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 April 1, 6 p.m., Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-669-2342, sarah@hchlibrary.org, hchlibrary.org.

East Haven: Military and Veterans History Group, Don Johnson with “The Life and Times of Adam von Dioszeghy,” March 27, 2 p.m., Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203-468-3890, hagamanlibrary.org.

Essex: Amanda Goodheart Parks, illustrated talk on Rosie the Riveter, March 19, 7 p.m., Essex Library, 33 West Ave., 860-767-1560.

Guilford: Kealoha Freidenburg with “Wetland Ecology in a Suburban Landscape — Lessons from Frogs,” March 20, 6:30 p.m., free, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Mark Schenker discusses “Three Tall Women” by Edward Albee, March 21, 7 p.m., free, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Guilford Poets Guild, Second Thursday poetry reading, Rayon Lennon, April 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-4538282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Hamden: Festa Italiana, Anthony Riccio, “Farms, Factories and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut,” March 18, 6:30 p.m., free, registration, Thornton Wilder Hall, 2901 Dixwell Ave., 203-287-2680, hamdenlibrary.org.

Hamden: Andrew Leland, March 22, 1 p.m., free, Clarice L. Buckman Theater at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Ave., 203-582-8652, qu.edu.

Hamden: Edward Esko with “Whole Foods Whole Cures,” March 22, 7 p.m., free, Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Tpke., 203-901-3397.

Madison: Local Author Night, authors of Hammonasset House Books, Lee A. Jacobus, “The Romantic Soul of Emma Now,” Richard J. Friswell, “Hudson River Chronicles,” March 19, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Stephen Spignesi, “Stephen King, American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts about Stephen King and His Work,” March 20, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Martha Seif Simpson, “Esther’s Graggar: A Toyshop Tale of Purim,” March 21, 4 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Local Author Night, healthy cooking and eating, Catherine Russo Epstein, “The Divine Dining Method,” Carrie Lombardi, “Sweets & Treats: Festive Recipes for the Clean Chocolate Lover,” Mona Dolgov, “The Perfect Portion Cookbook,” March 21, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Cara Robertson, “The Trial of Lizzie Borden,” March 22, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Leslie Bulion, “Superlative Birds,” March 23, 10:30 a.m., free, registration, Meigs Point Nature Center, 1288 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Victoria Shorr, “Midnight: Three Women at the Hour of Reckoning,” March 26, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Whitney Scharer, “The Age of Light,” March 30, 4 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Moodus: MarcyKate Connolly, “Comet Rising,” March 26, 6:30 p.m., free, registration, Nathan Hale-Ray Middle School, 73 Clark Gates Road, 203-2453959, rjjulia.com.

New Haven: Irish history roundtable lecture, Patrick Cunningham with “Countess Markievicz, Witness to Irish History,” March 19, 7:30 p.m., free, Knights of St. Patrick hall, 1533 State St., irishhistoryroundtable.org.

New Haven: Dan Mariaschin with “Reflections After Pittsburgh: Anti-Semitism in the U.S. and Worldwide,” March 23, 1 p.m., free, Congregation Beth El Keser Israel, 85 Harrison St., 203-3892108, beki.org.

New Haven: Yale Science in the News, “From Micro to Macro: Small Molecules with Big Effects,” March 25, 6:30 p.m., Mitchell Library, 37 Harrison St., 203946-8130, nhfpl.org.

New Haven: Democracy in Crisis, “Conversations with New Haven Scholars: Heritage, Memory, and the Future City,” March 26, 6 p.m., Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St., 203-946-8130, nhfpl.org.

New Haven: Mark Shafer Lecture, Frida Berrigan with “Nuclear Weapons Ruined My Life and They’re Ruining Yours Too.” March 26, 7 p.m., United Church Parish House, Great Hall, 323 Temple St., pepeace.org.

Stratford: Sunday Afternoon Talks, “Jewish Participation in the American Revolution,” March 24, 2 p.m., free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Stratford: Books Over Coffee, Maria Benedict, “The Only Woman in the Room,” March 27, noon, free, Stratford Library, Lovell Room, 2203 Main St., 203-385-4162, stratfordlibrary.org.

Wallingford: Wallingford Historical Society, Kevin Devaney, “The Battle of the Bulge — The American GI in World War II,” March 20, 7:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 114 N. Main St.

Woodbridge: BJ Book Club, “If All The Seas Were Ink,” March 27, 7:30 p.m., Congregation B’nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road, 203-389-2111, bnaijacob.org.

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