Today

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.

“Free to Be You and Me!”, excerpts from the Lawrence Arts Center’s Summer Youth Theater, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

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

Young Adult Tourney for 11-18 year olds, Yu-Gi-Oh, magic, electronic games, board games and more, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., Auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 121. Snacks and door prizes provided.

Books & Babies Storytime for infants 8-23 months old accompanied by adult, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117. Pre-registration requested for 7-week session.

Thursday Evening Storytime for all ages, 7 p.m., Children’s Room, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 177.

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.

Toddler Storytime for children 2 years old accompanied by adult, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117. Pre-registration requested for 9-week session.

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.

Storytime for everyone, 10:30 a.m., Children’s Room, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

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.

“Prairie Critters,” the Grassland Heritage Foundation brings their Rolling Prairie Learning Lab, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., grassy area behind the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

Bookworms Unite!, book club for 8-12 year olds, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117. Pre-registration requested for 7-week session.

Harry Potter Lock-in, for 11-18 year olds, 5 p.m.-9 a.m., Children’s Room, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 121. Signed permission slip required – pick it up in the Zone or in the Children’s Room. Space limited.

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, 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.