KENNEBUNK

Preservationist will give tips on family heirlooms

Framer and preservationist Leia Scotton will head a “Preserving Your Family Heirlooms” workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Brick Store Museum at 117 Main St.

Attendees may bring in family treasures, and Scotton will suggest how to preserve them. Admission is free to members and $5 for all others. Proceeds go to the Brick Store Museum.

Light refreshments will be served.

For more details, call 985-4802 or visit www.brickstoremuseum.org.

Ex-ambassador gives talk on U.S., Afghan diplomacy

The Association of Former Intelligence Officers will host a talk by American Academy of Diplomacy president and former ambassador Ronald Neumann at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center at 4 Dane St.

Formerly a deputy assistant secretary of state, Neumann served as ambassador to Algeria, Bahrain and Afghanistan and is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He also served in Baghdad with the Coalition Provisional Authority.

Neumann will focus on issues in American diplomacy with the U.S. and Afghanistan. This may include policy goals and strategies in Afghanistan along with the risks, timelines and the roles of al-Qaida and the Islamic State. A question period will follow his presentation.

Church hosts ‘That’s Amore!’ dinner, with Italian songs

The “That’s Amore! Italian Concert and Spaghetti Supper” will begin at 4 pm. Saturday at Christ Church, 6 Dane St.

The event will include a concert of lively Italian songs, followed by a spaghetti supper at 5:30 p.m.

For more details, call 985-4494 or go to www.christchurchkennebunk.org.

PORTLAND

Children’s Water Festival includes quiz show, skits

More than 700 Maine fifth- and sixth-grade students and their teachers will gather for a day of interactive learning about clean water and the environment at the 23rd annual Southern Maine Children’s Water Festival, to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at Sullivan Gym, University of Southern Maine Portland campus.

The event will help students develop a sense of environmental stewardship through activities such as Dripial Pursuit, a quiz show on water issues with VIP hosts; an interactive skit from Ferry Beach Ecology School; and a tour of the exhibition hall, where displays include a fly-tying practice, live aquatic plants and animals, and a bacteria testing station.

For more details, contact Beth Chase at beth.chase@maine.gov or call 312-2743.

Master Gardener’s sale offers seedlings, perennials

The 24th annual Cumberland County Master Gardener’s plant sale will be held, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Barron Center, 1145 Brighton Ave.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener volunteers will help people select plants and answer questions on how to care for them. Selections include native and pollinator plants, in addition to vegetable seedlings, herbs, perennials, shrubs and annuals. The event offers gently used gardening items, the annual Master Gardener calendar raffle, strawberry shortcakes, blueberry tarts and coffee. Proceeds from the sale support community projects and educational programs, as well as the Children’s Garden at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm.

GRAY

Vendors must register to be part of Giant Tag Sale

The Fiddlehead School of Arts and Sciences will hold its fourth annual Giant Tag Sale to benefit the school from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at 25 Shaker Road.

Anyone wishing to rent a space to sell their own goods must register and pay a $30 space fee. Vendors must bring their own table, and space is limited. Rain date is June 3.

For more details, email fiddleheadpto@gmail.com.

NAPLES

Memorial Day cruise honors vets, active duty military

The Naples Lions Club invites veterans and their families to a Memorial Day cruise on the Songo River Queen II from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on May 28 honoring their service in the U.S. military.

Veterans or active duty servicemen or women and their immediate families will board for free.

Veteran attendees are asked to bring an ID or documentation to show active or prior military involvement. Boarding begins 30 minutes before departure. Complimentary appetizers and desserts will be provided. A snack bar and cash cocktail bar also will be available on board.

Registration is encouraged.

For more details, call Rolanda Leary at 627-7177 or Dave Gerrish at 693-6854, or email atozdave@yahoo.com.

BELFAST

Two more chances to see ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’

Midcoast Actors’ Studio performers will take the stage for two final performances of the musical “Peter and the Starcatcher” at 7:30 p.m. Frday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crosby Center, 96 Church St.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, with a family of four cap of $40. Tickets can be purchased at midcoastactors.org, or at the door 45 minutes before showtime.

