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May 26, 2016 VOLUME 18 ISSUE 18 | PUBLISHED BY THE COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN

FEATURE The Kansas City Titans are among the teams rushing toward a new era in women’s athletics. These gridiron warriors, including an MU alum, show their individuality while uniting as a team. PAGE 6 MUSIC Christmas lights, a painted canvas and a sock monkey named Reggie help local band Mangosteen find its groove. PAGE 4 NEWS & INSIGHT Did you know MU’s foliage is more than just a pretty collection of flowers and greenery? The 1,262-acre campus is an award-winning botanic garden. PAGE 5 ARTS & BOOKS Columbia has a wide range of plays and musicals slated for the summer. Use this guide and find out which shows are right for you. PAGE 12

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St. Louis’ LouFest released its lineup Tuesday.

LCD Soundsystem and Chris Stapleton are headlining, but you’ll want to arrive long before those final acts take the stage.

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JUST DO IT

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Summer is the season for do-it-yourselfers.

Follow these easy steps and find out how to change your brake light. Spoiler alert: you don’t need to be an expert.

Roadtrip with Vox to mid-Missouri’s small towns, and find out where locals hang out and eat. This week: Woody’s Pub & Grub in Ashland.

EDITOR’S LETTER

Q&A MU professor Cheehyung Harrison Kim wants to start an exchange program with North Korea.

He talks about what it’s like to travel to the most secretive nation on Earth — twice. PAGE 14

CORRECTION: An article in the May 12 issue misstated the whereabouts of the Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin. The cabin was moved to Nifong Park in 2004. The Gordon House burned in 1998.

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THE SCENE These drinks are fire. Check out three local concoctions that are guaranteed to bring heat to your day. PAGE 13

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IT’S OFFICIAL

CHRISTINE JACKSON EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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When I was around 6 or 7 years old, a family with three boys moved in across the street. Their arrival was one of the best things that ever happened to me.

If I wanted to play, I had to keep up with the mayhem three young brothers can stir up. I got dirty, climbed a lot of things I shouldn’t have climbed and played a lot of contact sports.

Not once during those years of tearing up the front yard and getting bruised by trees and concrete and, occasionally, each other, was it implied I couldn’t do something because I was a girl. Anything they did, I could do better (or at least as well as they could). I learned that the limits of “boy things” and “girl things” didn’t really matter. That knowledge gave me the confidence to participate in whatever I wanted. I wrestled on my neighbors’ basement mat. I became a shot putter in high school and threw with the boys’ team when my teammates were focused on discus. I played neighborhood pickup games of every sport I could. And I was proud that no one ever said I played like a girl. Back then, that was still a bad thing.

But the women of the Kansas City Titans remind me that the old saying is no insult. This week’s feature (Page 6) follows a manager/quarterback, a linebacker and their teammates as they pursue the sport they love. They are wives, mothers, sisters and daughters. They can also throw perfect spirals, run a quick 40 and take a tackle. They make me wish I could play like a girl, or specifically, play like these women who don pads and helmets and play serious football. But perhaps more importantly, they’re helping make playing like a girl the compliment it deserves to be.

VOX STAFF Editor: Christine Jackson Managing Editor: Hannah Pederson Digital Managing Editor: Jenna Fear Art Directors: Madalyne Bird, Julia Terbrock Photo Editor: Ashley Reese News & Insight/ The Scene Editors: Ben Landis, Claire Lardizabal Music/ Arts & Books Editors: Mary Kaleta, Mike Tish Editorial Director: Heather Lamb Executive Editor: Jennifer Rowe Office Manager: Kim Townlain

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RADAR

Vox’s take on the talk of the week

A REASON TO POUT: KYLIE JENNER LIP KITS

For makeup addicts around the world, Kylie Jenner’s coveted Lip Kits prove to be a do-not-buy. The Better Business Bureau issued an alert on Jenner’s company after customers began filing complaints of receiving empty packages. The Lip Kits, which include a matte liquid lipstick and a matching lip liner, sell for a whopping $29.That’s a bit much to pay for an empty box.

