Volume 3 • Issue 2 • June 22-July 20, 2022
Always Free!
River City Rock Camp Teaches Confidence, As Well As Musicianship — By Dave Sloan / the Lawrence Juice In 2003 the movie School of body’s got their spot. They’ve Rock was released, starring got their job. And with the inJack Black as Dewey Finn. Afstruction, with the guidance ter he was kicked out of a rock we start immediately just band, he became a substitute showing them how to do it,” teacher at a private school and said Rees. came across some musically Over the years some stutalented students. After the dents have attended the usual gags and hijinks, he camps a few times. Eventually formed a band with some of some will come back and perthem and took them all the haps not be interested in beway to win a local band coming in a band so much as they petition. want to help out. They become A little while later Adrian interns and depending on how Rees took inspiration from things shake out they become that movie and started thinkmentors or will sit in at an ining about doing summer strument that may be needed Branden Young and Adrian Rees. Photo Courtesy of Adrian Rees in each band or even the pricamps based on the idea of teaching students how to play in bands. kids become good people by becoming con- mary singer. Rees explains that a lot of Adrian was already teaching at Richard’s fident and be successful just because times the singing is hard for the students, Music Company on 8th street in downthey’ll learn to believe in themselves, who are just trying to learn how to play. town Lawrence. He asked those students whether they go on to be musicians for “Interns have been just wonderful ‘role and other teachers at Richard’s and even the rest of their lives or not. I realized players’ for us,” Rees explained. “But they the owner, Lynn Piller. They were all ex- that it was just a powerful experience for are also role models because they know cited and supportive of the idea. anyone just to make them believe in because they know how to be a good band “I immediately enlisted the help of my themselves,” Rees summarized. member and they show up and they just friend Branden Young because he's a su“I can tell if that’s happening by the have great energy, and they're positive, per smart, savvy artist and really good smiles on their faces, and their parents. and they just show the younger kids who teacher,” explained Rees. They put toThe kind of feedback that we get from are scared and maybe don't know what gether the first camp. them is my real judge. That, and hearing they're supposed to do. You can just tell “The whole idea was to just put our stu- what the parents say about it and hearing that the young ones look up to them and dents together in bands, and with some what they think it meant for their child.” want to be like them.” instruction and a little bit of Participants don’t have to guidance, we felt like we could have a lot of experience on actually make them sound retheir instruments. A basic unally good, and it would be an derstanding and a year or so amazing experience for them of learning and practice is a Adrian Rees prerequisite to be in the camp. to perform in front of a real audience. We felt like we could Auditions are held and evaluanot only do it and it would be awesome for Most of the students who do the camp tions are made. the kids, but we could make them sound are middle-school or high school aged. As “We call it an audition, but I try to so good that the parents would be blown the camp gets underway the kids are as- make it real clear to that it’s not competiaway by it.” signed to different groups that form the tive,” Rees said. “It’s really an evaluation Rees explained that their mission is re- bands and a coach is assigned. The chosen of the student. We listen to them play a ally to combine community, music and ed- songs are assigned, and the kids take the little bit and then we just have a converucation and try to create a high-quality music home and begin to learn them. sation. We talk about their favorite bands performance by showing the kids that Once or twice a week, each band comes and the type of music they like to play. they could be part of the music scene of together at the SeedCo rehearsal spaces, It's just as much about their personality, Lawrence, and even help improve and with their assigned coach and start to as it is their skills because that’s how you grow it. learn the technical aspects of working as make a good band. You learn about them; It was a huge success for them, and this a group and learning to play together. The you find out what music they like. I think summer marks the 14th year of the River coaches are there to instruct and guide this approach has helped us form better City Rock Camp. the students, to assess and fix each aspect bands because we try to think about One of the reasons Adrian Rees teaches of the performance and teach them how to who's going to work well together, who kids to play music is to watch them grow. master each song. The students are might like to play what.” As with anything, once a child has mastaught how to set up for a band’s perforPretty much all genres of music have tered an ability, they seem to grow more mance. And then they start to work been covered and even some music writconfident, and that is part of shaping through the songs they will perform, one ten by the students themselves. “We are their future. He loves seeing the smiles on by one, learning the nuances of making always thinking about the experience, you the faces of the kids after their performusic together. know. We want the kids to have fun learnmance and what it means to them and “It’s a pretty much like a professional ing and then playing the music and we their parents. experience of what it’s really like to be in also want the parents to enjoy the concert “I was focused on trying to make good a band where you show up, you have to listening to them,” Rees finished. musicians at the beginning of it all. Along work and learn the material, and everythe way it kind of evolved into helping the body has a crucial role to play. Every-
I realized that it was just a powerful experience for anyone just to make them believe in themselves…
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Once & Monthly Events!
