Compass A&E

Here’s the thing about time travel: You have to be enormously careful because of the butterfly effect, which famously figured in Ray Bradbury’s story “The Sound of Thunder.” A careless hunter on a time safari steps off the designated path and crushes a butterfly; horrific changes in the future ensue.

This year’s Haystack Book Talks Festival in Norfolk, Conn., will be held on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 and 2.

There will be 80 seats available in the Norfolk Library Great Hall and the programs will be live-streamed.

Donald Sosin is a resident of Salisbury, Conn., and one of the world’s foremost players of scores for silent films.

Carroll Shelby:  Legendary automotive icon, Le Mans winner,  engineer, driver and definitely outspoken Texan,  decided that he wanted to build cars.

The Chevrolet Corvette was the honored marque at this year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival 40 in Lime Rock, Conn., over Labor Day weekend.

As one can imagine, there were Corvettes of every possible age, model and significance — including some very rare prototypes from the General Motors Heritage Collection.

In that hypothetical game where I’m asked whom I’d love to host for dinner, Stanley Tucci remains firmly at the top of my guest list.

The American Mural Project (AMP) will host its sixth annual Art of Work Gala on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 6 to 9 p.m. in its newly opened mill building in Winsted, Conn.

Artist Christopher Pouler examines the human face of the refugee crisis in his show, “Only Fortune Makes Us Different,” which is on display in the Tremaine Gallery at the Salisbury School until Nov. 20. There will be an artist reception on Friday, Sept. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m.