PITTSFIELD – The Central Maine Progressive Women’s Group will host an evening of discussion with Diana Allen, wife of U.S. Rep. Tom Allen.

Allen, a Portland Democrat, is running for the U.S. Senate.

The discussion will include such topics as the economy, the war in Iraq, education, housing and welfare.

The event is set for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Warsaw Middle School library in Pittsfield.

Refreshments will be served. The school is on School Street, which is the second left on Somerset Avenue from Exit 150 of Interstate 95.