CALENDAR

BOOKS, POETRY, TALKS, ETC.

Clinton: Creative Writing Group monthly meeting, casual gathering to read, listen to and discuss original writings, first Monday of the month, next meeting Nov. 5, 6 p.m., Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-669-2342, sarah@hchlibrary.org, hchlibrary.org.

Guilford: Sunday concert, “The Music of Coltrane” with the Russ Becker/ Stephen Roane Duo, Oct. 7, 2 p.m., free, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Edith B. Nettleton Lecture Series, Tracy Tomaselli with “Interesting Interments at Alder Brook Cemetery,” Oct. 10, 4 and 7 p.m., Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., free, registration, 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

New Haven: Nick Bellantoni, “The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Opu kaha‘ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk,” Oct. 11, 5:30 p.m., free, New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Ave., 203-562-4183, newhavenmuseum.org.

Hartford: Eva Schloss, stepsister and childhood friend of Anne Frank, will be speaking at Oct. 29, 7 p.m., at The Bushnell, 166 Capitol Ave. in Hartford. $50-$18 for students. www.HistoricEvent.org

Stratford: “Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Connecticut’s Role in Bibliotherapy and the Library War Service in World War I,” Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m., free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Stratford: Sunday Afternoon Talks, “Signs of Connecticut,” Oct. 14, 2 p.m., free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Stratford: Books Over Coffee, James Patterson and Bill Clinton, “The President is Missing,” Oct. 31, noon, free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Stratford: Books Over Coffee, Winner of The Great American Read contest, Nov. 28, noon, free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-3854162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Stratford: Books Over Coffee, Ruth Hogan, “The Keeper of Lost Things,” Dec. 19, noon, free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-3854162, stratfordlibrary.org.

COMEDY

Bridgeport: Vic DiBitetto, Tom Daddario, Oct. 20, 8 p.m., $62-$32, Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., 800-424-0160, treehousecomedy.com.

Hamden: HaHa Hamden monthly

Melanie Brigockas / Contributed photo FIESTA: The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host Fiesta Latina, its 16th annual celebration of Latin American cultures, on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Music and dance performances will begin with Alisa’s House of Salsa at 11 a.m., followed by Eduardo Rocha Mariachi at noon, Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Yale at 1 p.m., and Movimiento Cultural at 2.