[Plugin: All-in-One Event Calendar] Styling widget

I’ve been restyling the calendar widget for the homepage of my site under development (internationalfocusnc.org). I’ve got it almost like I want it, except two things.

First, I’d like to spell out the month instead of using the three-letter abbreviation. I’m sure there’s a way to do this, I just can’t seem to find it. Is it the following lines in the “agenda-widget.php” file?

<h3 class="ai1ec-date-title">
<span class="ai1ec-month"><?php echo date_i18n( 'M', $timestamp, true ) ?></span>
<span class="ai1ec-day"><?php echo date_i18n( 'j', $timestamp, true ) ?></span>
</h3>

Second, I’d like to include a brief, truncated description within the widget (beneath the entry title). I want to base it on the entry’s main content, including the first x characters. Can anyone offer a suggestion for that?

Thanks for the great plugin.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-event-calendar/