What s Going On? June 18, 2018 Columbia offers a constantly changing variety of special things to see and do. The following schedule of activities is not intended to list everything in our community, rather a sampling of popular happenings during your visit. For our full events calendar, please check out our website at VisitColumbiaMO.com. Visit Columbia MO @VisitColumbiaMO @VisitColumbiaMO ON STAGE Song & Dance Performance Monday 7:30 PM at Warehouse Theatre. This is your last chance to see the Summer Theatre Institute in action! This show will feature song and dance performances from our students and is family-friendly! So bring the whole family for a night of FREE quality entertainment! Comedies in Concert: Camping with Women Tuesday 7:30 PM at Studio 4, 672 Hitt St. In less than eight hours, Mizzou actors, directors and playwrights read, rehearse and stage a new comedy! Can they do it? Camping with Women, by Robert Aufrance, pits a distracted divorced dude, a manolescent jock, and a klutzy urban romeo against the women who love them during a weekend romp in wilderness. $5 Bye Bye Birdie Thursday-Saturday 7:30 PM and Sunday 2 PM at Columbia Entertainment Company. When the draft selects rock star Conrad Birdie, his fans are devastated, but none more than struggling songwriter Albert Peterson, whose song Birdie was just about to record. Albert s longtime girlfriend, Rosie, pushes Albert to write a new tune that Birdie will perform on television to a fan selected in a contest. The scheme works, with young Ohio teenager Kim McAfee declared the winner, but no one has counted on the jealous wrath of her boyfriend. The Tempest Thursday-Sunday 8 PM at Maplewood Barn Theatre. The Tempest is set on a remote island, where Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, has become a powerful magician. He plots to restore his son Miran to his rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to cause his usurping sister Antonia and the complicit King Alonso of Naples to believe they are shipwrecked and marooned on the island. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonia s lowly nature, the redemption of the King, and the marriage of Miran to Alonso s daughter, Fernanda. Sideline Jokes Thursday 8 PM at Sideline Sports Bar. Sidelines Sports Bar presents Sideline Jokes on Thursday, June 21st, with Caleb Wright and Kovoski George as hosts. This is a two hour stand-up comedy show featuring 8 comics, including hosts. Featured comics are Ameerah Sanders, Lisa Pockets, Nobel Russell, Bret Ditty, Picasso Tray, and Ben Delaporte. The door fee is $3.00, and must be 21 years of age or older to attend this show. Rose Risque Xi: Burlesque & Variety Show Friday 9:30 PM at Rose Music Hall. Stimulate your senses with a decadent evening full of glamour, glitter, dazzling costume and then shake it into the wee hours after the show! Our headliner is LILLY RASCAL from Chicago, Illinois! Night at the Improv Summer s Here Saturday 7:30 PM at Talking Horse Productions. The Off The Cuff Improv Troupe of Mid-Missouri is welcoming summer with a night of laughs at Talking Horse Productions. The group will perform games featured in the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway, including Scenes From A Hat, World s Worst, Irish Drinking Song and Hoedown. Dogmaster Distillery will provide the drinks, and Off The Cuff will provide the laughs with a summer theme and a special guest! Tickets are only $10. 18+ and over.
