SOUTH PORTLAND

Boys & Girls Clubs art exhibit

The 2017 Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine Fine Arts Exhibit is now showcasing the works of young artist members from southern Maine at its CIA Café, 72 Ocean St.

This annual show features more than 40 local club member works created in acrylic, pastel, pencil, collage mixed media and watercolor.

Winners from the show will compete at the regional level in March and, if selected, go on to compete at the national level in June.

The works can be seen from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, through Jan. 23. For more details, call Kristen Marsh, program director, at 874-1070 or kmarsh=@bgcmaine.org.

KENNEBUNK

Turkey’s role meeting topic

Turkey and its current role in global affairs will be the topic of the next meeting of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Maine Chapter, set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Program Center of the Brick Store Museum, 4 Dane St.

Turkish-American entrepreneur Kutlay Kaya, an international weapons trader and business consultant, will discuss the current political situation in Ankara, and Turkey’s relationships with its Middle Eastern neighbors, Russia and the United States. Kaya is the CEO of Zenith Quest Corp., a Virginia firm that imports Turkish weapons and ammunition for the American market.

The meeting is open to the public. A question period will follow the presentation.

For more details, call Bob Dyer at 985-3634.

Civil War stories talk set

The Third Thursday Talk “Civil War Stories from the Kennebunks” will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Brick Store Museum, 117 Main St.

The talk features director Cynthia Walker’s research on the personal lives and losses of Kennebunk’s Civil War soldiers.

Cost is $10 or free for members. Light refreshments will be served. For more details, call 985-4802 or visit www.brickstoremuseum.org

YORK

Three nature programs set

The Mount Agamenticus Conservation Program and the York Parks and Recreation Department will offer three nature programs this Saturday at Mount Agamenticus.

• “Making Tracks with Wildlife” will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. inside Summit Learning Lodge. Following a live animal demonstration, the group will venture outside and learn how to identify the tracks of local wildlife and look for the evidence of several telltale wildlife encounters. Open to all ages. $7 suggested donation.

• An author reading and signing with “A Porcupine’s Promenade” children’s author Lyn Smith will be held at 9:45 and 11:45 a.m. inside Summit Learning Lodge. Young children will learn about survival, adaptation and respectful human interactions with nature. This story is written and designed specifically for readers ages 5-9 years. Participants may bring their own copy of the book for signing or may purchase a copy at the event (cash or checks are accepted). The lodge is not heated. Please dress appropriately.

• A “Make your Own Tracks” workshop will follow two Winter StoryWalks, at 9 a.m. and noon at the Ring Trail Base parking lot. The Story Walk™ program combines the benefits of physical activity, time outdoors in nature, literacy and family time by taking children’s books and posting them, in pieces, along a recreational path or hiking trail.

To find the story, start at the base parking lot (where Mountain Road meets Ring Trail) and follow the pages along the western side of the Ring Trail (left at first fork) to Witch Hazel Trail and finish near the summit.

For more details, go to www.agamenticus.org or call 361-1102.

CAMDEN

‘Seabird Sue’ puffin talk

Mid-Coast Audubon will host a talk by Susan “Seabird Sue” Schubel, detailing the secret lives of puffins, at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St.

Schubel has worked on seabird islands since the mid-1980s as a researcher and conservationist. She visits classrooms in Maine to engage students in seabird-based science lessons.

The program is free and open to all. Donations are encouraged.

For more information, contact the library at 236-3440.

WELLS

Library events for week

Wells Public Library will offer the following programs this week at 1434 Post Road:

• “Teen Crafternoon: Sock Snowmen,” 1 p.m. Wednesday. Supplies provided, participants bring the creativity! This free event is sponsored by the Friends of the Wells Public Library. For more information, contact Jade Austin at jaustin@wellstown.org or call the library at 207-646-8181.

• “Needle Felting Penguins” will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Needle felting is a process using barbed needles to interlock wool fibers to form a more condensed material. Local needle felter Danielle Bonney will teach how to make cute penguins using this technique. Materials are provided. Open to ages 8 and up. Registration is required as space is limited. Register by calling 646-8181.

For more information, contact Devin Burritt at dburritt@wellstown.org.

SOUTH BERWICK

Genealogy series begins

A new weekly lunchtime series called “Digging for Your Roots” will teach about researching genealogy.

The series will begin Wednesday at the Counting House Museum. and will run from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. each Wednesday through Feb. 15 .

No sign-ups are required. A microwave is available for those who bring a lunch.

Participants will watch a 30-minute DVD about a specific topic, then volunteers will demonstrate how to use the resources in the video and answer questions.

This program is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. For more details, call 384-0000 or email info@oldberwick.org. for more information and for cancellations.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY

Talk set on plate tectonics

A “Plate Tectonics Talk” with Ed Laine will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Begin Family Community Room at Carrabassett Valley Public Library.

Laine, recently retired from teaching at Bowdoin College, is an oceanographer/marine geologist who has conducted research in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans. He will head a discussion on mountain formations and what plate tectonics tells us called “Why Is That Mountain There?”

For more details, call 237-3535.

SCARBOROUGH

Talk on Kennebec fly fishing

Maine Trout Unlimited Trout Camp Executive Director Greg Ponte will head the talk “Fly Fishing the Kennebec” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Road.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, email dlivingstonemiller@gmail.com.

NEW GLOUCESTER

Historical Society meeting

The annual meeting of the New Gloucester Historical Society will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the New Gloucester Meeting House, 389 Intervale Road, Route 231.

Election of officers and other business will be transacted. Refreshments will be served. All members are urged to attend.

For more details, call Leonard L. Brooks at 926-3188.