<?php
global $post;
$currentPost = $post->ID;
// store category in loc var via slug name
$category = get_category_by_slug('upcoming-events');
// get category id from slug
$catID = $category->term_id;
$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 3, 'post__not_in' => array($currentPost), 'cat' => $catID );
$lastposts = new WP_Query( $args );
while($lastposts->have_posts()) : $lastposts>the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class(); ?>>
<h3><?php the_title();?></h3>
<div>
<?php // Post thumbnail conditional display.
if ( bootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img() !== false ) : ?>
<div>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ); ?>">
<?php echo bootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img(); ?>
</a>
</div><!-- /inner plain div -->
<?php endif; ?>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title();?>">
Read full story
</a>
<?php if( ($lastposts->current_post + 1) < ($lastposts->post_count) ) { ?><div class="clear"><hr /></div><?php } ?>
</div><!-- /plain div -->
</div><!-- /.post_class -->
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();?>