SPECIAL EVENTS Family Fun Fest: Explore Outdoors Wednesday 6 PM at Cosmo Park. Entertainment for the whole family, including activities, music, hands-on learning, live entertainment, face painting, food trucks and more. Each month features a different theme. This month: The outdoors has so much to offer. Learn about Missouri fish, birds, parks, camping and more from state and local experts. Love After Love (Homebrewed #3) Wednesday 6:30 PM at Ragtag Cinema. Love After Love is an emotional journey through the uncharted waters of grief, explored with startling depth. Andie MacDowell, in one of the best roles of her career, shines as Suzanne, a woman primarily known as a wife and mother. After the death of her beloved partner, a sense of grasping confusion settles as she seeks out a new way to exist in a widowed world. Her sons, Nick (Chris O Dowd) and Chris (James Adomian), cope with their loss in different ways the former sabotages relationships, the latter finds solace in alcohol each character composed with breathtaking range. Hot Summer Nights: Free Family Concert Wednesday 6:30 PM at Missouri Theatre. Maestro Kirk Trevor co-hosts with Kurt Mirtsching, manager of Shakespeare s Pizza, for this Free Family Series Concert. Featuring Kids Costume Contest: Come Dressed As A Pizza Topper or Shakespearean Character! Also including the popular Parade of the SemiConductors. Movies in the Park: The Sandlot Wednesday 8:30 PM at Rose Park. You can bring picnic blankets and lawn chairs and an appetite for any of the following items: beer, great films, tacos, summer, laughing, picnics. In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures. Free. Members Choice: Capricious Summer Thursday 6:30 PM at Ragtag Cinema. The whimsical Capricious Summer is an early comedy from Czech-born Jirí Menzel, director of I Served the King of England. Picture three middle-aged vacationers at a summer resort their plans for rest and relaxation hijacked when a circus tightrope walker and his enticing daughter arrive on the scene. Sacred Sun Release Event Friday 5-10 PM at Bur Oak Brewing Company. Slightly sour, Sacred Sun is a blended sour saison that is bright and refreshing. Legacy Beef will be out at the brewery from 6 10 PM with their brand new food truck. Hot Summer Nights: A Night at the Oscars Friday 7:30 PM at Missouri Theatre. Celebrate and enjoy 60 Years of Oscar Movie Scores and clips, including works from Psycho, Exodus, The Godfather, Harry Potter, and more! Featuring guest artists Zoe Melcher and John David Nevergall. Special Movie Event: Black Panther Friday 8 PM at Jesse Auditorium. T Challa, the King of Wakanda, rises to the throne in the isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but his claim is challenged by a vengeful outsider who was a childhood victim of T Challa s father s mistake. PG-13. Free. Columbia Farmers Market Saturday 8 AM-12 PM at Parkade Plaza. Find us every Saturday from 8am to noon (mid-march-mid-november) in our new temporary location, the northeast Parkade Center s parking lot (601 Business Loop 70W). Fresh vegetables & fruit, meat, farm fresh eggs, cheeses, honey, cut flowers, plants, artisan items & more. As a producer-only market, everything sold here is offered by the farmers and artisans who help sustain our region. SNAP (food stamps) accepted at all markets. Live music every Saturday! Rain or Shine. Boone County Farmers Market Saturday 8 AM 12 PM at the Columbia Mall, Sears parking lot. The Boone County Farmers Market is a group of farmers and artisans dedicated to supplying their community with fresh, locally grown, nutritious fruits, vegetables, meats, baked goods, and other items produced in a sustainable manner. Butterfly Festival Saturday-Sunday 10-4 PM at Jefferson Farm and Garden. Come and celebrate the Native Butterfly House at Jefferson Farm and Garden! Free tours will highlight the important role that butterflies play in our ecosystem, and how visitors can attract and support butterflies in their home gardens. A variety of fun activities and informational booths will engage all ages!
