CALENDAR

Sunday, Sept. 2

WALNUT BEACH SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: The Barons, 4-7 p.m. Sept. 2, family-friendly, free, Devon Rotary Pavilion, 113 E. Broadway, Milford, free parking, www.walnutbeachassociation.com.

SPECIES SURVIVAL: Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s education curator, zoologist Jim Knox, talk on international biodiversity, zoo’s work, with live animals, free, 2, 2:35 p.m. Sept. 2, family activities about endangered species 1:30-4 p.m., Innis Arden Cottage, Bruce Museum Seaside Center in Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich, no beach pass needed, cynthiae@brucemuseum, 203-413-6756, 203-8690376, brucemuseum.org.

ODYSSEY 2018: A GREEK FESTIVAL: Food, music, dancing, marketplace, tag sale, cooking demos, kids’ rides, games, magic shows, church tours, presentations, rain or shine, noon-10 p.m. Sept. 2; noon-7 p.m. Sept. 3, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 480 Racebrook Road, Orange, www.saintbarbara.org, 203-795-1347.

Monday, Sept. 3

ODYSSEY 2018: A GREEK FESTIVAL: Food, music, dancing, marketplace, tag sale, cooking demos, kids’ rides, games, magic shows, church tours, presentations, rain or shine, senior citizens’ 20 percent discount at snack bar, restaurant noon-3 p.m. Aug. 31, free parking, free admission. Hours: noon-10 p.m. Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 2; noon-7 p.m. Sept. 3, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 480 Racebrook Road, Orange, www.saintbarbara.org, 203-795-1347.

VETERANS’ GRAVE MARKERS: Cleaning led by L.L. Bean, 9-11 a.m. Sept. 3, St. Peter’s Cemetery, Lake Avenue Extension, Danbury. RSVP: llbean.com/ Danbury.

SHELTON: No trash, recycling collection Sept. 3; residents put out trash, recycling one day later than normal; transfer station, city yard closed Sept. 3, reopen Sept. 4.

EAST HAVEN: Town offices closed for Labor Day, Sept. 3, trash, recycling pickups delayed 1 day, Joseph T. Coppola, 203-468-3371, eh.jcoppola@gmail.com

Tuesday, Sept. 4

COMEDIAN AT HADASSAH MEETING: Joyce Saltman, comedian, laughter consultant, author, Hadassah life member, speaks on “A Humorous Look on Sex and Aging,” Wepawaug-CT Valley-West Rock Chapter of Hadassah meeting, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4, High Plains Community Center cafeteria, 525 Orange Center Road, Orange. RSVP: wepawaug@gmail.com. Membership: marjoriewiener@yahoo.com.

NORTH HAVEN CAMERA CLUB: Opening night for new membership, $40 for year, 7 p.m. Sept. 4, Hope Christian Church, 211 Montowese Ave., NorthHavenCameraClub.com.

MEETING: National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, 1 p.m. Sept. 4, North Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St., accepting $10 to attend state convention Sept. 26. Info: www.narfe.org.

WALLINGFORD CHORUS: Rehearsals for Dec. 8 concert start 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Lyman Hall High School, Pond Hill Road, for all voices, especially tenor, bass, open to high school and older, wallingfordchorus@gmail.com, www.wallingfordchorus.org.

LEGO BUILDING: First-Tuesday program starts 6-7 p.m. Sept. 4 for ages 5 and up, library provides bricks, creations can’t be take home, Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Ave., 203-783-3312, milfordlibrary.org.

Wednesday, Sept. 5

MEMBERSHIP COFFEE, CONVERSATION: Hamden Woman’s Club gathering, 7 p.m. Sept. 5, Miller Memorial Senior Center, Dixwell Avenue.

POSITIVE PARENTING: Program on birth to 6 months by parent coach Rosie Price, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton. RSVP: 203-804-6604.

BUSINESS BASICS: SCORE advisers talk on social media platforms, demographics, developing Facebook page, boosting news feed post, 6 p.m. Sept. 5, Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton.

‘CONNECTICUT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL’: Author Anthony Renzoni talk, book signing, 7 p.m. Sept. 5, Guilford Free Library. RSVP: 203-453-8282.

MEDICARE 101: 4 p.m. Sept. 5, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St. RSVP: 203-453-8282, www.guilfordfreelibrary.org.

