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Art
BANGOR — Jonathan Bright’s photographs from around the globe, Oct. 6-Dec. 7, John and Lynda Rohman Art Gallery, Eastern Maine Community College Library. Reception, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 6. 974-4640.
BANGOR — Artwork by artists from Penobscot Valley Industries, a division of Amicus; and Ralph Leek Elders, September, Lecture Hall, Bangor Public Library.
Classes
ORONO — Six-week computer classes with Shellie Batuski, Oct. 6, Orono Public Library. Beginners, 9-10:30 a.m. Intermediate class, for those with knowledge of Internet and email, 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free, but preregistration required, 866-5050.
Clubs, groups
BANGOR — AARP Penobscot Chapter 374, potluck dinner, noon Oct. 4, Elks Club, Odlin Road. Bring bag lunch and wrapped items for a baby shower. 947-7552.
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Camera Club, sharpening pictures with Ed Dixon, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Parks and Rec, 647 Main St.
BANGOR — Eastern Maine Woodturners, demonstrator Stuart White, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Eastern Maine Community College Building and Construction Workshop. Chuck Seguin, 947-7592.
BANGOR — Rendez-Vous French conversation group, 5:30-6:30 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Starbucks, Bangor Mall Blvd. French speakers welcome.
BLUE HILL — Blue Hill Friends & Neighbors, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4, Blue Hill Public Library. Update on the High Street sidewalk project, citizens’ rights and responsibilities, town park cleanup event, spring green-up day. Child care available.
BREWER — Daughters of Isabella, Circle 422 of Bangor, 10 a.m. Oct. 3, St. Teresa’s Parish Hall.
CARMEL — Carmel Senior Citizens, noon Oct. 5, Golden Harvest Grange Hall, Main Road. Potluck dinner, bingo, cribbage. 848-2904, 947-7552.
HERMON — Arnold R. Kelly American Legion Post 200, 7 p.m. last Thursday, Hermon Volunteer Rescue Squad building, Billings Road. 848-5597.
Dance
BANGOR — Bangor Singles Club, 8 p.m.-midnight Fridays, Bangor Elks Club, Odlin Road. New Society, Sept. 30. No smoking, no T-shirts. June 24, Country Mist. Marylyn, 827-5751.
BANGOR — Contradance, music by Perpetual e-Motion, Kim Roberts calling, Sept. 30; music by Ti’ Acadie, Bill Olson calling, Oct. 21, Unitarian-Universalist Church, 120 Park St. Beginners’ session 7:30 p.m.; dance 8 p.m. All ages, all dances taught. $8, $20 family; 941-9727 or bangorcontra.org.
ORONO — Contradance with Marsh Island Band, 8 p.m. Oct. 8, Keith Anderson Community Center, 16 Bennoch Road. Beginner lesson, 7:30 p.m. All ages, all dances taught. 884-8663, marshislandband@gmail.com.
Fairs, fundraisers
BANGOR — Grange Craft Fair and Fall Harvest Fair, bounce house for youngsters, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 15, Bangor Grange, Ohio Street. Craft vendors needed, $10, 991-1489.
BANGOR — ReStore, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Penobscot Plaza. New and reusable building materials and home items at a discounted price. Proceeds help Habitat for Humanity build homes in partnership with low-income families.
BANGOR — Talent contest, age 10-17, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, Forest Avenue Congregational Church, 300 Forest Ave. $5 entrance fee. Benefits roof fund. Must preregister, 942-4705.
BANGOR — Saving Grace Thrift Shop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, back door, Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St.
BANGOR — The Attic thrift shop, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, 170 Center St. Great stuff, low prices. Benefits All Saints School. 945-5523.
BANGOR — Family Thrift Shop, Highway International Ministries, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 54 Cumberland St. Diane, 299-6637.
BANGOR — Ageless Treasures, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Hammond Street Senior Center, 2 Hammond St. Crafts made by area seniors.
BREWER — OHI Longaberger Basket Bingo, 1 p.m. Oct. 15, Brewer Eagles Club; 15 games, two coveralls, benefits people with disabilities. $10. Doors open 11 a.m. 848-5804.
BREWER — Shoestring Thrift Shop, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 10 Brimmer St., off South Main Street. Benefits scholarships. 745-7208.
DEDHAM — Multifamily yard sale, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 1, behind town hall. Vendor spaces, $10 donation to Dedham School PTF; bring your own tables, chairs. Setup 7 a.m.
FRANKFORT — Quilt show by Winterport Clippers, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 8, Frankfort Congregational Church, Route 1A. Handcrafted items, refreshments. $3 donation at door. Nancy Ronco, 223-5950.
HAMPDEN — Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament, 1 p.m. Oct. 8, Hampden Kiwanis Civic Center. Doors open at noon. Fee $103, limited to 100 players. Benefits Hampden Kiwanis charities. 356-9949.
