Thu/11
BLOOD DRIVE
AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR
CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest
Ave., Portland; www.RedCross-
Blood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.
MISCELLANEOUS
CURRENT EVENTS FORUM, noon,
Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis
Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St.,
Brunswick; free; 725-5242. FARMLIFE HOOPLA: “Good Golly
Gourds,” 3:30-4:30 p.m., Patten
Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; agricultural-themed stories, speakers and activities for children ages
6-11; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us. CREATIVE MOVEMENT EDUCATION,
4-5 p.m., Bath Dance Works, 72
Front St., Bath; student-centered and engaging movement acticities for children; $15 per class or $60 for five classes; njeden@gmail.com. HARVEST RECEPTION, 4-6 p.m.,
SMCC Midcoast Campus, Brunswick
Landing; welcoming UMaine College of Engineering’s Maine Advanced
Technology and Engineering Center to Mid-coast, wine and hors d’oeuvres; RSVP; sbillings@comcast.net. LINE DANCING, beginners 6 p.m., intermediate/advanced 7:15 p.m.,
People Plus Center, 35 Union St.,
Brunswick; $20 per month; register
729-0757; questions Janice
McLaughlin 729-6945.
PERFORMANCES
DREAMLAND THEATER: “Hugo,” 7 p.m., Winter Street Center, 880
Washington St., Bath; bring your own supper, refreshments available for purchase; $5; dreamland@sagadahocpresser vation.org.
PUBLIC MEALS
REGION TEN CAFE, noon-1 p.m,
Region Ten Technical High School, 68 Church Road, Brunswick; serving a three-course meal; $7.50, reservations encouraged; 729-6622.
TALKS-WORKSHOPS
BOOK SIGNING: “Battling Bipolar Disorder: A Memoir,” by Christina
Solak-Goodwin, noon-1 p.m., Mid
Coast Hospital Cafe, Conference
Room C, 123 Medical Center Dr.,
Brunswick; in observance of Mental
Illness Awareness Week, aauthor will read from and sign copies of her book; free; 373-6056. LECTURE: “The Assumptions Economists Make,” by Jonathan Schlefer,
4 p.m., Nixon Lounge, Hawthorn
Longfellow Library, Bowdoin College; book discussion; free; 725-3340. LECTURE: “Day and the Photo-Pictorial
Fraternity,” by Trevor Fairbrother, independent curator, 4:30 p.m., Kresge
Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College; free; 725-3276. LECTURE: “Afro-Indian Interorality and Caribbean Philosophy,” by
Henry Paget, symposium keynote speaker and professor of sociology and African studies, Brown University, 5-6 p.m., Daggett Lounge, Thorne
Hall, Bowdoin College; free; 725-
3357. LECTURE: “Beauty and the Eye of the Beholder,” by Sara Lipton, associate professor of history, SUNYStonybrook, 6 p.m., Beam Classroom, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin
College; free; 798-7080. JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN CIVIL
WAR ROUND TABLE LECTURE, 7 p.m., Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis
Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St.,
Brunswick; speaker is Stephen Sanfilippo on “Nailed to the Mast: historic Songs of Union and Confederate Navies;” free. BOOK LECTURE: “The Crazed,” by
Belinda Kong, associate professor of Asian studies and English, 7 p.m., Torrey Barn, Cram Alumni
House, Bowdoin College; free; 725-
3253. PRESENTATION: Janet Judge, 7 p.m.,
Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way, Brunswick; free; 729-6385. LECTURE: “Ridiculous Modernism,” by Marilyn Reizbaum, professor of
English, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College; free; 725-3928.
Fri/12
BLOOD DRIVE
AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCross- Blood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.
MISCELLANEOUS
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME, 10:30-
11:15 a.m., Patten Free Library, 33
Summer St., Bath; stories, songs, puppets and crafts for 3- to 5-yearolds; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us. SHOE SALE, 3-8 p.m., Maine State
Music Theatre Costume Rentals, 14
Maine St., Suite 216, Brunswick;
$5-$10 per pair of shoes used in
MSMT productions; 208-8950 or www.msmtcostumes.org. CHESS CLUB, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St.,
Bath; ages 7-11; led by Nathaniel
Rines; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us. SECOND FRIDAY ART WALK, 5-8 p.m., downtown Brunswick; more than 55 artists and 11 galleries; sponsored by Five Rivers Arts
Alliance; brochure and map, www.5raa.org or 798-6964. ARTIST RECEPTION: “Paintings of
Jon Allan Marshall,” 5-7:30 p.m.,
Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St.,
Brunswick; 729-5500 or art@bayviewgallery.com. ARTIST RECEPTION: “Reflections on
Reflections,” 5-8 p.m., Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., Brunswick; photographic works by Judith Long;
729-9108. SCHOOLHOUSE STOMP CONTRADANCE, 5:30-8:30 p.m.,
Juniper Hill School, 180 Golden
Road, Alna; to be held outside under a tent, bring a picnic dinner, bake sale and other activities. Music by
Derek DeGeer and The Hootenany
Band; $10 per family; 586-5711. FOLK DANCE BRUNSWICK, 6:30-
7:15 p.m. dances taught, 7:30-9 p.m. mixed level dance, People Plus
Center, 35 Union St.; international dances; $8, $5 seniors and students; 729-0757. RED CLOAK HAUNTED HISTORY
TOUR, 7 p.m., Bath; 90 minute lantern lit walking tour and spooky stories; $12, $7 children under 12, under 5 free; reservations required;
380-3806 or www.redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com.
