It's easy to cruise right by the building in northeast Wichita where an art school is housed inside a former church building.

The tranquil garden and koi pond outside the Art Park belie the work that is going on inside to teach drawing and art to young minds, even in summer.

The husband and wife team of Charles Baughman and Kate Pepper, both artists themselves, has run the art school since 2004, developing a loyal following that grows each year.

The Art Park is made up of two buildings, one of which houses the Monart Art School, a franchise of a national concept that claims it can teach anyone to draw using its precise methodology.

The second building houses other businesses, including the Pixel Time Learning Center, which offers classes on digital technology for all ages, and the Young Chefs Cooking Classes, where Pepper teaches cooking to children ages 5 to 10.

Mike Marshall is one of the greatest acoustic musicians in the world, a master of mandolin, guitar and fiddle. He's a legend in bluegrass and jazz; he's been known to play a little classical music, too.

But even Marshall wasn't familiar with the music championed by mandolin player Caterina Lichtenberg. Lichtenberg, who lives in Germany, is a virtuoso on the baroque mandolin. Her playing revealed to Marshall a new chapter of the mandolin's history — music they'll explore together this week at Chamber Music at the Barn.

Marshall and Lichtenberg will star in concerts Wednesday through Friday at the Barn at Prairie Pines. Their program will progress across the history of the mandolin, from baroque music to American bluegrass and jazz.

"We give you a historic and an international look at the mandolin," Marshall said. "The point of the show is to showcase the mandolin in all the various forms it has ever been in. And between the two of us we can cover it all."

Lichtenberg is a professor of music at the University of Cologne in Germany; she holds the only professorship of mandolin in Europe. She has recorded nine CDs of classical mandolin music.

It's been 22 years since Music Theatre paraded "Camelot" across the stage at Century II, but director Wayne Bryan and a brilliant trio of lead stars guaranteed Lerner and Loewe's admonition in the title song: "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment that was known as Camelot."

"Brief," of course, is merely rhetorical because the 1960 classic is a long show (just under three hours) that can wear on audiences, despite such witty and wondrous songs as "The Lusty Month of May," "C'est Moi," "If Ever I Would Leave You" and the title tune.

But director Bryan and choreographer Amy Baker kept the show moving briskly despite built-in flaws that always bring the flow to a halt — notoriously the off-stage jousting scene where Lancelot fatally wounds, then brings back to life through his purity, one of Guinevere's favorite knights.

Damon Kirsche, who was last season's youthful Henry Higgins in "My Fair Lady," gives a similarly youthful appeal to King Arthur to create a more genuine sexual tension with his leading lady than we are used to from Richard Burton's Broadway image or Richard Harris' movie turn.

The lanky Kirsche has a more melodious singing voice than either of those two, which is a plus for the score, but perhaps not quite the same dramatic gravitas. Still, his Arthur is a compelling presence.

By popular audience demand, the Cabaret Oldtown folks have compiled another original "Jukebox" anthology of nostalgic musical moments, but this time the show will celebrate "The One-Hit Wonders."

"The way we define 'one-hit wonder' is that the song was made popular by the original artist who then never had another hit," says Christi Moore, director of the revue and co-writer with Kyle Vespestad, her creative partner on previous "Jukebox" shows. "People may not recognize some of the songs as one-hit wonders because they were later recorded by other people."

As a few examples, Moore ticks off "Hang on Sloopy" from the 1960s, "Stuck in the Middle With You" from the 1970s and "Don't Worry, Be Happy" from the 1980s. "Sloopy," for example, was a hit for the Vibrations in 1964 but later redone by everyone from the Ramsey Lewis Trio to the Supremes to the McCoys and the Dave Clark Five.

"Our range will take us from rock to pop to rap and from the 1960s to the 1990s, which seems pretty recent until you realize that, next year, it will be 20 years since the start of the 1990s," Moore says with a laugh.

There will be a total of about 50 songs, ranging from 30-second snatches linked into medleys to full three-minute showcases. Musical arrangements are by Rich Bruhn, Cabaret Oldtown's longtime bandleader.

Dennis and Ann Ross and Dora Timmerman have worked for many years to support and provide leadership to Wichita-area arts programs.

The Rosses have contributed financially and helped lead many area organizations, including Wichita State University's school of music and Wichita Grand Opera.

Timmerman has served on countless committees and accepted leadership roles as chair of the Wichita Outdoor Sculpture Committee and founding member of the Wichita Arts Advisory Board.

All three were recently recognized for their efforts as winners of the Kansas Arts Commission's 2009 Governor's Award.

"It is such an honor to be recognized for doing what I love,'' said Timmerman, who was named arts advocate of the year.