PORTLAND

Sea explorer to give presentation

The presentation “Take a Wild Ride on the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt: Places of Hope and Restoration” will be given by National Geographic explorer Tierney Thys at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Waynflete School’s Franklin Theater.

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit scholarships for Sustainable Ocean Studies, a 23-day marine biology summer program.

For more details, call 774-5721, ext. 1318.

Dance to raise funds for artist

A fundraiser dance benefiting artist Zoo Cain will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Gold Room, 512 Warren Ave.

Live music of the 1960s and 1970s will be performed by The Substitutes. Prizes will be awarded for best outfits representing those eras. There also will be a silent auction, raffle and art exhibit. Tickets are $10 per person at Bull Moose locations, by calling 776-4820 or by emailing bigvalleystudios@hotmail.com.

YORK

John Muir Trail hiker to speak

The talk “Hiking the John Muir Trail” will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road.

New England peak-bagger Allison Nadler will share about her 2014 through-hike of the John Muir Trail, a 220-mile footpath that leads from Yosemite National Park to Mount Whitney, the tallest summit in the Lower 48. See photographs from her journey and learn how she prepared for a solo 15-day high-altitude hike in the Sierra Nevadas. Nadler will follow the talk with an audience Q&A.

For more details, call 363-2818 or go to kemyers@york.lib.me.us.

Event to raise autism funds

York Harbor Inn will host the Light It Up Blue event from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to bring awareness to Autism Awareness Month and to raise funds for Waban and other local autism charities.

The event will include a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, free photo booth, music and food, and the York Fire Department will be on site with a firetruck to allow children and adults to climb aboard and learn what it means to be a firefighter.

Suggested donation at the door is $10 per person or $25 per family.

BIDDEFORD

Full Moon Walk rescheduled

A Full Moon Walk along the Eastern Trail, originally planned for this Saturday, has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. April 6.

Attendees are asked to meet at the rear of the Southern Maine Health Care parking lot. Leave your electronics behind for a while and join us for a walk under the moon.

No flashlights or pets please.

For more details, call Joe Yuhas at folk44@aol.com or 283-4487.

WESTBROOK

Easter egg hunt Saturday

Avita of Stroudwater will host its annual Community Easter Egg Hunt from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at 320 Spring St.

The event is intended for ages 1 to 101. Attendees should bring their own baskets for the hunt. There will be a visit with the Easter Bunny. Balloon creations, face painting and glitter tattoos also will be featured.

The event will be held rain or shine.

To reserve a spot or for more details, call 857-9007 or email Lea@avitaofstroudwater.com.

SACO

Student art at Saco Museum

The 2015 “The Language of Art” biennial art show, exhibiting the works of Saco students, is on display through April 25 at the Saco Museum, 371 Main St.

The exhibit showcases the students’ interpretations of the principles that govern the way artists organize the elements of art.

For more details, call 283-3861 or go to dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org.

FALMOUTH

Improve balance, avoid falls

Registrations are being accepted for the next round of A Matter of Balance classes, to be offered from 10 a.m. to noon April 8 through May 27 at the Falmouth Learning Resource Center at 5 Bucknam Road.

The classes are intended to address the concerns that many older adults experience about falling that lead them to restrict activities. The workshop will teach participants to manage falls and increase activity.

Learn how to view falls as controllable, set goals for increasing activity, learn exercises to increase strength and balance, and make changes to reduce your risk of falling at home.

To register, call 396-6583 or email mdefabritiis@smaaa.org.

MECHANIC FALLS

Country music contest

Sunday is the deadline to register for the Pine Tree State Country Music Association’s 16th annual Competition and Talent Search, set for April 19 at the Silver Spur, 272 Lewiston St.

The contest will include prizes in several categories, including bands, vocalists, entertainers, instrumentalists and songwriters in a variety of musical genres for different ages.

For entry forms, call Joan Cole at 490-1232, May Hamilton at 247-4611, Dennis Moro at 418-8390, Ken Wentworth at 356-5117 or go to www.pts countrymusicassoc.org.

NEW GLOUCESTER

History Barn open house

A New Gloucester History Barn open house will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at 387 Intervale Road.

The featured exhibit will be the final showing of the 2014 acquisitions.

The barn is the property of the New Gloucester Historical Society.

Admission is free and open to the public.

DAMARISCOTTA

Media Women to make art

Maine Media Women will offer an informal activity meeting called Zentangles Just for Fun from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mobius Community Center on Main Street, Route 1.

Carol Jaeger, owner of Salt Bay Art Supply, will be the presenter and provide all the materials needed, as well as information on idea sources and how to get professional Zentangles instruction. Attendees are invited to come and share their designs and inspirations with the group.

Sign-in and networking begin at 9 a.m. Refreshments will be available.

The meeting fee is $10 per person, payable at the door or in advance when you register by contacting Jaeger at 563-8377 or emailing sbart@tidewater.net.

Class to teach rug hooking

Join Susie Stephenson, primitive folk and fiber artist, for a fun and informative introduction to rug hooking at 1 p.m. Monday at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main St.

Students will be taught how to create a design, cut strips and pull loops for a small chair pad using an assortment of recycled, hand-dyed wools.

The $95 fee includes a small kit and all the supplies students will need to make a chair pad (wool and linen backing frame or hoop and hook).

UNION

Speakeasy history speaker

The Union Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the fellowship hall on the lower level of People’s United Methodist Church at 21 Depot St.

After a short business session, Kay Stephens of Lincolnville will give an illustrated presentation on the speakeasies of Rockland.

Refreshments will be served. All meetings are free and open to the public.

For more details, call 785-5444 and leave a message.

WELLS

Poet McNair to speak

A Lunch and Learn session with Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair will be held at noon Friday at the Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road.

McNair, a writer, editor and professor, has authored 10 volumes of poetry; his most recent collection is “The Lost Child: Ozark Poems.”

Copies of McNair’s books will be available for sale and signing after the program.

For more information, contact Kristi Bryant at kbryant@wellstown.org or call 646-8181.

BELFAST

Poet plans talk, concert

Belfast Poet Laureate Toussaint St. Negritude will present “Our Tones Supreme,” a concert of multiple tones of poetry and jazz, from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday in the grand Gammons Room of the Belfast Free Library at 106 High St.

The event will feature performances by The Jacob Fricke/Tom Luther Duo, Joshua Kauppila, The Acetones and Judi Erickson.

The event will be preceded by the Pen Side Lecture Series “Free Radicals: The Creative Rights Movements of Poetry & Jazz,” hosted by St. Negritude from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday in the library’s third-floor conference room.

Both events are free but donations are appreciated and will benefit the 2015 Belfast Poetry Festival. For more details, email toussaint.belfastpoetlaureate@gmail.com.

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