Wed, June 22
County Commission Board Archery Club (Ages 7-16) Meeting Prairie Park Nature
• NATIONAL CHOCOLATE Douglas County Courthouse Center ECLAIR DAY 10:30am • NATIONAL HVAC TECH DAY & Online via Zoom 5:30pm Brown Bag Concert Series • NATIONAL ONION RINGS DAY - River Valley Boys • STUPID GUY THING DAY Toddler Storytime
SNAP Registration Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
Basics of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
Lawrence City Band Summer Concert Summertime in South Park South Park
10am-1pm
Lawrence Parents as Teachers Playgroup Gathering Prairie Park Nature Center
10-11am
Just Food Cruising Cupboard Stop Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11:30am
Books and Babies Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11am
Watkins Summer Games | Children’s Program Watkins Museum of History
11am-Noon
Free Lunch Lawrence Public Library
Noon-1pm
1-3pm
1:30-4:30pm
Friday, June 24
6:30pm
10-11:30am
Coffee Break LPL Retirement Bootcamp Online Event 10-11am Lawrence Women’s Network 5:30-7pm 8-9pm Johnny’s Tavern West Empath / Atticus 11:45am-1pm VonHolten / BIGFATCAT / Free Lunch self jon Lawrence Public Library Replay Lounge
Kansas Legal Services Legal Outreach Clinic / Midland Care PACE Program Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
Thur, June 23
• LET IT GO DAY • NATIONAL DETROIT-STYLE PIZZA DAY • NATIONAL HYDRATION DAY 1:30-4:30pm • NATIONAL PECAN SANDIES DAY • NATIONAL PINK DAY MOVE Lawrence Public Library • PINK FLAMINGO DAY 2-4pm • RUNNER'S SELFIE DAY • SAT MATH DAY Wednesday Wonders: • TYPEWRITING DAY Paint an Ocean
Community Blood Drive 2-3pm Lawrence Board of Realtors Lawrence KS Young 9am-3:30pm Professionals Meet up Toddler Storytime varies Lawrence Public Library Lawrence Public Library
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4:30-5:30pm
Treatment & Recovery Center Dedication Ceremony And Open House 1000 W 2nd St
4-5pm
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6-10pm
VINOS - Like BINGO but with Wine! Z&M Twisted Vineyard
6-8pm
Augustus / Heavy Hex / Help! My Brain is Soup Replay Lounge
6pm
Lawrence PRIDE - Art Fair Vibe Lawrence
6pm
Lawrence PRIDE - Live Music & Drag Lucia Beer Garden & Grill
6pm
Adult Kickball Friday CoEd No Bunt Blue, Red & White Leagues | LPRD Youth Sports Complex
6:15-9:15pm
Adult Softball Friday Men's Double Header Red & Blue | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
6:15-9:15pm
Play it Again - Baldwin City Community Theatre Reunion Show Sullivan Square
7-9pm
Open Floor Dance Pop-Up by Dan Phelps Be Moved Studio
Yoga for Every Body Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
| Lawrence PRIDE Lucia Beer Garden + Grill
Library Storytime Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Public Library
Cider Gallery
7pm 1:30-2:30pm Folk in the Flow (A Final 6:15-9:15pm Fun Stuff Fridays! Friday Event) 7pm
2-4pm 6:30-7:15pm Final Friday - Presented Kaw Tikis
Saliva By: City of Lawrence The Bottleneck 6:30pm Various Locations, Jurassic Park/World Trivia Downtown Lawrence Mr. Brew’s Taphouse 5-9pm 7pm
Jazzhaus 7pm Summer Youth Theatre presents Peter & the Starcatcher Lawrence Arts Center 7pm
Cider Gallery Fine Art Folklore Art depicting folklore through visual representations of fables, fairy tales, parables or other stories passed down through generations.
Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum Remembering Richland Community Exhibit Scavenger Hunt: The Cursed Treasure of Dread Pirate Roberts (Day 22/61) Angels of Freedom Lawrence Parks, 316, Lawrence Parks and Thru July 22 Wonder Gallery Dole Institute Recreation All day Missing, Then Action: An Army Wife Speaks Emmett Merrill: Dead Deer Thru June 19 out June Story Stroll with LMH Health June 14 - Sept 30 (Publishers note: We want to list exhibits Baker Wetlands All day Kansas Veterans Virtual Memory Wall Thru Dec 31 and shows large and small. Send us your July Story Stroll with LMH Health info and we'll get it added.) Lawrence Arts Center Exhibits Burroughs Creek Trail (between 13th and Rosa Nussbaum | The Magic Broccoli 15th streets) Forest All day, July 1-31
Sunrise Porch Pantry Sunrise Project All Day Food Pantry Behind Latchkey Deli All Day Little Free Museum In Front of the Spencer Museum of Art
Thru June 18, 5-9pm)
Making It Work
Thru July 30
Lawrence Public Library Exhibits SELF-CHECK WALL — Cathy Joritz (drawings/collage)
Thru June 30
Lawrence Visitors Center “Why Lawrence?” Photo Exhibit by Jason Daily Phoenix Gallery KU West Campus All Day Stephen T Johnson, In the Abstract Tradition: Selected work from 2008-2022 Submit your event at Do-It-Yourself Orienteering (Orienteer Spencer Museum of Art lawrencejuice.com/ Kansas) Debut Exhibit Downtown Lawrence All Day submit-event Thru Oct 16 Tumble n’ Play (ages 1-5) | LPRD Additional Virtual Exhibits Watkins History Museum Sports Pavilion Lawrence PUBLISHER 10:15-11:15 | Except Sundays Civil War on the Border July 18-21 Alison L. Smith Free Lunch Confronting the Past: The Douglas County Lawrence Public Library EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Every Week Day, Noon-1pm, Community Remembrance Project
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5:45-8pm
Garage Door Gallery 2111 Tennessee St
Adult Softball Thursday Men's Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
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Sports Pavilion Lawrence
7-8:30pm Noon-1pm Cuee and Friends / VCMN
6pm
10:30-11am
Daily!
