EVENTS

Manatuck Preserve Walk — 9 a.m., meet at Pine Point School, 89 Barnes Road, Stonington; Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center guided walk; free for members, $10 nonmembers; (860) 536-1216.

Friday Fish Fry — 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Portuguese Holy Ghost Society, 26 Main St., Stonington; through Nov. 16; dinners start at $9; (860) 535-3855. Connecticut International Auto Show — 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Mohegan Sun Expo Center; through Sunday; $12, $5 children ages 6-12; free for active military with ID; 1-800745-3000. Taste of Poland — 5 p.m., Divine Providence Church, 40 Golden St., Norwich; take-out available; bingo at 7 p.m.; (860) 887-2812. Cheetah Conservation Fund Talk — 6 p.m., register for location; presentation by CCF conservation and outreach director Brian Badger; free; registration required; cheetah.org. Digital Jazz Concert Series — 7 p.m., Groton Public Library, 52 Newtown Road; “Presidential Suite” performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; free; (860) 441-6750. Documentary Double Feature — 7 p.m., Wheeler Library, 101 Main St., North Stonington; screenings of “The Waterman” and “A Life in the Lobster Fishery” by local filmmaker Mark Starr; hosted by the

Friends of Wheeler Library; free; (860) 535-0383. Mystic Scottish Country Dancers — 7 p.m., St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 310 Fort Hill Road, Groton; first class is free, then $5; nhrscds.com.

The Arts Café Mystic — 7:30 p.m., Mystic Museum of Art, 9 Water St.; featuring poet Patricia Smith, with performances by singer-songwriter Lara Herscovitch and poet Norah Pollard; $15, $5 students; (860) 9122444. Story, this page.