Datebook: Midsummer Night’s Raku, Art Talk and more events for June 21

21 Tuesday

FREE STATE FESTIVAL

Downtown Tuesday Painters’ Pop-up Gallery, 9 a.m.-noon, Douglas County Senior Services, 745 Vermont St.

The Art of Conversation: Politics and Social Justice, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Five Bar & Tables, 947 Massachusetts St.

Speed-Dating Researchers, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St.

Films: 2 Fists Up and Gordon Parks Elementary, 5-7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Film: What We’ve Become, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.

Art Talk: Luke DuBois, 7-8 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Midsummer Night’s Raku (kiln firing), 7:30-10 p.m., outside Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Film: Chi-raq, 8-10:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Other June 21 events

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 a.m., Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St.

Kaw Valley Quilters Guild: “Playing with Fabric” with Kathy Pflaum, 9:30 a.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Lawrence Noon Lions Club, noon-1 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St.

Lawrence Parkinsons Support Group, 2 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Lawrence Farmers’ Market, 4-6 p.m., parking garage, 700 block of Kentucky Street, just south of the Library.

Friends of the Library Pop-Up Book Sale, 4-6 p.m., Seventh and Kentucky streets (next to Tuesday Farmers Market site).

Eudora Farmers Market, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 14th and Church streets (Gene’s Heartland Food parking lot), Eudora.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County volunteer information, 5:15 p.m., United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court.

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 5:45 p.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

Red Dog’s Dog Days workout, 6 p.m., Lawrence High School, 1901 Louisiana St.

Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6-10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St., no cover.

Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth 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 Huntington’s Disease Support Group, 7-9 p.m., Conference Room D South, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.

Gamer Night, 8 p.m., Burger Stand at the Casbah, 803 Massachusetts St., free.

Slideshow photography group, 8 p.m., Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St.

Ben de la Cour, 8 p.m., Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St.

Ramadan Fast-Breaking Dinner, 8-10 p.m., Unity Church, 900 Madeline Lane. (RSVP at 785-841-1447)