SCARBOROUGH

Historical society sets meeting

The Scarborough Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at 647 Route 1.

Bud Warren, co-founder of the Tide Mill Institute, will give a presentation about tidal mills that existed along Maine’s Coast.

The monthly presentations are free and open to the public.

For more information, call 883-5445.

STANDISH

Saint Joseph’s winter carnival

Saint Joseph’s College is kicking off its 100th anniversary with a winter carnival and centennial extravaganza on Friday and Saturday at the college.

The event will feature public sledding, skating, sleigh rides, snow sculpture contests, snowshoe tours and an open swim and sauna at the Alfond Center. The event will end with a chocolate lounge and ice bar on Saturday night.

The public is welcome to attend. Most of the events are free.

For more information and a complete list of activities, go to www.sjcme.edu.

SOUTH PORTLAND

Rotary to hold winter festival

The South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club is holding a winter festival on Friday and Saturday in Mill Creek Park.

The event will include snowman making, a snowshoe relay race, skating exhibitions, band concerts, shoot the puck on the goalie, ice sculpturing and pony rides.

For more information, go to South Portland Winter festival on Facebook and “like” the page or to www.sp-ce-rotary.org.

FALMOUTH

Nordmenn meeting Thursday

The Maine Nordmenn will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Emmaus Lutheran Church in Falmouth.

The guest speaker will be Charles Kaufmann, director of the Longfellow Chorus in Portland.

Admission is free.

For more information, call 428-3640.

PORTLAND

TV3 offering student workshop

TV3, the educational access station managed by the Portland Public Schools, will offer a free workshop for students who want to learn how to videotape class projects, concerts, sports games and other school activities for broadcast on the station.

The workshop will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Feb. 8 at TV3’s studio at Portland Arts and Technology High School, 196 Allen Ave.

The workshop is for students in grades five and above in Portland public schools. Enrollment is limited and advance registration is required. To sign up, call 874-8173.

Lincoln Club to hold annual dinner

The Cumberland County Lincoln Club will hold its annual dinner at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave.

The dinner is held every year to honor the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.

The guest speaker is Lynda Sudlow, a Civil War historian and author of “A Vast Army of Women.”

The doors will open at 6 p.m. with cocktails and music by jazz pianist Tate Gale. The cost is $30 per person.

To reserve a spot, call 837-2400.

Workshop offered for parents

A presentation about learning how to support young children struggling to cope with emotions will be held from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Opportunity Alliance — PROP East End Children’s Workshop, 215 Congress St.

The workshop will be led by Jasmine Smith, a mental health clinician, Opportunity Alliance — PROP and Bethanie Jacques, children’s coordinator, CASA.

Smith and Jacques will discuss techniques that parents and caregivers can use to communicate with children struggling to cope with emotions.

Parents and caregivers are invited from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. for dinner and support.

CAPE ELIZABETH

Project Linus schedules meeting

Project Linus, nonprofit organization that provides new, handmade blankets to children in need, is holding a meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 29 Ocean House Rd.

Project Linus is looking for new volunteers.

For more information, call 284-5606.

SAT preparation course offered

SAT prep classes will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday and Monday from Feb. 2 to March 8 at Cape Elizabeth High School, 343 Ocean House Road.

The eight-session course is designed to teach students strategies to use in the math, writing and reading sections of the SAT test on March 10.

The class is sponsored by Cape Community Services.

For more information and to register, call 798-5690 or go to www.maineprep.com.

SPRINGVALE

Library offers Civil War discussion

The Springvale Public Library is offering a reading and discussion series, “Making Sense of the Civil War.”

The program begins Feb. 6 at the library and will be offered on the first Monday of every month through June 4.

The program, “Let’s Talk About It,” is provided by the Maine Humanities Council’s Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book in cooperation with the Maine State Library.

Some of the books that will be read in this series include: “March” by Geraldine Brooks; “Talking About the Civil War and Emancipation on their 150th Anniversaries,” and “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” by James M. McPherson

For more information and to register for the program, call 324-4624.

YORK

Author to discuss ‘Museums’ book

Janet Mendelsohn, author of “Maine’s Museums: Art, Oddities & Artifacts,” will give a talk at noon Thursday at the York Public Library, 15 Long Sands Road.

Mendelsohn will talk about Maine’s art, history, maritime and museums.

She is a freelance writer for the Boston Globe travel section and other publications. She will offer ideas for day trips, mini-vacations and armchair traveling.

The event, part of the library’s Brown Bag Lunch series, is co-sponsored by Museums of Old York.

KENNEBUNK

Library to show comedic operas

The comedic opera DVD series is returning to the Kennebunk Free Library.

At 1 p.m. on Sunday, there will be a showing of Rossini’s Il Barbiere Di Siviglia with Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Florez. The opera was directed by Antionio Pappano and Moshe Leiser.

There will be a short intermission between acts with light refreshments.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library, who purchased the DVDs.

For more information, call 985-2173.

DAMARISCOTTA

Bookshop opening for season

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop on Elm Street will open for the season on Wednesday with an offer to commemorate its 25 years in business.

Customers who spend $25 or more will receive a coupon for $5 toward a future purchase.

The book shop, which was founded in 1986, is a major fundraiser for Skidompha Public Library. It is run entirely by volunteers and all books are donated.

For more information, go to www.skidompha.org.

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