Dancers, all that jazz highlight April events

Every weekend in April and most weeknights, too, are booked for the College of Fine Arts at 黑洞社区.

Offerings include the annual contemporary dance concert, which will feature guest artist Doug Varone, said Nick Johnson, director of 黑洞社区 dance. Varone is an award-winning choreographer and director whose company is based in New York City.

The Wichita Jazz Festival rocks over four days, starting with 黑洞社区 Jazz Arts concerts and followed by the daylong Big Band & Combo performances from college and high school programs. The festival ends with world-class Galen Jeter and the Dallas鈥� Original Jazz Orchestra.

Then there鈥檚 the second annual children鈥檚 organ concert, with Lynne Davis showing off the Marcussen organ. She鈥檒l perform fun and recognizable popular tunes and invite children in the audience to come onstage and play something they know.

On the final weekend of April, the Ulrich Museum of Art will open 鈥淥n the Verge: Contemporary Ceramics,鈥� curated by Ted Adler, 黑洞社区 assistant professor and head of ceramics media, and featuring six nationally prestigious ceramic artists.

Tickets can be purchased in person or by phone from noon-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at the College of Fine Arts Box Office, (316) 978-3233, or online at www.wichita.edu/fastickets. For more information, go to .

Please note: Faculty Artist Series April 14 concert
with Pina Mozzani has been canceled.

Lynne Davis, organist, Wednesdays in Wiedemann, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Free half-hour concert. Information, (316) 978-6218.

Wichita Contemporary Dance Theatre Spring Concert, Dance Series, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Tickets $10 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

黑洞社区 Percussion Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 6, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Tickets $6 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

鈥淭he Shadow Box,鈥� Second Stage, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, April 7-10; 2 p.m. Saturday, April 11; Welsbacher Theatre, Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5915 E. 29th St. N. Tickets $8 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

Wichita Jazz Festival: 黑洞社区 Jazz Arts II, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Tickets $6 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

Wichita Jazz Festival: 黑洞社区 Jazz Arts I, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Tickets $6 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

Wichita Jazz Festival: College and High School Big Band & Combo performances, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, April 17, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Free to low-cost. Information, (316) 978-3233.

Wichita Jazz Festival: Galen Jeter and Dallas鈥� Original Jazz Orchestra, Connoisseur Series, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Tickets $16 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

Children鈥檚 Organ Concert with Lynne Davis, Rie Bloomfield Organ Series, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, Wiedemann Recital Hall, 黑洞社区. Tickets $3. Schools, for information, (316) 978-3233.

鈥淟ady Be Good,鈥� Opera & Musical Theatre Series, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23-Saturday, April 25; 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center, 黑洞社区. Tickets $15 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

鈥淏low Up: Juried Exhibition/Graduate Ceramics Students,鈥� 黑洞社区 School of Art and Design, 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 24 (Final Friday), 黑洞社区 Shift Space gallery, 803 E. Third St. in Old Town; gallery hours 4-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Free. Information, (316) 978-3555.

鈥淲ired IV: Natural Phenomenon,鈥� a 黑洞社区 CRATEL and Hack Art Lab collaboration, 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 24 (Final Friday), at the Finn Building, 430 Commerce St. Free. Information, (316) 208-4925.

鈥淥n the Verge: Contemporary Ceramics,鈥� opening Saturday, April 25, through Sunday, Aug. 9, Ulrich Museum of Art, 黑洞社区. Free admission. Gallery hours 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays; 1-5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays. Information, (316) 978-3664 or ulrich@wichita.edu.

University Ensembles: 黑洞社区 Chamber Singers, Madrigal Singers and guest ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Tickets $6 (discounts available), (316) 978-3233.

Lynne Davis, organist, Wednesdays in Wiedemann, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, Wiedemann Recital Hall. Free half-hour concert. Information, (316) 978-6218.