For more details email midcoastactors@gmail.com or call 370-7592.

SPRINGVALE

Press Herald’s Greg Kesich speaks on media in society

The York County Senior College Great Decisions class will host a talk by Portland Press Herald editorial page editor Greg Kesich, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the Community Room of the Springvale Public Library at 443 Main St.

Following a course video, Kesich will talk about the role of the media in today’s society, the rise of “fake news” and the role of media in public policy. He also will field audience questions. All are invited to attend.

Coffee and light refreshments will be available.

For more details, call Fred Boyle at 324-4360 or email fboylgen@metrocast.net.

SANFORD

Open houses offer details about nutrition programs

The York County Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program will host open houses at three separate clinics this month. Attendees can meet WIC staff and learn about federally funded nutrition programs.

The first event will be held Tuesday at the WIC Sanford office at 6 Spruce St., with additional open houses planned for May 22 at 15 York St., Building 9, Suite 2, in Biddeford and May 31 at the Kittery Recreation Department at 120 Rogers Road, East Wing in Kittery. All events will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Guests will receive vegetable seeds for planting, and refreshments will be available.

WIC is a health and supplemental nutrition program for pregnant women; breastfeeding women up to 12 months postpartum; non-breastfeeding women up to 6 months postpartum; and infants and children up to 5 years old who have a medical/nutritional risk and meet financial eligibility criteria.

WEST GORHAM

Church hosts annual plant and bake sale Saturday

The West Gorham Union Church will host its annual plant and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 190 Ossipee Trail.

The event will include sales of varied plants for the garden, baked goods, Rada knives, and spring and garden crafts.

CUMBERLAND

Music & Muffins series features Brazilian band

Portland-based Choro Louco, a Brazilian Choro band, will perform at 10 a.m. Saturday at Prince Memorial Library at 266 Main St.

Formed in 2013 by a group of accomplished musicians, their influences range from classical music and jazz to Celtic, klezmer and Middle Eastern music.

The performance is part of the monthly Music & Muffins series.

Attendence is free and refreshments will be served.

For more details, call 829-2215.

Portland-Lewiston Interurban subject of talk

Philip Morse and Donald Curry from the Seashore Trolley Museum will discuss the history, construction and operation of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban and the 1915 Morrison Hill Station in West Cumberland at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the West Cumberland Recreation Hall at 115 Blackstrap Road.

A number of PLI/Narcissus artifacts will be on display during the event.

For more details, go to www.princememorial.org.

BRUNSWICK

Local author, poet will talk about their recent works

Local author Michelle Cacho-Negrete and poet Jenny Doughty will present a reading and talk about their most recent works at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Morrell Meeting Room, at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St.

Copies of the authors’ books will be available for sale and signing. For more information, go to curtislibrary.com or call 725-5242, ext. 503.

NEW GLOUCESTER

Historical society hosts talk about Gold Rush of 1849

“Mainers and the Gold Rush of 1849” is the title of the next program of the New Gloucester Historical Society, to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the New Gloucester Meetinghouse, at 389 Intervale Road, Route 231.

The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

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

WISCASSET

Farm’s plant sale offers 18 types of heirloom tomatoes

The Morris Farm Community Plant Sale will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at 156 Gardiner Road, 27 North.

The event will feature sales of 18 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, as well as hardy Maine-grown perennials and vegetable and herb seedlings at great prices.

Proceeds benefit the Morris Farm Trust Programs.

The entire main floor of the barn will be filled with a wide variety of plants. Coffee and baked goods will be sold.

For more details, call 882-4080 or go to www.morrisfarm.org.

OLD ORCHARD BEACH

Friends of Libby Library hold sale of gently used books

The Friends of Libby Library will open The Book Shed on Tuesday, featuring gently used and gently priced books at 27 Staples St.

Library hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

Donations of books are greatly appreciated.

All proceeds benefit the library.