Folklore: Group Exhibition Cider Gallery
5-9pm 7pm Line Dancing Workshop
Bottlecap Daydream / These Few Weeks / Grovers Place Lawrence Public Library U.S. Bank Building 6-6:30pm Noon-1pm Replay Lounge 10pm Adult Softball Wednesday Community Resource Fair Men’s Double Header | Bert Nash Community LRPD Mental Health Center Clinton Lake Softball 2-5pm • CELEBRATION OF THE SENSES • MUSEUM COMES TO LIFE DAY Complex 4×4 Hosted by Colin • NATIONAL FOOD TRUCK DAY 6:15-9:15pm Halliburton • NATIONAL PRALINES DAY Adult Softball Wednesday Replay Lounge • WIM A LAP DAY Men’s Weekly Red & Blue 4-9pm • S TAKE YOUR DOG TO | LRPD Ribbon Cutting: BLUSH W ORK DAY Clinton Lake Softball Boot Camp Lawrence Community Blood Drive Complex 3514 Clinton Parkway Ste Lawrence Board of 6:15-8:15pm H OR Facebook Live Expanding Our Local Trail https://www.facebook.com/ Realtors 9am-3:30pm System | LiveWell’s Healthy Built Environment LawrenceChamber 4-5pm Rotating Site Tours | Trails, Tales, and Work Group Lawrence Public Library Kitten Shower Happy Hour Structures: Stories of 6:15-7:30pm Lawrence Humane Society Douglas County Heritage 4-6pm Sullivan Square / Lawrence Douglas County Music by AMA Lumberyard Arts, Planning Commission Cottin’s Hardware Baldwin City City Commission Room, Farmers Market 9:30am-5:30pm City Hall 4:30-7pm Hope After Loss Grief 6:30-10:30pm Justt Food Cruising Support Group with VNA Creatio - The Long Road Cupboard Stop Senior Resource Center Home Eudora Public Library for Douglas County Gaslight Gardens
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Crossroads Wind Symphony Lied Center of Kansas
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Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery (KU Chalmers Hall) “Indigenous Space” by Edgar Heap of Birds Permanent
Thru August 19
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LPR Summer Fest Arts & Crafts Show Exhibitor Deadline June 3
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LPR Holiday Extravaganza Exhibitor Deadline Nov 11th
Local Grants & Scholarships! DCCF Fall Community Grants
Due Sept 1st
Familiar Faces: The Gary Davis Photo Collection
Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund Thru November 4 Grants Due Oct 3rd Mothers of Invention: The Entrepreneurs and Innovators of Lawrence DCCF Livewell Community Wellness Grants Thru October 11
Glenn Kappelman: A Life of Service
Thru August 26
Additional Virtual Exhibits
Due Oct 14th
Winter Family Fund Grants Due Nov 1st
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Brown Bag Concert Series - Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band U.S. Bank Building
Noon-1pm
Thursday, June 30, Continued from Page 5
East Coast Swing, • NATIONAL BUILD A Beginner/ Intermediate | SCARECROW DAY LPRD • NATIONAL CHOCOLATE WAFER DAY Sports Pavilion Lawrence
5:45-8pm • NATIONAL COMPLIMENT
Gray Anatomy: Health Advocacy LPL Online Event Music by AMA Cottin’s Hardware Farmers Market
The Proceeders / Rolling Foliage Replay Lounge 6pm 4-5pm Give Back Bash 2022 | BeMoreLikeClaire Maceli’s Banquet Hall & Catering
4:30-7pm
Indigenous Community Center Public Meeting Virtual
5:30pm
Yoga Time Lawrence Public Library
6-7pm
Hellgrammites / Midwest Telegram / Oxytoxin Replay Lounge
6pm
Adult Softball Thursday Men’s Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
6:15-9:15pm
Library Storytime Lawrence Public Library
6:30-7:15pm
Rings of Saturn The Bottleneck
6:30pm
Film Screening: Artist and Mother Lawrence Arts Center
7-8:30pm
Folk in the Flow (Full Band) Kaw Valley Public House
7pm
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AMERICAN ZOO DAY COMIC SANS DAY DEVOTION TO DUTY DAY EARLY BIRD DAY NATIONAL CREATIVE ICE CREAM FLAVOR DAY NATIONAL FINANCIAL FREEDOM DAY NATIONAL GINGERSNAP DAY NATIONAL POSTAL WORKERS DAY NATIONAL TELEVISION HERITAGE DAY U.S. POSTAGE STAMP DAY
Coffee Break LPL Retirement Bootcamp Online Event 10-11am Library Storytime Lawrence Public Library
YOUR MIRROR DAY • NATIONAL EAT BEANS DAY • NATIONAL FRIED CLAM DAY • NATIONAL INDEPENDENT BEER RUN DAY • PLASTIC BAG FREE DAY • STAY OUT OF THE SUN DAY
9-9:30am
