$(document).ready(function() {
$('#eventsCarousel').bxCarousel({
        display_num: 4,       // number of elements to be visible
        move: 1,              // number of elements to the shift the slides
        speed: 600,           // number in milliseconds it takes to finish slide animation
        margin: 20,             // right margin to be applied to each <li> element (in pixels, although do not include "px")
        auto: false,          // automatically play slides without a user click
        auto_interval: 4000,  // the amount of time in milliseconds between each auto animation
        auto_dir: 'next',     // direction of auto slideshow (options: 'next', 'prev')
        auto_hover: true,    // determines if the slideshow will stop when user hovers over slideshow
        //next_text: 'next',    // text to be used for the 'next' control
        next_image: '/images/carousel/btn-arrow-right-black.jpg',       // image to be used for the 'next' control
        //prev_text: 'prev',    // text to be used for the 'prev' control
        prev_image: '/images/carousel/btn-arrow-left-black.jpg',       // image to be used for the 'prev' control
        controls: true        // determines if controls will be displayed
    });
});