Animal Fair of Douglas County, adoption, vendors and pet care information, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., with $10 Santa Paws photos from noon to 4 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, Building 21, 2110 Harper St., free admission, 843-6835.

Hurricane relief benefit: “Writing Up a Storm,” 1 p.m., Kansas Union’s Hawks Nest, suggested $5 donation, sponsored by the KU Writing Center, 864-2399.

Benefit concert: Clyde Bysom and the Jazzhaus Big Band, Attune, Sassy Mae and the Cornertones, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 946 Vt., freewill offering for rehabilitating young prisoners.

Immunization clinic by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-8 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

Kansas University International Education Week event, Kansas University administrators, including Senior Vice Provost Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, will talk about International education at KU, 2:30 p.m., Strong Hall Rotunda, Kansas University.

Lecture: “Proliferation Threats and Policies, 2005,” by Joseph Cirincione, director for nonproliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 3:30 – 5 p.m., Pine Room, Kansas Union, Kansas University. Free, public event.

Lecture: “Sport as Moral Exemplar,” Jan Boxill, philosophy professor at University of North Carolina, 4:30 p.m., Big XII Room, Kansas Union, Kansas University.

Program: “People Speak 2005: Environmentally Sustainable Development: Working Together for People, Prosperity and Peace,” Kansas University graduate and MacArthur Fellow Wes Jackson, 7 p.m., Dole Institute of Politics, Kansas University.

Speech by Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner, “The Uninsured in Kansas & in Our Nation & Possible Solutions,” 7:15 p.m., Lawrence Public Library auditorium, 707 Vt.

Marwa Africana Lecture, Molefi K. Asante, who established the first doctoral program in African-American studies in the U.S. will discuss “African-American History: A Journey of Liberation,” 7 p.m., 130 Budig Hall, Kansas University.

Education Career Fair, with more than 50 school districts seeking job candidates, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Kansas Union Ballroom, free attendance, 864-3624.

Immunization clinic by Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department (no flu shots), 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 200 Maine, 843-0721.

Toddler storytime for 2-year-olds and an accompanying adult, preregistration for the six-week session requested, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt., 843-3833, ext. 117.

“Stories, Songs and Skits from Not So Far Away,” KU students and faculty will entertain elementary students while sharing cultures. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Oread Books, Kansas Union, Kansas University.

Flu shots, sponsored by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, noon to 2 p.m., Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2110 Harper St., $15 for babies and $20 for adults, 843-0672.

In the beloved Disney film "Beauty and the Beast," characters transform magically into clocks, wardrobes and teapots. But when Cogsworth, Madame de la Grande Bouche and Mrs. Potts morph into these objects next weekend on the Lawrence Community Theatre stage, it won't be the work of fairy dust. ... Full story .

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