Lawrence Datebook

7 Today

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.

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

8 Wednesday

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

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

9 Thursday

Film: “Dark Command,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., free, 841-4109.

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

NAACP Lawrence Branch meeting, 6:30 p.m., gallery room at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

“An Evening with John Brown,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 7 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., free, 841-4109.

Musical: “The Ballad of Black Jack,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., $7-$35, 843-2787.

10 Friday

Documentary: “Touched by Fire: Bleeding Kansas,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 10 a.m.-11:50 a.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., free, 841-4109.

Lecture: “A Matter of Profound Wonder: The Middle-Class Marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 7 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass., free, 841-4109.

Musical: “The Ballad of Black Jack,” part of Civil War on the Western Frontier events, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., $7-$35, 843-2787.