1. Stonington property owners, the Town of Stonington is reminding you that your taxes for the second installment of real estate and personal property are due today.

2. The Mystic Arts Center is seeking submissions for the upcoming exhibition Young At Art. Anyone under the age of 18 from New London County and Westerly, R.I. is invited to submit artwork. Entries must be submitted Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 or Monday, February 20, 2012 between 11 a.m. and  5 p.m. View the entry guidelines at the Mystic Arts Center website.

3. The Screening Room presents the documentary film Children of the Wall at 8 p.m. at New London’s Crocker House. The screening is free and open to the public and part of the Hygienic XXXIII event.

4. February 1, is the birthday of the Oxford English Dictionary. The book was published for the first time in 1884.

5. Today's thought: "Where there is great love, there are always miracles"—Willa Cather.