Here are five better ways to spend $29 in Columbia:

1. 13 small scoops at Andy’s Frozen Custard

2. 14 rounds of $2 pints from Teller’s

3. Three movie tickets at Ragtag 4. A pedicure (don’t forget to tip) 5. Two large cheese pizzas from Shakespeare’s

We’re No.4!

Move over, Independence.

Columbia added more than 10,000 people to its population since 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which makes it the fourth-largest city in Missouri. The climb to the top three might be harder, though.

Springfield, the No. 3 city, has a population of 159,498 people — approximately 40,000 more than Columbia.

The birth of cool Jazz icon Miles Davis was born 90 years ago on May 26, 1926. We’re kind of blue he hasn’t been around since ‘91, but his music has served as an inspiration to generations of jazz musicians such as John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix.

HYPERLOOP TRAINS ARE COMING

Take a ride on the fast train. At a May 11 test run of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop One, an electronically powered sled traveled 1,000 yards in 1.9 seconds.

Hyperloop trains could travel at more than 12 miles per minute, which would make the trip from Kansas City to St. Louis less than half an hour long.

Although this venture method won’t be ready until 2021, that date still puts it ahead of the arrival of Frank Ocean’s next album.

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MUSIC

Monkeying around

Local band Mangosteen jams out surrounded by offbeat items

BY JACOB STEIMER

PHOTOS BY KELSEY WALLING

Budding alternative-funk and soul band Mangosteen is a child of the MU jazz program. Mangosteen’s four members — Colby Johnson, guitar; Michael Miller, piano; Grant Flakne, bass; and Spencer Westphalen, drums and vocal — easily transitioned into forming a band in August 2015 after playing together in various university jazz groups.

The band has performed at venues such as Rose Music Hall and The Social Room and plans to do a mini-tour with the band Ray Wild at the end of the month. The band released its first single, “She’s a Lady,” which can be found on SoundCloud and CD Baby’s websites.

As a band, Mangosteen tries not to fit into one category; Westphalen describes their music as funk that makes the audience want to move and groove.

Members agreed that their practice space needed boundless color. Johnson says he draws his mojo from the “voodoo” of the room, and Westphalen says the color helps the group bring extra flavor to the band’s already off-the-wall sound. “It’s concentrated energy,” Westphalen says.

The canvas Westphalen and friends stopped at The Home Depot before last year’s Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival in Manchester, Tennessee, in an effort to create a practical piece of art. The group used the resulting canvas to create shade at the notoriously hot and sunny festival. Westphalen describes the artistic backdrop as “collected creativity.”

The pedestal This Greek-style stand was mostly chosen for its sturdiness, as band members feel fully confident setting equipment on it. But like anything in

Mangosteen practices in a nook off the bedroom of lead singer Spencer Westphalen. The band surrounds itself with items that influence its music’s jazz-influenced funky vibe. “We don’t really fit into a category, and neither does the space we’ve created,” Westphalen says.

Mangosteen’s nook, the stand needed extra flair. Now, band members praise the pillar’s Christmas-like aesthetic.

The bandana chain Westphalen loves the bandanas that cover his drum set. Some are tattered, and some are new, but each has a different story.

Westphalen says one was a Bonnaroo essential last year and held a bag of ice he and his friends used to cool down.

Another was tied on the handle of a case

of Pabst Blue Ribbon carried five miles through downtown Austin, Texas, to a secret show from Twin Peaks, a band favorite.

The funky face crate Band manager Lindsey Ralls painted three artsy crates as a gift for Westphalen’s 21st birthday last December. Two other crates painted with similar faces make a set.

