26 meetings each week in the Peterborough, Jaffrey, Rindge area. Call 800-593-3330 for times and locations.Peterborough: Wednesday and Friday, 7 a.m.; Thursday, 7-8 p.m., Union Congregational Church.

Mondays, 1-4 p.m., Recreation Department. Learn and play. $1. Iona and Don: 924-6249.

Artifacts and folk art from the vibrant indigenous cultures of North, Central and South America, among them the Inuit of northern Canada and Alaska, the Hopi of the southwestern US, the Mayan peoples of Guatemala and Mexico and the Quechua of the Andes, will be exhibited throughout the museum. Featured will be ceremonial objects, kachina dolls, textiles and clothing, musical instruments, ceramics and cradleboards loaned by local collectors and from the museum's permanent collection.

Art Corner: Photographs by Latrice Cooper. Showcase: Craft projects by John Patterson. Through October.

Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7-8:30 p.m. 5-week discussion group. A companion book available for $20, when you sign up for the course. Anyone interested is encouraged to purchase the book and do the first week's readings in advance of the initial class.