CALENDAR

BOOKS, POETRY, TALKS, ETC.

Clinton: Poetry circle monthly meeting, casual gathering to read, listen to and discuss your favorite poems, March 3 (first Saturday each month), 11 a.m., Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-669-2342, sarah@hchlibrary.org, hchlibrary.org.

Clinton: Chrissy Metz, “This is Me,” March 28, 7 p.m., $33 includes signed copy, The Morgan School auditorium, 71 Killingworth Tpke., rjjulia.com.

East Haven: John Davenport 1646 Boundary Stone — Rediscovered!, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m., free, Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-4683890, hagamanlibrary.org.

East Haven: Book discussion, “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George, Feb. 26, 3 p.m., free, Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-4683891, hagamanlibrary.org.

East Haven: Stephen Spignesi with “Outdated Advertising: Sexist, Racist, Creepy and Just Plain Tasteless Ads From a Pre-PC Era,” March 3, 2 p.m., free, Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.org.

East Haven: Sandy Enders, “Meditations on the Rosary: Scripture, Psalms, Illustration, Guided Imagery,” March 7, 4-7 p.m., free, Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-4683890, hagamanlibrary.org.

Guilford: Metropolitan Opera talk with international stage director Mark Verzatt, “La Boheme,” Feb. 22, 7 p.m., Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Mark Schenker Future Classics, “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro, March 1, 7 p.m., Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: March 8, SSIL lecture, Paul Chapman with “The German Resistance to Hitler and Lessons for Today,” March 8, 9:30 a.m., free, registration requested, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Guilford Poets Guild Second Thursday Poetry Series, Dick Allen Memorial Tribute, open mic session, March 8, 6:30 p.m., free registration requested, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Hamden: “Blackness, Heroism and the American Imagination: Can ‘Black Panther’ Expand the Marvel Universe?” Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m., free, Clarice L. Buckman Theater at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave., 203582-8652, qu.edu.

Madison: Fred Bollaci, “The Restautographic rant Diet,” Feb. 18, 2 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Tracy Anderson, “Total Teen,” Feb. 19, 6:30 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Madison Historical Society, Don Rankin speaks about the role of his ancestor, Rev. John Rankin, in aiding more than 2,000 slaves on their journeys to freedom, Feb. 21, 7 p.m., free, Scranton Memorial Library Community Room, 801 Boston Post Road, 203-245-7365, scrantonlibrary.org.

Madison: Amy Chua, “Political Tribes,” Feb. 22, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: “Centerbrook 4” with Jefferson B. Riley, Mark Simon, Chad Floyd, Jim Childress, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Jane O’Connor, “Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens,” March 3, 11 a.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Madison Historical Society’s Frederick Lee Lectures, Mary Barneby with “Girl Scouts,” March 11, 4 p.m., $5, Hubley Hall, First Congregational Church, 26 Meeting House Lane, 203245-4567, madisonhistory.org.

New Haven: Hannah-Rose Murray with “Frederick Douglass: New Haven to Great Britain,” Feb. 21, 5:30 p.m., free, New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave., 203-562-4183, newhavenmuseum.org.

North Haven: Quinnipiac University’s Rare Disease Day with speakers Dr. Dmitry Kravtsov and Dr. Ellen Matloff, Feb. 27, 1-4 p.m., QU North Haven campus, MNH101, 370 Bassett Road, brian.davitt@qu.edu, katherine.vaillaincourt@qu.edu, quinnipi.ac/rarediseaseday.

Old Saybrook: 24th annual poetry competition, submissions accepted through Feb. 28, Poetry Night April 25, Acton Public Library, 60 Old Boston Post Road, actonlibrary.org.

Stratford: Books Over Coffee, “The Underground Railroad,” Feb. 28, noon, free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

COMEDY

Bridgeport: Kevin Hart, March 17, 7 p.m., $151-$86, Webster Bank Arena, 600 Main St., 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com, livenation.com. Hamden: The Irish Comedy Tour, March 13, 8 p.m., $25-$20, 21-plus, Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., 203-288-6400, manicpresents.com.

New Haven: Demetri Martin, March 10, 8 p.m., $40-$30, College Street Music Hall, 238 College St., 877-9876487, manicpresents.com, collegestreetmusichall.com.

New Haven: Haters Roast — The Shady Tour, March 24, 8 p.m., $150$20, College Street Music Hall, 238 College St., 877-987-6487, collegestreetmusichall.com.

Old Saybrook: Best of Boston Comedy Festival, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., $30-$25, Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., 877-503-1286, thekate.org.

Wallingford: Funny 4 Funds comedy night fundraiser to benefit Wallingford Lions Club, RC Smith, Billy Winn, Gene Trifilo, Roman Pierce, Feb. 23, 8 p.m., $38, Riverview Bistro, 946 Ferry Blvd., 860-681-8236, treehousecomedy.com/calendar.

Westport: Jim Dailakis, Kyle Ocasio, Gene Trifilo, Feb. 24, 8 p.m., $22.50, Treehouse Comedy Club, below Bistro B, Westport Inn, 1595 Post Road, 203230-8700, treehousecomedy.com. DANCE

Branford: CT ConTacts singles dance party, March 3, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $30, dinner buffet, no jeans, Bill Miller’s Castle, 834 E. Main St., 203-468-1144, ctcontacts.com.

Middletown: Connecticut Tango Weekend, Opening Milonga (Tango dance social), March 16, 7:30-11 p.m., $25, First Church of Christ, 190 Court St., 203-584-4480, cttangofest.org.

New Haven: New Haven Contradancing, March 3 (first Saturday each month), beginners lesson 7:15 p.m., dance from 7:30-10:30, $12 (students $5 with ID), all dances taught and beginners welcome, 225 E. Grand Ave., 203-980-0389, steveholl@aol.com.

Wallingford: CT ConTacts singles dance party, Feb. 24, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m., $27 with dinner buffet, no jeans, Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, 1074 S. Colony Road, 203-468-1144, ctcontacts.com.

EXHIBITS, SHOWS, PHOTOGRAPHY, ETC.

East Haven:

“Views of Brazil,” pho-