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 Jan. 7, 6 p.m., Henry Carter Hull Library, 10 Killingworth Tpke., 860-669-2342, sarah@hchlibrary.org, hchlibrary.org.

East Haven: Stephen Spignesi, “Stephen King American Master: A Creepy Corpus of Facts About Stephen King & His Work,” Dec. 22, 2 p.m., free, registration (book $11), Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., 203468-3890, hagamanlibrary.org.

Guilford: Metropolitan Opera talk with Paul Berry, “La Traviata,” Dec. 11, 7 p.m., free, registration, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Guilford: Guilford Poets Guild Second Thursday Poetry Series, “The Seasons — Fall Into Winter,” Dec. 13, 6:30 p.m., free, registration, Guilford Free Library, 67 Park St., 203-453-8282, guilfordfreelibrary.org.

Madison: Megan Shepherd Skype visit, “Grim Lovelies,” Dec. 9, 3 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-2453959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Holidays in Connecticut, an author panel featuring Caryn B. Davis, “A Connecticut Christmas,” Martin Podskoch, “The Connecticut 169 Club,” Jay Gitlin, “Country Acres and Cul-de-Sacs,” Dec. 19, 7 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

Madison: Voices in the Bookstore, Dec. 21, 6 p.m., free, registration, R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston Post Road, 203-245-3959, rjjulia.com.

New Haven: Afternoon Book Club, Andrew Sean Greer, “Less,” Dec. 10, 1 p.m., Mitchell Branch Library, 37 Harrison St., 203-946-8117, nhfpl.org.

New Haven: Fair Haven Book Club, Jennifer Egan, “Manhattan Beach,” Dec. 10, 2 p.m., Fair Haven Branch Library, 182 Grand Ave., 203-946-8115, nhfpl.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.

Woodbridge: Hasia Diner, Ph.D. with “Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Paved the Way,” Dec. 9, 10.a.m., Congregation B’nai Jacob, 75 Rimmon Road, 203-389-2111, bnaijacob.org.

COMEDY

Hamden: HaHa Hamden Monthly Comedy Series, Adam Parisi, Dave Sheehan, Peter Angelo, Harper Liles, Stosh Mikita, Andrew Morgan, hosted by Josh Levinson, Dec. 10, 8 p.m., tickets at the door, Space Ballroom, 295 Treadwell St., 203-288-6400,

Courtesy of Rebecca Brockway Songwriter, guitarist and folk/bluesman Chris Smither will play the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30-$35, available at thekate.org or by calling 860-510-0453.