PORTLAND

Author Schilling at Expo

Author Shonda Schilling will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Health & Wellness Expo, to be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Portland Expo on Park Avenue.

The event, sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care in partnership with the Portland Press Herald, is free and open to the public.

Schilling will sign autographs and discuss her personal experience and her book, “The Best Kind of Different: Our Family’s Journey with Asperger’s Syndrome.”

The expo will feature more than 100 exhibitors, free health screenings, interactive information, educational displays, flu shots and more.

ARUNDEL

Craft fair Saturday

Arundel Historical Society’s Annual Craft Fair will be held 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Mildred L. Day Memorial School Gymnasium on Limerick Road.

A bake sale, refreshments, lobster rolls and raffles also will be available.

Table space is still available for rent.

For more details, call Joanne Dewitt at 985-3087.

PORTLAND

Men’s suits to be given away

Creative Work Systems and Men’s Wearhouse have partnered for the fifth annual National Suit Drive and distribution program.

The agencies have been collecting gently used men’s business attire since July for men who are jobless, seeking employment and in need of but unable to pay for quality professional attire for the workplace.

Those items will be distributed in a large giveaway event set for Tuesday at the Portland CareerCenter at 185 Lancaster St.

The suits will be offered to those with an appointment from 9 a.m. to noon and to the general public from noon to 2 p.m.

For more details, call 879-1140, ext. 240

College-planning forums

The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops on “Essentials of College Planning for Adults 19 & Older” at the following times and locations: Portland CareerCenter, 185 Lancaster St, at 10 a.m. Thursday and again Oct. 25; Portland Adult Education, 57 Douglass Street, at 10 a.m. Oct. 10 and 24.

To register or for more details, call (800) 281-3703 or go to http://meoc.maine.edu.

SCARBOROUGH

‘Witchcraft’ on agenda

The Scarborough Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the museum and meeting room, located at 647A Route 1.

Dr. Emerson “Tad” Baker will detail his recent book, “The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft & Conflicts in Early New England.”

All monthly meetings are free to members of the public. Donations are welcomed. The presentation is about one hour in length.

For more details, call 883-5445.

CAPE ELIZABETH

Slide show at library

Resident David Weiss will present a slide show and talk titled “A Father’s Journey to India Supporting My Son’s Buddhist Path, Discovering My Own” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Thomas Memorial Library at 6 Scott Dyer Road.

For more details, go to www.ThomasMemorialLibrary.org or call 799-1720.

GORHAM

Discussion about reading

Reading Matters to Maine’s Third Annual Conversation about Reading will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at the University of Maine Gorham Campus, Bailey Hall, Room 301.

Co-sponsored by USM Southern Area Resource Team (SMART) for Schools, this year’s topic is “Reading Comprehension: Foundations and Instructional Practices, K-12.”

Speakers include Christopher Kaufman, Ph.D., of Kaufman Psychological Services and Rachel Brown-Chidsey, Ph.D., associate professor of education and school psychology programs at USM.

This forum is free and open to the public.

Educator CEUs will be available.

For more details, call Wendy Gaal at 775-4329 or go to wendy@gaal.com.

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