West Hartford – Book Talk with Elizabeth Poliner, author of As Close to Us as Breathing, a multigenerational Jewish family saga about one tragic summer on the Woodmont shoreline, known as “Bagel Beach;” bring a dairy dinner, dessert of ice cream sundaes will be provided; 6 p.m.; the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, Community Services Building, 333 Bloomfield Ave., lnewman@jewishhartford.org, (860) 727-6170. $5, reservations requested.