Partying takes precedent on this week’s “The MUG Event Calendar,” but there are still some noticeable events underway.

Jeff Carlson will talk iMovie ‘11 at a Washington group, while user group activist Nicholas Pyers will discuss email at an Australian group, and Canon will show off their offerings to a Louisiana Final Cut Pro group. Holiday parties dominate the rest of this week’s calendar, although there will be presentations of Microsoft Office 2011, Mac security, print-on-demand, Bento, iLife 11, Apple TV and more.

“The MUG Event Calendar” can be found at The MUG Center (http://www.mugcenter.com), an online resource for Mac User Groups. MUGs are good places for making new friends in the Mac community, improving your computing skills, finding solutions to technical Problems, and perhaps locating a good deal on used hardware. For more info on MUGs, and to find the location of the one nearest you, go to Apple’s MUG page (http://www.apple.com/usergroups/).