Reggie the sock monkey Meet Reggie, the real talent behind the drum kit. Reggie was a gift to Westphalen from his dad, who is a sock monkey aficionado. The band claims Reggie is the hardest drinker of the group. He’s also infamous for causing mischief in his Bonnaroo bandana. “(Sock monkeys) remind me of myself,” Westphalen says. “They’re kind of goofy, but they just kind of hang.”

A CLOSER LOOK INSIDE MANGOSTEEN’S PRACTICE SPACE Various mementos get Mangosteen’s creative juices going.

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The pedestal

A funky face crate

Reggie the sock monkey

NEWS & INSIGHT

The garden’s variety

How MU became one of a few U.S. universities to qualify as a botanic garden A casual stroll through MU’s campus quickly turns into a sightseeing tour.

A squirrel attacks an acorn. The sunset dips below the Columns on the Francis Quadrangle. Thousands of perennials and annuals flaunt their vibrant colors.

MU possesses a distinction only about 10 other universities have: The campus is a botanic garden.

The Mizzou Botanic Garden features 11 gardens and seven plant collections.

It spans MU’s 755-acre campus with a carefully curated blend of foliage. MU tour guides highlight the gardens to prospective students, and the garden staff also spreads the word. But few people know the history.

In the 1980s, Chancellor Barbara Uehling started a movement to beautify and unify MU. She hired Jack Robinson, the school’s first master planner, to design her vision with $250,000 in private donations. This included developing Lowry Mall and Francis Quadrangle to add natural garden space to the campus.

On Aug. 26, 1999, MU was officially recognized as a botanic garden. MU

applied for membership in the American Public Gardens Association, which requires three self-evaluated elements: a detailed record of MU’s plants, a signage program informing gardengoers they’re in the designated location and an education program designed to spread knowledge and information about the botanic garden.

The garden has approximately 6,000 trees, 24,000 shrubs and 8,000 perennials and annuals. MU budgets for the garden’s maintenance, and the gardens are planted with private donations.

Many of the tree and shrub species have ties to MU alumni. The Raven Dawn redwood, for instance, recognizes Peter Raven, a world-famous horticulturist who served on the UM Board of Curators.

Mizzou Botanic Garden Director Peter Millier says the trees are quite rare.

Four groundskeepers design and maintain the gardens and plant collections. The Jefferson Garden on the quadrangle honors Thomas Jefferson as the nation’s first gardener and contains several plants mentioned in his journals, such as chaste trees and silver bells.

BY JACK FLEMMING

Memorial Union overlooks blooming perennials in Ellis Perennial Garden, one of the colorful garden locations on the MU campus.

“I’m an artist,” groundskeeper Alicia Ciolli says. “When I’m designing the gardens, I get to express myself artistically.” Ciolli spends hours mulching, blowing leaves and picking up trash. The work doesn’t go unnoticed.

The garden won the Professional Grounds Management Society’s Honor

award for work on the quadrangle.

Business Insider also placed MU on its “14 Most Beautiful and Iconic American Quads” list.

Millier inwardly smiles when he encounters botanic garden managers complaining about attendance; he knows thousands enjoy MU’s daily.

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The mighty Titans How the Kansas City Titans aim to push stereotypes out of bounds PHOTO STORY BY JILLIAN VONDY Beneath the bulk of shoulder pads and covered by the guard of helmets, the players for the Kansas City Titans resemble any other football players.

They wear cleats, tight football pants, kneepads and navy jerseys. The only difference is that they are women: mothers, sisters, wives and daughters.

But when they’re on the field, only one role matters: football players.

The Kansas City Titans, which are part of the Women’s Football Alliance and formed in 2013, includes 43 players and competes against 45 teams across the country. The team must juggle work, social lives and dedication to the game differently than professional athletes. Players don’t receive compensation but must pay a $500 fee.

