diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/editor/PhabricatorCalendarEventEditor.php b/src/applications/calendar/editor/PhabricatorCalendarEventEditor.php
--- a/src/applications/calendar/editor/PhabricatorCalendarEventEditor.php
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/editor/PhabricatorCalendarEventEditor.php
@@ -144,4 +144,14 @@
 
     return $errors;
   }
+
+  protected function getMailTo(PhabricatorLiskDAO $object) {
+    return array($object->getUserPHID());
+  }
+
+  protected function shouldPublishFeedStory(
+    PhabricatorLiskDAO $object,
+    array $xactions) {
+    return true;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/phid/PhabricatorCalendarEventPHIDType.php b/src/applications/calendar/phid/PhabricatorCalendarEventPHIDType.php
--- a/src/applications/calendar/phid/PhabricatorCalendarEventPHIDType.php
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/phid/PhabricatorCalendarEventPHIDType.php
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
       $event = $objects[$phid];
 
       $id = $event->getID();
-      $name = pht('Event %d', $id);
+      $name = $event->getName();
 
       $handle
-        ->setName(pht('Event %d', $id))
+        ->setName($name)
         ->setFullName(pht('E%d: %s', $id, $name))
         ->setURI('/E'.$id);
     }
diff --git a/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEventTransaction.php b/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEventTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEventTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/calendar/storage/PhabricatorCalendarEventTransaction.php
@@ -127,10 +127,17 @@
     $old = $this->getOldValue();
     $new = $this->getNewValue();
 
+    $viewer = $this->getViewer();
+
     $type = $this->getTransactionType();
     switch ($type) {
       case self::TYPE_NAME:
-        if ($old) {
+        if ($old === null) {
+          return pht(
+            '%s created %s',
+            $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
+            $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid));
+        } else {
           return pht(
             '%s changed the name of %s from %s to %s.',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
@@ -141,33 +148,43 @@
         break;
       case self::TYPE_START_DATE:
         if ($old) {
+          $old = phabricator_datetime($old, $viewer);
+          $new = phabricator_datetime($new, $viewer);
           return pht(
-            '%s edited the start date of this event from %s to %s.',
+            '%s changed the start date of %s from %s to %s.',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
+            $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid),
             $old,
             $new);
         }
         break;
       case self::TYPE_END_DATE:
         if ($old) {
+          $old = phabricator_datetime($old, $viewer);
+          $new = phabricator_datetime($new, $viewer);
           return pht(
-            '%s edited the end date of this event from %s to %s.',
+            '%s edited the end date of %s from %s to %s.',
             $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
+            $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid),
             $old,
             $new);
         }
         break;
       case self::TYPE_STATUS:
+        $old_name = PhabricatorCalendarEvent::getNameForStatus($old);
+        $new_name = PhabricatorCalendarEvent::getNameForStatus($new);
         return pht(
-          '%s updated the event status from %s to %s.',
+          '%s updated the status of %s from %s to %s.',
           $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
-          $old,
-          $new);
+          $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid),
+          $old_name,
+          $new_name);
         break;
       case self::TYPE_DESCRIPTION:
         return pht(
-          "%s updated the event's description.",
-          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid));
+          '%s updated the description of %s.',
+          $this->renderHandleLink($author_phid),
+          $this->renderHandleLink($object_phid));
         break;
     }