Back in the 50s

A couple days of routinely cold weather couldn’t keep Lawrence down. We’re back, baby, with a forecast that calls for seven straight days of highs in the 50s — or higher. We’ll crack 52 this afternoon before getting close to 60 on Saturday and Sunday. Our best chance for 60: Next Wednesday afternoon. Stay tuned.

Beat machine

We’ve written a lot at Lawrence.com — most recently this update — on local breakout musician Kawehi, who loops beats, instrumentals and vocals in real time to make magic. Well, tonight you can catch her live at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., alongside Mouth and Wrong Kata Trio. Tickets are $11 to $13 for the all-ages show. Doors at 8, music at 9.

Taproom Poetry

Lawrence’s top poetry series of local and visitings authors is back at 5 p.m. Sunday. Catch Siobhán Scarry, Kyle Schlesinger and James Yeary at the Eighth Street Tap Room, 801 New Hampshire St. Hosted by Kansas University’s own mighty poet Megan Kaminsky.

So ’80s it hurts

And, even if you’re a poet, it’s hard to write anything — good or bad — about “Big Trouble in Little China” (1986), playing at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. You have to see it to believe it, Kurt Russell, Lo Pan and all. Tickets: $8 adults, $7 seniors.

Yesterday’s most-read

• Photo gallery: President Obama visits Lawrence, KU
• KU basketball players, coaches meet President Obama
• ‘I’m a Kansas Guy’: Thousands greet Obama

Other January 23 events

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Clinton Place, 2125 Clinton Parkway.

Mike Shurtz Trio featuring Erin Fox, 10:15-11:30 a.m., Signs of Life, 722 Massachusetts St.

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wyndham Place, 2551 Crossgate Drive.

Lawrence Public Library Book Van, 1-2 p.m., Peterson Acres, 2930 Peterson Road.

Teen Zone Café (6th-12th graders), 4-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Dinner: Caleb’s Deer ‘n’ Fixin’s, 5:30 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

Taize service, 6 p.m., Central United Methodist Church, 1501 Massachusetts St.

Cinema con Queso: Santo vs. the Zombies (1962) and Doctor of Doom (1963), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.

KU Opera Presents: Champagne & Gershwin, 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theater, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

“Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Pies from the Porn Kitchen, 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Kansas City Symphony Classical Series: “La Mer,” and Yang Plays Rachmaninoff, 8 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Other January 24 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 7:30 a.m., parking lot in 800 block of Vermont St.

John Jervis, classical guitar, 8-11 a.m., Panera, 520 W. 23rd St.

St. John Catholic Church Rummage Sale, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1246 Kentucky St.

Eudora Indoor Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, Market On Main, 724 Main St., Eudora.

19th Annual Kaw Valley Eagles Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Free State High School, 4700 Overland Drive.

Community Blood Center Blood Drive, 9 a.m.-noon, First United Methodist Church West, 867 W. Hwy. 40.

German School of Northeast Kansas, 9:30-11 a.m., Bishop Seabury Academy, 4120 Clinton Parkway. (Ages 3 and up.)

Kansas Authors Club D2, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Legends Lawrence, 1540 Wakarusa Drive.

Jim Cosgrove (aka Mr. Stinky Feet) in concert, 10 a.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Master Gardener Composting Presentation: “The Dirt on Dirt,” 10 a.m.-noon, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Art Cart: Body Language, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St.

Kansas City Symphony Presents: A Piano Master Class with Joyce Yang, 11 a.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Jim Cosgrove (aka Mr. Stinky Feet) in concert, 11:30 a.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Lawrence St Patrick’s Day Parade’s Pool Tournament & Chili Cook-off, 11:30 a.m., Astro’s, 601 S. Kasold Drive.

Ragtime Saturday Afternoon, 2-4 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Massachusetts St.

Transformations 2015 Charity Gala, 6 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.

Headpin Challenge, 6-9 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa St.

American Legion Bingo, doors open 4:30 p.m., first games 6:45 p.m., snack bar 5-8 p.m., American Legion Post #14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

KU Opera Presents: Champagne & Gershwin, 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theater, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

“Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike,” 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Pies from the Porn Kitchen, 8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Kansas City Symphony Classical Series: “La Mer,” and Yang Plays Rachmaninoff, 8 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Other January 25 events

Earth Care Forum, “One Thing Leads to Another – Even to a Slow Money Network for Northeast Kansas,” 9:40-10:40 a.m., First Presbyterian Church Fireside Room, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Boy Scout Troop 52 Chili Feed, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vermont St.

Yarn Bomb Installation, noon, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. (Rain date Jan. 31.)

Art Cart: Body Language, noon-4 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St.

Lawrence Arts & Crafts group, 1-3 p.m., Five Bar and Tables, 947 Massachusetts St.

Kansas City Symphony Classical Series: “La Mer,” and Yang Plays Rachmaninoff, 2 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Bleeding Kansas 2015 Program Series: “The Kansas Statehouse Restoration,” 2-3 p.m., Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore St., Lecompton.

Jazzhaus Big Band rehearsal, open to public, 2-4 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St.

“Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Human Trafficking in our Community, 3-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Teen Tutoring, 3-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Irish Traditional Music Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St.

“Big Trouble in Little China” (1986), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.

Smackdown! trivia, 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.

O.U.R.S. (Oldsters United for Responsible Service) dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd St.

KU School of Music: Faculty Recital Series: Michael Kirkendoll, piano, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.