“In terms of balance, I would say it’s difficult,” Titans’ quarterback and General Manager Katie Sowers says. “But it’s something that you sacrifice for your team, for your season and, for me specifically, for my future career.” Sowers was recently hired for a coaching internship with the Atlanta Falcons, which makes her the first female coach for the team’s program and the third female coach in the National Football League.

Two main leagues make up women’s football: the WFA, created in 2009, and the Independent Women’s Football League, formed in 2000.

WFA teams can be found across the country, and some states, such as California and Texas, have multiple teams in different cities. Missouri’s other team is the St. Louis Slam.

But geography and organization aren’t the only ways teams such as the Titans compare to the NFL; their play is just as tough. The WFA previously used a mixture of NFL and NCAA rules but shifted to solely NCAA rules during the past few years. Sowers says the biggest changes were how many feet are required inbounds when catching a ball and what qualifies a player as down if she falls without being touched by an opposing player.

Krishna Lee, a Titans linebacker, joined the team to be a positive influence. Lee graduated with her undergraduate degree in business administration from MU in 2009 and threw shot put and hammer for the track team for four years. When she returned to get her master’s in health education and promotion in 2012, she started working in the athletic department and began coaching throwers. After playing sports her entire life, Lee was eager to join a team again when she decided to play for the Titans. But she was most excited to make an impact in her hometown of Kansas City. “I have a lot of nieces and nephews, and as a girl playing sports growing up, there were a lot of ‘no’s that were handed out our way,” Lee says. “The opportunity to play in what is traditionally a man’s sport gives my nieces the ability to maybe hear ‘no’ but not take it to heart.”

Women’s football is about doing something that society typically tells women they cannot do. Football shows young girls that they don’t have to be quiet, non-aggressive and submissive, Sowers says. “If you go around and ask, you would be shocked how many young girls have always wanted to play football but have never felt like they had the chance,” she says. “So by playing football, it’s not to prove that we can do anything men can do, it is just allowing opportunities for people who have a passion.”

–RACHEL TRUJILLO Members of the Kansas City Titans join together in prayer before a game.

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The Kansas City Titans would be a Division II team based on size, but the team chose to play in Division I because of its skill level and ability to compete with top-level teams.

Ever since she was a child, quarterback Katie Sowers knew she wanted to play football. Her passion for the sport started when she played pickup football with her sister and neighbors.

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Linebacker Krishna Lee runs the ball in a game against the St. Louis Slam on April 9. The game took place at Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas, where the Titans won 36-26.

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High school quarterback Brooke Liebsch practices with and is mentored by the Titans.

The 15-year-old became Liberty North High School’s first-ever female quarterback last fall, according to Fox 4 News Kansas City.

Krishna Lee dances in her coralcolored leggings after a game. She says being part of a team again has helped her meet new people and feel connected to the Kansas City community.

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Hailey Lowery is an offensive lineman for the Titans. The team is expected to travel to its away games each season, which extends from April to early June.

Liz Sowers and her girlfriend, Jen Buczkowski, relax on the field with Antavia Barbard-Weston, the daughter of one of the team’s offensive linemen. At each game, mostly family members and children fill the stands to cheer on the Titans.

Home games are held at Shawnee Mission South in Overland Park, Kansas.

As women’s football gains popularity, members of the Titans have seen a shift in what people believe women can achieve. “Everybody has the opportunity to do something that they are passionate about,” quarterback Katie Sowers says.

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A play full summer Which production should you catch this season?

BY JENNA FEAR

When the summer heat and that awful Missouri humidity become unbearable, you’ll need a break. Sit down, kick back, and take in some of the area’s best theater offerings. Follow the chart to decide which performance to see.

DO YOU LIKE MUSICALS?

Mamma mia!

Of course I do.

They’re not really my thing.

No, I’m in the mood to learn a deep life lesson.

No way!

I’ll have nightmares.

Pick an outfit.

Pick a sweet snack.

Are you feeling playful today?

Yes! I want to smile and laugh!

Love them.

I crave suspense.

