Lawrence Datebook
1 Today
Lawrence and Free State high schools Orchestra Pops Concert, 7:30 p.m., Free State High School, 832-5050.
Douglas County Commission meeting, 8:30 a.m., Douglas County Judicial & Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th St.
Lawrence Public Library fall book sale, $7 bag night, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., 707 Vt.
Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St.
2 Tuesday
Stories under the Big Top, for all ages, 10:30-11 a.m., in the tent behind Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.
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.
KU Jazz Ensembles I, II and III, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive, 864-2787.
3 Wednesday
Program: “Affordable Housing Plus Services,” by the Older Women’s League, 2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt., 865-0820.
Sleuth Society, 7- to 12-year-olds, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vt., registration requested, 843-3833, ext. 117.
Lawrence Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 925 Iowa.
“Macintosh Show and Tell: What’s Cool,” 7 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Mass.
Concert: Krassimina Jordan, piano, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 864-3436.
4 Thursday
Downtown Farmers Market, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 1020 Vt.
Game Tourney, for 11- to 18-year-olds, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 121.
Lawrence Public Library fall book sale, $5 bag night, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., 707 Vt.
Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
Harlem Renaissance book discussion: “The New Negro,” by Alain Locke, 6 p.m., followed by 7 p.m. film, “Brother to Brother,” Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Miss., preregistration required, 843-3833 ext. 123.
Town hall meeting: “A Conversation on Energy,” with moderator David Kerr of the Kansas Department of Commerce, 6:30 p.m. registration, Kansas History Museum and Library, 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, (888) 877-5917.
“The Secret Garden,” 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H., 843-7469.