PERFORMANCES
CONCERT: Pianist Emma Tahmizian,
4 p.m., Kanbar Auditorium, Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College; will perform works by Chopin, Ravel,
Brahms and Dvorak; free; 798-
4141. “THE BULLY PLAYS,” 7:30 p.m., The
Theater Project, 14 School St.,
Brunswick; collection of short plays that challenge, inspire and enlighten; Pay-what-you-want; 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com.
PUBLIC MEALS
FIRESIDE LUNCHEON, noon, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; $6 younger than 60, $4 age
60 and older; reservations 729-
0475.
TALKS-WORKSHOPS
SYMPOSIUM: “Caribbean Interorality in the New Millennium,” 9:30 a.m.-
1:30 p.m., Torrey Barn, Cram Alumni House, Bowdoin College; state of oral and written storytelling in
Caribbean culture; free; 725-3357.
Sat/13
MISCELLANEOUS
BABYSITTING & HOME ALONE
SAFETY COURSE, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Mid Coast Hospital, Suite 3208,
121 Medical Center Dr., Brunswick; for kids 11 and older covering safety, AHA first aid training, fire safety tips, choking prevention, safe discipline, household safety and when and how to call 9-1-1; Registration required; 373-6585. HARVEST BAKE SALE AND OPEN
HOUSE, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Growstown
School, 195 Woodside Road,
Brunswick; sponsored by Association of American Women; 729-6385. ART CAR CAMPOUT, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., L.L. Bean, Discovery Park, 95
Main St., Freeport; free cookout, outdoor activities, camping demo, photo ops with L.L. Bean Bootmobile, Oscar Mayer Weinermobile,
Just born Peepster car and Lindt
Chocolate Gold Bunny car; free. MAINE ALLCARE CHAPTER MEETING, 10 a.m., Curtis Memorial
Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; promotes affordable health care in
Maine; Karen 263-4815 or karen.johnson@umit.maine.edu. PAINTING DEMONSTRATION, by Jon
Allan Marshall, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St.,
Brunswick; free; 729-5500 or art@bayviewgallery.com. SWINE & STEIN, 11:30-6:30 p.m.,
Water Street, Gardiner; live music, local pork products, beer tastings, kids’ activities; $10 in advance,
$15 day of event; 582-3100 or www.gardinermainstreet.org. STEAMER DIG, 2 p.m., Wolfe’s Neck
Woods State Park, Freeport; life and times of soft-shelled clams plus digyour own, weather permitting; free with park admission; 865-4465. OUTDOOR WORSHIP SERVICE, 4 p.m., Linwood E. Temple Waterfront
Park, Bath; sponsored by Bath United Methodist Church.
PERFORMANCES
SACRED CONCERT: Dave and Marlene Colburn, pianist and violinist,
6:30 p.m., Brunswick Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 333 Maine St. “THE BULLY PLAYS,” 7:30 p.m., The
Theater Project, 14 School St.,
Brunswick; collection of short plays that challenge, inspire and enlighten; Pay-what-you-want; 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com. CONCERT: Lynn Deeves, Kate
Schrock and Trina Hamlin, 7:30 p.m., Frontier Cafe theater, 14
Maine St, Mill 3, Brunswick; $12 in advance, $15 day of show; 725-
5222.
PUBLIC MEALS
BEAN AND CASSEROLE SUPPER,
4:30-6 p.m., Dresden-Richmond
United Methodist Church, 121
Pleasant St., Richmond; $7, $4 ages 5-12, 5 and under free, $20 family max; 737-4735. HARVEST SUPPER, 4:30-6 p.m.,
North Pownal United Methodist
Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal; baked ham, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, turnip, cornbread and biscuits, cider and other beverages, apple, pumpkin and squash pie; $8, $3 children, under 2 free;
Kim 865-3517. BEAN SUPPER, 4:30-6 p.m.,
Durham Masonic Lodge; also chop suey, hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, bread, pickles, homemade pies; $7.50, $4 ages 5-12, free under 5. CHURCH SUPPER, 5-6 p.m., First
Parish Church, 40 Main St.,
Freeport; three kinds of beans, chop suey, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, rolls, desserts, and beverages; $8, $4 children;
865-6022. BEAN AND CASSEROLE SUPPER, 5-
6:30 p.m., United Methodist
Church, 320 Church Road,
Brunswick; $8, $4 ages 6-12, free 5 and under; reservations 725-2185. PUBLIC DINNER, 5-7 p.m., Elijah Kellogg Church, Route 123, Harpswell; beef stew, salad, bbiscuits, and apple pie with ice cream; $8, $4 children; $20 family; 833-5567.
TALKS-WORKSHOPS
DRY STONE WALL WORKSHOP, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pettengill Farm, Pettengill Road, Freeport; sponsored by
Freeport Historical Society, taught by Chris Tanguay, master stone waller; $65 (or $110 for weekend);
865-3170. GENEOLOGY WORKSHOP: “AncestryLibrary.com, a Subset of Ancestry.com,” by Frank Rose 10 a.m.- noon, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free, but pre-register;
443-5141, ext. 18.
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