Datebook: Big Tent Curators’ reading, retro dance party and more events for Aug. 25

Aug. 25 events:

Lawrence Public Library services return to normal today.

Downtown Grocery Committee Monthly Public Meeting, 9-10 a.m., Lawrence Public Library Local History Room, 707 Vermont St.

Toddler Storytime, 9:30-10 a.m. and 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Scrabble Club: Open Play, 1-4 p.m., Lawrence Senior Center, 745 Vermont St.

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

Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post #14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Douglas County for Jail Alternatives Meeting, 5:30-7 p.m., Meeting Room C, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Radical Mycology Book Presentation, 6-8 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Baker University Community Choir rehearsal, 6-8 p.m., McKibbin Recital Hall, Owens Musical Arts Building, 408 Eighth St., Baldwin City.

Big Tent Curators’ Reading: Kelly Barth, Danny Caine, Denise Low-Weso, and Jennifer Pacioianu, 7 p.m., The Raven Book Store, 6 E. Seventh St.

Maple Leaf Quilt Guild, 7 p.m., Baldwin City Public Library, 800 Seventh St., Baldwin City.

Library Storytime, 7-7:45 p.m., Readers’ Theater, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Ages 3 and up.

Lit Lounge, 7-8:30 p.m., Decade Coffee, 920 Delaware St.

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

Tyler Gregory, Lawrence folk and bluegrass artist, 7-9 p.m., The Eldridge Hotel Historic Big 6 Room, 701 Massachusetts St.

Weekly Tango Lessons and Dancing, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Dole Center for Human Development, Room 209, 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence. Free to KU students; $5 donation requested for non-students. No partner needed.

The Box Set Retro Dance Party, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., The Jackpot Music Hall, 943 Massachusetts St.

Foxy by Proxy: Rated Foxxx, 10 p.m.-12 a.m., Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.