photo by: Mike Yoder

A puppy experiences the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center's annual Pooch Plunge for the first time on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

Friday, Aug. 29

De Soto Days Festival, through Saturday, see desotodays.com for full details.

Friday Ecology Seminars: Landscape manager Joe Fearn, “KU Grounds and the Pursuit of True Sustainability,” 12:15 p.m., 3 West Alcove, Watson Library, 1425 Jayhawk Blvd. Hybrid event; see calendar.ku.edu for link.

Final Friday Art Walk includes:

· “Ability Artz,” 5-7 p.m., Village Boutique, 734 Massachusetts St.

· Art in the Park Preview Show, 6-9 p.m., Phoenix Gallery, 825 Massachusetts St.; live music by Alonzo Beardshear.

· Lisa Nelick: “Celebrating Natives: An Exhibit of Native Plants,” 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

· “It All Started With a Bathroom,” ceramic and sewn works and furniture, 5-9 p.m., Edward Jones, 888 New Hampshire St.

· Mark McBride: Watercolor Paintings, 5-9 p.m., Cellar Door, 7 W. 11th St.

· “For the Record: New Works by Jack J. Collins,” 5-9 p.m., Cider Gallery, 810 Pennsylvania St.; food by Taco Zone pop-up; music by Bradford Hoopes.

· Closing of fall exhibitions: Nick Schmiedeler’s “Leftover Lawrence,” Jeff Weinberg’s “Retrospective,” and “Behind the Studio Door” curated by Louis Copt and Clive Fullagar, 6-9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

KU Football vs. Wagner, 6:30 p.m., David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, 1101 Mississippi St. More info at kuathletics.com.

Movie screening: “Jaws 50th Anniversary,” Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Running through Sept. 4. See liberty-hall.com for times and tickets.

Movie screening: Spliced presents “Coffy” (1973), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall (Little Theater), 644 Massachusetts St. See liberty-hall.com for ticket info.

Saturday, Aug. 30

Lawrence Farmers Market, 7:30-11:30 a.m., 824 New Hampshire St. 65+ vendors of locally grown food and farm products.

Labor Day Weekend Community Breakfast, 8-10:30 a.m., Clinton Church, 590 N. 1200 Road, Clinton. Free will donation.

Tenants to Homeowners: Free Homebuyers’ Workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Registration required; see tenants-to-homeowners.org/homebuyer-workshop.

Paper Plains Zine Fest, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Workshops, panels and more from zine creators; see details at paperplainszinefest.com.

Kansas City Irish Fest, 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. See kcirishfest.com for schedule, ticket information and more. Runs through Sunday.

Sicilian Grape Stomp & Opera, Z&M Twisted Vineyard, 24305 Loring Road. Tickets at square.link/u/tm255kT2.

Movie screening: “Catch-22” (1970), 7 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. See liberty-hall.com for tickets. Repeat showing 2 p.m. Aug. 31.

Sunday, Aug. 31

Paper Plains Zine Fest Vendor Fair, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.

Free Community Meal, 3:30-5 p.m., ECM, 1204 Oread Ave.

Concerts at the Campanile, 5-6 p.m., Memorial Drive and surrounding area, KU campus. Free weekly carillon concert. Best sound is at least 200 feet from the tower.

Monday, Sept. 1

Labor Day holiday. Check online or call ahead for closings or holiday hours.

Tuesday, Sept. 2

Exhibit opening: “September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World,” memorial poster exhibition from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, runs through Sept. 14. Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. Hours Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m.

Life Skills Support Group with Independence Inc., 11 a.m.-noon, Meeting Room B, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Open to anyone in Douglas, Franklin or Jefferson County with a disability. No registration required; see lplks.org for more information.

Pooch Plunge, 4-7 p.m., Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentucky St. No pre-registration required; pay at the gate. Call 785-832-SWIM for more information.

KU Reads: An Evening with John Green, 7 p.m., Lied Center. In-person tickets have been claimed; livestream will air on www.crowdcast.io/@kuhallcenter.

Visiting Artist Series: St. Petersburg String Quartet with Trio Lawrence, 7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

KU Jazz & Commercial Music, 7:30 p.m., Sad Cowboy Recording Co., 925 Iowa St., Suite Q.

Wednesday, Sept. 3

Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging: Empowered Caregiving, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont St. Learn about local resources, tools, respite care and more.

“The Musket Problem: Technology and Military Innovation in the French Army 1700-1815,” 3 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. Hybrid event; see doleinstitute.org for link.

Exhibit opening: “Travel, Tourism, and the Transmission of Knowledge in and Around Japan,” 3:30-5 p.m., KU Spencer Research Library, 1450 Poplar Lane.

Farmers Market, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Clinton Parkway Nursery, 4900 Clinton Parkway.

Best of Lawrence Winners Bash, doors 4 p.m., event 4:30-6:30 p.m., Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 E. Sixth St. See bestoflawrence.com for tickets.

Free Community Meal, 5-7 p.m., Sunrise Project, 245 N. Fourth St.

Thursday, Sept. 4

Drop-in Peer Support with ALIVE Inc., 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Study Room 4, 707 Vermont St. Peer support for mental health and substance use challenges and more.

Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market, 4-6 p.m., 1832 Massachusetts St. Includes Fall Native Plant Sale hosted by Grassland Heritage Foundation.

Public Conversation with Museum Curators: “How Did That End Up in the Spencer Museum?” 5:30 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St. Free admission.

Jews & Baseball in America: A Complicated Relationship, 6 p.m., LJCC, 917 Highland Drive. See ljcc.shulcloud.com for tickets.

Dole Forum: “Church and State,” 7 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive. Hybrid event; see doleinstitute.org for details and link.