CALENDAR

Sunday, Feb. 25

HISTORY OF SOCIAL MEDIA: Take 2,000-year journey through history of person-to-person communication, ancient Rome to the age of Facebook, with social media marketing consultant Kayleigh Mihalko, 2 p.m. Feb. 25, Seymour Historical Society, 59 West St., free to members, $5 nonmembers, snow date March 4, psussman@snet.net, 203-8812156.

GUITAR MASTERPIECES: Benjamin Tint, classical guitarist, Central Connecticut music teacher, concert of masterpieces by Bach, Houghton, others, 2 p.m. Feb. 25, free, Scranton Memorial Library, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison. RSVP: www.scrantonlibrary.org, 203-245-7365.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Unity and Action March for jobs at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 25, from People’s Center, 7 Howe St., New Haven to Troup School, 259 Edgewood Ave. At 4 p.m. “Reconstructing the Dream,” Troup School, speaker the Rev. Scott Marks, awards presentation for writing, arts competition, performances by Ice the Beef, Brian Jarawa Gray, video in memory of Dalzenia Henry, Grace Cummings, Emma Fair. Sponsors New Haven Rising, New Haven People’s Center, Ice the Beef and New Elm City Dream/YCL, $5 donation, no one turned away, ct-pww@pobox.com.

Monday, Feb. 26

EVENING BOOK CLUB: “Demian” by Hermann Hesse, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave., Derby, 203-734-1492. DIY CHALK PAINTING: Tracie Selinske, of Posh Pear in Cheshire, techniques for furniture, 7-8 p.m. Feb. 26, North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm St., North Haven. RSVP: loravetz@northhavenlibrary.net, 203-239-5803. HUMORIST, AUTHOR, TALK SHOW HOST: New York Times bestselling author, musician and intermittent pig farmer Michael Perry speaks, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Miller Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden, memoirs include “Population 485, Truck: A Love Story,” “Coop,” “Visiting Tom,” “Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy,” host of “Tent Show Radio,” www.sneezingcow.com. RSVP: www.hamdenlibrary.org, 203-287-2680.

FREE CONCERT: Yale Jazz Ensemble, Grammy-winning saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, Thomas C. Duffy, music director, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St., New Haven, music by Charles Mingus, Joe Henderson, Sammy Nestico.

BLOOD DRIVE: American Red Cross blood drive, 1:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, Our Lady of Pompeii Church Campus Hall, 355 Foxon Road, East Haven. RSVP: 800-733-2767, redcrossblood.

TRANSGENDER: “What’s It All About?” Jill, 57, a transgender woman who transitioned two years ago, will share her journey, victories, hardships, answer questions, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, free, Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main St. RSVP: 203-265-6754, wallingfordlibrary.org.

DTC: Democratic Town Committee monthly meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 26, Senior Center, Miller Memorial Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden, three vacancies for justices of the peace to be filled, Chairman Lewis Panzo, lpanzo@chiallc.com. PIZZA TASTE-OFF: For ages 10-19, 5-7 p.m. Feb. 26, sample local cheese pizzas for best sauce, best crust, best cheese, best in show, Plumb Memorial Library Children’s Department, 65 Wooster St., Shelton. RSVP: www.sheltonlibrarysystem.org, 203-9249461.

Tuesday, Feb. 27

FOR VETS: Veterans Coffee House, speaker Steve Obsitnik of Westport, who was a Navy nuclear submarine officer on USS Ray, 10 a.m. Feb. 27, free, Wallingford Senior Center, 238 Washington St., www.assistedlivingct.com, 203-6348668.

ELECTION: Special election for vacancy in 120th House District, which includes parts of Stratford, Feb. 27, after resignation of Laura Hoydick.

MOVIE: “Queen of the Desert,” 10:30 a.m. Feb. 27, story of Gertrude Bell who found freedom in the faraway world of the Middle East, PG 13, 127 min., North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm St., North Haven. RSVP: loravetz@northhavenlibrary.net, 203-239-5803.

VIETNAM WAR: Panel discussion, Q&A with veterans Jerry Augustine, Harvey Goldstein, Raymond Rys Sr., Larry Tirreno, Arthur Wiknik Jr., 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27, free, Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main St. RSVP: 203-265-6754, wallingfordlibrary.org. HAMDEN ALLIANCE FOR TREES: Carl Amento, executive director, South Central Regional Council of Governments, former mayor, speaks on Regional Plan of Conservation and Development, UI

tree work, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, Dunbar United Church of Christ Fellowship Room, 7 Benham St. REUNION: Milford High School All Class Reunion Committee meets, 6 p.m. Feb. 27, Parsons Government Center, Conference Room B, 70 W. River St., Milford.

