We welcome community groups to list their special events in Calendar.

Items should be submitted two weeks in advance. Send them to: Calendar Editor, The Times Record, P.O. Box 10, Brunswick, ME 04011; by fax, 721-3151; or e-mail [email protected]

Wed/23

Blood drive

• Reed and Reed, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Woolwich; www.redcrossblood.org or 1-800 RED CROSS.
• American Red Cross Donor Center, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Hearing Screenings and Workshop, screenings from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and workshops from 9:30-1 p.m., Pine Tree Society, 149 Front St., Bath; light refreshments and coffee available; free; 443-3341 x117.
• Current Events Forum, noon-1 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; sponsored by Midcoast Senior College; moderator to facilitate topics ranging from local, national and international; free.
• People Plus Social Club, 3-5 p.m., People Plus Center, 35 Union St., Brunswick; music by Claude Bonang on bones and saw tie; 729-0757.
• Art Show Reception, 6-7 p.m.; Wiscasset High School; concert band will perform at 7.
• Art Show Reception, 6-8 p.m.; Thos. Moser Showroom, 149 Main St., Freeport; featuring work by alumni of Bates, Bowdin and Colby College; 865-4519 or www.ThosMoser.com.
• Eager Beaver Knitters, 6-8:30 p.m., Beaver Park Lone Pine Lodge, 37 Cotton Road, Lisbon; bring own materials; Verla Brooks 353-9075 or [email protected].
• Bath Middle School Alumni Association, 6 p.m., Alumni Room, Morse High School, Bath; plans for Alumni Weekend will be finalized.

Performances

• A Chorus Line documentary (“Every Little Step”) and Q&A with cast members of original Broadway production, 7 p.m., Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick; $7.50, $6.50 seniors/students; 725-5222 or www.explorefrontier.com.
• Youth Ensembles Auditions, reserve an audition slot through 780-5265 or usm.maine.edu/music; singers especially welcome.
• "Growthbusters: Hooked on Growth,” 7 p.m.; First Universalist Church, Rockland; explores modern obsession with urban and economic growth; 236-8732.

Talks-Workshops

• Memorial Day Event, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library; “Conversations with Ed Bonney”; www.FreeportLibrary.com.
• Acidification in Casco Bay, by Mike Doan, 7 p.m., Harpswell Heritage Land Trust, 153 Harpswell Neck Rd.; sponsored by Friends of Casco Bay; 751-1121 or www.hhltmaine.org.

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Thu/24

Blood drive

• Brunswick High School, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Brunswick; www.redcrossblood.org or 1-800 RED CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Guided Beaver Park Morning Walks, 7-8 a.m., Lisbon; 353-9075 or lisbonme.org.
• Guided bird walk, 7 a.m., Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth; meet at environmetal center; $8, $5 members; bring binoculars and field guides; 781-2330 or [email protected].
• Weaving demonstration: “Kitchen Table Garment Design,” repeated 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main St., Topsham; free; 721-0678 or www.MaineFiberarts.org.
• Laughing club for everyone, 10:30 a.m., Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; $2; 729-0475.
• Time for Twos, 10:30-11 a.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; short stories, songs and puppets; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• Home School Time, 1-2 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• 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 LcLaughlin 729-6945.
• Welcome reception for new librarian, Linn Caroleo, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Cundy’s Harbor Library, Harpswell; light refreshments; 725-1461.

Performances

• Youth Ensembles Auditions, reserve an audition slot through 780-5265 or usm.maine.edu/music; singers especially welcome.
• Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-midnight, Railroad Diner, Route 196, Lisbon; hosted by Charlie Wing and the band Tripolar; [email protected].

Talks-Workshops

• Young Green Thumbs Series: Presto Pesto!, by Becky Kolak, 4-5 p.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road; ages 4 and older and parents; free; register 725-1727 or [email protected].
• Café Scientifique: Changes Seas. Human Challenges — A Conversation between a Scientist and a Journalist, 6 p.m., Strand Theater, 345 Main St., Rockland; free; sponsored by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences; 747-3255 x103.
• French Workshop, 6 p.m., Franco Center Heritage Hall, 46 Cedar St, Lewiston; 3 Thursday sessions; total cost is $60; register 783-1585 or [email protected].
• Adbusters and the Art of Modern Activism, 7-8:30 p.m., The Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St., Hallowell; $3; 622-3813; www.HarlowGallery.org.
• “How YOur Understanding of Nutritiion Affects Land Conservation", 7 p.m.; Shift Sustainable Home Goods, 56 Main St., Brunswick; 729-4050 or [email protected].

