RIVER SONGS The women’s chorus Persephone’s Daughters will perform its spring concert, “Riversong,’’ including favorites “Shenandoah,’’ “Basin St. Blues,’’ “Deep River,’’ and contemporary pieces such as Alison Krauss’s “Away Down the River,’’ “Down to the River to Pray,’’ and concluding with the spiritual, “Peace Like a River.’’

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 19 Town Square, Plymouth, Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m.; $20; $15 for seniors and students.

SCHOOL FOUNDER Razia Jan, a former South Shore resident who returned to Afghanistan to found a school for girls, will speak at the Scituate Rotary. She will show pictures of the Michael J. Kelley School in Afghanistan. The son of Scituate Rotary members Joe and Karen Kelley, Michael Kelley died in action in Afghanistan.

Scituate Country Club, 91 Driftway, Wednesday, May 11, 6:30 p.m.

POPULAR SINGER Singer Howie Day, whose record sales have totaled more than 1 million and who has had two top 10 hits, will perform at the River Club Music Hall.

78 Border St., Scituate, Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m.; tickets www.theriverclubmusichall.com.

ALMOST LOVE The Academy of the Company Theatre’s Teen Conservatory will present the romantic comedy “Almost, Maine,’’ a play about love in a remote, mythical town in Maine.

The Company Theatre Center, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell, Friday-Saturday, May 13-14, 7:30 p.m.; $17, $15 students, www.companytheatre.com.

ASPARAGUS DINNER Friends of Holly Hill Farm will host a farm-to-table Asparagus Dinner, a five-course prix fixe menu, and a tour of the asparagus field where this perennial crop is organically grown and harvested.

236 Jerusalem Road, Cohasset, Saturday, May 14, 6-10 p.m.; $150, $125 members, www.hollyhillfarm.org.

JAZZ CLUB Spire Center for the Performing Arts will be transformed into a city jazz club for “Love is Blind,’’ a performance by Emily Wade Adams of music inspired by the late Amy Winehouse.

25½ Court St., Plymouth, Friday, May 13, 8 p.m.; $25; www.spirecenter.org.

Also at the Spire, the Jon Butcher Axis performs on Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m.; $25.

FREE LAUGHS Laughter Yoga teachers Linda and Bill Hamaker bring their exercise of simulated laughter combined with gentle breathing that is said to deliver more oxygen to the body’s cells and generate a feeling of well-being.

Unitarian Meetinghouse of Sharon, 4 North Main St., Saturday, May 14,11 a.m.-noon; free, bring canned good for donation.

CUBA VIEWS “Cuba, 2013,’’ photographs by Nelson Ross, Barbara Ross, and Carmen Vega-Barachowitz, is on view at the Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., through May 26.

NEW WORK “Double Visions’’ at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury exhibits new work by artists already included in the museum collection, plus work by others invited by those artists.

189 Alden St., Sunday, May 8, through Sept. 4; free.

SOUL CARE Thomas Moore, a former Catholic monk and author of the best-seller “Care of the Soul,’’ will speak at Glastonbury Abbey on his new book, “Gospel — The Book of Matthew, A New Translation with Commentary.’’

16 Hull St., Hingham, Sunday, May 8, 7:15 p.m.; www.glastonburyabbey.org.

MAKING IT IN MASSACHUSETTS Seven creative artists will discuss their experiences “making it,’’ literally (creating) and figuratively (succeeding), in the Bay State. They will also discuss how to speak to relevant social issues in their work.

Fuller Craft Museum, 455 Oak St., Brockton, Saturday, May 14, 6-10 p.m.; $35, $30 members, $15 students, www.fullercraft.org.

WATERCOLR Carole Berren, an award-winning painter and popular teacher, will exhibit “Watercolor Explorations.’’ She will lead a workshop entitled “Watercolor on Yupo’’ on Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15, application at www.frontstartgallery.com.

The Front Street Art Gallery, 124 Front St., Scituate, through May 29.

LOCAL ART The 60th annual Arts Festival at Second Parish Church in Hingham will exhibit local art for sale, including paintings, photography, and crafts such as decoy miniatures, jewelry, and quilts. A junior show will exhibit more than 350 pieces of student art.

685 Main St., Sunday, May 8, 12-4 p.m., through May 15, 10-8; wine tasting Friday, May 13, 5-8 p.m.

HIGH MARKS Acclaimed Artist Eli Cedrone of Stoughton will present “Making a Mark,’’ an exhibit of paintings of interiors, figures, and landscapes, at South Street Gallery in Hingham.

149 South St., though May 31.

ORIGAMI, CLASSICS Manomet Branch Library will offer instruction in making origami animals and flowers with authentic origami papers on Saturday, May 14, 2:30 p.m.

Also at the Manomet library, the classic novels reading group will discuss the story collection “Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories’’ by John Updike on Thursday, May 12, 7 p.m.,

12 Strand Ave., Plymouth; www.plymouthpubliclibrary.org.

PICTURING MAPS Author, educator, and map illustrator John Roman will speak about his book “The Art of Illustrated Maps’’ at the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, 35 Ripley Road, Cohasset on Saturday, May 14, 2 p.m.; at www.cohassetlibrary.org.

DANCERS PROM The South Shore Dancers will host “Senior Prom II.’’ Semiformal dress optional.

Cushing Memorial Hall, 673 Main St., Norwell. Saturday, May 14, 7:30-11 p.m.; $12 reserve at 781-659-4703.

Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.