CALENDAR

BOOKS, POETRY, TALKS, ETC.

Hamden: Fiction writer Jessica Treat will read and discuss her work at “Yawp! An Open Dialogue on Creativity and the Arts,” Quinnipiac University Carl Hansen Student Center, Room 120, 275 Mount Carmel Ave. Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m. qu.edu.

Hamden: Hamden Art League hosts Connecticut artist Jacqueline Jones, presenting “Oils: Ocean Waves, composition, color and movement,” and demonstration on how to paint a wave, Oct. 17, Social Hall of the Hamden Senior Center in the Miller Memorial Library Complex, 2901 Dixwell Avenue, Hamden. Refreshments, 7 p.m., businsess meeting, 7:15 p.m., program, 7:30 p.m. For information go to hamdenartleague.org, check our Facebook page, or call 203-287-1322.

Madison: “The Soul's Slow Ripening: Celtic Practices for Seeking the Sacred,” with Christine Valters Paintner, PhD, REACE at Mercy by the Sea, 167 Neck Road. Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $175 per day for commuters; “Returning to Life, a Journey of Becoming Whole During Grief and Loss” with Jan Blencowe, Oct. 12 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $95 includes program, lunch and materials; “Full Moon Labyrinth Walk,” Oct. 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $5 free will donation. Register at mercybythesea.org or call 203-245-0401.

Middletown: Poets on Poetry presents Rumi, 6:30 p.m., Oct. 17, Hubbard Room, Russell Library, 123 Broad St., Middletown. Connecticut Poetry Society, joined by the new Poet Laureate of Middletown, Cheryl Hale, will present Poets on Poetry, tonight featuring Rumi, with workshop leader Mark Sheriden.

Milford: Women Redefining Retirement hosts Eric Chandler of The Past Presented, who will speak on “Women in the American Revolution: Putting the 'Her' in Heroics,” Golden Hill Rehabilitation Pavilion, 2028 Bridgeport