Fundraiser for MDS
BANGOR — Walgreens will host the Jerry Hughes-MDS Research Memorial Auction and Buffet at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Hilton Garden Inn. The event will raise money for the Jerry Hughes Foundation which sponsors myelodysplastic syndrome research at CancerCare of Maine. Proceeds will go directly to Cancer Care.
Tickets to the event are $20, $35 couple, $15 students and seniors, and available at all Walgreens locations. For information, call Kristin Eremita at the Brewer Walgreens at 991-9679 or 478-3516, or Shellie Domenico at the Broadway Walgreens, 262-0190.
Third floor closed
BANGOR — Effective Monday, March 9, the third floor of the Bangor Public Library will be closed for renovation. The third floor consists of the quiet study area, fiction, biographies, the local history department, microfilm-microfiche collection and the Lecture Hall.
The new third floor will consist of an updated Lecture Hall, an art gallery for rotating exhibits, a World War II-Library Collection rotating exhibit, a Teen Center, and the new children’s department. The books currently housed in this location will be relocated to other areas of the building, including the new Fiction Cellar. Some favorite works may be inaccessible during the move process, according to library staff, but library movers and staff are trying to minimize the impact as much as possible.
“The interior renovation is gaining momentum,” said Barbara McDade, library director. “The closure on Mondays and Fridays during February greatly assisted the book movers and our construction team with completing some critical work. We recognize that closing the third floor will cause a great inconvenience for some while construction is taking place and books are being located to their final locations. But these inconveniences mean that we are progressing toward our goal of offering a 21st century library that our community will be proud of.”
Library staff will assist patrons with accessing books in these locations on a case-by-case basis.
For information, visit bangorpubliclibrary.org or call 947-8336.
Twitter chat
BANGOR — The Maine Public Broadcasting Network announced recently the addition of a LIVE Twitter chat with Diane Rehm at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, as part of MPBN’s Twitter chat series with voices and faces from NPR, PBS and MPBN. #MPBNChats is a new initiative designed to give Mainers direct and exclusive access to journalists, luminaries and hosts featured in programming on MPBN Radio and MPBN Television.
Fly Fishers auction
BREWER — The Penobscot Fly Fishers announced that the club has received a fair amount of donated fly fishing and fly tying items that need to get back out into circulation in the fly fishing community. In order to do that, the club will hold an auction at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the Penobscot County Conservation Association clubhouse, 570 North Main St. in Brewer.
Items will be available for viewing at 5:30 p.m. and bidding will start at approximately at 6:30 p.m. A family style dinner will available served at 6 p.m. for those who would like to purchase one.
A sample representation of the items to be auctioned is at penobscotflyfishers.com. The auction is open to the public.
Informational meeting
BUCKSPORT — Safe Community Partner program’s informational meeting will be held 5:30-6 p.m., with discussion 6-6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5, at Jewett School Community Center, 66 Bridge St.
Family history Thursdays
CASTINE — Castine’s Wilson Museum will open the Hutchins Education Center 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursdays, March 5, 12, 19 and 26, for researchers to peruse some of the resources available in the museum’s collections.
Each session will highlight a different category of resource. A collection of published family histories will delight genealogists, while microfilms of old local newspapers will excite historical researchers of all kinds. Cemetery and diary transcriptions, as well as vital records, are just a few of the other resources through which participants may glean nuggets of valuable information. Access to the Internet and ancestry.com will be available on a limited basis for laptop users. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch.
A talk on a related topic will follow each research session. The first, on March 5, with speaker Janet Roberts, will be about old newspapers and will begin at 2 p.m. The research session and the talk are free and open to the public.
For a list of March speakers click on Calendar of Events at wilsonmuseum.org or call the museum at 326-9247.
Art, Music and Meal
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Highlands United Methodist Church and RSU 22 students will present Art, Music and Meal 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at the church, 44 Kennebec Road. The event will benefit the Hampden Neighborhood Food Cupboard. The meal will consist of soup, bread, desserts and beverages. There will be a free drawing for ceramic bowls and platters made by Hampden Academy art students. Music will be provided by Reeds Brook Middle School students.
Admission is by donation. For information, call the church office at 862-4195.
Birding trip
OLD TOWN — Sandi and Bob Duchesne will lead a van trip to discover what’s flying in the Penobscot Valley region at 7:30 a.m. Sunday, March 15. Meet the van in the parking lot behind Wendy’s in the University Plaza in Old Town near I-95, exit 193, or FPAC at 8 a.m.
The trip will be canceled if the weather is bad. Call Sandi Duchesne at 827-3782 before 6:45 a.m. on the morning of the trip, if in doubt about the weather.
Bring a lunch or purchase one en route.
The cost for the van trip is free to Audubon members, $10 others. The trip is limited to 10 participants. Call 989-2591 to register.
Maine military, community conference
ORONO — The Maine Military and Community Network will hold its fifth annual statewide conference 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at Wells Commons, University of Maine.
The theme for the event is “Building Resilience in Community.” The keynote speaker will be Dr. Jonathan Shay, author of “Achilles in Vietnam, Odysseus in America” and an internationally known speaker on the topic of moral injury. Specific focus will be placed on the role communities play in helping veterans successfully reintegrate into their communities after military service.
Dr. Richard Lumb will give a presentation detailing ways to remain resilient after facing trauma. The session will be targeted for veterans, firefighters, emergency medical staff, law enforcement and members of the community at large who have faced trauma in the past.
Commander Brent Embry of the Pentagon will present models for forging enduring alliances between the military and community.
Awards for excellence in support of Maine’s military population will be presented.
The event is open to the public. To register, go to cvent.com/d/vrqjyz. For information, contact Nathaniel Grace at Nathaniel.e.grace.mil@mail.mil or 430-5651.
March Star Shows
ORONO — Public star shows at the Emera Astronomy Center will bring the stars and planets to visitors at 7 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. Sundays.
The Friday shows will feature “Undiscovered Worlds,” an exploration of the hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond the sun. It will be shown March 6, 13, 20 and 27.
For younger sky watchers, Sunday shows will introduce a medium-sized yellow star, making his way through space. As he travels he meets many different types of stars and learns about some of the other things that make the universe interesting. After meeting stars, nebulas and galaxies, the little star takes a good look at himself and finds that he, too, is special. Explore the sun’s importance in the universe March 8, 15, 22 and 29 with “Little Star that Could.”
Each star show will feature a tour of the Maine sky and tips on how to view upcoming astronomical events.
Admission is $6 and seating is limited. For information and reservations, call 581-1341 or visit Astro.UMaine.edu. Private shows and school field trips can be arranged for these and other shows.