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Funny Girl This Broadway musical follows performer Fanny Brice’s rise to fame and her relationship with a gambler.

June 1, 4, 8, 10–11, 8 p.m.; June 2–3, 5, 8–9, 11, 2 p.m., Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, $36; $32, seniors; $20, students; $15, children, 660-837-3311

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OK, how do you feel about scary movies?

The Music Man A con artist poses as a band leader and tricks townspeople into creating a new marching band.

He has no musical talent and plans to skip town — until he falls in love with a local librarian.

June 9–11, 16–18, 23–25, 7:30 p.m.; June 12, 19, 26, 2 p.m., Columbia Entertainment Company, $12; $10 seniors, students and children, 474-3699

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Tattered shirt and old jeans

Oliver!

Based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, this musical tells the story of a crafty youth who runs away from the orphanage. When Oliver joins a gang of pickpockets, his life takes a drastic turn for the worse. The whole community has to set things right again. July 28–31, Aug. 4–7, Aug. 11–14, 8 p.m., Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, $9, 227-2276

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Steel Magnolias A group of Southern women from Louisiana form a strong bond of friendship as they manage life’s ups and downs.

The women’s friendship lasts through it all.

June 30, July 1–3, July 7–10, 8 p.m., Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, $7, 227-2276

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Truffles and Nougat This French comedy is from playwright Brad Stephenson, who just finished his doctoral degree in theater at MU. When the police show up at the LeFevre family’s door, the household gets swept up in a whirlwind of secret motives, lies and lust. June 10–11, 17–18, 7:30 p.m.; June 12, 19, 2 p.m., Talking Horse Productions, $13; $11, senior and students, 268-1381

Murder on the Nile Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel Death on the Nile inspired this production. The play follows a newlywed couple’s honeymoon down the Nile River.

But the vacation turns spooky, and a murder mystery ensues. July 23–24, 27–28, 30, 2 p.m.; July 23, 27, 29–30, 8 p.m., Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, $36; $32, seniors; $20, students; $15, children, 660-837-3311

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Coffee: black. Teaspoon of sugar. Half a plastic cup of creamer. Several pinches of chili powder. Yes, chili powder. This is Lakota Coffee’s Red Hot, a cup of joe with a kick.

Although it might sound strange, spicy drinks are increasingly common in Columbia. Choose from the aforementioned coffee with a dash of heat, a piquant beer and a fireball of a cocktail muddled with pickled jalapenos. If you’re the type to slather eggs with Sriracha or bathe a taco in Tabasco, leave the hot sauce at home. These drinks bring the heat all on their own.

Break a sweat: Flat Branch Pub & Brewing’s Green Chili Ale Brewed once every three weeks with about 47 pounds of Anaheim peppers, this golden pale ale smells spicy even before you take your first sip. But it doesn’t assault the drinker with boldness. The hint of peppers is subtle and not overpowering. Brewer Larry Goodwin says the balance of heat and flavor is exactly what Flat Branch wants to keep. “We’re not against getting a little more heat in there,” Goodwin says, “but we want to have that distinct aroma and flavor.”

Green Chili Ale, $4.50

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Fan your face: Lakota Coffee’s Red Hot The Red Hot is the mildest of these three drinks. Miniscule flakes of chili powder float on top of Lakota’s traditional espresso blend.

Raspberry notes linger on your taste buds and balance the strength of the chili powder and earthy cinnamon. The Red Hot isn’t on the big board, but it’s on Lakota’s hidden menu. Barista Mary McAndrew says all the orders are through word of mouth.

Red Hot, $3.50

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Dry your eyes: The Wolf’s Head Tavern’s Tequila Nightfall Initial contact with the Tequila Nightfall is low-key, but the afterburn kicks in quickly. If not for the safeguard of the pineapple juice and a generous portion of lime, the tequila and wheat beer cocktail would be too intense to handle. The taste lingers on the tongue and the corners of the lips. The drink’s scorch intensifies near the bottom of the glass, which is muddled with pickled jalapeno peppers. “We’re trying to make a drink that stands out a little bit,” owner Trey Quinlan says. “There are some easygoing drinks and some in-your-face drinks. We wanted something to be refreshing but still kind of pop off the palate.”

