CAMDEN-ROCKPORT

Wabanaki culture program

Colonial-era Wabanaki culture and history will be spotlighted at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Maine Living talk at 2 p.m. Saturday at Conway Homestead-Cramer Museum complex, off Route 1.

Native American culture researcher Ken Hamilton will speak. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students; members get in free. Refreshments will be served. For more details, call Marlene Hall at 594-8047.

SACO

Workshops about dementia

Hospice of Southern Maine and the Alzheimer’s Association will present several 90-minute workshops to help families cope with and support a loved one who is dealing with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Carol Palmer, a registered nurse and program director AT Maine chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, will lead the programs. They will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Bay Square at Yarmouth, 27 Forest Falls Drive, Yarmouth; 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Monarch Center, 392 Main St., Saco; and 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. April 14 at The Cedars, 630 Ocean Ave., Portland.

All are free and open to the public, with light refreshments. To register, call (866) 621-7600, 289-3640 or go to www.alz.org/maine.

Bergeron, Soucy concert

Roland Bergeron and Red Soucy will play a 25th anniversary concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Cornerstone United Methodist Church, 20 Jenkins Road. For details, call Soucy at 282-2755.

Heart association CPR class

Maine Medical Center will sponsor an American Heart Association community CPR class from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Saco Grange, 168 North St. (Route 112). To register, call Darlene at 318-3553.

BRUNSWICK

Talk on women at sea

The Pejepscot Genealogy Society will meet at 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library.

Topsham historian Bud Warren will present “There’s a Woman Aboard! Life of Sea for 19th-Century Women at Sea: Finding Your Seagoing Ancestors.” The talk is free.

For details, go to www.pejepscotgenealogy.org.

Fundraiser for the Bigs

Big Moose Harley-Davidson in Portland and Joshua’s Restaurant and Tavern are teaming up to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters Southern Maine.

Joshua’s is offering specials on drinks and food from 4 to 8 p.m. today at 123 Main St. The restaurant will donate $1 from each pint of beer sold and $2 for every pizza sold to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

LIMINGTON

‘Cheep, Cheep’ Easter sale

The Limington Extension’s Cheep, Cheep Easter Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Limington Town Hall, Route 11.

Proceeds benefit the Bonny Eagle High School Scholarships Program. For details, call Karen at 692-2989.

ROCKLAND

Program links art, poetry

Poet and Farnsworth Art Museum docent Ellen Goldsmith will offer a free workshop from 1:30 to 3 p.m. today at the museum, 16 Museum St., to encourage participants to make a connection between poetry and art.

Space is limited. Reserve a spot by calling 596-0949.

KENNEBUNK

Fabric Shop sale at church

A spring Fabric Shop sale, featuring yards of fabric, buttons, zippers, threads, patterns and batting, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday and Sunday at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Main Street. For details, call 985-7966.

SPRINGVALE

Spring Fling dance with D.J.

A Spring Fling Dance will be held from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Nasson Community Center Gymnasium, 457R Main St.

Music will be provided by DJ Dick Fredette. Cost of the adult dance is $10 per person. Dress is casual, and there is a cash bar and raffles, as well as free popcorn supplied by the Sanford Lions Club. For details, go to www.nassoncc.org or call 324-5657.

Donna Temm to speak

Local author Donna Temm will give a talk and sign copies of her book, “You’re Only as Sick as Your Secrets: Sexual Abuse Awareness, Prevention, and Intervention,” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday at Springvale Public Library, 443 Main St.

The talk is free, books will be available and refreshments will be served. For more details, call 324-4624 or visit www.springvalelibrary.org.

BATH

Benefit antiques show

Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Road, will host an antiques show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday benefiting Japanese earthquake victims from Bath’s sister city of Tsugaru.

About 55 antique dealers will be on hand. Admission is $4 per person. For more details, call Pally Thibodeau at 443-8983.

Friends of fountain program

The annual reception of the Friends of Zorach Fountain will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St.

Art history professor Roberta K. Tarbell will speak. For details, go to friendsofthezorachfountain.org.

TOPSHAM

Poet offers tips to writers

Brunswick writer and poet Sherry Hanson will lead a workshop on submitting written works for publication from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at Merrymeeting Adult Education Center, 35 Republic Ave. To register, call 729-7323 or go to www.merrymeeting.org.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR

Opera House goes Caribbean

The Opera House will host its annual Caribbean Night beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, featuring the music of the Pan Fried Steel Drum Band. Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops are optional. Tickets are $10 in advance by calling 633-5159 and $15 at the door. Go to boothbayoperahouse.com.

 

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