Thursday (14th) – The Saint William’s Dorchester Fund hosts its fifth annual Scholarship Awards & Social Evening at the Phillips Banquet Facility, 780 Morrissey Blvd., 7:15p.m., suggested donation is $20 for adults and $10 for students.

Saturday (16th) – The 36th annual Ashmont Hill Neighborhood Yard Sale is 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 40-plus homes throughout one of Dorchester’s charming Victorian neighborhoods. By T, take the Red Line T to Ashmont Station. See ashmonthill.org

• Franklin Park Kite & Bike Festival, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bring a kite or buy one in the park. Free bike “rentals” for all ages (and bike sizes). Food trucks, vendors, and more! Rain Date: May 17. For more info:franklinparkcoalition.org / 617-442-4141.

• Author talk, book signing of Portraits of Purpose: A Tribute to Leadership featuring photographer Don West and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Kenneth Cooper, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Codman Square Branch Library, 690 Washington St., Dorchester.

Sunday (17th) – Haitian Unity Parade on Blue Hill Avenue starts at 1 p.m. in Mattapan Square, ends at Franklin Field.

Monday (18th) – JFK Library Forum features Harvard Business Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter discussing her new book, MOVE: Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead, with former Governors Michael Dukakis and Ed Rendell, and New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes. the JFK Library, Dorchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Call 617-514-1643 to RSVP.

• Dorchester author Auston Habershaw will discuss world-building in fantasy novels and read from The Iron Ring and his winning story for Writers of the Future Volume 31. 6:30 p.m. at Adams Street Branch of the BPL, 690 Adams St., Dorchester.

Tuesday (19th) – The Dorchester Day Parade Committee meets at 7 p.m. in the breakfast room of the Ramada Inn, 800 Morrissey Blvd. The meetings are open to all.

Friday (22nd) – Dorchester Day Parade 10K Cocktails & Cash Drawing, Florian Hall, 55 Hallet St., Dorchester. Doors open 7 p.m., drawing begins at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the Dorchester Day Parade Committee. Music, dancing, delicious appetizers, and great raffle prizes. Tickets cost $100 each and it includes admission for 2 and one entry in the drawing. General admission without entry into the drawing costs $25. For additional information or to purchase tickets, please contact the 10K Committee at 617-909-6451.