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Nightlife

• Clarette Club, 5400 Martway, Mission (384-0986). Karaoke, Wednesdays and Saturdays; live music: Scott Duncan, Fridays.
• The Ribbon Room, 11211 W. 58th St., Shawnee (631-1131). Karaoke, Thursday; live music: jam session, Friday.
• Tony's Bar and Grill, 8620 Quivira (599-6611). Abel Ramirez Big Band, featuring Frank Ancona, playing arrangements of Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw for listening and dancing from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. every Tuesday.

Entertainment

Country Club Cafe

21911 W. 66th St. 441-2444

• Lunchtime live music: Hermann Steenkamp, acoustic guitar, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays.

Mountain Music Shoppe

12710 Shawnee Mission Pkwy.

962-9711

• Mike Aiken in concert, 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Tickets $10.
• Dan Levenson in concert, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 9. Tickets $12.
• Bob Bovee and Gail Heil in concert, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 16. Tickets $12.
• Native American Flute Circle. 6:30-8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month. Free.
• Acoustic instrument open jam session. 1-5 p.m. the second Saturday of every month. Free, but bring your own instrument.

Museums/libraries

Johnson County Library

Shawnee Branch

13811 Johnson Dr. 962-3800

• Spanish Chat, noon Saturday. ¿Quiere Ud. practicar el español? Would you like to practice speaking Spanish? Join us the first Saturday of each month beginning in September for an informal chat. Bring your lunch and come ready to talk. No registration required.
• Gel Candle Making, 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Ages 12 and up can learn to make their own gel candles. Registration begins Oct. 26.
• Read to a Dog, 1-2 p.m. Nov. 11. Little ones ages 5-12 can practice reading to enhance their skills by reading to these dogs, trained specifically to be good listeners. Registration requested.
• Infant Massage, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 14. Certified massage instructor Mary Anne Demeritt will teach parents great massage techniques for newborns 0-9 months. Bring a blanket and lotion. Registration requested.
• Cornucopia Crafts, 10:30 a.m. -- noon (drop-in) Nov. 17-18. Make fun crafts to fill your house with the spirit of Thanksgiving. All ages.

Wonderscope Children's Museum

5705 Flint St. 268-8130; 268-4176 for enrollment.

• Katrina's Kids Project: Art of the Storm, October through December. This traveling exhibition of artwork created by Hurricane Katrina's evacuee children during their stay in Houston's Astrodome and Reliant Center shelters. Basic weather safety information also in provided.
• Funky Mama, 9:30 a.m. today and Nov. 15 and 29. Come enjoy her special songs and singing games. Cost $1 per child.
• Gymboree at Wonderscope, 9:30 a.m. Friday and Nov. 17. Bubbles, parachute play and songs for parent and child. Cost $2 per child.
• Yoga For Kids, 3:45-4:30 p.m. Mondays. Enroll for four-week sessions of yoga, art and fun for children 4- to 9-years-old. A new session begins each month and costs $28 per child.
• Ker-SPLAT Integrated Arts Workshops, 1-3:30 p.m. Mondays through Dec. 11. Children aged 3-6 can develop their creativity and a love for learning. Call to enroll.
• Terrific Tuesday Art, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesdays in October. Dress for mess.
• Common Sense Parenting, 10:45-11:30 a.m. Tuesday. Parents meet on the stage for a down-to-earth parenting roundtable discussion while children enjoy Tuesday Art.
• Yoga for Little Kids, 9:30 -- 10:15 a.m. Nov. 8 and 22. This class is for 3- to 6-year-olds with instructor Katie Hurcomb. Cost $2 per child.
• The Music in You, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 10 and 24. Sandy Jackson, music therapist, presents this program for the child in all of us. Cost $2 per child.
• Priscilla Howe, Storyteller Extraordinaire, 9:30 a.m. Nov. 14. Priscilla joins the museum the second and fourth Tuesday of each month to tell her favorite stories with the help of her hand puppets. Cost $1 per child.
• Wonderscope will be closed Nov. 23 for Thanksgiving.
• Happy Grandparents' Weekend, all day Nov. 24-26. Special activities and performances are planned and grandparents get in free with their grandchildren's admission or memberships. They can also get a $10 discount on memberships. A Theatre for Young America workshop will begin at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 24, and Kids Park activities run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 25.

Shawnee Town

1501 W. 57th St. 248-2360

• The Shawnee Town Museum is now closed to public tours. Tours will open to the public 10 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday in March.
• Christmas Around Town, 4-7 p.m. Dec. 2. In addition to several activities in the downtown area at Johnson Drive and Nieman, Shawnee Town will have carolers, storytelling and a chance to visit Santa Claus at Town Hall.

Johnson County

Museum of History

6305 Lackman Rd. 631-6709

• The 1950s All-Electric House, open 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Step inside this 1954 "house of the future," a completely restored KCP&L show home. It will be all decked out Nov. 25-Dec. 31 for a Very Fifties Christmas; take home a special holiday memento after the tour. Cost is $2 for adults and $1 for children ages 12 and younger. Guided tours only.
• African American Quilts, 10 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4:30 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 31. This exhibit highlights quilts expressing history, culture and more by local African American women.

Lanesfield School Historic Site

187th and Dillie Rd., Edgerton

(913) 893-6645.

• School open 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday. Practice penmanship, cipher math problems on a slate or participate in an old-fashioned spelling bee with a costumed school teacher at Lanesfield School. Built in 1869, the school is the only building remaining from the town of Lanesfield, a former Santa Fe Trail mail stop. Free.
• Christmas at Lanesfield, 1-5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays Nov. 25- Dec. 31. Discover what Christmas meant to school children in rural Kansas at the turn of the 20th century. The school will be decorated for a 1904 Christmas, and visitors can make their own Christmas ornament.