Weekly Vigil in Support of Tutoring Club LPL Online Event Adult Kickball Friday Co- Douglas County 10am-1pm Ed No Bunt Blue, Red & Time Capsule with Courthouse White Leagues | LPRD 1-2:30pm Watkins Museum (Radio Youth Sports Complex Cory Philips & the Band of Spot) 6:15-9:15pm Light / Malek Azrael and FM 101.7 / KLWN AM Adult Softball Friday 1320 The Vibez 10:10am Men’s Double Header Red Replay Lounge Library Storytime & Blue | LRPD 6pm Lawrence Public Library Clinton Lake Softball Priscilla Howe Presents: 10:30-11:15am Complex Story Nights Lion’s Club Meeting 6:15-9:15pm Backyard, 415 Elm St. Murf ’s Grille Douglas County Trail 6:30pm Noon Riders Monthly Dinner Frank Turner & The Community Blood Drive and Meeting Sleeping Souls' NeverDouglas County Human 816 N 1710 Rd, Lawrence Ending Tour of Services Building 6:30pm Everywhere 1-6pm Buck Creek Liberty Hall VFW Post 852 7pm Upcycle Art Lawrence Public Library 7-10pm Skeletal Remains 2-4pm Mama’s Hellbound The Bottleneck Delinquent Sons 7pm Caregivers Support Group Senior Resource Center Kaw Valley Public House Alan Paul / DJ Ason / DJ 9pm Aether / DANCE PARTY for Douglas County 2:15-3:45pm NoLimit TC / Shay Lyriq / Replay Lounge Dai Face / VCMN / 10pm Lawrence-Douglas County Raymond Metropolitan Planning Organization Technical Replay Lounge Advisory Committee 10pm • INDEPENDENCE DAY • ALICE IN WONDERLAND DAY City Hall Riverfront, Ad Astra Room • INDEPENDENCE FROM 6pm the Ukrainian People
Monday, July 4
Saturday, July 2
• FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF SPEAKING DAY • HOP-A-PARK DAY • I FORGOT DAY • MADE IN THE USA DAY • NATIONAL ANISETTE DAY
Pop-Up Playground at Saturday Market! 824 New Hampshire St
MEAT DAY INDIVISIBLE DAY INVISIBLE DAY NATIONAL BARBECUE DAY NATIONAL BARBECUED SPARERIBS DAY • NATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY • SIDEWALK EGG FRYING DAY • • • •
Freedom 5K/10k
7:30-11:30am Sports Pavilion Lawrence 7am
NAACP Monthly Meeting Zoom
Multi-Modal
9:30am Transportation
Service Saturday at Sunrise Project! Sunrise Project
Commission Hybrid
5pm
10am-1pm Lawrence Food Not
Cuentacuentos / Spanish Bombs Meal Lawrence Public Library Storytime 6-7pm Lawrence Public Library 10:30-11:15am 4th Of July Matinee w/ Lord Nelson / No Bow Tie Free Museum New 10:30-11:15am Little Replay Lounge Activities Yoga for Every Body 6pm Spencer Museum of Art Senior Resource Center Noon-5pm Kim and the Quake for Douglas County Nest on Ninth 7pm Aldous Harding 1:30-2:30pm The Granada Theater Let’s Talk Bees Monthly Fun Stuff Fridays! 7pm Q&A Lawrence Public Library Liily NEKBA via Zoom 7pm 2-4pm The Bottleneck Tween Club: Pool 7pm Lawrence Public Library Rootbeer Richie & The • BIKINI DAY 3-4pm Reveille / Drug & Attics / • MECHANICAL PENCIL DAY Bend & Breathe Yoga for Wayne Pain & the Shit • NATIONAL APPLE Kids / Parents Happy Stains TURNOVER DAY Hour • NATIONAL GRAHAM Replay Lounge Vibe / Lucia Beer Garden CRACKER DAY 10pm • NATIONAL WORKAHOLICS DAY + Grill 5-6pm SOUND & VISION Basics Lawrence Public Library • DISOBEDIENCE DAY
Tuesday, July 5
Sunday, July 3
5-6pm
Harvesters Mobile Distribution (Ballard Community Services) 1930 Harper Main Indoor Arena 8:30-10:30am 1320 KLWN Radio for Grownups with Senior Resource Center AM Radio Station - 1320 KLWN
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) Meeting Virtual 8:30am Tutoring Club LPL Online Event
• NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SUNDAE DAY • TELL THE TRUTH DAY
AARP Smart Driver Safety Course Senior Resource Center 10am-1pm for Douglas County 9am-1pm Parks, Popsicles & Play! | Lawrence Parents as Mobile Blood Drive Teachers LMH Health West Ryan Gray Playground for Campus 9:30am-3:30pm All Children, 1045 Hilltop Toddler Storytime Dr 10-11am Lawrence Public Library Just Food Cruising 10:30-11am Cupboard Stop Brown Bag Concert Series Baldwin City Library - Vaughn Cowden 10:30-11:30am U.S. Bank Building Books and Babies Noon-1pm Lawrence Public Library CarFit 10:30-11am Senior Resource Center Watkins Summer Games | for Douglas County Children's Program 1-3pm Watkins Museum of Randy Mullis: “Bleeding History Kansas and British 11am-Noon Kaffraria in the 1850s” MOVE The Dole Institute of Lawrence Public Library Politics 2-4pm
Wednesday Wonders: Jellies and Lanterns Lawrence Public Library
2-3pm
3pm
