The Lawrence Public Library reveals its Banned Book Trading Cards at 6 p.m. Friday on the library's grand staircase, 707 Vermont St.

Not dry yet

Umbrella chances continue: There will be scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy late. The high will be 78 degrees. Chance of rain: 40 percent. Low tonight? Down to 60 degrees, and the skies should clear up with only a 10 percent chance of rain.

Practice for perfection

KU Libraries Lecture Series: Thinking through: Practice-led research, interdisciplinarity and road building, 3:30 p.m., Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd. The speakers will discuss the history of practice-led research, the role of hybrid practices in collaborative research and their work with the Spencer Museum of Art’s ARC (Arts-Research-Collaboration) initiative. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Banned Book Club

Join the Lawrence Public Library to unveil the winners of the third annual Banned Book Trading Cards! Each year, the library calls artists to submit their original artwork for any banned or challenged book. Seven winners are selected, and their artwork is made into trading cards. Attend the Banned Book Trading Cards Reveal Party, 7 p.m. in the auditorium, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Reality of flight

Popular images of chivalrous World War I aviators, goggled with silk scarves flowing, were quite different from the dark reality of the skies above Europe. Get a different perspective on wartime aviation at “The Realities of Great War Aviation.” The lecture is at 7 p.m. at the Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.

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• A look at how smart and how small Lawrence is; large apartment project near KU seeks change in parking standards
• Pedestrian struck by vehicle on Tennessee Street
• Lawrence group expects to oppose sales tax proposal for police headquarters

More Sept. 18 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.

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

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

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.

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