TODAY

Flu shots, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Hy-Vee Food Store, 4000 W. Sixth St., 832-8606.

Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-7 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

Program: “Hope, Health and Harmony during the Holidays,” 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., sponsored by Senior Outreach Services, 843-3833.

Yu-Gi-Oh, Magick and other games, for kids ages 11 and older, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833 ext. 121.

Dole Institute study group, with former lawmaker Karen McCarthy, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University, free.

Surprising Science, a Lawrence Public Library Family Night, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., library auditorium, 707 Vt., no registration required, 843-3833 ext. 117.

Great American Smokeout events at Lawrence Memorial Hospital auditorium, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

Ballard Center Benefit Concert, with music by the Ballard Center Jazz Band and Blue Orleans, and a silent auction, 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St., $5 suggested donation.

Books & Babies storytime for 8- to 23-month-olds and an accompanying adult, preregistration for the six-week session is requested, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

Benefit: International Dinner, proceeds benefit children affected by Hurricane Katrina and by the earthquakes that devastated Pakistan and India, sponsored by KU UNICEF, the Muslim Student Assn. and the International Student Assn., 7 p.m., tickets $5 in advance, $7 at door, First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Historic Resources Commission meeting, 7 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Thursday evening storytime, for all ages, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Children’s Room, 707 Vt., 843-3833 ext. 117.

Lecture: “Can U.S. Foreign Policy Be Fixed?,” by Pulitzer Prize winning author Samantha Power, 7:30 p.m., Kansas University’s Kansas Union Ballroom, free.

FRIDAY

Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 8:30 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.

Symposium: “Rebuilding New Orleans,” speakers from the faculty of the Tulane School of Architecture and Kansas University School of Architecture. 10 a.m., Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union, KU.

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

Saturday

Adoption seminar, on domestic and international child adoptions, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Free Methodist Church’s Family Life Center, 3001 Lawrence Ave., sponsored by Dillon International Inc., free, (785) 542-1154.

Residential recycling drop-off, 10 a.m., Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium parking lot, free, 864-4703.

Project Connect, 10 a.m. to noon, Unity Church of Lawrence, 900 Madeline Lane.

Flu shots, sponsored by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 10 a.m.-noon, the Health Department, 200 Maine, $15 for babies and $20 for adults, 843-0672.