A break in the clouds

Today will offer some of the last real sunshine you’ll see until mid-Sunday, so get out and enjoy it. The morning will be clear and cool, according to forecasters, with a temperature near 46 at 9 a.m., before warming up into the low 60s this afternoon. Friday and Saturday will bring thunderstorms similar to last weekend’s. For the record, Lawrence is actually doing pretty well precipitation-wise this month: Our April rainfall total as of this morning is 2.34 inches, just off the 2.81-inch average. For the year, though, Lawrence is still well behind where it should be in terms of moisture: 4.74 inches, compared with a 7.76-inch average. So more rain is good rain.

Film festival

What can you accomplish in 1,152 hours? See for yourself tonight at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., when pioneering filmmakers show off short films they wrote, shot and edited in 48 days. Wild West Film Fest Presents: The 1152 Hour Film Festival starting at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30. Tickets are $10. For more info, visit wildwestfilmfest.org.

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More April 23 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: Housing the Holy in Renaissance Italy, 10-11 a.m., Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 1515 St. Andrews Drive. (Open to all.)

Skillbuilders: Financial Savvy, 10-11:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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

Composting class, 11 a.m.-noon, Solid Waste Annex North building, 320 NE Industrial Lane. (Call 785-832-3030 to register.)

Poetry Layback (grades 6-12), 3-4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

KU Libraries Lecture Series, 3:30 p.m., Third Floor West, Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd.

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

Computer Class: Getting to Know Your Android Tablet, 4-5 p.m., Meeting Room B, 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.

Kansas City Symphony Happy Hour Series: The Winds of Spring, 6 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Race and Sports in American Culture: A KU Symposium, 6-9 p.m., Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St.

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

Big Tent Reading: Walter Bargen, Danny Caine, and Charles Ferruzza, 7 p.m., The Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St.

The Lawrence Promoters: High School Basketball in the Days of Jim Crow, 7 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts 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.

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

University Dance Company: Spring Concert, 7:30 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.