Feb. 8 Feb. 10

CHOCOLATE FEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE MIKADO HOUSE CORNED BEEF DINNER PLAY READING MARDI GRAS FOOD BEATLES TAKE AMERICA LOW VISION GARDEN CLUB

Seymour: Great Hill United Methodist Church, 225 Great Hill Road, seventh annual Chocolate Festival 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 8, $5. Contact 203-888-9425, 203-720-2124. Guilford: Jazz from 1950s and ’60s with Dr. Joseph Cardinale and friends, 2p.m. Feb. 8, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., free, RSVP: 203-453-8282, www. guilfordfreelibrary.org. Madison: Architect Peter Clement discusses “The Mikado,” a 19th-century house on Middle Beach Road, 4p.m. Feb. 8(snow date Feb. 11) at Memorial Town Hall, 8 Meetinghouse Lane. Tickets are $5, $4for Madison Historical Society members. Call 203-245-4567, visit www. madisoncthistorical.org. New Haven: Corned beef, cabbage dinner served, 1-5 p.m. Feb. 8, Knights of St. Patrick’s Grand Hall, 1533 State St. Tickets, at the door only, are $15adults, $6 for children under 12(hot dogs and chips available). Visit www.stpatricksdayparade.org or call Pat Nester at 203-239-9956. Event benefits the 2015Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade set for 1:30p.m. March 15.

Feb. 9

New Haven: Free live reading of “Bad Jews,” with discussion led by New York Times writer Mark Oppenheimer, 6:30p.m. Feb. 9at Mitchell Library, 35Harrison St. www.jewishnewhaven.org. Play is at at Long Wharf Theatre Feb. 18-March 22.

North Haven: Cooking for Mardi Gras with Judy Amarone, 7p.m.. Feb. 9, North Haven Library, 17Elm St. RSVP: 203-239-5803.

Clinton: “February 1964: The Beatles Conquer America,” 7p.m. Feb. 9at Henry Carter Hull Library, 10Killingworth Turnpike, with Beatles scholar Aaron Krerowicz, free.

Milford: Low Vision Support Group meets, 10:30a.m. Feb. 9, Milford Senior Center, Jepson Drive, call Eileen Torow, 203-878-8904.

North Branford: Women’s Club meets 7:30p.m. Feb.

10, Zion Episcopal Church hall, Notch Hill Road. program with Diane Link, “A Night of Chocolate Bits & Pieces with the Chocettes.” Call Barbara LaFrance at 203-444-9998.

PASTA DINNER

Derby: Pasta, meatballs, dinner, movie, 6 p.m. Feb. 10, Catholic War Veterans Post 1562, 112Derby Ave., $6, popcorn. Call the post after 1p.m. at 203-734-9748.

GARDEN CLUB

Wallingford: Garden Club meets 11:30a.m. Feb. 10, First Congregational Church, 23S. Main St., $5guest donation. Call Martha Shea at 203-294-9834.

OSPREY NATION

Orange: Garden Club talk on Osprey Nation by Lindsay Tomaszewski of Connecticut Audubon Society, 1p.m. Feb. 10, Case Memorial Library, 176Tyler City Road. Call Teresa Evangeliste at 203-795-3195.

Feb. 11

HERBAL GIFTS

North Haven: Make valentine herbal gifts with Michele Maclure, 6:30p.m. Feb. 11. North Haven Library, 17Elm St. RSVP: 203-239-5803.

VALENTINE STORIES

North Haven: Women’s Club story hour for preschoolers on valentines, noon Feb. 11, Atwater Memorial Library, 1720Foxon Road, 203-315-6020, refreshments.

BEDTIME FOR KIDS

Derby: Bedtime Music and Movement for kids with Miss Kathi, free, 6:30p.m. Feb. 11. Bring a favorite stuffed animal and wear pajamas, free, Derby Neck Library, 307Hawthorne Ave., 203-734-1492.

SLAVERY FILM

Guilford: “Slavery by Another Name,” 7 p.m. Feb. 11, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., film and discussion with Jonathan Holloway, dean of Yale College, professor of African-American studies, history and American studies. RSVP: 203-453-8282, www. guilfordfreelibrary.org.

GARDEN STRUCTURE

Guilford: “Finding the Bones of Your Garden,” a talk to Leete’s Island Garden Club by garden designer Rita Bond, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. Lunch at noon, speaker at 12:30Feb. 11.

GENEALOGY

Cheshire: How to research your genealogy presented 7 p.m. Feb. 11, Cheshire Public Library, 104Main St. RSVP: www.cheshirelibrary.org, 203-272-2245, ext. 4.