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Art
HOLDEN:
• Plein Air painting workshop in watercolors and oil with artist Michael Vermette. 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 23, Fields Pond Audubon Center. $15 center members, $20 others. To register, 989-2591.
Children
BANGOR:
• Maine Discovery Museum, 74 Main St., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Dino Dig, tree house, sound studio, pilot a ship. $7.50. Free to museum members and those under age 1. 262-7200.
• Story Time, Bangor Public Library: ABC Kids, 11-11:30 a.m. Saturdays; Chapter Chums, 4-4:45 p.m. alternate Tuesdays; Creative Crafts, 4-4:45 p.m. third Thursdays; Crochet Club, 4-4:45 p.m. Fridays; Goody Gang, 4-4:45 p.m. Mondays; Maryann’s Night Story Time, 6-6:30 p.m. Thursdays; Mother Goose, 10:15-10:35 a.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; Tiny Tots, 11-11:30 a.m. Wednesday and Thursdays.
• Children’s Bible Club, school-age children through eighth grade, 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays, Glad Tidings Church, 1033 Broadway. 947-0324, ext. 15.
HOLDEN:
• Nature Time for pre-school children and their caregivers, 10-11 a.m. Mondays, through Sept. 15, Fields Pond Audubon Center. Movement, stories, art projects, outdoor adventure. $50 Audubon members, $60 others. To register, 989-2591.
Classes
BANGOR:
- Aqua zumba drop in class, 5:05-5:55 p.m. Aug. 20, Beth Pancoe Aquatic Center, Thirteenth Street. $5. Bangor Parks and Recreation Department, 992-4490 or BangorParksandRec.com.
HAMPDEN:
• Aqua exercise, 8:45-9:45 a.m. Saturdays, Lura Hoit Pool,146 Western Ave. Drop in fee, $4 residents, $5 others, or purchase punch card for 12 classes, $30 residents, $42 others.
NEWBURGH:
• Fitness For All, one-hour class to strengthen bodies and minds of all ages, focuses on functional exercise, agility, balance; also stretching and floor exercises, 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Newburgh Town Office. $1 per session. 922-8128.
Clubs, groups
BANGOR:
• Dirigo Bridge Club with Steve Dyer, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, and 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Bangor Motor Inn. Open to all bridge players. Steve Dyer, 884-7413, or Jean Martin, 989-3873.
• Paul Bunyan Chapter of BNI, 7-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Season’s Restaurant.
• Bangor Toastmasters, nonprofit educational organization teaches public speaking and leadership skills, 7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Beal College, 99 Farm Road. bangortoastmaster@opt4usa.org.
• Bangor Grange, first and third Tuesdays, Bangor Grange hall, 1192 Ohio St. Potluck supper, 6 p.m.; meeting, 7 p.m. 973-3976.
ORONO:
• Book discussion groups: Tuesday Readers, 10 a.m. third Tuesdays; Thursday Thoughtful Readers, 3 p.m. third Thursdays; Evening Book, 6:30 p.m. third Tuesdays, Orono Public Library, 39 Pine St. 866-5060.
ORONO:
• French conversation table, 4-6 p.m. every other Thursday, Black Bear Microbrewery, Mill Street.
Dance
BANGOR:
• Contradance, Aug. 15, music by Turnip the Beet, Michael Hamilton calling, Unitarian-Universalist Church, 120 Park St. Beginners’ session, 7:30 p.m., dance 8 p.m. Open to all ages, all dances taught. $8; $20 families. bangorcontra@gmail.com, 941-9727 or bangorcontra.org.
- Line dance class, Tuesday 6-7:30 p.m., Sunbury Village, 922 Ohio St. Beginner through advanced. 922-2459.
BREWER:
• Dance to big band music by The Skyliners, 7:30-9 p.m. Aug. 16, Next Generation Theatre, 39 Center St. $8.
