Hard code category widget

[Romea]

I'd like to create a widget that contains a headline link and short excerpts from my "Events" category. I'm not a code writer and I tried the following but it didn't work:

<?php the_category('Events') ?>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_title(); ?><br />

<div class="clear"></div>
<?php the_content_limit(200, "[".__("Read more", 'studiopress')."]"); ?><div style="clear:both;"></div>

} ?>

Any ideas how to make this work? I was using a calendar plug-in that conflicted with my Twitter widget, and this solution (if I can get it going) is my work around. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!