HERMON — Spaghetti supper, silent and live auctions to benefit Jacob Tozer’s Ride, to make van handicapped-accessible for 13-year-old, 4-6 p.m. Oct. 29, Hermon High School. Donation $5, $20 family. Donations to Jacob Tozer’s Ride, Camden National Bank. 848-5110.
HERMON — Neighbors Supporting Neighbors Food Pantry, 9-11 a.m. the first, third Wednesdays, Penobscot Snowmobile Club, Bog Road. 299-5186.
HOLDEN — Aunt Nellie’s Attic thrift and treasure store, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, 223 Main Road. Benefits Hammond Street Senior Center. 989-3631.
VERONA — Verona Women’s Club craft fair, Nov. 12, Verona Town Hall. Table rentals: $15 full table; $7.50 half-space or small rack. Cora Webster, 469-3740; Marlene Smith, 469-7992.
WINTERPORT — Yard and bake sale sponsored by TOPS Winterport 75, 8 a.m.-noon Oct. 1, Ellingwood Corner United Methodist Church, 796 Lebanon Road. Benefits purchase of new scale.
Film
BANGOR — Family movie night, 6 p.m., Columbia Street Baptist Church. “Resurrection Trial,” drama about Jesus as though events happened in modern times, Sept. 30. Movie and popcorn free. 945-6616, http://www.csbcbangor.org.
BANGOR — “Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War,” 7 p.m. Sept. 25, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 96 Harlow St., Suite 100. Free, open to all, with discussion.
ORONO — Sustainable Orono, documentary “Olomana Gardens: Permaculture and Aquaponics” in Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1, Orono Senior Center, Birch Street; sustainable_orono@hotmail.com.
Lectures, events
BANGOR — Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13: Don Kraus, “Tribalism, Globalism and the Responsibility to Protect”; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3: Steve Brouwer, 7:30 p.m., “Revolutionary Doctors in Venezuela and Cuba”; Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, 100 Harlow St. Speakers not necessarily Socialist or Marxist. 581-3860 or douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu.
BLUE HILL — “Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune,” 7 p.m. Sept. 30, Blue Hill Public Library. Documentary of the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs in 1960s. Interviews with Joan Baez, Sean Penn, Pete Seeger. Presented as part of Peninsula Peace & Justice Fall Film Series. All welcome. 326-4405.
CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy’s Corning School of Ocean Studies, 3 p.m., Alumni Lecture Room, Leavitt Hall. “Big Things Come in Small Packages: Lessons Learned from Corals in a Period of Rapid Climate Change,” Dr. Jodi Schwartz, Vassar College, Oct. 3; “The Regulation of Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbioses: In Sickness and In Health,” Dr. Virginia Weiss, Oregon State University, Oct. 17; “Unassuming Engineers: The Effects of Injury and Nutrition on Sediment Disturbance by a Marine Polychaete, Clymenella Torquata,” Beth Campbell, University of Maine, Nov. 7; “Microbes in Coastal Systems: Why We Should Care About Those Always Overlooked, Often Misunderstood, Frequently Maligned, Yet Utterly Indispensable Members of Our Aquatic Habitats,” Dr. Jennifer Bowen, University Massachusetts, Boston, Nov 28. Free, open to all.
ORONO — Socialist and Marxist Studies Series, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Bangor Room, Memorial Union, University of Maine. Oct. 6: “Bring Our War $$ Home: 9/11, the Afghanistan War and the Killing of Osama bin Laden,” professor Doug Allen; Oct. 13: “Global Cooperation: The Only Path Forward,” Don Kraus, executive director of Citizens of Global Solutions; Oct. 20: “Rethinking the Capitalist-Communist Difference: a Marxian Analysis,” Richard D. Wolff, professor of economics emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and visiting professor at New School University, New York; Oct. 20: 7:30 p.m., 101 Neville Hall, UMaine, Richard D. Wolff, annual Howard B. Schonberger Memorial Lecture on Peace and Social Justice, “Capitalism’s Ongoing Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Solutions”; Oct. 27: “Living Downstream II: Updates on the Old Town Dump and the University of Maine,” panelists John Banks, director of the natural resources department, Penobscot Nation; Paul Schroeder, Orono resident, member of Trash Trackers Network; Ed Spencer, West Old Town resident; Nov. 3: “Practicing Revolution, Practicing Medicine in Cuba and Venezuela,” Steve Brouwer, author of “Revolutionary Doctors: How Venezuela and Cuba Are Changing the World’s Conception of Health Care”; Nov. 10: “I Go on Singing: A Tribute To Paul Robeson,” Anthony Brown, performer and activist for social justice, founder of The Peacing It Together Foundation. Tribute to Robeson — All-American football player, Shakespearean actor, world-famous singer, film star and courageous human rights, peace and justice activist, Brown’s national performance of Robeson’s songs and narration of his life; 7 p.m. Nov. 10: Anthony Brown, “Songs and Stories of Peace, Hope and Justice,” Hauck Auditorium, Memorial Union. Speakers not necessarily Socialist or Marxist. 581-3860 or douglas.allen@umit.maine.edu.
