Lawrence and area events for Friday, Aug. 31

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Today, Aug. 31

Library Storytime (ages 3+), 10:30-11:15 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120.

Perry Lecompton Farmers Market, 4-6:30 p.m., 24 Highway and Ferguson Road.

AB’s Fried Chicken, 5-7 p.m., VFW Post 852, 1801 Massachusetts St.

Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Casual Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120.

FINAL FRIDAY:

Art Openings and Receptions, 5-9 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Downtown:

The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St., A Parting Glass by Tess Banion, illustrations by Paul Flinders.

Essential Goods, 933 Massachusetts St., Landscape Watercolors of John Geery, 6-10 p.m.

Gould Evans Associates LC, 706 Massachusetts St., Hang12; Planet B, 5-8 p.m.

Henry’s Coffee Shop, 11 E. Eighth St., Usual Suspects by Maggie O’Grady & John Adair, 6-9 p.m.

Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., The Pleiades Project: To the Stars Through Collaboration

Lucia, 1016 Massachusetts St., Fundraiser for Audio-Reader & Pottery by Jeff Redmond

Mana Bar, 1111 Massachusetts St., Poppy’s Palette: Selected Works by Charles Ray Dillon Sr., 6-8 p.m.

Percolator, 913 Rhode Island (in alley), Tie Dye Show: Irene Tsuneta and KH

Phoenix Gallery, 825 Massachusetts St., David Van Hee

Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St., Introduction to exhibit: Pressures of Migration

Wonder Fair, 841 Massachusetts St., Jungle House Plant Pop-Up

East Lawrence:

Art Emergency, 721 E. Ninth St., M EF N FF @ AE! 5-11 p.m.

Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvannia St., Sledgehammer Paintings by Wayne Propst

Community Photo Studio, 720 E. Ninth St., Suite 6, Open Studio

East Side Wood Shop, 620 E. Eighth St., Open Studio.

SeedCo Studios, 720 E. Ninth St., Open Studios & Recent Works by Paul Flinders


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Saturday, Sept. 1

Multicultural Storytime (all ages), 10:30-11 a.m. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Art with Yams, 2 p.m., The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St.

Great Books Discussion Group-Pasternak: Safe Conduct, 2-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Chess Club (ages 5-18), 4-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.


Sunday, Sept. 2

AB’s Crepes and Buffet, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., VFW Post 852, 1801 Massachusetts St.

Story time with Jazzy Gene, 1:30-2 p.m., The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St.

O.U.R.S. Dance, 5-9 p.m., Holcom Park Recreation Center, 2700 W. 27th St.

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