Darlene Kascak, educational coordinator and traditional Native American Storyteller at The Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington (Conn.), will participate in Newtown Historical Society’s Open House and Native American and Colonial Thanksgiving remembrance this month.

A North Haven based gardener and birder will present “The Marvelous Mason Bee: A Super Pollinator” when she visits Newtown as a guest of The Town & Country Garden Club this week.

The public is invited to catch up with members of Flagpole Photographers Camera Club his afternoon, when they celebrate the opening of this year's "Newtown & Beyond" exhibition. The club will also host its monthly meeting on November 10.

Newtown Hikers, an open group welcoming anyone interested in hiking, recently visited Deer Pond Farm Sanctuary in Sherman for a group hike.

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will welcome Diane Dubreuil to town this week, when she plans to paint a landscape with watercolors while discussing her award-winning painting technique.

The community is invited to a presentation at Trinity Episcopal Church, to be offered by the Very Rev Canon Alan G. Dennis and Jenny Dennis on Wednesday, November 9.

The Genealogy Club of Newtown is planning a program to help readers find small, doable projects about ancestors that can be shared with relatives.

Sally Brockett will present “The Marvelous Mason Bee: A Super Pollinator,” next week for Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown.

Martin Patrick Tuite of Danbury will be guest speaker at the Sunday, November 13, Newtown Historical Society program at C.H. Booth Library.

“Autumn Refrain,” an exhibition of vibrant oil paintings and unique monoprints by Newtown artist Roberta Shea, opens this week at Ridgefield Library.