An interactive personal finance class for middle schoolers who want to gain a better understanding of investing and building wealth early. Led by Junior Investor Club founder Gavin Villepigue, the session introduces basic investment principles such as risk and reward, stocks and bonds, compound interest, and long-term financial planning. Limited space, registration link below.

The Playhouse presents “Ailey II: The Next Generation of Dance,” featuring Houston Thomas’s “Down the Rabbit Hole,” inspired by “The Matrix” and exploring the relationship between humans and technology, Alvin Ailey’s “Streams,” an abstract exploration of bodies in space, and Baye & Asa’s explosive “John 4:20.” Tickets are $75 and $80, available at the link below, along with more information about the show and the famed Ailey II dance company.

Qualified voters cast ballots for operating budgets for the Town of Weston and the Board of Education, and the combined capital budget. 

Admission is free to Redding’s outdoor community fair that benefits the Mark Twain Library. Food trucks are on hand, and you can buy tickets to participate in games and crafts. A new feature this year: a classic car show, the “Concours d’Grenouille,” unique vintage cars judged by experts.

The nationally touring Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band takes the stage in the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce concert and dinner series. A single $85 ticket buys you the concert and a three-course dinner at one of 11 participating Westport restaurants. Concert-only tickets, $30, are also available.

A free family celebration of nature at Lachat features live music by three bands, food trucks, games, hands-on activities, demonstrations, interesting animals, and an eco-raffle. Kids can also enjoy face painting, fly casting, a nature scavenger hunt, a relay, a poster contest, rock art, and more.

The latest edition of Sunday Soundscapes, the popular musical series from Friends of the Weston Library, features eGALitarian Brass, a chamber ensemble of top New York City women brass players. Styles range from classical to jazz and popular hits. Free, but reservations are recommended (link below). A suggested donation at the door is $20 for adults, $10 for students.

The annual sale at The Westport Library features thousands of gently used books for all ages in more than 50 categories, fiction and nonfiction titles, antiquarian books, vintage children’s books, DVDs, CDs, vinyl records, framed artworks large and small, and special interest items. Admission is free. Tickets for early admission on Friday morning May 16 can be purchased at the link below.

The story in photographs of the village of Valley Forge, once a small but successful manufacturing center, inundated in the 1930s to make way for the Saugatuck Reservoir. Open every Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 and on the first and last Sundays of each month, same hours. Free for WHCC members, $5 for non-member adults, $3 for children. Tickets include a guided tour of the historic Coley House.