Today

Animal Fair of Douglas County, adoption, vendors and pet care information, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with $10 Santa Paws photos from noon to 4 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2110 Harper St., free admission, 843-6835.

Hurricane relief benefit: “Writing Up a Storm,” 1 p.m., Kansas Union’s Hawks Nest, suggested $5 donation, sponsored by the KU Writing Center, 864-2399.

Kansas University Carnival of Chemistry, with games and prizes, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., Malott Hall, 33-9213.

Benefit concert: Clyde Bysom and the Jazzhaus Big Band, Attune, Sassy Mae and the Cornertones, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vt., freewill offering for rehabilitating young prisoners.

MONDAY

Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-8 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., county courthouse, 1100 Mass.

New Urbanism presentation by Lawrence Rotary Club, 12:30 p.m., Hereford House, 4931 W. Sixth Street.

Kansas University International Education Week event, Kansas University administrators, including Senior Vice Provost Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, will talk about International education at KU, 2:30 p.m., Strong Hall Rotunda, Kansas University.

Lecture: “Proliferation Threats and Policies, 2005,” by Joseph Cirincione, director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 3:30 5 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union, Kansas University. Free, public event.

Lecture: “Sport as Moral Exemplar,” Jan Boxill, philosophy professor at University of North Carolina, 4:30 p.m., Big XII Room, Kansas Union, Kansas University.

Program: “People Speak 2005: Environmentally Sustainable Development: Working Together for People, Prosperity and Peace,” Kansas University graduate and MacArthur Fellow Wes Jackson, 7 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University.

North Lawrence Improvement Assn. meeting, 7 p.m., IOOF Hall, Sixth and Lincoln streets, 842-7232.

Lawrence school board regular meeting, 7 p.m., District Office, 110 McDonald Drive, 832-5000.

Speech by Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner, “The Uninsured in Kansas & in Our Nation & Possible Solutions,” 7:15 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

Eudora City Council meeting, 7:30 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St.

TUESDAY

Flu shots, 8 a.m.-noon, Hy-Vee Food Store, 4000 W. Sixth St., 832-8606.

Marwa Africana Lecture, Molefi K. Asante, who established the first doctoral program in African-American studies in the U.S. will discuss “African-American History: A Journey of Liberation,” 7 p.m., 130 Budig Hall, Kansas University.

Education Career Fair, with more than 50 school districts seeking job candidates, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Kansas Union Ballroom, free attendance, 864-3624.

Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

Toddler storytime for 2-year-olds and an accompanying adult, preregistration for the six-week session requested, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

Storytime, 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library’s Children’s Room, 843-3833 ext. 117.

“Stories, Songs and Skits from Not So Far Away,” KU students and faculty will entertain elementary students while sharing cultures. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oread Books, Kansas Union, Kansas University.

Dupont retirees luncheon, 11:30 a.m., King’s Buffet, 1601 W. 23rd St.

Flu shots, sponsored by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, noon to 2 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St., $15 for babies and $20 for adults, 843-0672.

Lecture: “African-American History: A Journey of Liberation,” by Molefi Asante, 7 p.m., 130 Budig Hall, Kansas University, free, 864-3054.