More flexible blocks for displaying events

At the moment, the event module produces two blocks:
- a calendar
- a list of upcoming events, displaying the calendar

I have three problems with the present way of doing things:

1) I have multiple events with the same subject but in different places: I therefore want to display the Location in the block, and not the title.

2) I have recurring events, which at the moment get entered by hand and in advance. At present, if I have the same event programmed for 30 days, then for 60 days in advance, both of them get displayed. I would like to limit the number of days in advance that events are displayed.

3) I have different kinds of events, occuring in the same town, so they all show up as the same thing in the same "Upcoming events" block. I would like to propose separate blocks per event type.

I am prepared to work on some of these things, though progress is likely to be slow given pressure of other commitments. But I would appreciate some comments on the proposals to know whether this is really specific to me, or whether these are of more general interest.