National Amateur Radio Field Day Saturday-Sunday at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. Members of the Central Missouri Radio Association will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 23 24 at Rock Bridge State Park, next to the cabin and start operating around 1:00 PM Saturday through Sunday afternoon. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of Amateur Radio. This event is open to the public and all are encouraged to attend. Great Getaway Murder Mystery Dinner Theater Saturday 6 PM at Victorian Country Inn, Hallsville. The Great Getaway with Muscle Car Mayhem Dinner Theater provides costumes, accessories and clues to who is causing the havoc. Bring your muscle car or get your photo with ours. We may be doing some time travel as well. Advance reservations needed for tickets and Menu Entree selection VictorianCountryInn.com. Orr Street Farmers and Artisans Market Sunday 9 AM 1 PM at Wabash Bus Station. The Orr Street Farmers & Artisans Market is a community destination for farm fresh produce, hand crafted art, informational workshops and great entertainment. GALLERIES Critters through June 23 at Columbia Art League. The late spring show is an homage to the kingdom Animalia: the furry, the feathered, the slimy, and the scaled; the creatures of the land, the sea, and the sky. Throughout mythology, animals have come to represent all aspects of human nature including our compassion, our cunning, and our cruelty. To mirror our love, fear and wonder of the animal kingdom, artists are invited to celebrate the critters that share our planet, capture our imagination, and steal our hearts. June Exhibit through June 30 at Sager Braudis Gallery. Featuring work from Kyle Bader, Alejandrina Herrera, Gin O keefe, Nora Othic, And James Wilson. MU School of Visual Studies Summer Faculty Showcase through August 16 at MU s George Caleb Bingham Gallery. An exhibition of work by the school s full time and adjunct faculty members. The showcase celebrates the faculty s diversity in ideas and media, as well as the interesting visual and conceptual connections. Pre-Columbian Pottery from the Museums' Collections: Ancient Peru at Museum of Art and Archaeology. Pottery from ancient Peru is justly celebrated for its beauty and technical craftsmanship, combining elements of naturalism and patterned abstraction with bold imagination. Reflecting a range of cultures and belief systems spanning more than a millennium, this exhibit highlights ceramic arts from the Chavin, Tiwanaku, Moche, Nazca, Wari, Sican and Chimu cultures. Seeing Anew: A Reinterpretation of Modern and Contemporary Artworks from the Permanent Collection at Museum of Art and Archaeology. After two years of special exhibitions, two galleries will be rededicated to highlighting extraordinary works of modern and contemporary art. Selections of artworks from about 1950 to the present will be reinterpreted with an emphasis on diversity represented in the permanent collection. Both familiar favorites and recent acquisitions will be displayed, along with a new section devoted to works on paper. Missouri County Courthouses: Building Memories on the Square Revisited through September 2018 at the State Historical Society of Missouri. In collaboration with the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation, the State Historical Society of Missouri is pleased to present 35 of the original photographs taken by Dennis Weiser for the 2007 book Missouri County Courthouses: Building Memories on the Square. New didactic labels provide updated information about the architects and buildings. By studying these beautiful and significant structures, one can better understand the rich history and culture of Missouri. Salvador Dali exhibit at The Tiger Hotel. In the lobby of the hotel, you will find two lithographs from Dali s 1977 Twelve Apostles or Knights of the Round Table Suite: James the Lesser or The Vicar of Britain and Phillip or
Knighting of Sir Galahad. Between them is Dali s1974 original work, The Last Corner of the Last Planet, from a suite of twelve paintings known as Conquest of Cosmos. MUSIC MONDAY Missouri Symphony Orchestra Chamber Recital 7 PM at Broadway Christian Church WEDNESDAY Karen Meat, Dana T, Eeeks, Rae Fitzgerald 9 PM at Café Berlin; $8 THURSDAY Bruce Poe Band 5-8 PM at The Roof Pippa and the Strawmen 5:30 PM at Cooper s Landing MO Blues Association Thursday Jam 6 PM at Katfish Katy s Conman Economy 8:30 PM at Rose Music Hall; free FRIDAY Flyover Country 5 PM at Rose Park; free The Daves 6 PM at Katfish Katy s The Kay Brothers 7 PM at Cooper s Landing Cowboy Bart and Band of Redman 8 PM at Rocheport General Store Molly Healey Trio, The January Lanterns, Nina Cherry 9 PM at Café Berlin; $5 SATURDAY Crooked Fix 2 PM at Katfish Katy s Yappy Hour in the Park: Three Bricks Shy 4 PM at Rose Park; free Dave Lineberry 4:30 PM at Cooper s Landing Good Sam Club Band 5 PM at Les Bourgeois A-Frame Two-Bit Steve 6 PM at Katfish Katy s Summerfest: Cody Jinks, Ward Davis, Tennessee Jet 7 PM on 9 th Street; $35 Johnny Fox 7 PM at Cooper s Landing Kings Avenue 8 PM at Rocheport General Store Don t Mind Dying 9:30 PM at Rose Music Hall; $5 SUNDAY The Burney Sisters 2 PM at Katfish Katy s Elderberry Jam Fundraiser with Catdaddy s Funky Fuzz Bunker Band and more 4 PM at Rose Park; $5 Paul Fotch 5 PM at Cooper s Landing Concerts in the Gardens: Columbia Community Band 7 PM at Shelter Gardens; free Hot Summer Nights: Mostly Mozart 7 PM at First Baptist Church Simon Joyner And The Ghosts W/ Jack Grelle 8 PM at Café Berlin; $6 in advance and $8 day of show