Harvesters Food Pantry @ Heritage Baptist Church 1781 East 800th Road
4-6pm
Kids’ Action Club Lawrence Public Library
Retirement Boot Camp Tech Club 4-5pm LPL on Zoom 4-5pm Sunrise Community Meal Ribbon Cutting: Sound Sunrise Project Speech Therapy 5-6:30pm 3200 Mesa Way, Ste. D. Harvesters Food Pantry @ OR Facebook Live First Baptist Church 4-5pm 1330 Kasold Drive Music by Picket and a Pair 5:30-6:30pm of Jeans County Commission Board Cottin’s Hardware Meeting Farmers Market Douglas County 4:30-7pm Courthouse & Online via Just Food Cruising 2:30-3:30pm Zoom Cupboard Stop Discord Games for Teens 5:30pm Lecompton United Lawrence Public Library Meal Planning on a Methodist Church Online Budget for Diabetes 4:30-5:30pm 4-6pm Management Lawrence Brewers Lawrence City Heartland Community Guild Hoppy Hour Commission Meeting Health Center City Commission Room, 5:30pm varies 4:30pm City Hall Adult Softball Wednesday Lawrence Kansas Stamp 5:45-7:45pm Men’s Double Header | Collector's Club LRPD Books and Babies Watkins Museum of Lawrence Public Library Clinton Lake Softball History 6-6:30pm Complex 6-8pm 6:15-9:15pm Adult Softball Tuesday Co/ Zap Ed Recreation | LRPD Adult Softball Wednesday Lorraine-Dietrich Tura / Harper K / Rue Men’s Weekly Red & Blue Clinton Lake Softball Replay Lounge Leagues | LRPD Complex 6pm 6:15-9:15pm Clinton Lake Softball Adult Softball Thursday Adult Softball Tuesday Co- Complex Men’s Weekly | LRPD 6:15-8:15pm Ed Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Cajun Night Clinton Lake Softball Complex Johnny’s Tavern North Complex 6:15-8:15pm
6:30-9pm
Dead Register / Cortege / Dances of Universal Peace in the Park Horned Wolf John Taylor Park Replay Lounge 10pm
Wed, July 6
• NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DAY • NATIONAL FRIED CHICKEN DAY • UMBRELLA COVER DAY • VIRTUALLY HUG A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT DAY
6:30-7:30pm
Lawrence City Band Summer Concert Summertime in South Park South Park
8-9pm
6:15-9:15pm
Board of Zoning Appeals City Commission Room, City Hall
6:30-8:30pm
Library Storytime Lawrence Public Library
6:30-7:15pm
STRFKR The Granada
7pm
Thursday, July 7
Country Line & Wine! Z&M Twisted Vines
• NATIONAL MACARONI DAY
Insight Art Talk | Jonathan Christensen Caballero Lawrence Arts Center
Growing Lawrence • CHOCOLATE DAY Monthly Meeting • FATHER-DAUGHTER TAKE Douglas County Extension A WALK TOGETHER DAY Office 7-8am • NATIONAL DIVE BAR DAY
7-11pm
7-8pm
YA for Grownups Book Club Lawrence Public Library
Vaughn Cowden Irvine’s Just Beyond 7-10pm Paradise 7-8pm Silver Bullet (A Tribute to 5-9pm Women’s Monthly Bob Seger) America the Beautiful | Billiards Tournament Venue 1235 Happy Time Squares Empire Billiards 8-11:30pm First United Methodist 7pm Priscilla Howe Storytime Church - West Campus Women’s Songwriter via Zoom 9-10pm 7-9:30pm Showcase w/ Megan DJ PROOF on the Patio! The Recliners Luttrell Replay Lounge 10pm Sullivan Square, Baldwin Kaw Valley Public House Sona / Local Darling / City 7pm Emmaline Twist 7-10pm Replay Lounge 10pm Buck Creek Fraternal Order of Eagles • BE A KID AGAIN DAY #309 • COLLECTOR CAR
Friday, July 8
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APPRECIATION DAY MATH 2.0 DAY NATIONAL FREEZER POP DAY NATIONAL ICE CREAM SUNDAE DAY NATIONAL MILK CHOCOLATE WITH ALMONDS DAY
Mobile Blood Drive Lawrence Memorial Hospital
8:30am-4:30pm
The Recliners Nest on Ninth
Saturday, July 9
• CALL OF THE HORIZON DAY • FASHION DAY • NATIONAL DON'T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE OMELET DAY • NATIONAL NO BRA DAY • NATIONAL SUGAR COOKIE DAY
Audubon Field Trip to Baker Wetlands Just East Of E 1400 Rd Pop-Up Playground at Saturday Market! 824 New Hampshire St
Summer Book Sale Lawrence Public Library
Art Emergency
Second Saturday with DJ BOATSS Replay Lounge
10am-6pm
10-11am
Library Storytime Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11:15am
Pop Up Adventure Playground - presented by City Playcorps Lawrence Public Library
11am-1pm
Lawrence Women’s Network varies
11:45am-1pm
Eudora Friday Fun & Fellowship | Senior Resource Center Eudora Community Center
1-3pm
Yoga for Every Body Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
10pm
1:30-2:30pm Water Fight!