CHESHIRE ART LEAGUE: “8 Great Artists — Leave ’em Laughing,” with comedian-artist Ed Hicks, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 5, Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main St., http://www.ejhicksart.com, http://www.cheshireartleague.com/. AMELIA EARHART: Historian Mark Albertson talk on flier who disappeared in 1937, author, Purdue University faculty member, first woman to cross Atlantic, first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the mainland, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St., info: 203-888-3903.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT: Group meets 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Milford Hospital Auditorium A, 300 Seaside Ave., 203-876-4000.

Thursday, Sept. 6

EXPERIENCE CORPS INFO: For people 50-plus to volunteer as reading tutors for young children in a Hamden, East Haven or New Haven school or afterschool program, 11 a.m. Sept. 6, Hagaman Library Community Room, 227 Main St., East Haven, use back entrance, Sheila, 203-752-3059, ext. 2900, volunteer@aoascc.org.

DINNER, MOVIE: “Book Club” ages 18+, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 6, Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave., free, 203-734-1492.

WAR ILLUSTRATOR: Washington Post graphics editor, news illustrator Richard Johnson talk on working in Iraq, Afghanistan war zones, drawing soldiers in battle, at rest, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 6, Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University, 3011 Whitney Ave., Hamden, $5 admission, free to Quinnipiac students. RSVP: www.ighm.org. Museum is exhibiting, “Making America: The Irish in the Civil War Era.”

BOOK CLUB: “Little Fires Everywhere,” by Celeste Ng, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 6, Ellen Aftamonow Woodmont Library, 16 Dixon St., Milford, 203-874-5675.

BOOK CLUB: K-Grade 2, book talks, craft, snack, child must have some reading ability, 4 p.m. Sept. 6, Seymour Public Library, 46 Church St. RSVP: 203888-3903.

WOMEN EXECUTIVES IN HEALTH CARE: Social, celebration of Dr. Kathleen LaVorgna, first female president of Connecticut State Medical Society, and Dr. M. Natalie Achong, first African-American female president of Hartford County Medical Association, 6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 6, Quinnipiac School of Medicine auditorium, 370 Bassett Road, North Haven. RSVP: https://womenexecutivesinhealthcare.org/.

SUICIDE PREVENTION: Discussion with clinical psychologist Megan Warner, Licensed Social Worker Alissa Goldberg, of Guilford Psychological Services, 6 p.m. Sept. 6, Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton.

‘THE LAUGHING RABBIT: A MOTHER, A SON, AND THE TIES THAT BIND’: Old Saybrook Poet Laureate Pat O’Brien, and son Richard Manders talk, sign their book about adoption, separation, reunion, the years that followed, 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Guilford Free Library. RSVP: 203-453-8282, www.guilfordfreelibrary.org.

WEST HAVEN GARDEN CLUB: Meeting, potluck lunch, 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6, St. Louis Church meeting room, 89 Bull Hill Lane, West Haven, newcomers call 203-937-1674.

MEET AUTHOR: Kristan Higgins discusses new novel, “Good Luck With That,” which challenges readers to think about views on weight, body image, 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main St., RSVP: 203-265-6754, wallingfordlibrary.org.

HOUSATONIC RIVER JOB NETWORK: Speaker Andy Ancel, development associate at Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, topic is “Networking 2 Referrals,” 7 p.m. Sept. 6, Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler City Road, Orange, alexy56@hotmail.com.

STATE OF THE TOWN: Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller at Seymour Oxford Rotary Club breakfast meeting, 7:15 a.m. Sept. 6, Route 67 Diner, Klarides Village, Route 67, Seymour, Nancy Valentine, nvbv@hotmail.com, 203-734-6945.

ART RECEPTION: In honor of exhibit, watercolors by Millie Farrell, Molly Dineen, Maryann Verinis, Elizabeth Harlow, jewelry by Sally Ann Endlema, Mary Wolfe, 5 p.m. Sept. 6, Case Memorial Library, 176 Tyler City Road, Orange, http://www.casememoriallibrary.org, 203-891-2170.

WOMEN’S CLUB OF CHESHIRE: First meeting of year, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 6, Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Ave., Paulette, 203-272-8779.

Friday, Sept. 7

EXPERIENCE CORPS INFO: For people 50-plus to volunteer as reading tutors for young children in a Hamden, East Haven or New Haven school or afterschool program, 11 a.m. Sept. 7, Bethel AME Church, 225 Goffe St., New Haven, use parking lot entrance on County Street, Sheila, 203-752-3059, ext. 2900, volunteer@aoascc.org.

WORKS OF ART: Highlights of popular works at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 10 a.m. Sept. 7, Wallingford Public Library, 200 N. Main St., 203265-6754, wallingfordlibrary.org.