Ari, do you want to remove/truncate description text of the event in the event widget or title?

Thanks for the reply, Ross. It's the description text of the event. My end goal is to only display the event thumbnail image, title, timestamp, and host.

Ari, you need to go here: 

ow_plugins/event/bol/event_service.php

602 line: 

 public function getListingData( array $events )    {        $resultArray = array();
        /* @var $eventItem EVENT_BOL_Event */        foreach ( $events as $eventItem )        {            $title = UTIL_String::truncate(strip_tags($eventItem->getTitle()), 80, "...") ;            $content = UTIL_String::truncate(strip_tags($eventItem->getDescription()), 100, "...");                        $resultArray[$eventItem->getId()] = array(                'content' => $content,                'title' => $title,                'eventUrl' => OW::getRouter()->urlForRoute('event.view', array('eventId' => $eventItem->getId())),                'imageSrc' => ( $eventItem->getImage() ? $this->generateImageUrl($eventItem->getImage(), true) : $this->generateDefaultImageUrl() ),                'imageTitle' => $title            );        }
        return $resultArray;    }

change this line: 

$content = UTIL_String::truncate(strip_tags($eventItem->getDescription()), 100, "...");

like this: 

$content =' ';// UTIL_String::truncate(strip_tags($eventItem->getDescription()), 100, "...");

in order not to have a description

or change the value 100 to the value you want. 

However this modification will influence all listings 

Thanks, ross. I see what you mean about affecting all listings. I ran into a similar issue when I tried to "hide" the Event widget text via CSS: it also affected forum post text.

I really appreciate the reply. Thanks again!

To change this behavior of listings is considered as bigger modification. 

Please post a topic in the custom code modification section, probably some community member will assist you with that.