Hello Lisa and chritianmueller,
Thanks for contacting us!
These are separate features that can be accomplished with two of our premium plugins.
Select Categories with Filterbar
With the Filterbar plugin, you can allow users to filter the calendar by category and other information. We unfortunately don’t have a live example of this, but here is a screenshot that may help.
Featured Event Widget
The Events Calendar Pro premium plugin comes with a ‘Countdown’ widget with a timer to the selected event. The same can also be accomplished using the ‘Event List’ widget and the features the Pro plugin adds to it.
Does this make sense? Let me know if I can explain anything else!
Cheers!
– Casey Driscoll