Fun Stuff Fridays! Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence Public Library
Bob Freeman Friday Kaw Valley Public House
Artists’ Table Lawrence Arts Center
Ultimate Dance Party | LPRD Sports Pavilion Lawrence
Women’s Song Circle Americana Music Academy
Adult Kickball Friday CoEd No Bunt Blue, Red & White Leagues | LPRD Youth Sports Complex
Catch & Release Fishing | Free Family Event Z&M Twisted Vines Vineyard
Adult Softball Friday Men’s Double Header Red & Blue Leagues | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
Forrest McCurren Bluejacket Crossing Vineyard & Winery
Man Man The Bottleneck
Z&M Twisted Vineyard
11am-Noon 2-4pm Black Lunch Table: The 6-8pm
6-8pm
6:15-9:15pm
Noon-1:30pm
1-3pm
2-5pm
3-6pm
Wine and 6:15-9:15pm Women Wellness 7pm
4pm
Josh A The Bottleneck
7pm
Witchpit / The Soiled Replay Lounge
Monday, July 11
Sunday, July 10
6:15-9:15pm
Adult Softball Tuesday CoEd Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
6:15-8:15pm
Moonful Forest Bathing
7pm 16836 13th St
Kanwaka 4-H Club Kanwaka Township Hall
7-9:30pm
Kaw Valley Fiber Guild
7pm Meeting
Tuesday, July 12
Last Day To Register To Vote In August 2nd Election All day
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Harvesters Mobile Distribution (Ballard Community Services) 9am-4:30pm 1930 Harper Main Indoor Affordable Housing Arena Advisory Board 9:30-10:30am Online Tutoring Club 11am LPL Online Event Imaginarium: Rainbow 10am-1pm Strings and Recycled Art Caregivers Support Group Lawrence Public Library First United Methodist 2-3pm Church - Downtown Teen Advisory Board 10-11am Meeting Library Storytime LPL Online Event Lawrence Public Library 4-5pm 10:30-11:15am Public Transit Advisory Douglas County Criminal Committee Justice Coordinating City Commission Room, Council City Hall Zoom 4:10-5:30pm
Coffeehouse House Dinner & Dance | LPRD Douglas County Fairgrounds
7-8pm
Wed, July 13
• BARBERSHOP MUSIC APPRECIATION DAY • BEAN 'N' FRANKS DAY • EMBRACE YOUR GEEKNESS DAY • GRUNTLED WORKERS DAY • NATIONAL BEEF TALLOW DAY
COW APPRECIATION DAY DIFFERENT COLORED EYES DAY NATIONAL PECAN PIE DAY NEW CONVERSATIONS DAY PAPER BAG DAY Tutoring Club SIMPLICITY DAY LPL Online Event
Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
10am-1pm
Fire Station Fun! | Lawrence Parents as Teachers Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical
10-11am
Just Food Cruising Cupboard Stop Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11:30am
Books and Babies Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11am
Watkins Summer Games | Children's Program Watkins Museum of History
11am-Noon
Government & Community
11am-12:30pm Affairs Luncheon
Build and Bots Lawrence Public Library
KU Innovation Park (BTBC)
Community Resource
Teen D & D Club Lawrence Public Library & Online
2-4pm
5:30-8:30pm Clinic
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting Parks & Recreation 1:15-4:15pm Admin. Office Adult Softball Sunday Co5:30pm Ed Double Header | LPRD Human Relations Clinton Lake Sports Commission Meeting Complex City Commission Room, 2-8pm City Hall Repair Studio 6pm Lawrence Public Library Adult Softball Monday 2-4pm Men’s Double Header AUDITIONS | Fancy Nancy Blue & Red Leagues | the Musical LRPD Lawrence Arts Center, Clinton Lake Softball Mainstage Theatre Complex 6:15-9:15pm 3-5pm Adult Softball Sunday Co- Adult Softball Monday CoEd Recreation Ed Recreation | LPRD Clinton Lake Softball Clinton Lake Sports Complex 6:15-7:15pm Complex 4-5pm Adult Softball Monday Social Justice Book Club Women’s Recreation Clinton Lake Softball LPL Online Event 4-5pm Complex 6:15-7:15pm runLawrence Club Sing & Rhyme Storytime Meeting Lawrence Public Library South Park, east side 4pm
Adult Softball Tuesday CoEd Recreation | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
Lone Star 4-H Club First Presbyterian Church 7-9pm Lone Star Church 7:15pm Speculative Fiction Book 10pm Club Lawrence Public Library
• ALL AMERICAN PET PHOTO DAY • NATIONAL BLUEBERRY UFFIN DAY 10pm • M NATIONAL CHEER UP THE LONELY DAY • NATIONAL MOJITO DAY BARN DAY • NATIONAL RAINIER DON'T STEP ON A BEE DAY CHERRIES DAY • NATIONAL SWIMMING POOL DAY NATIONAL KITTEN DAY NATIONAL PIÑA COLADA DAY Kansas Legal Services PICK BLUEBERRIES DAY Clinic
Wakarusa Wetlands Celebration 9am-2pm Haskell Indian Nations East Lawrence Outsider University Art & Culture Tour 9-11am The Wishing Bench, East Tutoring Club Lawrence LPL Online Event 9am-Noon 10am-1pm Summer Book Sale Summer Book Sale Lawrence Public Library Lawrence Public Library 10am-6pm Noon-4pm MLB Pitch Hit Run Weekly Vigil in Support of Challenge Boys & Girls the Ukrainian People Ages 7-14 Douglas County Clinton Lake Youth Sports Courthouse Complex 1-2:30pm 10am-2pm Teen Advisory Board - TAB Grupo de juego en Lawrence Public Library español | Lawrence 1-2pm Parents as Teachers Open Practice for Buford M. Watson Jr. Emberfeld (A Lawrence Park Dagorhir Chapter) 10-11:30am South Park Harvesters Mobile 1pm Distribution @ Lawrence Salsa, Beginning/ First United Methodist Intermediate Workshop | Church LPRD 867 Highway 40 Sports Pavilion Lawrence 11am-Noon
