Lady Crawley’s “Downton Abbey” character was based on the ladies of America’s Gilded Age.

Historian Jann Mackey takes a look at the American heiresses who took their fortunes across the sea after the Civil War to try to wed an aristocrat. Join the conversation “To Marry an English Lord” at the Smith Public Library in Wylie.

The exhibition “Anne Frank: A History for Today” takes a deeper look at the life of Anne Frank, the Holocaust, and human rights. It opens with a discussion at the Dallas Holocaust Museum.

And in Arlington, upcycle your holiday cards into a flower mosaic on canvas at the River Legacy Living Science Center’s Artini Hour.