• Bangor Singles Club dance, 8 p.m.-midnight Fridays, Brewer Eagles Club. Doors open, 7 p.m. Guests may purchase tickets at the door. NO DANCE, Aug. 15; New Society, Aug. 22; Wildwoods, Aug. 29.
• Line dance classes, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays, upstairs, Brewer Eagles Club, 22 Atlantic Ave. All levels. $5. Benefits Brewer Eagles Club. 852-3284.
HAMPDEN:
• Le-Vi Rounders Square Dance Club square dance lessons, 6-8 p.m. beginning Monday, Sept. 8, Kiwanis Civic Center, Main St. First lesson is free, then $5 per class. Donna, 991-8058, or Mavis, 848-2595.
Events
BANGOR:
• The Great Fire of 1911 Tour, 5 p.m. Aug. 23. Meet at Thomas Hill House, 159 Union St. $10. bangormuseum.org or 942-1900.
• Mount Hope Cemetery Tour, 5 p.m. Aug. 16, and 10 a.m. Aug. 23. Meet at the cemetery. $10. bangormuseum.org or 942-1900.
• Bingo, 6:15 p.m. Tuesday and Saturday, Dow-Clewley VFW Post 1761, 1368 Hammond St. Doors open 4:30 p.m.
• Bingo, 7 p.m. Fridays, VFW Post 4633, Canoe Club Road. Early birds, 6 p.m. Refreshments available. 862-2553.
- Spanish Conversation Table, 7 p.m. Fridays, Books A Million Bookstore, 116 Bangor Mall Blvd.
BREWER:
• Bangor Area Recovery Network chem-free dances 8-11:30 p.m. Saturdays, B.A.R.N., 142 Center St.
GLENBURN:
• Bingo, 7 p.m. Thursdays, West Glenburn Community Club, 5 Phillips Road, across from fire station. Doors open 4:30 p.m.; early birds, 5:30 p.m. 745-3067.
Fairs, fundraisers
BANGOR:
• Spaghetti dinner and silent auction, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Bangor Elks Club, 108 Odlin Road. $7, seniors and children 12 to 18 years, $3 children under 12. Silent auction, 4:30-6:45 p.m. Benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. Sponsored by Westgate Center’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s Team.
• Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Aug. 16, Glad Tidings Church, 1033 Broadway. New and used items, home baked goods, live music. facebook.com/gtcbangor, 947-0324.
BREWER:
• Solidarity Harvest benefit auction, 5-9 p.m. Aug. 15, Food AND Medicine, 20 Ivers St. Dinner included. Donations accepted. Proceeds go toward purchase and production of Solidarity Harvest program that provides Thanksgiving baskets for laid-off workings and other families in need. 989-5860, jalana@foodandmedicine.org or foodandmedicine.org/solidarity-harvest.
• Yard sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 15, and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16, Old Town Riverside Grange, 1266 North Main St.
BUCKSPORT:
• St. Vincent de Paul Women’s Group gently used bargain basement sale, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 16, church basement, 60 Franklin St. Coffee, donut holes, and cookies available.
ORRINGTON:
• Daughters of the Nile, Ankh Temple 160 yard and bake sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16, Ralph J. Pollard Lodge, 730 River Road. To donate items for the sale, to schedule item pick up, or for information, Barbara Joy, 989-3746; or Jane Ritchie, 848-7117. Benefit Shrine Hospitals for Children.
Film
ORONO:
• “The Bucket List,” movie about seniors, noon-2 p.m. Aug. 18, Orono Public Library, 39 Pine St. Discussion afterward. Bring a lunch. Free. Gateway Seniors, 889-3031.
Lectures, books
HOLDEN:
• Turtle talk with Jean Adamson and rescued turtles, 1-2 p.m. Aug. 23, Fields Pond Audubon Center. Open to all ages. $5. 989-2591.