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MU professor CHEEHYUNG HARRISON KIM discusses North Korea, global connectivity and a life of travel

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or Cheehyung Harrison Kim, travel is more than a hobby or job requirement. Globetrotting has shaped the Seoul, South Korea, native’s entire life. As a result, Kim is not bound to any particular national borders. He considers himself a man without a homeland and lives what he calls “an internationalist way of life.”

This internationalist lifestyle began at 9 years old.

His parents decided to leave Seoul and resettled in Singapore and the Philippines before they made a series of stops in destinations such as New York, Cleveland and Dallas. Still, his expeditions would not remain relegated to his youth. Kim’s studies and research have taken him all over Europe, to Australia and twice to North Korea.

For now, he’s a professor of East Asian History at MU, as well as one of the first university professors in the United States to teach a North Korean history class. This puts the university “in a good position to attract a lot of grants and research support coming from external sources,” says Sang Kim, director of the MU Asian Affairs Center. Despite his current stationary role, Cheehyung Harrison Kim is a man without borders, and this mentality extends to his syllabus.

How would you describe your experience assimilating to American culture?

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wasn’t that odd at first. One thing that was very odd was race. I had never really had black friends, Mexican friends, nonwhite or non-Korean friends until I got to the United States.

What’s the longest amount of time you have lived in one place?

It’s only recently that I have a sense of a more permanent life. Technically, I lived in Seoul until I was 9 years old. But really, I didn’t have a home before I came here and bought a house. I think I’m still dealing with that — being settled in one place and thinking about 10 years down the road. There’s something really nice about that feeling.

We hear you’d like to start a North Korean study abroad program.

I would love to do that, but I think it’s going to take many, many years. There is still that blockade at the federal government level. You cannot engage with North Korea as a public institution. This is not a legally sanctioned activity. What I want to do is create a university-to-university exchange. Sending our kids there, bringing their kids here and so forth. It’s going to take a lot of effort to get to that level.

What stands out from your trips to North Korea?

My first trip lasted three days, and it was at the edge of North Korea at a border resort town. The second

time was in summer 2014 when I took a weeklong, independent tour of North Korea. I came in at Pyongyang, the capital city, and made it all the way up to Hamhung. I went with the expectation that there would be a certain level of surveillance everywhere, but that was not the case. Yes, you’re monitored, but at the same time it helps because it’s not a tourism-friendly place. There are no signs. There are no hotels that you can easily go to.

What misconceptions do people have about North Korean culture?

Within this greater sense of patriotism, people are pretty much the same. They want a good job and to do well in school. They want to date and to have a good time. They make their worlds according to their wishes.

It’s not a society of incarcerated people. It’s not like that at all.

How would you define an internationalist way of life to other people?

I would say it’s an attempt to always see yourself and how you’re connected to the world. Your troubles and your achievements are always shared by other people.

I think it’s this constant attempt to empathize and sympathize. It’s more than traveling or going to see exotic places.

— BRAD BERGNER PHOTO BY MIKE KREBS

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this week in Columbia

ARTS & CULTURE Godspell

Before he wrote Wicked, Stephen Schwartz composed this musical about Jesus in modernday New York City. Experience this Tony Award-winning musical in Columbia. Opening night is tonight, 8 p.m., Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, $9 adults; $1 children under 10, 227-2276

To the Sea

This multimedia feature tells the story of an elderly man and his return to an island that holds his lost love’s secrets. An original score and videography showcase the highs and lows of love and love lost. Opening night is Wednesday, 8 p.m., Imago Gallery & Cultural Center, $10–$15, greenhousetp.org

