Sam Brooker purvey a blend of folk, pop, and R&B that recalls easy-on-the-ears acts like Norah Jones and Nickel Creek. Amanfu's song "Heaven's My Home" was performed by The Duhks and nominated for a Grammy.

Danger Bob's "Le Pop Shoppe" Party @ Conroy's

Danger Bob, the Lawrence nerd-pop legends who brought us "Just Call Me Ninny" and "Slow Dance with Boba Fett" way back in the Clinton era, are reuniting. The group’s long and heckled history dates back to about 1992, when bands like Paw and Stick were all the rage and Danger Bob were the kids who snuck in the backdoor of the Bottleneck with a six-pack of silly. Once they learned to play their instruments, all bets were off, and the foursome went on to make five highly regarded albums and make a lot of locals very, very happy (or at least very, very drunk). Check out our podcast preview of this weekend's Danger Bob reunion shows.

SWEAT with Miles Bonny and Scenebooster @ the Taproom

SWEAT with your friends Miles Bonny (Innate Sounds Crew) and Josh Powers (Scenebooster) as they spin funk, hip hop, soul, jazz and electro. Kansas CIty DJ Miles Bonny swings back through his old stomping grounds to make you dance your pants off. He's joined by soul grooves vet Josh Powers, whose passion-infused sets may well make you want to take your pants off. WHEW — one gets SWEATy just thinking about it.

Cowboy Indian Bear / The Noise FM / It's True @ Jackpot

Lawrence's Cowboy Indian Bear composes deft and brainy indie pop with party-down beats and lots of melodic left turns. Points of reference include Death Cab and Architecture in Helsinki. The Noise FM is one of Lawrence's standout acts, playing a tight-as-hell brand of riff-heavy rock that recalls acts like Muse and Placebo. Check out our podcast preview of the group's debut album "Dream of the Attack". Opener It's True is a forward-thinking indie band from Omaha.

And new in movies...

Paranormal Activity

Without financing, stars or more than a couple effects, writer/director Oren Peli has made a diabolically effective essay in irrational horror. Note: If there is a spectral presence stalking your home, "Is that all you got?" is not a recommended greeting. As a San Diego couple discovers, their malevolent visitor has got a whole lot more. Read our full review.

Capitalism: A Love Story

Michael Moore delivers his liveliest, most radical documentary to date — a Molotov cocktail thrown straight at the heart of the New York Stock Exchange. This is no eye-glazing tutorial on debt swaps. Instead, "Capitalism" gives us a rollicking review of economic outrages and a scalding critique of insatiable greed.

Where the Wild Things Are

Quixotic director Spike Jonze ("Being John Malkovich") was tapped by author Maurice Sendak to helm the long-planned film of his much-loved children's book. But what Jonze delivers is not a children's movie at all. This dull, downbeat, yet faithful adaptation has become a "Sesame Street of the Spotless Mind."

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And OLD in movies...

Classical Sci-Fi Films: "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968)

Some of the best early science fiction films are being screened for free this month on the Lawrence Public Library's big screen. Popcorn is provided and you may bring a beverage. Tonight's feature is one of Stanley Kubrick's great masterpieces. When a buried monolith resembling one on Earth is found on the moon and then on Jupiter, expeditions set out to discover their meaning.