OLD TOWN:
• Katelin Craven, presentation on bat ecology, Maine’s bat species, the challenges of white nose syndrome and her bat research in Colorado, 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 15, Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. Meet at Parker Reed shelter. Bring flashlight. Admission is by suggested donation of $5, free to children. To register, 394-2171 by Aug. 14.
• “Medicine of the Future” with nurse Kim Robertson of Eastern Maine Home Care, 1-2 p.m. Aug. 20, Old Town Public Library. Refreshments. RSVP, 827-3972. To register, Gateway Seniors, 889-3031. Free.
ORONO:
• “Art in the Garden,” 6-7 p.m. Aug. 19, University of Maine Rogers Farm, Bennoch Road. Free. Gateway Seniors, 889-3031.
SEARSPORT:
• Talk and book signing: “1816: The Year That Summer Never Came” by Mayra Donnell, 2 p.m. Aug. 23, Main Street Gallery, Penobscot Marine Museum. Free.
Meals
BANGOR:
• Heart healthy baked bean supper, 5-6 p.m. Aug. 22, Bangor First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. $7, $3 children, $20 family. Also, Christian music concert with Maranatha Revalacion of the Dominican Republic, 6 p.m. Benefits Maranatha Mission, Dominican Republic.
• Breaking Bread soup kitchen, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays, Apostolic Lighthouse Church, 517 Hammond St. Free. 570-8107.
• Free community meal, 4-6 p.m. Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. 945-9567.
• Free community meal, noon-2 p.m. Sundays, Columbia Street Baptist Church, 63 Columbia St. 945-6616.
BUCKSPORT:
• Baked beans and casseroles supper, 5-6 p.m. Aug. 23, Arey Community Bldg, 1160 River Road. $7, $3 children.
CLIFTON:
• Seniors’ lunch, 11:30 a.m. third Thursday, Clifton United Baptist Church, 742 Airline Road. 843-5441. Free.
DIXMONT:
• Dixmont United Methodist Church monthly public fellowship breakfast, 7-9 a.m. Aug. 16, Dixmont Gold Crest Riders Snowmobile Clubhouse, Cates Road. $6, $3 children.
EDDINGTON:
• Trash can turkey supper, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Aug. 16, Eddington Clifton Civic Center (Comins Hall), 1387 Main Road (Route 9). $7, $3 children. Handicapped accessible, air conditioned dining room. Benefits fund for repairs and upkeep of Comins Hall.
HERMON:
• American Legion baked bean supper, 4:30-6:30 p.m. third Saturday, Hermon Rescue Squad building, $7, $3 children. 848-5597.
• Neighbors Supporting Neighbors Food Pantry, 9-11 a.m. first and third Thursdays, Penobscot Snowmobile Club, Bog Road. 299-5186.
KENDUSKEAG:
• Baked bean supper buffet, 4:30-6 p.m. Aug. 23,Kenduskeag Union Church, across the bridge from Route. 15. $6.50, $3 children 5 to 12, free to children under 5.
Museums
BANGOR:
- Cole Land Transportation Museum, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through Nov. 11, 405 Perry Road. Horse-drawn wagon to 18-wheeler trucks, snowplows, hearses, military vehicles, restored motorcycles, historic firetrucks, American Railfan locomotive, freight car, caboose, Maine World War II Memorial, Maine Vietnam Memorial, Purple Heart monument, Bangor World War II Memorial, 5th Armored Division collection of WWII memorabilia, Army tank, Huey helicopter. $7, $5 seniors, free to those age 18 and under. 990-3600, ext. 13,colemuseum.org.
- Maine Air Museum, 98 Maine Ave., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays, and noon-4 p.m. Sundays, through Sept. 26. $3, $1 children under 12, $6 family, free to active military and their families. 941-6757.
BRADLEY:
• Heavy Metal, Men and Their Machines and the Blacksmith Round-up, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 16, Maine Forest and Logging Museum, just off Route 178. $10, $5 children over 13, free to museum members. 974-6278 or LeonardsMills.com.
