Friday (25th) – The People In Neighborhoods Can Help, PINCH Foundation to honor South Boston’s Billy Higgins with the 2015 Jack Leary Quiet Leadership award7 p.m., to midnight, at the West Roxbury Elks. Tickets $35 at the door. Go to pinchfoundation.org, for more information, or call 617-838-7362.

Saturday (26th) – Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center’s free annual Rockin with Raptors festival from 1-4 p.m. Enjoy a free cookout, lively music, face painting, arts and crafts, as well as the chance to pet goats and see live raptors up close. 500 Walk Hill St.,
Mattapan.

• Saint Ann Neponset Annual $10,000 Dinner benefiting parish youth. Grand Prize $10,000. Florian Hall, 6 p.m. cocktails, 7:30 - 11 p.m. dinner and drawing. $150 for a numbered ticket and $40 for a companion ticket. Call 617-825-6180 or saintannoffice@gmail.com. Only 200 tickets sold.

Sunday (27th) – Congressman Stephen F. Lynch hosts an information session for all high school students interested in applying to one of the United States Service Academies in Braintree, 10 a.m.-noon. Representatives from each of the Service Academies will make brief presentations and be available for questions. East Middle School, 305 River St., Braintree. Contact Bob Fowkes at 617-428-2000.

• Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, which raises the most money of any single-day walk in the nation, starts at 7 a.m. and follows the Boston Marathon route from Hopkinton to Boston. Finish line is Copley Square, Boston. To register or to support a walker, visit JimmyFundWalk.org or call (866) 531-9255. Registration is easy and walkers can enter the discount code NEWS for $5 off.

• Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate in Dorchester at 4 p.m. Register online at emkinstitute.org

Tuesday (29th) – Kennedy Library Forum on “JFK’s Forgotten Crisis” with Bruce Riedel discussing his new book on Tibet, the CIA and the Sino-Indian War. 3-4 p.m. Free. Call 617-514-1600 or jfklibrary.org to reserve space.

Saturday (3rd) – “Nueva España” concert by The Boston Camerata at Ashmont’s All Saints’ Church, 209 Ashmont St., Dorchester brings to life once again the ancient colonial music of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia in an unforgettable blend of Spanish, native American, and African styles. 3pm. Tickets $20,$30. Discounts are available for students ($10) and groups of 10 or more. For further information, call 617-262-2092 or visit bostoncamerata.org.

• Kennedy Library Forum on Immigration Stories, 2-3 p.m. marks 50th anniversary of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965 with NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten, who discusses his book on the subject with the Boston Globe’s Marcela Garcia. Free. Call 617-514-1600 or jfklibrary.org to reserve space.

Sunday (4th) – East Boston Savings Bank 10th Annual 5K Bay Run/Walk Road Race on Day Boulevard at Carson Beach, 9 a.m.Please contact Joyce Patterson at (857) 524-1123 or email her at jpatterson@ebsb.com.