Today

Books & Babies Storytime for infants 8-23 months old and accompanied by adult, 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

Young Adult Lunch Brunch for 11-18 year olds, this week’s feature book is Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, noon-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117. Bring sack lunch. Dessert, drink and door prizes provided.

Young Adult Arts & Crafts for 11-18 year olds, “Make your own Magic Wands!”, 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 121.

Act-Around, drama activity for 6-10 year olds, 3 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

International Institute for Young Musicians student piano recital, 7 p.m., Lied Center, 864-3436.

Tour de France stage showing on big screen, 7 p.m.-10 p.m., Kief’s Audio/Video, 24th and Iowa, 842-1811, ext. 113.

Lawrence City Band Concert, Theme: Latin Magic, 8 p.m., William Kelly Bandstand, South Park.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

Douglas County Commission meeting canceled.

Thursday

Job Search Workshop for persons 55 and older, 10 a.m., Lawrence Workforce Center, 2540 Iowa, 840-9645. Let’s Help Inc., Topeka, and the Lawrence Workforce Center sponsor the Older Kansan Employment program.

Brown Bag Concert, Alferd Packer Memorial String Band, noon, 900 Mass.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

FRIDAY

Douglas County Commission, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Open piano master class, led by faculty and students from the International Institute for Young Musicians, 4 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, KU, 864-3436.

Abbott and Costello Film Series: “The Naughty Nineties,” (1945), 7 p.m., Auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833.

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” release party, 8 p.m., Hawks Nest and Baumgartner Terrace, Kansas Union, 864-SHOW.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

Saturday

Farmers Market, 6:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., 1000 block of Vermont Street.

Ice cream social, fundraiser for Big Springs Community Center Association to refurbish the old Big Springs schoolhouse, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Big Springs Community Center, U.S. Highway 40, 887-6374.

Bloomington Sesquicentennial Celebration: 1855 to 2005, 7 p.m., Clinton Lake Museum located in Bloomington Park near Clinton.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

SUNDAY

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

MONDAY

Douglas County Commission, 8:30 a.m., Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Act-Around, drama activity for 6-10 year olds, 3 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

TUESDAY

Parkinson’s Support Group meeting, 2 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vt.

Sunset at The Point, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., South Lawrence Trafficway to Clinton Parkway exit to Clinton Dam, follow signs, www.sunflower.com/~thepoint.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20

“MyStory 2005”: “Hands-on On-line Genealogy,” how to avoid pitfalls in computer genealogy searches and make searches more profitable, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Computer Lab, Douglas County Senior Center, 745 Vt., 843-3833. Registration required. Provided by The Lawrence Public Library Senior Outreach Services.

Douglas County Commission, 6:35 p.m., Courthouse, 1100 Mass.

Booktalk and signing, Thomas and Deb Goodrich, authors, “The Darkest Dawn: Lincoln, Booth and the Great American Tragedy,” 7 p.m., Auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833.

International Institute for Young Musicians student piano recital, 7 p.m., Lied Center, 864-3436.

Lawrence City Band Concert, Theme: The Grand Finale Concert, 8 p.m., William Kelly Bandstand, South Park.