Funny Girl

In this hit musical, Fanny Brice, played by Hannah Shankman, rises from a sideshow act to a famous headliner. The cast of this Lyceum Theatre premiere also includes Mary Jo Mecca as Mrs. Brice and Cary Tedder as Eddie Ryan. Opening night is Wednesday, 8 p.m., Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, $15–$36 (660) 837-3311

CIVIC Plantation and Slave Cabin Tour

by Missouri’s Little Dixie Heritage Foundation Immerse yourself in history as you travel through three plantations. Participants will walk the grounds of each plantation and discover a more complete picture of America’s past. Saturday, 1–5 p.m., various locations in Pilot Grove, $20; $13, youth 17 and under; Free, children under 10, molittledixiehf@aol.com

Visit Your Park Playgrounds Challenge

Are you up for the challenge? Visit playgrounds at 10 or more different parks from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Make sure to track your visit, and turn in your completed tracking sheet to Columbia Parks and Recreation to receive a prize. Begins Monday, various locations, Free, 874-7460

FOOD & DRINK Brew ‘N’ View: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Prepare to do the time warp! This classic show blends music and comedy as characters Brad and Janet end up at Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s castle. Grab a cold one and enjoy this satirical take on the golden era of low-budget horror films. Saturday, 9 p.m., The Blue Note, $8 in advance; $10 day of show, 874-1944

MUSIC Urban Pioneers and Jordan Thomas and His Designated Drivers

Urban Pioneers and Jordan Thomas and His

Designated Drivers are sure to bring you back to your roots with their mix of southern soul, blues and rockabilly music. Tonight, 9 p.m., The Social Room, $5, 397-6442

Spring Jam in the Park 2

Enjoy the warm weather, and check out Kid Felon, RAVS and the Hanukkah Jones Band.

Don’t forget about the all-night happy hour!

Friday, show at 9 p.m., doors at 8:30 p.m., Rose Music Hall, Free, 874-1944

J.P. Kay & Some Army at the A-Frame

Make your way over to Les Bourgeois for live music as the sun sets. Performances by bluegrass artist J.P. Kay and Some Army will make this a night to remember. Saturday, 4–8 p.m., Les Bourgeois, Free, 698-2716

Pedaler’s Jamboree Bicycle and Music Festival

Even if you’re riding, you can still enjoy live music, food and scenery along the Katy Trail.

Don’t miss the after parties Sunday night, where live music is promised at Rose Music Hall and Broadway Brewery. Saturday, 7:30 a.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to midnight at Broadway Brewery and Ninth Street Public House, 5 p.m. to midnight at Rose Music Hall; Free, pedalersjamboree.com, 228-7476

SCREEN Alice Through the Looking Glass (PG)

Alice returns to a Wonderland full of mystery and strife. This time, she will must attempt to thwart the evil Lord of Time, who plans to turn Wonderland into a desolate wasteland. F, R RUNTIME = 1:53

A Bigger Splash (R)

A rock star (Tilda Swinton) and a filmmaker (Matthias Schoenaerts) make a lovers’ getaway to the Mediterranean, but some unexpected visitors could derail their time in paradise.

RT RUNTIME = 2:04

X-Men: Apocalypse (PG-13)

A young team of X-Men, led by Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Professor X (James McAvoy) hope to defeat the immortal Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac). F, R RUNTIME = 2:24

Still playing

The Angry Birds Movie (PG) F, R The Boss (R) F, R Captain America: Civil War (PG-13) F, R City of Gold (R) RT The Darkness F, R The Jungle Book (PG) F, R Money Monster (R) F, R Mother’s Day (PG-13) F, R Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (R) F, R The Nice Guys (R) F Ratchet and Clank (PG) F Sing Street (PG-13) RT Zootopia (PG) R

Theaters F = Forum R = Regal

RT = Ragtag = Available in 3-D 05.26.16

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