LATE ARTIST HONORED South Street Gallery honors the work of the late Peter Spataro, a well-known Hingham artist and teacher whose death a year ago deeply affected the local artistic community. Spataro’s work reflects both regional landscapes and scenes from Florida, where he lived for some time in Miami. Spataro was primarily an outdoor painter, and his passion for color and light is evident in all of his paintings. He loved to paint on location, taking full advantage of natural light and color.
While the artist’s reach also extended to oil and acrylics, it’s his watercolors that will be on display and available for purchase for the month of April, gallery owner Jack Hobbs said. “These paintings represent the remainder of Peter’s estate that is available to the public.’’
149 South St., Hingham, opening reception Friday, April 1, 6-9 p.m.
HISTORY BOWL Student teams from seven high schools — Carver, Duxbury, Plymouth North, Plymouth South, Rising Tide Charter, Sacred Heart, and Silver Lake — will vie for the League of Women Voters trophy in the area’s second Civics Bee. Test your own knowledge on the contest’s theme of “Elections: History and Process.’’
The Spire Center, 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth, Sunday, April 3, 1:30 p.m.; free, www.plymouthlwv.org.
FARM GIRL Paying tribute to American agriculture and her Iowa farm roots, Susan Werner (above) sings songs on farmer’s markets, agrochemicals, climate change, drought, and a longing for a sense of place.
The Spire Center, 25 ½ Court St., Plymouth, Friday, April 1, 8 p.m.; $35, www.spirecenter.org.
Also at the Spire this weekend, Jesse Terry, a singer-songwriter from Stonington, Conn., sings of travel and homecoming.
Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m.; $20; www.spirecenter.org.
PAINTING WORKSHOP Award-winning pastel artist Gregory John Maichack leads a two-hour “Pastel Paint Stunning Still Lifes’’ workshop that enables students from mere beginners to advanced adults to learn how artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, van Gogh, and Monet painted.
Kingston Public Library, 6 Green St., Thursday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.; register through calendar of events at www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org.
ART IN FLOWER Front Street Art Gallery’s “Bloomin’ Art’’ exhibit fills a gallery with works to inspire local floral artists. Members of the Hanover, North River, Norwell, and Scituate garden clubs will compose arrangements that complement the show’s paintings.
124 Front St., Scituate, reception on Friday, April 1, 6-8:30 p.m.
HABITAT HELPER Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plymouth holds its spring indoor yard sale to raise funds for affordable housing on Saturday, April 2, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Plymouth United Methodist Church.
29 Carver Road; to volunteer or for more information, call the Habitat office at 508-866-4188.
A DANGEROUS CLIMATE The Massachusetts chapter of 350.org, the worldwide environmental awareness organization founded by Bill McKibben, will screen the acclaimed National Geographic documentary on climate change “Years of Living Dangerously Episode 3: The Surge,’’ with a brief discussion to follow.
Loring Hall Theatre, 65 Main St., Hingham, Saturday, April 2, 10 a.m.; free.
CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP Boston University School of Theology professor Dana L. Robert will speak on “Cross-Cultural Christian Friendships in the Age of Nationalist Revolution, 1950s-1970s.’’ Robert’s research and teaching interests span the fields of mission history, the history of world Christianity, and mission theology.
Mann Student Center, Eastern Nazarene College, 23 East Elm Ave., Quincy, Wednesday, March 30, 7 p.m.; free.
TWO-STEP PROGRAM Aztec Two-Step (above) has performed worldwide to critical acclaim by major newspapers and Rolling Stone magazine and appeared on radio and TV shows. Hailed as seminal folk-rock pioneers, Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman will be joined by special guest John Batdorf for this performance.
The River Club Music Hall, 78 Border St., Scituate, Friday, April 8, 8 p.m.; for tickets, see www.theriverclubmusichall.com.
SANCTUARY SINGER Singer-songwriter Jake Armerding, who has performed at the storied Passim Coffeehouse in Cambridge, will bring his quartet to Music at Sanctuary Hall. Weymouth singer-songwriter Kerrin Connolly will open.
East Weymouth Congregational Church, 1320 Commercial St., Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m.; $15, $10 students, seniors.
STORY SLAM The James Library & Center for the Arts hosts its third annual story slam (above). Participants are invited to tell a true story in fewer than five minutes in front of a live audience on a preselected theme. This year’s theme is “Funny Business.’’ The audience then chooses its favorite two stories at the end of the night.
24 West St., Norwell, Friday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.; $20, $18 advance at www.jameslibrary.org.
HATE SPEECH The Kingston Democratic Town Committee hosts a program on the lessons of the danger of hate speech learned from the Holocaust. An exhibit sheds light on bystanders who remained silent in the face of Nazi persecution and the “upstanders’’ who chose to speak out against the regime. A speakers’ panel includes educators and a childhood Holocaust survivor.
Kingston Senior Center, 30 Evergreen St., Saturday, April 2, 10-2, panel at 11 a.m.; free.
Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.
