Weekend Guide: July 1, 2016

With the Free State Festival having ended its run, this weekend’s social calendar is comparatively a little sparse. Still, we’ve rounded up a few noteworthy events to keep you busy before Monday’s big holiday.

Speaking of the holiday, Happy early Fourth of July, readers! And keep an eye out for rundown of Independence Day festivities in Monday’s Journal-World.

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“Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr.”

Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

“Dancing flatware, menacing wolves and singing furniture” abound in the Lawrence Arts Center’s production of the Disney hit, staged by the young performers (that’s where the “junior” bit comes in, presumably) of the Arts Center’s Summer Youth Theatre and Summer Dance Theatre.

Be their guest Friday and Saturday. Tickets cost $7.50 for students or $10 for adults, and can be purchased at www.lawrenceartscenter.org.

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Cycle Tryouts

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

If you’re a tween between the sixth and 12th grades with an interest in unorthodox cycling apparatuses, here’s your chance to try out a few.

The Lawrence Public Library is hosting an hour of “cycle tryouts” for such people Friday, with a “surf bike” and unicycle among the vehicles mentioned.

Permissions are required, and can be picked up anytime at the library’s Teen Zone or downloaded at www.lawrence.lib.ks.us. Bring your permission slip and a helmet, if you have one.

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Annual Clinton Presbyterian Church Fourth of July Breakfast

7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Clinton Presbyterian Church, 588 North 1200 Road in Clinton

Venture out (slightly) beyond Lawrence city limits with a trip to the nearby hamlet of Clinton this weekend, where Clinton Presbyterian Church is hosting its annual Fourth of July Breakfast.

(Free will donations are encouraged.)

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A.B.’s Crepes and Sunday Brunch Buffet at VFW Post 852

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852, 1801 Massachusetts St.

This one’s an ongoing event, but considering it falls amid Independence Day weekend and the beneficiaries are veterans, we think it’s worth mentioning.

Order off the A.B.’s menu (for those not in the know, the small creperie used to be located on Ninth Street just off Massachusetts a few years back) or sample from the brunch buffet. Proceeds go toward helping veterans and their families.