looop

<?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();?>