Mixed bag

Yesterday’s wild weather, thank goodness, is mostly behind us, but not entirely. Look for a straggler thunderstorm around 10 a.m. before a sunny and breezy afternoon with highs in the mid-60s. Friday and Saturday will be sunny with highs near 70, then thunderstorms will return Sunday through Tuesday.

Book sale

Starting tonight, you can check out more than 40,000 books and other items for sale at the Friends of the Library Book Sale, which runs through Sunday. Tonight’s kickoff from 5 to 7 p.m. is open to Friends members; then the public is invited to shop starting at 10 a.m. Friday. The sale is on the lower level of the downtown library, 707 Vermont St.

Ninth Street Corridor

The second in a series of public workshops surrounding the planned Ninth Street Corridor project will be held from 7-9:30 p.m. at New York Elementary School’s cafeteria, 936 New York St. At the first meeting Wednesday, a team of designers, led by Kansas City-based urban design firm el dorado inc. and featuring artists, designers and landscape artists from Lawrence and beyond, discussed street design and urban landscaping with the public. Tonight, the role of public art in the project will be discussed.

Yesterday’s most-read

• Soden, Boley, Herbert win seats on Lawrence City Commission
• Jury finds Martin Miller guilty of first-degree murder in retrial
• Cliff Alexander to leave KU after one season, enter NBA draft

More April 9 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Community Building, 115 W. 11th St. (11th and Vermont streets.)

Toddler Storytime for 2 year olds, 9:30-10 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Senior Session: Color in Ancient and Medieval East Asia: A project of the Spencer Museum ARC initiative, 10-11 a.m., Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 1515 St. Andrews Drive. (Open to all.)

Skillbuilders: Keeping Active and Fit, 10-11:30 a.m., Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane.

16th Annual Haskell Safety, Health, and Wellness Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Coffin Sports Complex, Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 Indian Ave.

Toddler Storytime for 2 year olds, 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Competition round, Tariverdiev (Russian) International Organ Competition, 2-5 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Folashade Agusto: “An Ancient Disease in Modern Times: The Mathematical Dynamics of Malaria Immuno-Epidemiological Model,” 3:30 p.m., Kansas Room, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Computer Class: Email Basics, 4-5 p.m., Meeting Room B, Lawrence Public LIbrary, 707 Vermont St.

Gaming with the Pro (6-12 graders), 4-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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

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.

Go Native: From Pasture to Prairie: Prairie Maintenance & Managing Invasive Species, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

East Central Kansas Ford Model T Club, 6:30 p.m., Burlington Public Library, 410 Juniata St., Burlington.

Author Reading: Stephanie Fitzgerald, “Native Women and Land: Narratives of Dispossession and Resurgence,” 7 p.m., The Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St.

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

Library Storytime for ages 3 & up, 7-7:45 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.

Grizzly Man, a Werner Herzog film, 7-9 p.m., KU Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd.

Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 7-9 p.m., Merc cafe, 901 Iowa St.

Ninth Street Corridor project: Public Art Workshop No. 2: The Role of Public Art in the Project, 7-9:30 p.m., New York Elementary School, 936 New York St.

Sports Trivia Night: From Gladiators to Jayhawks, 7-9:30 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.

James Oakes: “Rethinking Emancipation: Freedom National,” 7:30 p.m., Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

KU School of Music: Visiting Artist Series: Lawrence Brownlee, tenor & Martin Katz, piano, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

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.