Check out this week's calendar of events. Staff photo.

14 Saturday: From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., women-owned small businesses will have vendors set up at the Coronado Ferry Landing for community members to shop hand-crafted goods.

14 Saturday: Coronado’s VFW post is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day dinner on March 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner with potatoes, carrots, rye bread and dessert. Tickets are $25 and are available from the post bartender.

15 Sunday: Coronado Aquatics is hosting group swim lessons in a wide variety of classes including parent and tot, preschool, youth, advanced, swim team prep, junior guards prep, teen and adult, and private lessons. Registration opens online at tinyurl.com/coronadoswim on the 15th of each month at 12 p.m. for residents, and on the 22nd of each month at 12 p.m. for non-residents. In-person and phone registration opens on March 23.

15 Sunday: The Instrumental Music Final contest, hosted by the Rotary Club of Coronado, will be held on Sunday, March 15 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in library’s Winn Room. The contest features aspiring musical artists chosen from Coronado and other high schools, as well as from San Diego’s premiere youth orchestras.

18 Wednesday: Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney will discuss and sign her new book, “Lake Effect,” in conversation with Madhushree Ghosh in the Winn Room of the Coronado public Library at 7 p.m.

21 Saturday: The Storytellers of San Diego return to the Coronado Public Library for a full day celebrating the art of storytelling — and anyone is welcome. Enjoy a full day of performances, open-mic sessions, and a debut by new storytellers from the Storytelling Institute.

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