Today's weather is expected to be sunny, with a high of 84 degrees, perfect for a picnic in the park.

Sunny and beautiful

Today’s high temperature is expected to be 84 degrees under clear, sunny skies. Sounds like a good day for a picnic or park bench lunch. Lows in the evening are expected to drop to 59 degrees, and there’s no rain in the forecast, making it a great night for the fire pit and maybe some s’mores!

Got art?

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Lawrence Magazine is holding an art competition on the theme “Vision of Lawrence.” The cash prize of $350 goes to a Lawrence or Lawrence-area resident artist whose work is chosen by a jury the work will be included in a special exhibit from Aug. 29 to Sept. 25 at the Lawrence Public Library. Submission deadline Aug. 11. Click here for rules and more information.

VIP golf

Miami Heat point guard and former Kansas Jayhawk Mario Chalmers will host the Sixth Annual Mario V. Chalmers Foundation Golf Tournament & VIP Mixer at the members-only course at Alvamar Golf Club, 1809 Crossgate Drive. Individual and foursome tickets are still available. Registration is at 11:30 a.m.; shotgun start is at 1 p.m.; VIP mixer is at 6 p.m. To purchase tickets, please visit www.mariovchalmersfoundation.org.

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Douglas County Fair events for July 28

Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St.

8 a.m., Set up Community Building for livestock

1-7 p.m., Enter & consultation judging on 4-H Visual Arts, Heritage Arts, Crops, Horticulture, Flowers, Foods and Food Preservation, Photography, Project Displays, SpaceTech, Woodworking and Ag Education exhibits. Enter all 4-H Clothing Consultation, Constructed Articles, Garments, Outfits and Educational Exhibits

1-7 p.m., Enter all open class non-livestock exhibits (Crops, Fine Arts, Flowers, Foods, Food Preservation, Horticulture & Quilts)

5-7 p.m., Enter & consultation judging on all other 4-H exhibits (A Way With Waste, Banners, Cloverbuds, Energy Management, Entomology, Forestry, Geology, Home Environment)

6-9 p.m., Enter Beef, Bucket Calves, Dairy, Dairy & Market Goats, Llamas, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep & Swine

7 p.m., Judging of Ag Education Exhibits

More July 28 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., west side of South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.

Sixth Annual Mario V. Chalmers Foundation Golf Tournament and VIP Mixer, 11:30 a.m. registration, Alvamar Golf Club members’ course, 1809 Crossgate Drive.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 p.m., west side of South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets.

Lawrence Bike Club Summer Fun Ride, 6:15 p.m. mechanical tips, 6:30 p.m. ride, starts at Cycle Works, 2121 Kasold Drive.

Auditions for “Little Shop of Horrors,” 7 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Lawrence Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m., school district headquarters, 110 McDonald Drive.

Eudora City Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Eudora City Hall, 4 E. Seventh St.