Daily Staff Writer

Today

Kraig Kenning, 8 p.m. at Court Ave. Brewing Co. in Des Moines.

The Ed Kaizer Group, 9 p.m. at Boheme; $2.

The Buzz at Connies Lounge in Des Moines.

Vanilla Ice with 35″ Mudder, 7 p.m. at the Safari in Des Moines; $12.

’80s Night, 11 p.m. at Lumpy’s; $1.

John Waters speech, 8 p.m. at the Memorial Union Pioneer Room.

Hydroplane at People’s Bar and Grill for Something’s Phishy, It’s Dead Night.

Friday

Susan Werner, 8 and 10:30 p.m. at the Maintenance Shop; $7.

The Cartwright Brothers, (FAC) at People’s Bar and Grill.

Cyclone Honor Band ’99, 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium; $5.

C.J. Chenier, Ashanti (with Dave Samuels), Sam Salomone Trio at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines; $13.50 in advance, $20 at the door.

James Solberg, 9:30 p.m. at the Grand in Des Moines.

Peter Schickele & the Lark Quartet, 8 p.m. at the Pella Opera House; $20.

Belly dancing featuring Shiara, Kallista Masahti and Callah, 8 p.m. at Boheme.

World Beat Dance Night (international music), 9:30 p.m. at Boheme.

Saturday

Varieties (performance #2), 6:30 and 9 p.m. at the Memorial Union Great Hall; $5.

Ron Prince, 8 and 10:30 p.m. at the Maintenance Shop; $4.

Ames Town and Gown Tenth Annual Musicale, 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal church; $25.

Johnny Socko, 10 p.m. at People’s Bar and Grill.

Kraig Kenning, 9:30 p.m. at Java Joe’s in Des Moines.

James Solberg, 9:30 p.m. at the Grand in Des Moines.

Cyclone Honor Band ’99, 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium; $5.

James Solberg Band at the Grand in Des Moines.

World Beat Dance Night (international music), 9:30 p.m. at Boheme.

Sunday

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 7:30 p.m. at Stephens Auditorium; $10-$34.

Kraig Kenning, 8 p.m. at Court Ave. Brewing Co. in Des Moines.

Elemenopee, 5 p.m. at Cafe Lovish; $2.

Riders in the Sky at the Val Air in Des Moines.

“Threads of Celebration,” 2 p.m. at the Brunnier Art Museum.

“Music and Poetry” (open mic night), 9 p.m. at Boheme.

Art Exhibits

Graphic Design Exhibition in the Memorial Union Pioneer Room (through Feb. 8).

Elizabeth Ginsberg, “The Elements” at the Memorial Union Gallery (through Feb. 8).

Faculty Exhibit at the gallery on the ground floor of the atrium in the College of Design building (through Feb. 10).

The Iowa College Salon XXI at the Brunnier Art Museum (through March 14).

Norman Rockwell Lithographs at the Octagon Center for the Arts (through Feb.21).

Drawings by Jean Hagert Dow at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (through Feb. 27).

Upcoming and Noteworthy

Jonny Lang at Stephens Auditorium (Feb. 12).

Rent at the Civic Center (Feb. 16 to 21).

Black Sabbath with Pantera and Incubus at Hilton Coliseum (Feb. 18).

David Copperfield at the Civic Center in Des Moines (Mar. 3).