Wed.  Jan. 22
Art Display
THOMPSON --- The Friends of the Thompson Public Library will present, as part of their Art @ the Library series, Phylis Worley – Display of Madame Alexander Wendy Dolls through Jan. 31.

Art Exhibit
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Arts Council presents Art Guild Inspirations, works by the members of the Art Guild Northeast in the Corridor Gallery in the Municipal Complex through March.

Sat.  Jan. 25
Family Dinner Dance
POMFRET --- The Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp will hold a Sno-Ball Family Fun Dinner Dance from 5 to 8. JD/dancing follows dinner. Door prizes, drawings, family photos. Benefits the Jim Logee Campership Fund.  Adults $20; kids 10 and under $15. For tickets: 860-974-3379. Snow date Feb. 1.

Fund-raiser
POMFRET --- The Vanilla Bean Café will host the 33rd Annual Benefit Show for Access Food Pantries: Site-Based and Mobile at 7 p.m. “The Red Hot Banjo Wizard” Howie Bursen, along with the incredible Sally Rogers and Ben Gagliardi, returns to light up the stage. Admission: $25, and every penny goes toward supporting Access Food Pantries. For info or tickets: 860-928-1562.

Sun.  Jan. 26
Lecture
POMFRET --- Pomfret School will present the Schwartz Public Lecture by Bill T. Jones, dancer and choreographer from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Hard Auditorium. Free. All welcome. Registration required: pomfret.org/schwartz.

Sat.  Feb. 1
Indoor Yard Sale
PUTNAM --- Paws Cat Shelter, 74 School St., is having an Indoor Yard Sale from noon to 3 p.m. New and used items, handcrafts.  Adoptable cats will be available for viewing. Benefits the shelter. Info, to make a tax deductible donation: 860-315-1228.

Tues.  Feb. 4
Trash Discussion
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Green Team will hold a “Let’s Talk Trash” discussion at 7 p.m. at the Pomfret Community School cafeteria. 

Tues.  Feb. 11
‘Green’ Film
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Green Team will present the film, “Common Ground,” at 6:30 p.m. at the Connecticut Audubon Society of Pomfret. Common Ground presents an urgent message about the poisonous practices within American food systems. Registration requested but not required. Free popcorn. Free admission. 860-928-4948. 

Sat.  Feb. 15
Black History Program
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Public Library will present, at 12:30 p.m., “The Remarkable Women of the Six Triple Eight,” the only all-black, all-female unit to be sent overseas in WWII. Presented by Melodye Whatley. Snow date Feb. 22.

Sat.  Feb. 22
Nature Program
POMFRET --- The Connecticut Audubon Society at Pomfret on Day Road will present an Owl Walk at 7 p.m. $10 for CAS members; $20 for nonmembers. Register: 860-928-4948. 

Tues.  Feb. 25
‘Lights Out’
POMFRET --- “Light Pollution and its Impacts on Our Green Spaces” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. at the Connecticut Audubon Society of Pomfret. Lecture by Craig Repasz, chair and co-founder of Lights Out. Registration requested but not required. Free admission. 860-928-4948. 

Tues.  March 11
Green Team Film
POMFRET --- Pomfret Green Team film, “Breaking Boundaries – The Science of Our Planet,” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. at the Connecticut Audubon Society of Pomfret. Registration requested but not required. Free admission. Free popcorn. 860-928-4948. 

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