20 Today

Symphonic Band and University Band, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, Kansas University, $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, 864-2787.

“Love in Any Language,” presentation by Susan Buehler, associate professor of music at Baker University, 11 a.m., McKibbin Recital Hall in the Owens Musical Arts Building, Baldwin City.

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

Public Incentives Review Committee meeting to review tax abatement request from API Foils, 5 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.

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

Musical tribute to Gordon Parks, by folk musician Lemuel Sheppard, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

Film screening: “Nada,” 7 p.m., Wescoe Hall Room 3140, KU, 864-3832.

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

21 wednesday

Lawrence Memorial Hospital board meeting, 9 a.m., LMH auditorium, 325 Maine.

Lecture: “Why Does Urbanity Require the Erasure of Urban Space?” 11:30 a.m., Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium, KU.

University forum: “United States and Sweden: Health Care Systems,” noon, Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.

Workshop: “Historical and Contemporary Memoirs, and a Chance to Begin Your Own,” 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Brandon Woods Retirement Center’s Smith Center, 4730 Brandon Woods Terrace, Osher membership fee, 864-5823.

Wednesdays @ Liberty Hall: “Trauma in the ER,” for junior high students, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Mass.

Safari Club, for 7- to 12-year-olds, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library’s auditorium, 707 Vt., registration requested, 843-3833, ext. 117.

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

“The Learning Tree” book discussion, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

“America’s Foremost Political Prognosticator,” with Charlie Cook, publisher of the Cook Political Report, part of the Dole Institute’s Presidential Lecture Series, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s West Campus, 864-4900.

22 Thursday

Higuchi Memorial Lecture by Brian Druker on “Imatinib (Gleevec) as a Paradigm of Targeted Cancer Therapy”, 9:30 a.m., 130 Budig Hall, KU campus.

Gaming tourneys for sixth- through 12th-graders, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 121.

Chicks with Sticks, knitting for sixth- through 12th-graders, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt.

Higuchi Memorial Lecture by Brian Druker on “Cancer Therapy in the 21st Century,” 5:30 p.m., Simons Biosciences Research Laboratories Auditorium, KU’s West Campus.