EVENTS

Salem Library Knitters — 10 a.m., Salem Free Public Library, 264 Hartford Road; all levels welcome; (860) 859-1130. Community Knit — 10 a.m., Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington St.; all levels welcome; (860) 447-1411. Niantic Farmers Market — 3-6 p.m., Methodist Street parking lot, Niantic. Female\Feminist/2017 Panel Discussion

— 5 p.m., Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, 84 Lyme St., Old Lyme; addressing art and feminism in today’s cultural landscape; free; registration required; (860) 434-5232. Tasty Reads Cookbook Club — 5 p.m., Public Library of New London, 63 Huntington St.; “Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust” by Ina Garten; free; registration required; (860) 447-1411. Circle at the Square Book Club — 5 p.m., Bank Square Books, 53 West Main St., Mystic; “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson; free; (860) 536-3795. Waterford Historical Society — 5:30 p.m., Stacy Barn, 65 Rope Ferry Road; John Morgan presents “West Neck Cemetery: Its Past and its Present”; free and open to the public; waterfordcthistoricalsociety.org. Poetry Open Mic — 6 p.m., Washington Street Coffee House, 13 Washington St., New London; open to poets and songwriters of all ages and skill levels; free; (860) 303-0615.

Erik Ofgang — 6 p.m., Lyme Public Library, 482 Hamburg Road; presentation by Ofgang about his book on William Gillette and Gillette Castle; free; (860) 434-2272. Thursday Night Light Meditation Group

— 6:30 p.m., Healing Connections, 321 Main St., Niantic; free and open to the public; donations accepted for local and global charities; hillaryoat@gmail.com.

Historical Author Panel — 6:30 p.m., Mohegan Sun Cabaret Theater, Uncasville; book talk and signing with Pam Jenoff, Jessica Shattuck, Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb and Fiona Davis; sponsored by Bank Square Books; free; (860) 536-3795. Story, this page. Popular Science Book Discussion —

6:30 p.m., Waterford Public Library, 49 Rope Ferry Road; “Survival of the Sickest” by Sharon Moalem; free; (860) 444-5805. Mystic Woman’s Club — 7 p.m., St. Mark Episcopal Church, 15 Pearl St., Mystic; presentation by Carol Mahier on the Center for Hospice Care; (860) 245-5257.

Paranormal Encounters — 7 p.m., Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road; presentation by Connecticut-based paranormal group the cRIPt Team; free; (860) 441-6750.