Local author Ellen Halter discusses her new coming-of-age novel, set in New York in the late 1960s, about a college-aged woman and her struggles with grief, financial hardship, and a series of personal and political upheavals. 6–7 p.m., JCC, 2935 Birch Hollow. $12.50, preregistration required at jlive.app/events/17947. (734) 971–0990, jccannarbor.org.