Journalist Charles Mann will speak at the URI honors colloquium tonight.

Today

URI Chorus rehearsal, 7 to 9:45 p.m., Room C-100 of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston.

Jamestown Community Band rehearsal, 7 p.m., Portuguese American Citizens Club, 138 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown.

Honors colloquium, “Human Transformation of the Americas Before Columbus,” URI’s Chafee Social Science Center, 7:30 p.m.

Tomorrow

Civil War talk, Robert Grandchamp, author of The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War, Exeter Public Library, 773 Ten Rod Rd., Exeter, 7 to 8 p.m.

Duplicate bridge, Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, 12:30 p.m.

Social dance lessons, Swing and ballroom, 6 p.m., Latin, 7 p.m., beginners’ tango, 8 p.m., and intermediate tango, 9 p.m., The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd., Narragansett. $12 for one, $4 for each additional class.

Crochet class, noon, Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly.

Thursday

URI Theatre production, Small Tragedy, Robert E. Will Theatre of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Tickets$14, $10 for seniors, URI faculty/staff, and $8 for students.

Women’s Night in Wickford, benefit for Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County, Main and Brown Streets, Wickford, 5 to 8 p.m.

Friday

Forensic science lecture, Elizabeth LaPosata, retired Rhode Island medical examiner, “Pathology in the Public Interest,” 3:30 to 5 p.m., URI’s Pastore Hall.

My Fair Lady, Westerly’s Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., 8 p.m. Tickets $18, $15 for senior citizens and $11 for children; for reservations, call 596-2341.

URI Theatre production, Small Tragedy, Robert E. Will Theatre of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Tickets$14, $10 for seniors, URI faculty/staff, and $8 for students.

Art show and sale, Java Madness, 134 Salt Pond Rd., Wakefield, 5 to 8 p.m., to benefit Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County.

Slocum Grange, 96 Slocum Rd., North Kingstown, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

My Fair Lady, Westerly’s Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., 8 p.m. Tickets $18, $15 for senior citizens and $11 for children; for reservations, call 596-2341.

URI Theatre production, Small Tragedy, Robert E. Will Theatre of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, 7:30 p.m. Tickets$14, $10 for seniors, URI faculty/staff, and $8 for students.

African-American lecture series, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities “Freedom Festival,” Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly, 1 to 3 p.m.

Coastal Growers’ Markets, 9 a.m. to noon, Casey Farm, 2325 Boston Neck Rd., Saunderstown; 8:30 a.m. to noon, Richmond Town Hall, 5 Town House Rd., Richmond; and 8:30 a.m. to noon, URI’s Keaney Gym parking lot, Route 138, Kingston.

Sunday

My Fair Lady, Westerly’s Granite Theatre, 1 Granite St., 2 p.m. Tickets $18, $15 for senior citizens and $11 for children; for reservations, call 596-2341.

URI Theatre production, Small Tragedy, Robert E. Will Theatre of the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Rd., Kingston, 3:30 p.m. Tickets $14, $10 for seniors, URI faculty/staff, and $8 for students.

“Blessing of the Animals,” Chapel of St. John the Divine, Church Way and Willett Road, Saunderstown, 9:30 a.m.

Washington County VFW Post 916 auxiliary, Post Home, High Street, Wakefield, 2 p.m.

Monday

American Baptist Churches of Rhode Island fall festival, Canonicus Camp and Conference Center, 54 Exeter Rd., Exeter, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Duplicate bridge, Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, 6:30 p.m.

Computer class, Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, 6 to 8 p.m.

Hope Valley Grange, 1116 Main St., Hope Valley, 7:30 p.m.