6:30pm
Slugs / SUZI TRASH / Digester / Nästy Vömmit Replay Lounge
• • • 7:30-11:30am • Second SaturdayOutdoor • 9am-4pm Art Market
Coffee Break LPL Retirement Bootcamp Online Event
The Compassionate Friends Bereavement Support 5-8pm Unity Church of Lawrence 7-8:30pm The Creepy Jingles / The Roseline / No Magic Four Leaf Clover 4-H Club Replay Lounge Douglas County 6pm Fairgrounds, Dreher Bldg Priscilla Howe Presents: 7pm Story Nights Jayhawk 4-H Club Backyard, 415 Elm St. Grant Community Center
7pm Doves / TBA
7:30am
Foot Care Clinic with Hermes Healthcare Senior Resource Center for Douglas County
Pecan Grove | WinfieldStyle Bluegrass Jam Gaslight Gardens
Lawrence Public Library
3-5pm
Genealogy Local History: Research Resources Lawrence Public Library
Noon-1pm
2-4pm
Wednesday Wonders: Rainbow StringsRecycled Art 4-5pm Lawrence Public Library Ribbon Cutting: Torched 2-3pm Goodness Sister Cities Lawrence The Chamber, 718 New Online. Contact Hampshire OR Facebook wkeel@ku.edu Live 4-5pm 5:30-7pm Pop-Up Playground at Sustainability Advisory Tuesday Market! Board South Park City Commission Room, 4-6pm City Hall Douglas County 5:30-7pm Commission Board County Commission Board Special Meeting Meeting City Hall 5pm Douglas County City Commission Monthly Courthouse & Online via Work Session Zoom City Hall 5:30pm 5:45pm Adult Softball Wednesday Books and Babies Men’s Double Header | Lawrence Public Library LRPD 6-6:30pm Clinton Lake Softball Oceanography / The Complex 6:15-9:15pm Instant 6:30-7pm Replay Lounge 6pm
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Adult Softball Wednesday Men’s Weekly Red & Blue | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex 6:15-8:15pm Meadowlark 4-H Club St John School 6:30pm Dessert and A Movie LPL Online Event 7-8pm AJJ The Granada 7pm Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission Monthly Meeting varies 7pm Summer Public Observing | Astronomy Associates of Lawrence South Park (South of Community Building) 9pm
Thur, July 14
• NATIONAL GRAND MARNIER DAY • NATIONAL MAC AND CHEESE DAY • NATIONAL TAPE MEASURE DAY • PANDEMONIUM DAY • SHARK AWARENESS DAY
Chamber Coffee Connections 2022 Lawrence Chamber of Commerce 8:30-9:30am Toddler Storytime Lawrence Public Library
Wednesday, July 13, Continued from Page 7
Second Thursday Book Club LPL Online Event
Rosanne Cash Lied Center of Kansas
Kaw Valley Comedy Night Kaw Valley Public House
Hey, Chels / Cheery / C.S. Luxem / OUTPUT Replay Lounge
7-8pm 8pm
• • • •
Friday, July 15
GUMMI WORM DAY I LOVE HORSES DAY NATIONAL BE A DORK DAY NATIONAL GIVE SOMETHING AWAY DAY • NATIONAL PET FIRE SAFETY DAY • NATIONAL RESPECT CANADA DAY • NATIONAL TAPIOCA PUDDING DAY
Monthly Dollar Bill DaysLearning the Basics of Banking Central Bank of the Midwest 9am-5pm Foot Care Clinic with Hermes Healthcare Senior Resource Center for Douglas County 9am-4pm
Casual Coffee Men’s Grief Group Trinity Episcopal Church
9am
Coffee Break LPL Retirement 10:30-11am Bootcamp Online Event Brown Bag Concert 10-11am Series - Jubilee Mystics Library Storytime U.S. Bank Building Lawrence Public Library Noon-1pm 10:30-11:15am Welcome to Medicare Yoga for Every Body Senior Resource Center Senior Resource Center Noon-1pm for Douglas County Lego Club 1:30-2:30pm Lawrence Public Library Fun Stuff Fridays! 2-3:30pm Lawrence Public Library Harvesters Food Pantry 2-4pm @ Heritage Baptist Tween Club Church Lawrence Public Library 1781 East 800th Road 3-4pm 4-6pm Farmers & Craft Market Ribbon Cutting: Sherwin Baldwin City Main St. Williams 5-8pm 4710 Bauer Farm Dr., or and Joel & the Facebook Live 4-5pm Kim Invisible Band Music by James Rose Z&M Twisted Vineyard Cottin’s Hardware 6-8pm Farmers Market 4:30-7pm One Boot Band with Just Food Cruising Melvin Litton & Mando Cupboard Stop Dan Starbucks on 23rd St Kaw Valley Public House 4:30-5:30pm
Community Police Review Board Meeting City Commission Room, City Hall 6pm Adult Softball Thursday Men’s Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
6-7:30pm
Adult Kickball Friday CoEd No Bunt Blue, Red & White Leagues | LPRD Youth Sports Complex
7:30pm
10pm
Saturday, July 16
• GUINEA PIG APPRECIATION DAY • NATIONAL ATOMIC VETERANS DAY • NATIONAL PERSONAL CHEF DAY • NATIONAL STRAWBERRY RHUBARB WINE DAY • RURAL TRANSIT DAY
Jet Ski Races and Freestyle (Day 1/2) Boat Ramp 1, Clinton Lake
All day
Sunflower State Games: Adventure Race Bloomington West Campground
7am
Monthly Dollar Bill DaysLearning the Basics of Banking Central Bank of the Midwest
9am-Noon
Free Homebuyers Workshop Lawrence Public Library Auditorium
10am-1pm
Feelings in Motion (Ages 4-7) | LPRD Community Building
10-11am
