“DAZZLING DAHLIAS,” July 31 at 6 p.m., Trafalgar Library, 424 S. Tower Drive. Free and open to the public. Peggy Bryan will talk about the colorful world of dahlias and how best to grow them.

While the seafood menu boasts numerous treasures from the deep, it’s the golden, crispy beer-battered onion rings that have somehow achieved cult status, compelling devoted fans to drive hundreds of ...