ALTON — Hirundo Wildlife Refuge and Maine Audubon offer a morning paddle along floodplain forests and sedge meadows bordering Pushaw and Dead streams 8-9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31, in the refuge. Recent bird sightings included belted kingfisher, eastern kingbird, American loon and the sound of bittern and other birds. Canoes and equipment will be available or bring your own. Meet at Gate 3, 35 Hudson Road. Admission is by suggested donation of $5, free to schoolchildren.
Ballet, tea, hats
BANGOR — Maine Discovery Museum will host a dance performance of “Alice in Wonderland,” a ballet recital with tea, potions and hat making at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the museum. Activities will feature a magic potion necklace and a Mad Hat creation.
Ticlets are $10 museum members, $15 others, free to adults accompanying children. For information, go to mainediscoverymuseum.org.
Library book sale
BANGOR — Now is the time to bring gently used books to the Bangor Public Library for the Friends of the Bangor Public Library annual book sale on Saturday, June 21.
As always, the Friends cannot accept textbooks, Readers Digest Condensed books, old encyclopedias, or anything that has mold or mildew. The Friends will take fiction or nonfiction on any subject. Last year the sale raised a record $5,171.
Books may be taken to the library 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. To arrange to have book donations picked up, call the library at 947-8336.
E-waste disposal
BANGOR — Join Penobscot Community Health Care and Electronics End LLC to dispose of electronic waste in an environmentally safe way 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at PCHC, 1012 Union St. Accepted items include computers, monitors, printers, televisions, batteries from power tools, computers, automobiles and trucks. Refrigerators and air conditioners will not be accepted.
The event is free and open to the public. Every 25th vehicle will wins a gift card.
For information, call 992-9200, ext. 1469.
Plant sale
BANGOR — Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center will hold its annual plant sale, including field grown perennials, shrubs, vegetables, herbs and annuals, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St. Gift certificates from several local nurseries will be raffled.
Turkey supper
FRANKFORT — A turkey supper will be served 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Frankfort Congregational Church, Main Road. The cost is $9, $3.50 children.
Great Giveaway
HAMPDEN — Community Church of the Open Door will host its fourth annual Great Giveaway 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 31, at the church, 270 Main Road North. Hundreds of donated items will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis. From books and games to appliances; housewares and furniture to clothing; everything is free.
The event will be held rain or shine. Organizers said no item will be given away in advance and no one will admitted before 8 a.m.. There is a limit of three large items per family. All other items are unlimited.
Wooden weathervanes
OLD TOWN — Roy Klitch of Old Town, who creates wooden weathervanes, will demonstrate his craft 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, June 9. The event, sponsored by Gateway Seniors, is free. Call 944-2935 for directions. To register to attend the event, call 889-3031.
Benefit yard sale
ORRINGTON — The Curran Homestead Living History Farm and Museum will hold its fourth annual giant yard sale 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday through Sunday, June 6-8, at the museum, 372 Field’s Pond Road.
Funds raised at the yard sale will be used to operate the farm and support its mission to preserve and promote rural Maine heritage through public education programs and demonstrations.
To donate items for the sale, call Dick Hanson, 825-4457; Bruce Bowden, 356-5076 or brucerbowden@hotmail.com; Irv Marsters, 745-4426 or irv@bangorlettershop.com; or bring items to the farm 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, or by appointment. Items must be in good condition and good working order.
Merchant mariners project
SEARSPORT — The Penobscot Marine Museum will partner with the Seamen’s Church Institute to host a day of oral history interviews with merchant mariners 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at the museum.
During this event, mariners will be invited record their stories with SCI researchers and volunteers as part of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Oral History Project.
Photo archivists at the museum will gather feedback from mariners on their photo collections. The museum will offer reduced admission of $6 to mariners on the day of the interviews.
The interviews will be archived and made available as an online repository of stories of the sea.
Johnathan Thayer, SCI Archivist and leader of the project, has interviewed veteran mariners in the Port of New York and New Jersey. “Their remarkable tales represent largely overlooked perspectives within American history,” he said.
Through its American Merchant Marine Veterans Oral History Project, SCI helps mariners gain recognition and dignity in the historic record through their own words.
Mariners who what more information about the event or who wish to participate may RSVP to Maine-based SCI researcher Michele Christle at michele.christle@gmail.com or 603-781-9848 to schedule a time for an interview. If transportation or health is an issue, mariners are encouraged to contact Christle for alternative participation methods.