Hi Quincy,
Recurring events are a feature of Events Calendar Pro that let you create multiple rules on an event for when that event should repeat. If you want the event to simply last for several days, this is something that you can do in The Events Calendar in the start and end date settings. For your example (August 7th and 14th), you would need to create a recurring event.
Regarding the widgets, you can find an outline of the available widgets here, and you can also see some live examples over on our demo site.
We do offer full refunds within 30 days of purchase, so if you’d like to take Events Calendar Pro for a test run, feel free to do so! Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Thanks,
Jennifer