SNOW PLAY AT BLUE HILLS The Blue Hills Reservation Ski Area offers discounted all-day lift tickets, lessons, and rentals at the state park’s Winter Fest. The evening includes a chili cook-off featuring popular local restaurants, Irish music, arts and crafts, and a guided night hike up Great Blue Mountain. Blue Hills has eight ski trails covering a vertical drop of 300 feet.

4001 Washington St., Canton, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 5-8 p.m.; for discounted lift tickets, visit www.FriendsoftheBlueHills.org.

WINTER NIGHT OUT “Winterfest 2016: A Night on the Town’’ invites participants to sample regional food and beverage from vendors who use locally grown ingredients. Sponsored by the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, the event features regional vintners and brewers, and local food purveyors and restaurants, and the opportunity to socialize with representatives from art, music, and other cultural organizations.

Lombardo’s, 6 Billings St., Randolph, Thursday, Feb. 25, 5:30 to 9 p.m.; $35 in advance for chamber members and guests, $55 at door, call 617-479-1111.

GUITAR DUO The Perlak/Tronzo Guitar Duo bridges the worlds of classical and modern improvised music, performing American solo and duo guitar works and compositions that draw on new ideas and traditional elements. Kim Perlak has been featured on National Public Radio. David Tronzo placed among the “Top Ten Jazz Guitarists’’ by Musician Magazine. Hingham Public Library, 66 Leavitt St., Sunday, Feb. 21, 3 p.m.; free.

OWLS ON THE PROWL February is courtship time for New England owls, leading to an exciting month for an Owl Prowl. During a naturalist-led hike, listen for great horned and Eastern screech-owls and discuss these animals’ adaptations.

Myles Standish State Forest, 194 Cranberry Road, Carver, Friday, Feb. 26, 6-7:15 p.m.; free, preregistration required, www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=5:program_code=44706.

MUSIC MARATHONBand, jazz, and choral students perform a wide variety of music, including surf classics, movie soundtracks, and other short performances to celebrate arts education in Norwell public schools. There also will be food, a silent auction, and raffle baskets.

All proceeds support arts education and programming in Norwell’s schools.

Norwell Middle School cafeteria, 328 Main St., Saturday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; www.norwellarts.org.

HEARTS FOR HOMELESS Eastern Nazarene College’s A Cappella Choir presents a Valentine’s Day-themed concert benefiting Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore. Directed by Timothy Shetler, the concert will feature a wide variety of love songs. Eastern Nazarene alumni who sang with the group will join the choir for this concert.

South Shore Baptist Church, 578 Main St., Hingham, Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; free will offering, 617-745-3715.

NAVIGATING MILTON HISTORY Jon Green, Suffolk Resolves House curator, presents “The Compass and Navigation in Milton history,’’ a program on the importance of navigation and Star Compass Co. to the town of Milton. Massachusetts Indians from Mattapan traveled down the Neponset River to trade with English fishermen. Later, shipbuilding developed along the Neponset. Star compass was developed in 1905 in Dorchester and manufactured in an East Milton shop during the 20 century.

Fireside chat at the Suffolk Resolves House, 1370 Canton Ave., Milton, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.; reservation only, 617-696-4115.

IRISH YOUTH The Company Theatre presents “The Young Irelanders’’ Irish music, song, and dance spectacular. The troupe has toured with “Riverdance.’’

30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell, Saturday, Feb. 27, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; $32, www.companytheatre.com.

ORGAN MUSIC Midday Music with Richard Hill presents “Love Songs Remembered,’’ featuring popular favorites such as “Star Dust’’ by Hoagy Carmichael, along with other familiar classics.

Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant St., Brockton, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 12:15 p.m.; free, donations for the Organ Fund.

COLLEGE AID Financial adviser Nora Yousef’s “Women, Wine, and Wall Street’’ series presents “College Savvy Parents,’’ offering insight on getting the most financial aid from colleges.

Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows St., Easton, Thursday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m.; RSVP to 508-230-8960.

TOP SCHOOL PLAYS The Massachusetts High School Festival of Plays holds preliminary rounds at 14 schools across the state. Eight plays will be hosted by Duxbury at the town’s Performing Arts Center, including Duxbury High’s entry, “The Sacrificial King,’’ a play about John Lennon, and a “Young Girl.’’ Plays by Scituate, Rising Tide Charter, Hanover, South Shore Charter, and Hingham high schools will also be performed in Duxbury.

71 Alden St., Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; $10 at door.

ANCIENT ART The ancient art of encaustic, also known as hot wax painting, will be on view in “Compelling Progressions: Explorations in Encaustic’’ at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. The basic process involves heating, cooling, building up, and scraping back layers of wax. In a new exhibition, New England artists work “outside the box’’ while investigating the encaustic medium. Pat Gerkin’s paintings examine the space between the physical and the inner world. Donna Hamil Talman’s art explores the way the life of earth, sea, and the body evolves. Charyl Weissbach’s paintings create a counterpoint between the ethereal and physical worlds.

189 Alden St., Sunday, Feb. 21, 1-4 p.m., through May 15.

Send information about events at least two weeks in advance to Robert Knox at rc.knox2@gmail.com.