Thu/7

MISCELLANEOUS

HOMESCHOOL TIME, 1-2 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St.,

Bath; 443-5141. LEGO LEAGUE, 3:30-4:15 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St.,

Bath; bring your own Lego bin and a snack; 443-5141. CREATIVE MOVEMENT EDUCATION,

4-5 p.m., Bath Dance Works, 72

Front St., Bath; student-centered and engaging movement acticities for children ages 6-12; $15 per class or $60 for five classes; [email protected]. BEER & BIKES, 5:30-7:30 p.m.,

Seadog Brewery, 1 Main St., Topsham; sponsored by American Lung

Association Northeast Trek Across

Maine; free, but registration encouraged; 624-0302 or trekacrossmaine@ LungNE.org. 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: 7 p.m., “Manhattan,” Winter

Street Center, 880 Washington

St., Bath; bring your own supper; $5; [email protected]. READING: “Theater of War,” 7 p.m.,

Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College; staged reading of ancient Greek tragedies by New

York-based theater group Outside the Wire; free; 725-3617.

PUBLIC MEALS

REGION 10 CAFÉ, run by students, noon-1 p.m., Region 10 Technical

High School, 68 Church Road,

Brunswick; 3-course meal $7.50; reservations encouraged 729-6622.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

CURRENT EVENTS FORUM, noon,

Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis

Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St.,

Brunswick; free; 725-5242. COMMUNITY LECTURE: “Eating is an Agricultural Act,” by Tom Settlemire, 12:30 p.m., Main Lounge,

Moulton Union, Bowdoin College; free; 725-3253. MIDDLE EAST CONVERSATION

SERIES, 2 p.m., People Plus Center,

35 Union St., Brunswick; Ed Knox to moderate; free, but pre-register;

729-0757. ORR’S ISLAND FIRST THURSDAY

PROGRAM: “Being a Furniture

Detective,” Malcolm McFarland, 7 p.m., Orr’s Island Library, 1699

Harpswell Islands Rd (Route 24); learn the secrets of dating a piece of furniture or artifact; [email protected]. LECTURE: “Corporate Science,” by

Stuart Kirsch, 7 p.m., Beam Classromm, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin

College; free; 721-5153.

Fri/8

MISCELLANEOUS

SKI & SNOWSHOE TRAILER, 9 a.m.-

2 p.m., Bradbury Mountain State

Park, 528 Hallowell Rd., Pownal; free use of cross-country skis & snowshoes. 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. CHESS CLUB, 4-4:45 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.

PERFORMANCES

READING: “Theater of War,” 7 p.m.,

Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College; staged reading of ancient Greek tragedies by New

York-based theater group Outside the Wire; free; 725-3617. WINTER CABARET, 8 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St.,

Brunswick; adults-only sketch comedy, music & desserts; pay-what-youwant; 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com.

PUBLIC MEALS

HADDOCK CHOWDER LUNCHEON,

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., South Freeport

Congregational Church, 98 South

Freeport Road; buffet-style haddock chowder, coleslaw, corn muffins, cake & beverage; $8 (includes seconds), $6 take-out; 865-4012. FIRESIDE LUNCHEON, noon, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; $6 younger than 60, $4 age

60 and older; reservations 729-

0475. PORK SUPPER, 5-7 p.m., St. Charles

Church, 132 McKeen St.; to benefit

All Saints teen summer mission to

Puerto Rico; $8, $4 kids; 725-

2624.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

PARENT/CHILD WORKSHOP, 10:30 a.m to noon, Topsham Public

Library, 25 Foreside Rd.; fun, interactive playtime in a room full of toys; in-person registration required;

725-1727. IMMIGRANT KITCHENS: “Haitian

Cooking Lesson,” 6-9 p.m., Freeport

Community Center, 53 Depot St.; habenero-lemon pork ribs, twice fried green plaintains with avocado, tomato & crab and rice & beans,

BYOB; advance registration $15-

$35 as a fundraiser for food pantry

& neonatal care in Haiti; [email protected].

Sat/9

BLOOD DRIVE

WEST BATH FIRE DEPARTMENT, 2

& 7 p.m., 192 State Rd.; www.Red-

CrossBlood.org or 1-800-REDCROSS.

MISCELLANEOUS

SKI & SNOWSHOE TRAILER, 9 a.m.-

2 p.m., Bradbury Mountain State

Park, 528 Hallowell Rd., Pownal; free use of cross-country skis & snowshoes. REP. DECHANT PUBLIC OFFICE

HOURS, 9-10:30 a.m., Cafe Creme, corner of Front & Center streets,

Bath; informal opportunity for Bath citizens to ask questions about major budget concerns; www.maine.gov/legis. MEETING MIDCOAST CHAPTER,

MAINE ALLCARE, 10 a.m., Wild

Oats, Tontine Mall, Brunswick; nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting single-payer healthcare in

Maine; Julie Pease 729-2809. SIP & STITCH, 10-11:30 a.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside

Road; learn to knit or crochet, work on latest project, check out library resources; 725-1727 or www.topshamlibrary.org. LONGFELLOW DAYS TOUR OF

JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN MUSEUM,

Noon-3 p.m., Joshua Chamberlain

Museum, corner of Maine & Potter streets; free; 917-543-8421.