Cuentacuentos / Spanish Storytime Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11:15am
Mindful Crafting: Anthotypes Lawrence Public Library
11am-Noon
Kansas Sunflower Basket Weavers Eudora Parks & Recreation Department
Noon-5pm
Little Free Museum Restocked Spencer Art Museum
Noon-5pm
Black Lunch Table: The People’s Table Lawrence Arts Center
Noon-1:30pm
A Very Special Evening w/ Young Kush Blower Replay Lounge 1pm 6:15-9:15pm River City Rock Camp 2022 Concert Adult Softball Friday Men’s Double Header The Granada 5pm Red & Blue Leagues | Contra Dance | Lawrence Barn Dance Assoc 6:15-9:15pm LRPD Clinton Lake Softball TBA 7:30-10pm Library Storytime 6:15-9:15pm Lawrence Public Library Complex 6:30-7:15pm Flippn’ Zone (Ages 6-14) | LPRD Lawrence Horseshoe • NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY Sports Pavilion Lawrence • NATIONAL TATTOO DAY Club 6:30-8:30pm • WRONG WAY CORRIGAN DAY Broken Arrow Park Jet Ski Races and 6:30pm Lumberyard Live on High Songwriter Round Freestyle (Day 2/2) Jarren Benton Sullivan Square 7-9pm Boat Ramp 1, Clinton The Bottleneck Hyd 7-11:30pm Lake All day The Bottleneck 7pm
Sunday, July 17
Operation Save Abortion: Watch Party & Brunch 1016 Massachusetts St
Lawrence-Douglas County Board of Health Regular Meeting 9:30am-1pm 200 Maine Street, Suite B 5pm Mobile Blood Drive | Rachael Sheridan Lawrence Food Not Memorial Bombs Meal Maceli’s Banquet Hall & Lawrence Public Library 6-7pm Catering 10am-4pm Adult Softball Monday Tutoring Club Men’s Double Header LPL Online Event 10am-1pm Blue & Red Leagues | LRPD Weekly Vigil in Support Clinton Lake Softball of the Ukrainian People Complex 6:15-9:15pm Douglas County Courthouse 1-2:30pm Adult Softball Monday Co-Ed Recreation Wedding Dance Crash Clinton Lake Softball Course | LPRD 6:15-7:15pm Sports Pavilion Lawrence Complex 1:15-4:15pm Adult Softball Monday Women’s Recreation Mystery Book Club Lawrence Public Library Clinton Lake Softball 6:15-7:15pm 1:30-3:30pm Complex Douglas County Food Mysterious Mustache Policy Council Meeting Book Club Lawrence Public Library Location Varies 1:30-2:30pm
The Green House Support Group For Girls With ADHD Studio 1 at 512 E. Ninth St. 1:30-2:30pm Adult Softball Sunday CoEd Double Header | LPRD Clinton Lake Sports Complex 2-8pm Honor Moon Menstrual Supply Closet Open What a Little Bird Told Me, 512 E 9th St 3-6pm Adult Softball Sunday CoEd Recreation | LPRD Clinton Lake Sports Complex 4-5pm Carswell & Hope Album Release W/ Special Guests Replay Lounge 6pm Priscilla Howe Presents: Story Nights Backyard, 415 Elm St.
6:30-8:30pm
Monday, July 18
Imaginarium: Wetlands Day with Live Animals Lawrence Public Library
6-6:30pm
Adult Softball Tuesday Co-Ed Recreation | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex 6:15-9:15pm Adult Softball Tuesday Co-Ed Weekly | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex 6:15-8:15pm Motion City Soundtrack 17th Anniversary Tour The Granada Theater 7pm
Dave Mason Liberty Hall • • • •
8pm
Wed, July 20
MOON DAY NAP DAY NATIONAL HOT DOG DAY NATIONAL LOLLIPOP DAY
Tutoring Club LPL Online Event
10am-1pm
Just Food Cruising Cupboard Stop “Dad” Perry Park on 6:30-7pm Harvard St. 10:30-11:30am Kaw Valley Quilters Guild Books and Babies Meeting via Zoom 7pm Lawrence Public Library Sing & Rhyme Storytime Lawrence Public Library
Tuesday, July 19
• NATIONAL FLITCH DAY • NATIONAL RASPBERRY CAKE DAY • STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE DAY
1320 KLWN Radio for Grownups with Senior Resource Center AM Radio Station - 1320 KLWN 9-9:30am Tutoring Club LPL Online 10am-1pm Time Capsule with Watkins Museum FM 101.7 / KLWN AM 1320 10-10:30am 6:30pm Kaw Valley Quilters Guild Meeting Mary Chapin Carpenter 10am Liberty Hall 7:30pm via Zoom The Lead Horse Open III Lawrence Public Library • NATIONAL CAVIAR DAY • NATIONAL GET OUT OF THE DOGHOUSE DAY
Books and Babies Lawrence Public Library
10:30-11am
Watkins Summer Games | Children’s Program Watkins Museum of History 11am-Noon The Lead Horse Open III Lawrence Public Library Noon-8pm
MOVE Lawrence Public Library
2-4pm
Wednesday Wonders: Zero Waste Park Picnic Lawrence Public Library
2-3pm
Sunrise Community Meal Sunrise Project 5-6pm County Commission Board Meeting Douglas County Courthouse & Online via Zoom 5:30pm Adult Softball Wednesday Men’s Noon-8pm Double Header | LRPD Upcycle Art Clinton Lake Softball Lawrence Public Library Complex 2-4pm
Lawrence Parkinson’s Caregiver Support 2-3pm First Presbyterian Caregivers Support Group Church 2-3:30pm Senior Resource Center 2:15-3:45pm Lawrence City Commission Meeting Virtual Library Board of City Commission Room, Trustees Meeting LPL via Zoom 4:30pm City Hall
6:15-9:15pm
Adult Softball Wednesday Men’s Weekly Red & Blue Leagues | LRPD Clinton Lake Softball Complex
6:15-8:15pm
FREE NoLaw 5K Series #2 North 8th Street & Ash 5:45-7:45pm Street
6:30-7:30pm