The Brewer Hometown Band is going to “bring out the flags, salute the colors and cheer for the red, white and blue,” Jan Cox wrote of its next concert “of patriotic music, just for you.”
The concert is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at the Brewer Auditorium, and Cox hopes that “Mother Nature will be kind and allow us to play outside; if not, we’ll set up inside.”
This second in the band’s summer concert series “is all about this wonderful land of the free and the home of the brave,” Cox wrote, adding, “we hope to see you there.”
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Mary Lou Weaver of the Winter Harbor Public Library e-mailed that “award-winning children’s poet and author” Robert Pottle will read from several of his books from 2 to 3 p.m. today, at the library.
Pottle’s books include “I’m Allergic to School” and “Maine: The Way Wild Life Should Be.”
The program includes movement and poetry-writing activities from 3 to 3:30 p.m., nutritious snacks, and it’s all for free.
Weaver added Pottle is substituting for poet Martin Steingesser.
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Victoria Eastman wrote that “though the Park Street United Methodist Church suffered serious damage due to a recent fire, the annual Strawberry Festival will be extra-sweet this year because of the generosity of neighboring United Baptist Church who has offered the use of their dining room and kitchen to host this event.”
Therefore, you are cordially invited to the Park Street UMC of Milo annual Strawberry Festival, 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at United Baptist Church, 6 Pleasant St. in Milo.
Admission is $7 for adults, $4 for children for the meal of ham, potato salad, coleslaw, peas, hot rolls, beverages and strawberry shortcake.
Proceeds will benefit United Methodist Women mission projects.
For more information, call Jean Robinson, 943-2720 or Theresa Mudgett, 943-3474.
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This week, reports Cynthia Jennings for Old Town Public Library, the library’s Summer Concerts in the Park features Brian Catell & Jump City Jazz at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Old Town Riverfront Park.
You should bring something to sit on and, in case of rain, move on to the Elks Club on Fourth Street extension.
For more information, call 827-3972.
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Jeanne Edwards reports that the next meeting of the Sullivan-Sorrento Historical Society will be preceded by a potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, at Sorrento Public Library.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. and features Lee Kennedy presenting “The History of the First American Flag.”
You are asked to bring a dish to share and a place setting. Coffee and beverage will be provided.
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Cindy Kubetz and members of Beth Israel Synagogue invite you to their Gigantic Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, July 16, and Friday, July 17, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 19, at 144 York St., Bangor.
“The congregation has donated a room full of treasures” for the event, Kubetz wrote, adding that “with a very tight operating budget, all proceeds will benefit Congregational Beth Israel.”
For more information, call the synagogue at 945-3433.
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Jody Wolford-Tucker, executive director of Hospice of Hancock County in Ellsworth, reports that the 14th annual Hospice Regatta of Maine will be held from Friday, July 17, to Sunday, July 19, on Mount Desert Island, and “is the signature event and largest, individual fundraiser” for HHC.
“Without federal or state financial support, or any fees for services,” Wolford-Tucker continued, HHC “raises a little more than 75 percent of its operating budget annually.”
In addition to yacht races on Saturday and Sunday, the event “offers something for everyone; many ways to participate,” she wrote.
To support this event and the work of HHC, you can be a sailor in the races, be a high card for hospice poker rally player, attend the celebration of hospice lobster bake and enjoy the Schoodic Steel Drum Band, or be a corporate or individual sponsor.
To register for any event, or for more information, call HHC at 667-2531 or visit www.hospiceofhancock.org.
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Seating is limited for the Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum seventh annual Garden Tea Party, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at Ecotat in Hermon.
Tickets are $18 for tea sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and fruit preserves, and dessert, Gaynor Reynolds wrote.
The program includes live music, and tickets are available by calling 848-3603 or 848-5946.
The rain date is Sunday, July 19.
Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; javerill@bangordailynews.net; 990-8288.