Until Aug. 16: The Summer Food Service Program in Gray-New Gloucester, sponsored by the MSAD 15 Food Services Department and supported by the Preble Street Maine Hunger Initiative in partnership with the Liberty Family Foundation, will be offering a free lunch to all kids and teens under the age of 18. There is no application and everyone is welcome. The meal is held at the Gray-New Gloucester High School from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and at the Liberty Family Foundation site (across from St. Gregory’s Parish) from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. For more information, call Amy Bacon at 657-9331.

Until Aug. 4: Schoolhouse Arts Center will present “The Music Man” from July 18-Aug. 4. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m.. Sunday performances are at 5 p.m. Tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for students and seniors. Schoolhouse Arts Center is located at 16 Richville Road (Route 114) in Standish, just north of the intersection of Route 114 and Route 35. Call 642-3743 for reservations or buy tickets online at www.schoolhousearts.org.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Amateur Elvis impersonator Jason Boothby will be performing at the gazebo in Steep Falls Park (corner of routes 11 and 113 in Standish) starting at 7 p.m. Hot dogs, popcorn, soda and other food will be on sale prior to and during the performance. Donations only. Benefits the Steep Falls Village Improvement Society.

Aug. 3: From 6:30-8:30 p.m., the Naples Public Library will be holding a Paddle Art Auction at the Naples Country Club. Twenty-four paintings on ash canoe paddles and a landscape quilt will be available for bidding. Contributors include well-known local artists such as Andrea Dacko, Dick Anzelc, Linda Stearns, Regina Tremblay, Dan Edwards and Jeff Toole, to name a few. The paddles are on display now at the library. Tickets are $10. Call 693-6841 or go to www.naples.lib.me.us for information.

Aug. 3: Bats are coming to Spaulding Memorial Library in Sebago. The Chewonki Bats of the World program that is. Free presentation for the whole family at 7 p.m. For more information, call 787-2321.

Monday, Aug. 5: A National Alliance on Mental Illness support group meets at the Raymond Public Safety Building on Route 302 from 7-8:30 p.m. Classrooms are upstairs. No family or person living with mental illness in Maine needs to be alone. NAMI Maine families and individuals living with a mental illness are there to help. Meetings are held the first Monday of every month. For information, call Eileen at 655-4193.

Tuesday, Aug. 6: Windham’s Monthly Grief Support meeting sponsored by VNA Home Health & Hospice will be discussing “Coping with the loss of a spouse” from 6-7:30 p.m. at the North Windham Union Church, 723 Roosevelt Trail (Route 302). The group is open to anyone grieving the death of a loved one. For more information call Linda Hopkins, Bereavement Support Coordinator for VNA Home Health & Hospice, at 400-8714 or e-mail [email protected]. The group is sponsored by the North Windham Union Church UCC Mission Committee.

Thursday, Aug. 8: At 6:30 p.m., Loon Echo Land Trust is hosting a 4-mile run or walk to benefit the ongoing stewardship of Hacker’s Hill. This scenic run will start at the Cry of the Loon gift shops on Route 302, continue up Quaker Ridge Road and finish atop Hacker’s Hill. Registration starts at 5:30 p.m. at the finish line on Hacker’s Hill and the race starts at 6:30. Entry fee is $20/adults and $15 under 18. For more information, visit www.loonecholandtrust.org/ or call 647-4352.

Friday, Aug. 9: Gorham Savings Bank’s Standish location will be holding its annual barbeque from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., which will be catered by The Blue Pig. The event is held at the branch located in the Colonial Marketplace on Route 25 in Standish and it is free to the community.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Fundraiser Summer Carnival at Bridgton Kendall and Anna Ham Recreation Complex 10 a.m.-2 p.m. weather permitting. Ring Toss, Pick your color, Dime Toss, Golf, Fishing for a Grab Bag and much more. Concession will be open. Raffle tickets available. For more information, call Lyn at 627-7380.

Aug. 10: Mystery for Hire presents “Who Killed Jolly Roger?” – A Pirate Mystery Cruise on the Songo River Queen from 7-9 p.m. on the causeway in Naples. Tickets are $29.95 per person, which includes only the mystery show and the cruise. Cash bar and food court available on the boat. For tickets, go to www.mysteryforhire.com. For information, call 998-2472.

Aug. 10: Sebago Historical Society’s building at 347 Convene Road will be open for research and browsing from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11: The fifth annual historic tour hosted by the Sebago Historical Society meets for carpooling at 1 p.m. at Sebago Veterans Park, routes 11 and 114. Sites to be visited include Camp O-At-Ka, three buildings, Methodist church and Daniel Hill House. Tickets are $5.