Calendar

FEBRUARY

23rd-25th
Columbia Home Builders Association Home Show
All weekend at the Hearnes Center
The Columbia HBA presents booths featuring more than 100 exhibitors showcasing home building and home improvement service providers, products and special deals in the field house at 600 Stadium Blvd. Tickets are $3. 882-2056

24th-25th
Art Show and Sale
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 12-4 p.m. Sunday at McAdams’ Ltd.
The jeweler at 32 S. Providence Road hosts a sale of more than 1,000 oil-on-canvas paintings by American and European artists. 442-3151

25th
Fred Hersch, Solo Piano
3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Murry’s
Pianist and composer Fred Hersch performs for the first time with the “We Always Swing” Jazz Series. His latest release, Fred Hersch in Amsterdam: Live at the Bimhuis, offers originals plus selections by Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Rowles and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Tickets are $23-$38. 449-3001

27th
Pirates of Penzance
7 p.m. at Jesse Auditorium
The University Concert Series presents the swashbuckling Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, performed by the Carl Rosa Opera, a national touring company of 65 musicians, singers and technicians. Tickets are $20 to $33. 882-3781

28th
Glenn Miller Orchestra
7 p.m. at Jesse Auditorium
Formed in 1956 by the famous trombonist and band leader, the big-band jazz group gives about 300 concert and swing-dance performances a year all over the world, including this University Concert Series show. Tickets are $17-$24. 882-3781

An Evening with Bill Frisell
6 p.m. at The Blue Note
In association with the “We Always Swing” Jazz Series, guitarist Bill Frissell performs with Greg Leisz & Jenny Schienman. Frisell has collaborated with musicians such as John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Ginger Baker, Suzanne Vega, Loudon Wainwright III and John Scofield. Tickets are $20-$28. 882-3781

MARCH

1st-4th
True/False Film Festival
Thursday through Sunday at various downtown venues
Rapidly rising in fame and acclaim, this annual celebration of independent nonfiction filmmaking features screenings of nearly 50 movies as well as parties, dinner events, game shows, concerts, workshops, panel discussions, seminars—you name it. Visit www.truefalse.org. Festival passes are $65-$200. Individual tickets are $8-$25. 442-TRUE

4th
Lily Tomlin
7 p.m. at Jesse Auditorium
Best known for her characters on the TV show Laugh-In and as the winner of six Emmy awards, a Grammy and other television and movie accolades, comedy legend Lily Tomlin performs with the University Concert Series. Tickets are $27-$34. 882-3781

7th
Poetry at Kayotea
6-8 p.m. at Kayotea, 912 E. Broadway
A new monthly poetry series at the downtown tea shop includes a reading by a featured poet, followed by open mic. The first feature is Marta Ferguson, author of Mustang Sally: Pays Her Debt to Wilson Pickett. 489-5333

8th
“The Latin Side of Miles and ‘Trane”
7 p.m. at The Blue Note
The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series celebrates this year’s 80th birthdays of late jazz greats Miles Davis (May 26) and John Coltrane (September 23) with a sextet performance led by Conrad Herwig and Brian Lynch. Tickets are $18-$36. 882-3781