RARE DISEASE DAY: “Inspiration for Working with Rare Disease Patients,” noon-4 p.m. Feb. 27, free, Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Quinnipiac University North Haven Campus, 370 Bassett Road, keynote address at 1 p.m. by Dr. Dmitry V. Kravtsov, of Vanessa Research, and Ellen Matloff, of My Gene Counsel; discussion at 2 p.m. by patients with Miyoshi myopathy; maple syrup urine disease; cyclic vomiting syndrome; Dravet syndrome; Leber congenital amaurosis, 203-582-8652. SCHOOL SAFETY: Community forum on School Safety, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27, Shelton High School auditorium, 120 Meadow St., school district leaders, Police Department discuss current practices, hear families’ concerns. BACKYARD BEEKEEPERS: Kirsten Traynor, editor of American Bee Journal, talk on “Over the Atlantic: European Intensive Hive Management,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, Norfield Church community room, 64 Norfield Road, Weston, www.backyardbeekeepers.com.

Tuesday, Feb. 28

SMALL-BUSINESS WORKSHOP: “How to Find Resources to Finance Your Business,” Elizabeth Wallace, director of business services, Connecticut Economic Resource Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm St. NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE: Introduction by Cora Stover, ND, 1 p.m. Feb. 28, Milford Senior Center, 9 Jepson Drive, 203-877-5131. STRESS: Miller Association of Seniors meets, 1 p.m. Feb. 28, Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Ave., Hamden, VNA nurse talk on “Recipe for Healthy Stress,” refreshments, $5 nonmembers.

MILFORD CAMERA CLUB: Local competition with members’ images digital and printed with subject of “Up Close,” judged by members of other local photography clubs, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, Margaret Egan Center, 35 Mathew St., milfordcameraclub.com, Josh Goldin, 203-8043058. Members under 18, visitors must be accompanied by an adult. FOSTER PARENTS: Information session, 10-11 a.m. Feb. 28, Klingberg Family Centers, 370 Linwood St., New Britain, how to provide stability for a child, how to get training to become therapeutic foster parent. RSVP: 860-832 5536, www.klingberg.org. SOLITUDE: Yale professor, director of humanities Amy Hungerford talk, “Sociable Solitude and the Internet Age,” Fairfield University Dolan School of Business dining room, 1073 N. Benson Road, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, free, Mary Crimmins, mcrimmins@fairfield.edu. HAPPINESS CLUB: Robin Colucci, book writing, business coach, talk on lifechanging magic of showing up,7 p.m. Feb. 28, Hubley Hall next to First Congregational Church on Green, Tina Garrity, ting45@aol.com. ‘DIRT’: Guilford Community Garden film screening, practical gardening discussion, 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., free. RSVP: 203-4538282, www.guilfordfreelibrary.org. FOCUS ON TOWN BUDGET: Mayor Curt Balzano Leng meets public, “Mayor’s Night Out,” 6:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 28, Thornton Wilder Hall, Miller Memorial Library, 2900 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. TALK, BOOK SIGNING: “Join the Conversation,” WSHU reporter Cassandra Basler interviews Linda Greenhouse, “Just a Journalist,” author, former New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, 7 p.m. Feb. 28, Study at Yale, 1157 Chapel St., New Haven, $15, wshu.org. NAMI FAIRFIELD: Legislative round table on mental health services in community, 7-9 p.m. Feb. 28, First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield, with state Sen. Ed Gomes, Reps. Cristin McCarthy-Vahey, Brenda Kupchick, Jonathan Steinberg, Adam Dunsby, www.cga.ct.gov/ , 203-586-0826, namifairfield@gmail.com.

Thursday, March 1

IRISH MUSIC: “Concertina, Fiddle and Song in the Irish and American Tradition,” with All-Ireland winner Brenda Castles of Dublin; Liz Hanley of Brooklyn, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. March 1, St. Gabriel Parish Hall, 26 Broadway, Milford, $15, 203-8769973, sponsored by P.V. O’Donnell Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann chapter. OPIOIDS: State Sen. George S. Logan, R-17, forum with experts on opioid addiction, 6-8 p.m. March 1, Hamden Middle School auditorium, 2623 Dixwell Ave., George.Logan@cga.ct.gov, 800-842-1421, www.SenatorGeorgeLogan.com.