Jan. 4: PORTLAND, Thomas Desjardin, author of “Through a Howling Wilderness – Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775,” will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Jan. 8: NORTH CONWAY, N.H., a talk on Native American dancing will be presented at noon at the Native American Cultural Center, at the Mountain High Marketplace. Free 603-356-5772