MOVIE GUIDE ACTION POINT - D.C. is the crackpot owner of Action Point -- a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. Just as his estranged daughter Boogie comes to visit, a corporate mega-park opens nearby and jeopardizes the future of Action Point. To save his beloved park and his relationship with Boogie, D.C. and his loony crew of misfits must risk everything to pull out all the stops and save the day. ADRIFT - Based on the true story of human survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime before they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. BOOK CLUB - Diane is recently widowed after 40 years of marriage. Vivian enjoys her men with no strings attached. Sharon is still working through her decades-old divorce. Carol's marriage is in a slump after 35 years. The lives of these four friends are turned upside down after reading the infamous "50 Shades of Grey." CLUELESS - In this 1995 masterpiece, Amy Heckerling transforms Jane Austen's Emma into a delightful and witty look at ultra-rich teenagers in a Beverly Hills high school. Cher and Dionne, both named after "great singers of the past that now do infomercials," are pampered upper-class teenagers who have an innate urge to help those less fortunate. DEADPOOL 2 - Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool joins forces with three mutants to battle the all-powerful Cable. FIRST REFORMED - Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp of celebrating its 250th anniversary. Once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the church is now a tourist attraction catering to a dwindling congregation, eclipsed by its nearby parent church, Abundant Life, with its state-of-the-art facilities and 5,000-strong flock. When a pregnant parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) asks Reverend Toller to counsel her husband, a radical environmentalist, the clergyman finds himself plunged into his own tormented past, and equally despairing future, until he finds redemption in an act of grandiose violence. HEREDITARY - A family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about its ancestry. INCREDIBLES 2 - Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge -- taking care of the problems of his three children. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM - When Isla Nublar s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event. OCEAN S 8 - Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting -- that's how long Debbie Ocean has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it's going to take -- a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target -- a necklace that's worth more than $150 million. POPE FRANCIS A MAN OF HIS WORD This film is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary about him. A rare co-production with the Vatican, the pope's ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today's global questions from death, social justice, immigration, ecology, wealth inequality, materialism, and the role of the family.
RBG - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has created a breathtaking legal legacy for women's rights while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. The personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court during a hostile time for women, is revealed in this inspiring and multidimensional documentary portrait. Now 85, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, continues to have vigorous dissenting opinions and her exercise workouts. THE RIDER - After a tragic riding accident, young cowboy Brady (Brady Jandreau), once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, is warned that his competition days are over. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America. SHOW DOGS - A canine cop and an FBI agent work under cover at the world's most exclusive dog show in Las Vegas. SUPERFLY - Career criminal Youngblood Priest hatches a plan for a big score. TAG - One month every year, five highly competitive friends hit the ground running in a no-holds-barred game of tag they ve been playing since the first grade risking it all to take each other down with the battle cry You re It! CHECK EACH THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES REGAL STADIUM 14 THEATER 2800 Goodwin Pointe Drive 844-462-7342 GOODRICH FORUM 8 1209 Forum Katy Parkway 573-445-7469 RAGTAG CINEMA 10 Hitt Street 573-443-4359