23 Today

Spring Break Special: Library puppeteers performance, all ages, 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., free, 843-3833 ext. 117.

24 Saturday

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.

Performance by Ian Clarke, flutist and composer, 4:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall in KU’s Murphy Hall, 864-3436.

Vinland Fair’s Whole-Hog Sausage and Pancake Supper, 5 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Exhibition Building, Vinland.

26 Monday

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

“Pandemic Influenza: Are We Prepared?” training for child-care providers by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., Community Health Facility, 200 Maine, 843-3060.

Hallmark Design Symposium Series: Joe Wood, metals, 6 p.m., 3140 Wescoe Hall, 864-9742.

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

27 Tuesday

Lenten Tuesday Noonday Recital, by Brian Campbell, organ, 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 1245 N.H.

“Inside the Economist’s Mind,” with co-editor and professor William A. Barnett, reception and book signing, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Dole Institute, KU’s West Campus, 864-4900, free.

Internet safety presentation, by South Junior High School resource officer Brian Kelly, for the Lawrence Parent Network, 6:30 p.m., South computer lab, Room 91, 2734 La.

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.

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

Performance by Sandip Burman, tabla player, 7:30 p.m., Baker University’s Rice Auditorium, Baldwin City, $20/$15, 594-8421.

KU Wind Ensemble, with the KU Kansas City Youth Wind Symphony, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, KU’s West Campus, 864-4787.

28 Wednesday

University Forum: “Shi’a and Sunni: Two Faces of Islam?” by Mohamed El-Hodiri, economics professor, noon, Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., $5.50/$3, 843-4933.

“The 2004 Florida Hurricane Season,” with Craig Fugate, director of Florida Emergency Management, part of the “Politics of Disasters” study group, 4 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s West Campus, 864-4900.

Public Transit Advisory Committee, Public Education/Outreach Subcommittee meeting, 4:10 p.m.-5:30 p.m., 933 N.H., 832-3465.

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.

National Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, KU’s West Campus, $25 and up, 864-2787.

“Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America’s Soul,” with Edward Humes, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, 7:30 p.m., book signing to follow, Dole Institute of Politics, KU’s West Campus, 864-4900.