This week’s Skillbuilders presenter is Richard Haig from Westside 66, presenting on maintaining a safe and serviceable automobile with an emphasis on cold weather preparation.

A Royal blue sky

Lose yourself today under a mostly sunny sky with a high temperature of 76 degrees. A light breeze will cool the day, and the low overnight will be about 47. Another perfect day for the Royals?

Life skills: car care

Skillbuilders is a series held on Thursdays for widows, widowers, or anyone experiencing life changes. This week’s presenter is Richard Haig from Westside 66, presenting on maintaining a safe and serviceable automobile with an emphasis on cold weather preparation. Skillbuilders: Basic Car Care is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Voting league talks gun laws

The League of Women Voters Brown Bag seminar, “Update on Gun Laws” with District Attorney Charles Branson, will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St. There will be informal discussion from 11:30 a.m. to noon followed by the program at noon. The event is free and open to the public.

Writers on writing

The Raven Book Store hosts its Big Tent Reading with writers Caleb Puckett, Justin Runge and Sarah Smarsh. Puckett’s recent collection of poetry is “Fate Lines / Desire Lines.” Justin Runge lives in Lawrence, where he serves as poetry editor of “Parcel.” Smarsh has written for Harper’s, Guernica, The Huffington Post, The Pitch and others. The reading is at 7 p.m. at The Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St.

Yesterday’s most-read

• Police vote haunted by rec center
• Man shot outside Lawrence apartment complex; police searching for suspect
• Speculation grows that Sam’s Club wants to locate in new shopping center south of SLT

More Oct. 16 events

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

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

KU Libraries Lecture Series: Science in the midst of geopolitical instability: New data on early primate evolution in Libya, 3:30 p.m., Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd.

Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., outside store at 1832 Massachusetts St.

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

Fourth annual “Girls Night Downtown” shopping bash, 5 to 8 p.m., benefiting the Willow Domestic Violence Center. Tickets are $20, $10 with student ID, and are available at the corners of Seventh and Massachusetts streets and Ninth and Massachusetts streets.

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

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

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

China Town Hall Webcast and Lecture, 6-8 p.m., Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

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

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.

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.

Town Hall meeting on police facility sales tax vote, 7-8 p.m., Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, 1400 Massachusetts St.

Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 7-9 p.m., Dillons Cafe, 1740 Massachusetts St.

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

Tanya Fields: Eco-Warrior of the Food Revolution, 7:30 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

SUA and the Lied Center of Kansas present: Colin Jost, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

“The Nervous Set,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 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.