KU Hilarity for Charity's mission is to raise awareness of Alzheimer's Disease as well as raise funds for a cure. Hilarity for Charity's first big fundraiser, a variety show featuring local talent in music and comedy, is at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Tickets are

Creeping up

The numbers outside just keep going up, slowly and steadily. Today’s high will be about 44 degrees, with an overnight low of 23. With light breezes and sunny skies, the day is forecast to feel like a spring day compared to the brutally cold temperatures we’ve experienced lately. And hey, at least we’re not buried under 6 feet of snow like those poor folks in the Great Lakes!

Marriage equality discussion

There are a lot of questions that come with an inundation of news about marriage equality and the courts. The Lawrence League of Women Voters is hosting a Brown Bag on “Marriage Equality: What Recent Court Decisions Mean for Douglas County” at 11:30 a.m. at Watkins Community Museum, 1047 Massachusetts St. Bring your lunch, but more importantly — bring your questions and your insight!

Laugh for a cure

Heard of the new student organization on campus? It’s called KU Hilarity for Charity, and the group’s mission is to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease as well as raise funds for a cure. Hilarity for Charity’s first big fundraiser, a variety show featuring local talent in music and comedy, is at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Tickets are $5 and all of those proceeds go to the Alzheimer’s Association. Join in the hilarity for a good cause!

Yesterday’s most-read

• Abysmal in Indy: Top-ranked Kentucky throttles Kansas
• Police identify homicide victim at Cedarwood Apartments as 19-year-old woman
• Lawrence commission approves most of Rock Chalk Park infrastructure payment

More Nov. 20 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Recreation Center, South Park, 1141 Massachusetts St.

Story Time for Preschoolers, 10-10:30 a.m., Prairie Park Nature Center, 2730 Harper St.

Veggie Lunch: Vegetarian Community Meal by Donation, 11:30 a.m., Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.

Ayotzinapa Solidarity Rally for Mexico’s Missing 43, 12:30 p.m., ECM building, 1204 Oread Ave.

KU Libraries Lecture Series: Merging science with history: Filling in a century of Mexican ornithology, 3:30 p.m., Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd.

Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market – Indoors! 4-6 p.m., Cottin’s Hardware and Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St.

Campus Cupboard Food Pantry, 4-7 p.m., Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.

KU Youth Chorus rehearsal, 4:30 p.m., Room 328, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

Dinner and Big Band music, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post #14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

The Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m., Conference Room D-South, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.

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

Baker University Community Choir Rehearsal, 6-8 p.m., McKibben Recital Hall (Owens Musical Arts Building), 408 Eighth St., Baldwin City.

Douglas County Historical Society 2014 Annual Meeting, 6-9 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St.

Sons of the Union Veterans, 6:30 p.m., Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.

Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Housing is a Human Right! The dignified fight for homes in Mexico City and beyond, 7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Free English as a Second Language class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Affordable community Spanish class, 7-8 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Signs of Life Bluegrass Gospel Jam, 7-10 p.m., Signs of Life, 722 Massachusetts St.

KU Dance Company fall concert, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

17th annual Baker University Invitational Jazz Festival Opening Concert with guest artist Mike Bogart, 7:30 p.m., Rice Auditorium, 404 Eighth St., Baldwin.

Seven Minutes in Purgatory with Ian Abramson, 8 p.m., Pachamama’s, 800 New Hampshire St.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

Thursday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa St.