Newtonville News

TODAY: Joe Kahn speaks at 10:30 a.m., Jewish Community Center, North Shore, 4 Community Road, Marblehead; for tickets and information, visit jccns.org/jewishbookmonth87.html . . . Ian MacKenzie and Maureen Foley read at 2 p.m., Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newtonville.

When Eunice Feller first made corn muffins for Bread & Chocolate, her bakery cum cafe in Newtonville, the ingredients included jalapeno and cheddar cheese.

TODAY: Margaret Atwood discusses "The Year of the Flood," at 7 p.m., First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Cambridge; tickets available online at harvard.com ; at Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass.

Everyone has a talent of some sort, but few people have many. You would be hard-pressed, for instance, to find an evocative novelist who is also a tenured math professor.

MONDAY: Joey Kramer signs "Hit Hard,'' at 7 p.m., Brookline Booksmith, Coolidge Corner .

NEW ART CENTER OPEN HOUSE AND RECEPTION Students are ready to show off their multimedia work at "The Creative Process: The New Art Center's Annual Student Exhibition." Tour studios and classrooms, meet the artists and faculty, participate in a scavenger hunt, and enjoy refreshments.