PERFORMANCES

KEEP ME WARM CONCERT & ART

SERIES, 6:30 p.m. gallery opens,

7:30 p.m., concert, Bradbury Mountain Arts, Mallett Hall, 429 Hallowell

Rd., Pownal; featuring art by Andrea

& Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest, comedy by Reifer & Saccone and music by The Chick Peas, refreshments & door prize all to benefit fuel assistance fund; $10; 688-4153. WINTER CABARET, 8 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St.,

Brunswick; adults-only sketch comedy, music & desserts; pay-what-youwant; 729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com.

PUBLIC MEALS

PUBLIC CHURCH SUPPER, 5-6 p.m.,

First Parish Church, 40 Main St.,

Freeport; 3 kinds of beans, chop suey, coleslaw, macaroni & cheese, hot dogs, rolls, desserts, beverages;

$8, $4 children; 865-6022. BEAN AND CASSEROLE SUPPER, 5-

6:30 p.m., United Methodist

Church, 320 Church Road,

Brunswick; beans, salads, homemade pies & more; $8, $4 ages 6-

12, free 5 and under; reservations

725-2185. ROAST BEEF DINNER, 5-7 p.m., Elijah Kellogg Church, Route 123,

Harpswell; $8, $4 kids; $20 family;

833-5567.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

INTENSIVE COLLAGE WORKSHOP, with Debra Arter, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,

Centre St. Arts Gallery, 11 Centre

St., Bath; $60, pre-register; 442-

0300. TOWN HISTORY SERIES: “Historic

Houses of Phippsburg,” 10:30 a.m.- noon, Community Room, Patten

Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free; 443-5141, etx. 18.

Sun/10

MISCELLANEOUS

SKI & SNOWSHOE TRAILER, 9 a.m.-

2 p.m., Wolfe’s Neck Wood State

Park, 426 Wolfe’s Neck Rd.,

Freeport; free use of cross-country skis & snowshoes. BATH ANTIQUE SHOW & SALE, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., Bath Middle School, 6

Old Brunswick Rd.; over 40 dealers from Maine & New Hampshire, featuring Harry Hepburn, specialist in clock repair, cafe; 582-5908 or www.bathantiquesshows.com. PETERSON CANEL HIKE, Noon, meet at New Meadows Lake boat lauch, Old Brunswick Rd.; sponsored by New Meadows Lake Association, Bath Historical Society,

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay & Kennebec Estuary Land Trust; www.kennebecestuary.org. VALENTINE LUNCHEON, 1 p.m., Connected Catholics of Maine, Muddy

Rudder, Route 1, Freeport; order off the menu; Louise 926-5676. 13TH ANNUAL FATHER/DAUGHTER VALENTINE DANCE, 2-4 p.m., Mt. Ararat Middle School Gym, 66 Republic Ave., Topsham; sponsored by Topsham Parks & Rec for girls ages 6-12 & their dad or dad-substitute, dancing & light refreshments; $30 per couple, $38 non-Topsham residents, $5 extra child, advance tickets only; 725-1726.

PERFORMANCES

WINTER CABARET, 2 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick; adults-only sketch comedy, music & desserts; pay-what-you-want;

729-8584 or www.theaterproject.com.

PUBLIC MEALS

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BREAKFAST,

7:30-10 a.m., Knights of Columbus,

2 Columbus Dr., Brunswick; French toast, made-t-order omelets; $6, $3 kids under 8, free under 3; 729-

6552.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

LONGFELLOW DAYS COURSEN

READINGS, 1 p.m., Fireplace Room,

Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant

St., Brunswick; poets Rob

Farnsworth, Judith Robbins & Robert

Strong to read; free; 917-543-8421. LECTURE: “The Invisible People: the

Franco-American Community of

Brunswick,” by Ruth Bouchard Klein,

2 p.m., Pejepscot Historical Society,

Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; treatment of mill workers in the 18th & 19th centuries, including short film by Christian Schneider; free; Brian 729-

4098, Marie 833-7271 or John 833-

5430. VEGETABLE GARDENING WORKSHOP, 2-3:30 p.m., Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St.,

Brunswick; learn about organic enrichment techniques; free; Linton

Studdiford 798-5899 or [email protected]. HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE, presented by Sandra Oliver, 3 p.m., Freeport

Historical Society, Old Town Hall,

Park St.; with tastings; $10, reservations recommended; 865-3170 or www.freepor thistoricalsociety.org. LECTURE: “Historic Preservation: Its

Origins & Its Future in Community

Revitalization,” by Greg Paxton, executive director of Maine Preservation, 4 p.m., Winter Street Center,

880 Washington St., Bath; sponsored by Sagadahoc Preservation,

Inc; free; 443-2174 or www.sagadahocpreservation.org.