MRS. ROOSEVELT’S EVENING In honor of Women’s History Month, historian and playwright Carol Cohen portrays Eleanor Roosevelt after the death of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, when she lived at Val-Kill (in Hyde Park, N.Y.) on her own. Visitors will learn about America’s most important First Lady as a human rights activist through primary sources that were an important part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s personal and professional life.
Ventress Memorial Library, 15 Library Plaza, Marshfield; Wednesday, March 1, 7-8:30 p.m.; www.ventresslibrary.org.
Also at the Ventress library this week, Eamonn Sheehan performs “Native Irish Music Returns!’’ a lively concert with guitar, fiddle, and singing.
Saturday, March 4, 2 p.m.; free.
PRINTMAKING LARGE Sixty artists reimagine printmaking in the 2017 Wheaton Biennial.
Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, 26 East Main St., Norton; opening reception Thursday, March 2, 5:30-8 p.m.
LOCAL PRODUCE Jim Ward speaks about Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon, offering fresh picked fruits and vegetables since 1982.
Sharon Unitarian Church, 4 North Main St.; Friday, March 3, 7 p.m.
DEATH BY DISEASE A Burial Hill tour presents “Living in the Shadow of Death: Disease and Epidemics in Plymouth.’’ Free tours are offered the first Saturday of every month.
Saturday, March 4, 1 p.m.; meet at the top of the hill.
YOUR OWN BACKYARD The Marshfield Agricultural Commission holds its seventh annual lecture event, “Backyard Farm and Garden 2017,’’ including six lectures geared to the homegrown enthusiast.
Marshfield Senior Center, 230 Webster St.; Saturday, March 4, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ALL WOMEN The James Library & Center for the Arts presents “31 Women,’’ modeled after a historic exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim, who devoted her gallery exclusively to a show of modern women artists in 1943.
24 West St., Norwell; reception Friday, March 3, 6-9 p.m., $25, www.jameslibrary.org; on view through March 31.
PHOTO SHOW Marshfield photographer J Michael Sullivan has 38 years experience as a professional photographer.
Art Complex Museum, 189 Alden St., Duxbury; opening Sunday, Feb. 26, 1:30-3:30 p.m.; free.
ROUGH ROOTS Alastair Moock offers a distinctive “rough voice’’ in American roots music.
The Beal House, 222 Main St., Kingston; Saturday, March 4, 8 p.m.; $22, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2591486.
WINTER FEST The Friends of the Blue Hills sponsor a free evening of winter fun at “Winter Fest,’’ featuring popular local restaurants, live Irish music, arts and crafts, and a guided night hike up Great Blue.
Blue Hills Ski Area, 4001 Washington St., Canton; Tuesday, Feb. 28, 5-8 p.m.; www.friendsofthebluehills.org/winterfest.
LIGHTHOUSE SEARCH Archeologist Victor Mastone speaks on “Finding the First Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse.’’
Paul Pratt Memorial Library, 35 Ripley Road, Cohasset; Thursday, March 2, 7 p.m.
STORMY ROMANCE Duxbury High School’s version of “The Tempest,’’ featuring the sorcerer Prospera, is one of eight plays performed in the preliminary round of the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival.
Duxbury Performing Arts Center, 71 Alden St.; Saturday, March 4, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; $10, www.duxbury.k12.ma.us/Page/424.
MAINE LINING Dr. Steven Kassels discusses his book “Addiction On Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine’’ and the stigmas related to opioid addiction.
Canton Public Library, 786 Washington St.; Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.
WONDER BOY Author Marc Tyler Nobleman discusses his book, “Bill, the Boy Wonder,’’ in a program aimed at students ages 9-12.
Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St.; Wednesday, March 1, 3:45 p.m.
Also at the Hingham library, Kathleen Dunn’s selection of paintings inspired by walks along local shorelines continues through Thursday, March 2.
ELEMENTARY FUN A “Winter Carnival’’ offers a cake-walk, theme bag raffle, face painters, and a 50/50 raffle.
L.G. Nourse Elementary School, 38 Plain St., Norton; Saturday, March 4, 10-2.
HOWLING LOVE The Love Dogs consist of tenor and baritone saxes, trombone, boogie-woogie piano, stinging Fender guitar, a funky rhythm section, and a charismatic blues vocalist.
Spire Center, 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth; Saturday, March 4, 8 p.m.; $20, www.spirecenter.org.
TUNEFUL Tuneful Brew Coffeehouse offers a one-hour open mic session, followed by featured performer fiddler Christine Hedden.
First Parish Church, 842 Tremont St., Duxbury; Friday, March 3, 7-9 p.m.; $10, 12 and under free.
CAMERA CLUB Duxbury Camera Club members share slide shows of their favorite photos.
Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.; Wednesday, March 1, 7 p.m.
RELAY PRE-START The kickoff celebration for the 16th annual Relay For Life, benefitting the American Cancer Society, features feature food, games, raffle, and cash bar.
Hotel 1620, 180 Water St., Plymouth; Thursday, March 2, 6:30 p.m.; RSVP at www.relayforlife.org/gtrplymouthma.
SONG DOCTOR Singer Lucy Kaplansky earned a doctorate in psychology to work with chronically mentally ill adults, but never stopped singing.
Spire Center, 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth; Friday, March 3, 8 p.m.; $25, www.spirecenter.org.
NETWORK COOK Notre Dame Academy president Jamie Collins, a contestant on a Food Network show, cooks for a school fund-raising event, recreating the steak tartare and salmon en papillote featured on the show.
Notre Dame Academy, 1073 Main St., Hingham; Saturday, March 4, 6 p.m.; $50, www.ndahingham.com/cooking.
Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.