CORINTH:
• Corinth Historical Society Museum, 306 Main St., 2-7 p.m. Wednesdays, through the summer. Two floors of displays, guided tours, Corinth history and genealogy archives, and more.
HAMPDEN:
• Hampden Historical Society’s Kinsley House and Katherine Trickey Archives, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, April through October, or by appointment. 862-2027.
ORLAND:
• Orland Historical Society Museum, 1-3 p.m. first and third Fridays, June through August. 469-3354, 944-0914, 469-6817.
Music
BANGOR:
• The Dartts, a family gospel group concert, 6 p.m. Aug. 17, Messiah Baptist Church, 985 Union St. 947-7950.
• St. John’s Organ Society concert with Reiko Okamoto of Yokosuka, Japan, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14, St. John’s Catholic Church, 207 York St. Music of Felix Mendelssohn, Hina Sakamoto, and J. S. Bach. Free, but donations appreciated.
• Bangor Community Chorus, 6:30 p.m. Mondays, First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. 945-6752.
• Country Jam, 6:30-9 p.m. first and third Thursdays, Sunbury Village, 922 Ohio St. Door prizes, 50-50 raffle. Admission by donation at the door. 942-0802, 262-9600.
• Heart of Maine Chorus, 6.30 p.m. Mondays, corner of Essex Street and Grandview Avenue. Seeking new members. Bette, 989-4110 or Charlene, 827-4825.
• Penobscot Fiddles amateur musicians group, 6:30-8 p.m. Mondays, 21 Main St., No. 202. Open to all ages, fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bass, piano, accordion, whistles, percussion.
• River City Harmonizers, women’s a cappella, barbershop chorus, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Lutheran Church, 540 Essex St. Seeking all harmony parts. 947-3128, 848-5354.
• “The Brick” open mic, all acts, all ages, 7-10 p.m. Thursdays, Union Street Brick Church. Sign-up, 6:30 p.m. $2 donation. 945-9798.
HAMPDEN:
- Benefit jazz concert with clarinetist Brad Terry, guitarist Peter Herman and the Hampden Academy Jazz Combo, 7 p.m. Aug. 20, Hampden Academy Performing Arts Center. Admission by suggested donation of $10, $5 students and seniors. Benefits Gifts of Music scholarship program.
HERMON:
• Six Basin Street Dixieland Band, 4 p.m. Aug. 17, Ecotat Gardens, Routes 2 and Annis Road.. Bring seating. Park in the Annis Road parking area.
Outdoors
ORLAND:
- Beaver walk with naturalist Christy Stout, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 20, Great Pond Mountain Wildlands. Meet at Wildlands South Gate, Route 1 near Route 17. Easy 1-mile walk Esker Path. Open to all ages. 469-2008 orl info@greatpondtrust.org. Check greatpondtrust.org for weather cancellations.
ORONO:
• Guided bog walk, 9-11 a.m. Aug. 14, Orono Bog Boardwalk. Meet at Tripp Parking Lot by the bulletin board. Gateway Seniors, 889-3031.
• Walk along the Stillwater River path, 9-10:30 a.m. Aug. 16. Park and meet in the lot just before the Orono Main Street bridge. Free. Gateway Seniors, 889-3031.
• Stillwater River races, Aug. 14 and 21, at the bridge near University Inn. Just-For-Fun Sprint, 5 p.m.; Youth-only, 6:15 p.m.; Big Event, 6:30 p.m. Big Event includes a two-mile recreational option, war canoe team option or competitive 4.5-mile MaCKRO championship race course option. MaCKRO.org and click RACES tab.
Theater
BANGOR:
• Penobscot Theatre Company Dramatic Academy productions: “The Adventures of Aesop” and “The Seussodyssey,” back-to-back, 11 a.m.; “The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza,” 2 p.m.; and “Tiger at the Gates,” 7 p.m. Aug. 15-17, Bangor Opera House. Tickets, $12, $8, penobscottheatre.org or box office, 942-3333.