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Today, Oct. 15

Don’t Miss:

68th Annual Pancake, Sausage Supper, 5-8 p.m., Lone Star Church of the Brethren, 883 East 800 Road.

Other Events:

Toddler Storytime (ages 2+), 10:30-11 a.m. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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

Scrabble Club, 1-4 p.m., Clinton Place Apartments, 2125 Clinton Place.

Caregiver Support Group, 2:15 p.m., Senior Resource Center, 2920 Haskell Ave.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), 5:30 p.m., 2712 Pebble Lane.

Composting 101, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Solid Waste Administrative Office, 320 NE Industrial Lane.

Douglas County Food Policy Council, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Douglas County Public Works, 3755 E. 25th St.

Sing & Rhyme Storytime, 6:30-7 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Lecompton City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lecompton City Hall, 327 Elmore St.

Argentine Tango Práctica, 7-9 p.m., Signs of Life Bookstore and Art Gallery, 722 Massachusetts St.

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Tuesday, Oct. 16

Red Dog’s Dog Days Fitness Program, 6 a.m. & 6 p.m., Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 E. Indian Ave.

Lawrence Breakfast Optimist Club, 7 a.m., Brandon Woods, Smith Center, 1501 Inverness Drive.

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

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

Prairie Acres Garden Club: Japanese Gardens, 1 p.m., Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St.

Vinland Chapter of FCE, 1:30 p.m., Vinland Methodist Church, 1724 North 692 Road, Baldwin City.

Parkinson’s Support Group: Planning Ahead, Advance Directives, 2-3:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Stroke Support Group, 4 p.m., Meeting Room D-South, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.

Lawrence Farmers’ Market, 4-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library parking garage, 707 Vermont St.

Superintendent Anthony Lewis: Listening and Learning Tour, 5-6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 2415 Clinton Parkway.

Walk the Loop, 5-6 p.m., 906 North 1464 Road.

Octoberfest Community Meal, 5-7 p.m., Stull United Methodist Church, 1596 East 250 Road, Lecompton.

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

Books & Babies Storytime (ages 0-23 mo.), 6-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 6:15 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120.

Baldwin City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Baldwin Public Library, 800 Seventh St., Baldwin City.

Huntington’s Disease Support Group, 7 p.m., Conference Room D South, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.

Plug That Well: A DCCD Conservation Conversation, 7-8:30 p.m., Deal Six Auditorium, K-State Research & Extension Office, 2110 Harper St.

Wednesday, Oct. 17

1 Million Cups, 9-10 a.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St.

Books & Babies Storytime (ages 0-23 mo.), 9:30-10 & 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Beginning of Installation: Red Dirt Rug (through 10/25), 11 a.m.-3 p.m., The Commons KU, 1240 Jayhawk Blvd.

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

Teen Zone Expanded: Dr. Who, 2-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Story Time with Singing Sarah, 3:30-4 p.m., The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St.

Douglas County Commission meeting, 4 p.m., Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St.

Political Campaigns, Top to Bottom: Data, Door Knocking and the 2018 Midterms, 4 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Good Bugs, Bad Bugs (ages 7-11), 4-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Green Drinks Lawrence: Environmental Network, 5-7 p.m., Merchants Pub and Plate, 746 Massachusetts St.

Community Dinner: Ham & Beans, 5:30-7 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St.

Toddler Storytime (ages 3 and up), 6-6:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

National Alliance on Mental Illness-Douglas County support group, 6-7 p.m., Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

American Legion Bingo, 6:45 p.m., American Legion Post 14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Science On Tap: Coyote Sense: Tracing the Transformation of the Kansas Landscape, 7:30 p.m., Free State Brewing Co., 636 Massachusetts St.

London Wainwright III, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Staged Reading: It Can’t Happen Here, 7:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

Thursday, Oct. 18

Red Dog’s Dog Days Fitness Program, 6 a.m. & 6 p.m., Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 E. Indian Ave.

Kaw Valley Bridge Club, lessons 8:30 a.m., mentor game 9:30 a.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120.

Toddler Storytime (ages 3+), 9:30-10 a.m. & 10:30-11 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Drum Circle with Emily Bachert, 11:30 a.m.-noon, The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St.

Kiwanis Club of Lawrence, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St.

Lawrence Toastmasters, 12:05-12:55 p.m., Capitol Federal, 740 New Hampshire St.

Coffee with a Diplomat: Kristin Stewart, 1-3 p.m., 318 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd.

Behind the Bricks: Informal Watkins Tour, 2-2:30 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 New Hampshire St.

Scrabble, 3:30-6:30 p.m., J&S Coffee, 4821 W. Sixth St.

Careers in the Foreign Service, 4-5 p.m., 318 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd.

Genealogy and Local History Drop-In, 4-5 p.m., Osma Local History Room, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Teen Zone Cafe, 4-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Cottin’s Outdoor Farmers Market, 4-6:30 p.m., 1832 Massachusetts St.

Walk the Loop, 5-6 p.m., Sports Pavilion Lawrence, 100 Rock Chalk Lane.

Historic Resources Commission meeting, 6:30 p.m., City Commission Meeting Room, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) Camp Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Watkins Museum of History, 1047 Massachusetts St.

Third Thursday Book Club, 7 p.m., above John Brown’s Underground, 7 E. Seventh St.

Write Club, 7-8:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, Meeting Room B, 707 Vermont St.

Junkyard Jazz Band, 6:45-8:15 p.m., American Legion Post, 2408 W. Sixth St.

Library Storytime (ages 3+), 7-7:45 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

Weekly Tango Lessons and Dancing, 7:30-10:30 p.m., English Room, Kansas Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Friday, Oct. 19

Don’t Miss:

940 Live: Jonathan Fleig and the Flint Hills Album Release, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Other Events:

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

Kaw Valley Bridge Club: Open Pairs, 12:30 & 6:30 p.m., 1025 N. Third St., Suite 120.

Pumpkin Sculpting (grades 6-12), 1-2:30 p.m.. Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

In Conversation with Sonia Warshawski, 2 p.m., Dole Institute, 2350 Petefish Drive.

Tween Club: Pumpkin Decorating (ages 8-11), 3:30-5 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

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

Meals on Wheels Fundraiser: Chefs & Refs, 6 p.m., Abe & Jake’s, 8 E. Sixth St.

Don’t Miss on Saturday:

Douglas County Democrats Forum: Candidate for Insurance Commissioner and chair of Lead Kansas, 9:30 a.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.