Arts

If the seats at Jesse Auditorium feel a little more comfy this fall, it's because they're new. So are the paint and the carpet. 

A collection of watercolors and black-ink paintings by Ran In-Ting is on display through mid-August at the MU Museum of Art and Archaeology.

Did you know worn-out coins were once recycled by putting a new design on them? Such coins, called overstrikes, are part of a collection at the MU Museum of Art and Archeology on fake, imitated and altered currency.

Tracy Montminy, an American abstract expressionist, was honored on the anniversary of her 100th birthday with an exhibit at the Boone County Historical Society. 

The show will be July 20 at The Blue Note.

Albina Lewis sustained burns when a fire broke out at her apartment in February. Studio B Dance Center is holding a benefit Saturday to help with her medical expenses.

The writer-creator of "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch" died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 94.

The group will perform a free concert Tuesday evening at First Baptist Church.

5th Wall Productions is performing two Shakespeare-inspired plays, with a little twist. The shows play Thursdays through Sundays during July at the Boone County Courthouse Amphitheater.

Alex Innecco has been music director at Missouri United Methodist Church for a decade. He is returning to Brazil to be near family and start a youth orchestra.

The TRYPS Children's Theater performance of "Hairspray" is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Representatives of 21 downtown businesses signed a petition saying Summerfest activities draw customers away from competing businesses. They ask that the street closure only be allowed on certain days.

The season's first Ninth Street Summerfest concert will feature the classic reggae band and two other groups. The show starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

 The J.W. “Blind” Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival was held at Jesse Auditorium on the MU Campus Sunday and Monday.  Featured ragtime pianist and composer Reginald Robinson talks about how he got started playing ragtime music.

J. Brett Grill created a 7-foot sculpture of former President Gerald Ford and traveled to Washington, D.C., to unveil it at the White House earlier this month.

The painting was originally expected to sell for around $1.2 million.

A painting of a 1951 flood by Thomas Hart Benton is heading to auction Thursday at Sotheby's.

Two performances of "Jersey Boys" scheduled for Sunday were canceled. Performances are set to resume Tuesday.

A proposed $350,000 budget and a design plan that follows the same exterior style as the original Maplewood Barn will be discussed.

Two of Nancy White's plays — “Still As Rain” and “Severed Strings” — were selected and performed last month.