Lawrence Datebook

20 Today

Film: “Whale Rider,” part of the “Women around the World” film series, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

Concert: Student Chamber Ensemble, Oread Singers, 3:30 p.m., Strong Hall, free, 864-3436.

Lecture: George Gorse, 4 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., free, 864-2146.

Emerson String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, KU’s West Campus, 864-2787.

“On Golden Pond,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469.

21 Saturday

Ride the “T” free for Earth Day and the Kansas Relays. The Lawrence Transit System will waive fares on all eight fixed routes, www.lawrencetransit

.org.

Downtown Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-11 a.m., 824 N.H.

Leo Center Free Throw Challenge, shoot 25 free throws and meet Jayhawks, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Lawrence Community Building, 111 W. 11th St., all ages, 841-7297.

Oread Neighborhood Association general meeting, 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

Lawrence Skate Jams for youths, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Centennial Park, skating, mural painting, music.

Lawrence Public Library book sale, giveaway day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 707 Vt.

White glove tour of the Dole archives, 10:30 a.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s West Campus, 864-1420.

Bookworms Unite, for 8- to 12-year-olds, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s gallery room, 707 Vt., registration requested, 843-3833, ext. 117.

David Gonzalez in “The Frog Bride,” 4 p.m., Lied Center, KU’s West Campus, 864-2787.

Concert: Visiting artists Mark Ostoich, oboe, and William Ludwig, bassoon, 7:30 p.m., Murphy Hall’s Swarthout Recital Hall, free, 864-3436.

“On Golden Pond,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469.

22 Sunday

Lawrence Public Library book sale, giveaway day, 2 p.m.-6 p.m., 707 Vt.

“On Golden Pond,” 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469.

Concert: Double Reed Festival member recital, 3 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, free, 864-3436.

Lawrence Chamber Orchestra’s Spring Finale, 3 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 843-2787.

KU Collegium Musicum, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Catholic Center, 1631 Crescent Road, free, 864-9716.

Dole Leadership Prize presentation, former Sen. Howard Baker, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, free, but tickets required, 864-2787.

23 Monday

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

Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority’s Annual Meeting and regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners, 5:30 p.m., Clinton Place, 2125 Clinton Parkway, first floor conference room.

Lecture by Julia Danahey, movie and television producer, 6 p.m., 3140 Wescoe Hall, KU campus, 864-3421.

Week of the Young Child reading event, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

Lawrence school board meeting, 7 p.m., district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

KU tuba/euphonium consort and KU Trombone Choir, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall in KU’s Murphy Hall, 864-3421.

Southwest Junior High Band feeder concert, 7:30 p.m., 2511 Inverness Drive.

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

Grant Goodman Distinguished Lecture in Japanese Studies, “The Good Japanese: Disciplining Democracy” by Harry Harootunian, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s West Campus, 864-1457.

24 Tuesday

Downtown Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 1020 Vt.

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Screening: “No Child Left Unrecruited: A Documentary,” by the Lawrence High School film media department, 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

West Junior High Band feeder concert, 7 p.m., 2700 Harvard Road.

Civil Air Patrol informational meeting, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Kansas National Guard Armory, 200 Iowa, 841-0752.

Wakarusa Township Board meeting, 7 p.m., 300 W. 31st St.

KU saxophone quartets, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall in KU’s Murphy Hall, 864-3421.

Concert: Student Chamber Ensemble, Oread Singers, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vt., 864-3436.

Lecture by William Barnett, co-editor of “Inside the Economist’s Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists,” 7:30 p.m., Kansas Union’s Alderson Auditorium, book-signing to follow at the Union’s Traditions Lounge, free.

25 Wednesday

Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 925 Iowa.

Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 6:35 p.m., county courthouse, 1100 Mass.

“Wakarusa ’07 Privacy Rights in Public Places,” a forum by the Douglas County ACLU, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., 842-8408.