Hello kcalderwood,
Thanks for reaching out to us!
The easiest way to accomplish what you’re looking for with the calendar starting at a later date would be to either using the List view as default within your events settings Events Settings -> Display -> Default View. You could also link directly to the month you would like using the grid view by adding the date to the end of the URL. So, instead of linking to “yourdomain.com/events” you could link to “yourdomain.com/events/2015-03/”.
To control this within your widgets, you could follow this tutorial to have the calendar “fast-forward” to the next upcoming event.
For the week view, unfortunately there isn’t a straightforward way to modify the range on the week view. However, when events occur during the week, the range on the week view will start with the earliest event time for the week. So, if your first event for the week starts at 9am, the range will initially start at 9am.
Let me know if this helps.
Thanks!
– Josh