Weston – “Peace, Politics and Plutonium: A Maven’s Guide to the Mayhem in the Middle East,” with Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent for The Jerusalem Post, called by Israel Television “the most optimistic man in the Middle East;” hosted by Schneerson Center for Jewish Life CT, at Weston Public Library, 56 Norfield Rd., schneersoncenter.org, (203) 635-4118. FREE