The Hopkinton Center for the Arts will present Artful Connections on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Artful Connections is a free social justice-lensed event where artists offer music, poetry, readings and spoken word. Poet Carla Schwartz and singer/songwriter Amanda Maffei will perform. This series is a collaboration between the Hopkinton Freedom Team and the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, with support from Riverside Properties, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Hopkinton Cultural Council and Hopkinton Youth & Family Services. For more information, visit hopartscenter.org/events.