ORONO — Tuesday Readers, “A Certain Slant of Light,” by Cynthia Thayer, 10 a.m. Oct. 18, Orono Public Library. Mysteries of American cultures and geographical locations. 866-5060.
ORONO — Thursday Thoughtful Readers with Judy Hakola, Let’s Read About It Series, “Dance Hall of the Dead,” by Tony Hillerman, 3-4:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Orono Public Library. 866-5060. All welcome. 866-5060.
Meals
BANGOR — Breaking Bread soup kitchen, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, Apostolic Lighthouse Church, 517 Hammond St. Free. 570-8107.
BANGOR — Free community meal, 4-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. 945-9567.
BANGOR — Free meal, 4:30-6:30 p.m. first Wednesday of month, Redeemer Lutheran Church, 540 Essex St.
BANGOR — Community dinner, full-course meal, 4:30-6:30 p.m. first and third Saturdays, Apostolic Lighthouse Church, 517 Hammond St. $6, $3 children. 570-8107.
HAMPDEN — Baked bean supper and John’s Chili, 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 1, Hampden Kiwanis Club. $7, $4 children. Takeout, call 862-3700, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
HERMON — American Legion baked bean supper, 4:30-6:30 p.m. third Saturday, Hermon Rescue Squad building. $7, $3 children. 848-5597.
HOLDEN — Baked beans and casseroles supper, pies, 5 and 5:45 p.m. Oct. 8, Holden Congregational Church. $7, $4 children, free preschoolers.
ORRINGTON — Baked beans and casseroles supper, pies, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Oct. 1, East Orrington Congregational Church, 38 Johnson Mill Road. $7, $3 children.
SEARSPORT — German supper sponsored by Searsport Bay Area Lions Club, 5-6:30 p.m. Oct. 1, Prospect Street. Sauerbraten, spaetzle, kraut, Black Forest cake, Baden apple roll. $10.
STILLWATER — Baked bean supper, 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 1, Stillwater Federated Church. $7, children $1. Handicapped-accessible.
VEAZIE — Spaghetti supper, 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 8, Veazie Congregational Church, 1404 State St. $6, children $3.
Museums
BANGOR — Thomas A. Hill House, historic house and Civil War museum, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, through Sept. 30, 159 Union St. $3, free to members and children under 12.
BANGOR — Centennial Exhibit, Great Fire of 1911, hosted by Bangor Museum and History Center and Hose 5 Fire Museum, curated by Dick Shaw, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 29-30, 73 Central St. Rare artifacts, photographs, first-person accounts. 942-1900.
BANGOR — Cole Land Transportation Museum, 200 antique (primarily Maine) vehicles, 50-300 years old. Autos, trucks, trains, horse-drawn wagons, sleighs, several firetrucks and a hand-pumper. One hundred family and military exhibits and memorials including World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Military Order of Purple Heart, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Nov. 11, 405 Perry Road. $7, $5 seniors, free age 18 and under. 990-3600.
BANGOR — Maine Air Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. Sundays, 98 Maine Ave. $2, $1 children, $5 family. 941-6757.
BANGOR — Maine Korean War Memorial, monument with names of 245 Mainers killed or MIA, 1950-1953, five Medal of Honor recipients. Flags of 15 U.N. participating nations, U.S., South Korea. Remembrance Walkway honoring veterans of all wars, Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope Avenue. Named State Korean War Memorial by Maine Legislature in 1995.
HAMPDEN — Hampden Historical Society, Katherine Trickey Archives, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 11, Kinsley House, Main Road South. Or by appointment, 862-2027.
INDIAN ISLAND — Penobscot Nation Historical Museum, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Historical and cultural objects of Penobscot Tribe from early Stone Age to present. Videos daily. Free, donations accepted. 827-4153.
OLD TOWN — Old Town Museum, 1-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, 353 Main St. Free.
ORONO — Page Farm and Home Museum, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, University of Maine campus.
PROSPECT — Fort Knox State Historic Site, 9 a.m.-sunset, through October. $3, $1 age 5-11.
PROSPECT — Penobscot Narrows Observatory, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, through October. $5, $3 age 5-11, includes admission to Fort Knox.
Music
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Gospel music concert with Jack Butler, 6 p.m. Oct. 2, Stockton Springs Community Church. Free, donations accepted.