CALENDAR

Sunday, Oct. 28

HALLOWEEN: Moved from Oct. 27, trick-or-treating, costume contests, Milford Public Library story time, music with radio personality Brian Smith, vendors, food trucks, participating shop windows get makeover from Platt Tech students, 1 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 28, Downtown Milford Farmers Market lot on River Street.

OPEN HOUSE: Students, families, student-guided tours of private preschool-Grade 12, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 28, Hamden Hall Country Day School, 1108 Whitney Ave., Hamden, tours of Beckerman Athletic Center available, www.hamdenhall.org, 203-752-2610.

TRAIN, TOY SHOW: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 28, Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, Wallingford, $6, free for kids 15 and younger with adult, 203-926-1327, www.classicshowsllc.com.

OPEN HOUSE: Meet preschool-Grade 8 students, teachers, learn about programs, tour 23-acre campus, 1-3:30 p.m. Oct. 28, Country School, coed, independent day school in Madison. RSVP: https://www.thecountryschool.org/admission/open-house, scholarship info, http://www.thecountryschool.org/scholarship.

IRISH MUSIC: Flynn Cohen, guitar, Duncan Wickel, fiddle, 1 p.m. Oct. 28, St. Gabriel Church hall, 26 Broadway, Milford, $15, at door, scholarship fundraiser, https://pvodonnellcce.brownpapertickets.com, info 203-876-9973.

THE WILD WEST IN LATE 1800S: The people, the railroad, cattle industry, talk by Hamish Lutris, associate professor at Capital Community College, 2 p.m. Oct. 28, Seymour Historical Society, 59 West St., $5 nonmembers. Seating for 65, doors open at 1 p.m., 203-881-2156, psussman@snet.net, www.seymourhistoricalsociety.org.

SILK’N SOUNDS: Women’s a cappella chorus concert, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 28, free, Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, 146 Thimble Islands Road, Branford, 203-488-8702.

GOING BATTY FOR CHOCOLATE: International Bat Week, bats are key pollinators of cacao in chocolate, learn their navigation skills, make decoration, taste chocolate, 1-2 p.m. Oct. 28, for kids 5 and older, Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point, members $5, nonmembers $8. RSVP: www.ctaudubon.org/2018/09/going-batty-forchocolate/, 203-878-7440, ext. 502.

TRICK OR TREATING: Arts, crafts, films, 30 trick or treat stops, The Shops at Yale, downtown New Haven, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 28, check-in at Shubert Theatre, https:// www.facebook.com/events/2161807784062580/.

Monday, Oct. 29

EVENING BOOK CLUB: “Driving Lessons” by Ed McBain, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave., 203-734-1492.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, INCLUSIVE DIVERSITY: Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University discussion, 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Arnold Bernhard Library, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., free, Christina Dickerson, assistant history professor; Christine Kinealy, Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute director; student Dylan Koval; Scott McLean, political science department; Don Sawyer, chief diversity officer; David Valone, history department; Robert Young, librarian.

AFRICAN SHOW: Rita Wagener, a native of Uganda, talk on African culture, beliefs, customs, display of fashions, dances, basket weaving, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Milford Senior Center, 9 Jepson Drive, 203-877-5131.

HALLOWEEN: Ages 10-14, learn to decorate spooky sugar cookies, not for eating, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29, North Haven Memorial Library. RSVP: 203-239-5803.

‘CONVERSATIONS FROM GRAVE’: Talk by actors on Cheshire’s past, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, Cheshire Historical Society Hitchcock Phillips House Museum, 43 Church Drive, Cheshire, free, 203-272-2574.

Tuesday, Oct. 30

SCARY FACTS ABOUT FRAUD: Wallingford police Officer Henry Cadett talk, 1-2:30 p.m. Oct. 30, Masonicare at Ashlar Village, 74 Cheshire Road, Wallingford. RSVP by Oct. 26: 877-413-6763 or www.masonicare-ashlarvillage.org.

‘NEW VISION FOR OUR EMERALD PLANET’: Ways humans affect environment, conservation in human-dominated landscapes, climate change, ecosystem restoration, talk by Thomas E. Lovejoy, environmental science, policy department professor, George Mason University, senior fellow, U.N. Foundation, free, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30, Nov. 1, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., New Haven.

1700s NEW ENGLAND CLOTHING: Nancy Kostal of Noah Webster House, West Hartford Historical Society, 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 30, Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven, free, refreshments.

‘UNDERSTANDING YOUR AURA’: Paranormal medium, author Sydney Sherman talk, 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Hamden Public Library, free. RSVP: hamdenlibrary.org, 203-2872686.

VOTER REGISTRATION: 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Oct. 30, all registrars of voters offices statewide.

COSTUME DANCE PARTY: Up to 5 years with adult, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 30, sing, dance, play with instruments, North Haven Memorial Library. RSVP: 203-239-5803.

BOOK DISCUSSION: With Mark Schenker: “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, 7 p.m. Oct. 30, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., RSVP: 203-453-8282, www.guilfordfreelibrary.org.

LONG-TERM CARE: Workshop on protecting assets with Aldo Pantano from the CT Partnership for Long Term Care, state Office of Policy and Management, free, 6-8 p.m. Oct. 30, New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., tcosta@nhfpl.org, 203-946-8130, ext. 218.

Wednesday, Oct. 31

WWII VETERANS DISCUSSION GROUP: “A Trip to Freedom,” Bruno Pelsis tells of life as refugee in Germany, burning of Dresden, 2-3:30 p.m. Oct. 31, Hagaman Memorial Library, East Haven, free.

GUIDED MEDITATION: Drop-in, 5-week series, 12:15-12:35 p.m. Oct. 31 with Johanne Vanelli, North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm St., 203-239-5803.

HALLOWEEN PARTY: Airborne Jazz performs, refreshments, 1-3 p.m. Oct. 31, $10 at front office through Oct. 26, Milford Senior Center, 9 Jepson Drive, 203-877-5131.

HALLOWEEN: Story for ages 2-5, wear costumes, craft, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 31; trick-or-treat 10:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. all ages in costume, North Haven Memorial Library. RSVP: RSVP: 203-239-5803.

Thursday, Nov. 1

‘NEW VISION FOR OUR EMERALD PLANET’: Ways humans affect environment, conservation in human-dominated landscapes, climate change, ecosystem restoration, talk by Thomas E. Lovejoy, environmental science, policy department professor, George Mason University, senior fellow, U.N. Foundation, free, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect St., New Haven.

CHESHIRE WOMEN’S CLUB: Meeting, Rebecca Swett harpist, 12:30 p.m. Nov. 1, dessert, Senior Center, 240 Maple Ave., Paulette, 203-272-8779.

BOOK CLUB: “The Keeper of Lost Things,” by Ruth Hogan, 10:30 a.m. Nov. 1, Ellen Aftamonow Woodmont Library, 16 Dixon St., Milford, 203-874-5675.