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You could use this code, to determine if the post is associated with the specials category. Note, I am using slug, to avoid the case and spacing issues. Then check the result set for rows.

Alternatively, if you are only looking for specials, you should modify your $sql, to include the joins and where clauses, to allow the database to restrict the result set.

SELECT e.post_id, t.name,t.slug,date_format(event_start_date,'%Y-%m')
  FROM test_em_events e
    LEFT JOIN test_term_relationships tr on (e.post_id = tr.object_id)
    LEFT JOIN test_term_taxonomy tt on (tr.term_taxonomy_id=tt.term_taxonomy_id)
    LEFT JOIN test_terms t on (tt.term_id=t.term_id)
WHERE e.post_id = $row['post_id']
     AND e.recurrence = 0
     AND t.slug = 'specials'

Lastly, Event Manager has Placeholders that may satify your needs without the coding. From the documentation set, check:

Related Events

You can show lists of other events belonging to this category. The formatting of the list is the same as a normal events list.

#_CATEGORYPASTEVENTS
Will show a list of all past events with this category.
#_CATEGORYNEXTEVENTS
Will show a list of all future events with this category.
#_CATEGORYALLEVENTS
Will show a list of all events with this category.
#_CATEGORYNEXTEVENT
Will show the next event with this category.

The code snippet from the previous post will route you to the category name given a post id. Using the ID from the post you join with the term relationship table to get the term_taxonomy_id which then can be joined to the term_taxonomy table to retrieve the term_id. The term id then gives you access to the terms table, where the category names (name) is found.

Using only the #_LOCATIONMAP place holder, is there a way to allow the map to resize based on the device width?