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Fri/25

Miscellaneous

• Botanical Gardens Bird Walk, 7-9 a.m.; Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barter’s Island Road, Boothbay; free but pre-registration required; 633-4333 ext. 101 or mainegardens.org.
• Church-wide Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Life Source Ministries Parking Lot, 34 Grover Ln., Brunswick.
• CHANS free Blood pressure clinic, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Pejepscot Terrace, 36 Pejepscot Terrace, Brunswick; 729-6782.
• Preschool Storytime, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; stories, songs, puppets and crafts for 3- to 5-year-olds; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• Travelogue Film: “Europe’s Wild Gem — Iceland,” narrated by producer John Wilson, 2 and 7 p.m., Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memoiral, 371 Sawyer Road, Greene; free; 946-5311 or www.Sawyer-Foundation.com.
• 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.
• “Coast and Country” Gallery opening, 4-6 p.m.; 833 Five Islands Rd., Georgetown; works by Barbara BEan, Cory Hart, Letty Husson, Lea Peterson, and Susan Zimmerman.
• Rice into Summer, 4-9 p.m.; Downtown Gardiner, Waterfront Park; bike rodeo, bicycle parade, “Best Pizza” competition, motorcycle parade, music and fireworks; 582-3100 or gardinermainstreet.org.
• Schoolhouse Ice Cream and Tea Social 6:30 p.m.; Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Rd., Standish; children encouraged to dress as princesses, princes, or pirates; $5 per child, adults free; 637-2186 or [email protected].

Performances

• Exit 244 concert, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Freeport; 865-4404.
• Youth Ensembles Auditions, reserve an audition slot through 780-5265 or usm.maine.edu/music; singers especially welcome.
• Folk Concert, 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7); Phippsburg Congregational Church, 10 Church Lane, Phippsburg; Cindy Kallet and Gary Larsen performing; $12/$8 students and children, under 8 free; 389-1770.
• Teens for jeans benefit concert, 7-10 p.m., Mt. Ararat High School Commons, Topsham; to benefit Clothign Garage; ages 20 and under; music by ILLIJAH, Miles from Nothing and Trouble in the West; $8 advance, $10 at door ($8 if bringing new/gently used clothing donation).

Public Meals

• Fireside Luncheon, noon, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; $5 younger than 65, $4 65 and older; reservations 729-0475.
• Public Turkey Dinner, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 27 Village St., Lisbon; $7/$3.50 children 12 and under/preschool age free.

Talks-Workshops

• Homeschoolers: Circus Arts, 1:15-2:45 p.m.; 57 Desert Rd., Freeport; for ages 9-12; $10; 865-3900 ext. 105 or www.merriconeag.org.

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Sat/26

Blood drive

• Shaw’s Supermarket, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Brunswick; www.redcrossblood.org or 1-800 RED CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Merrymeeting Audubon Field Trip: Thorne Head, 7:15 at CVS in Bath or 7:30 north end of High St., Bath; free; 729-8661.
• Church-wide Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Life Source Ministries Parking Lot, 34 Grover Ln., Brunswick.
• Plant Sale, 9-11 a.m.; Georgetown Fire Department, Rt. 127; rain or shine, coffee and soft drinks served and donation of plants prior to sale requested; 371-2255.
• Book, Plant and Bake Sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 44 Middle Rd., Dresden; rain or shine; 737-8810.
• Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., UMaine Cooperative Extension Office in Lisbon Falls; send specific plant requests to [email protected].
• Not-Your-Garden-Variety Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barter’s Island Road, Boothbay; hard to find and unique perenials and native plants,Saturday morning for members only; 633-4333 ext. 101 or mainegardens.org.
• Osprey Watch, 2-3 p.m., Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, 426 Wolf Neck Road, Freeport; free with park admission, $1 ages 5-11, $3 ages 12-64, free under 5 and over 65; begin at benches by second parking lot; 865-4465.
• “The Painterly Landscape: Contemporary New England Art,” 3-5 p.m., Wiscasset Bay Gallery, 67 Main St., Wiscasset; free; 882-7682 or www.wiscassetbaygallery.com.
• Informal Music, Worship and Community Sharing, 4 p.m., Library Park Gazebo in Bath; all are welcome; donation of non-perishable food item to be donated to the Bath Community Food Pantry.
• Opening Reception Studio 53, 5-8 p.m., 53 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor; featuring the works of John Vander, Gerda Anderson, David Dupree, Heidi Seidelhuber and the artist collective; 633-2755.
• Exhibit Opening: “Subdue, Seize and Take: Maritime Maine in the Unwelcome Interruption of the War of 1812”; Maine Maritime Museum, Bath; www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

Performances

• Gospel Concert, 6:30 p.m.; 36 Pejepscot Terrace, Brunswick; Denise Moore-Reynolds, Ray Hannah, Pastor Peter Sheff, B.J. Peres and others; free; 504-2337.

Public Meals

• Baked Bean and Casserole supper, 4-6 p.m., Bowdoinham Fire Station, Post Road; $8, $3 under 12; Susann Uhle 666-8801.
• Baked Bean and Casserole Supper, 4:30-6 p.m.; Bath Senior Center, 45 Floral St.; 3 kinds of beans, hot dogs, clam casserole, chop suey, mac and cheese, salads and desserts; $7/$3.50 children; [email protected].
• Public Supper Buffet, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Northport Memorial VFW, 780 Atlantic Highway, Northport; baked ham and beans, hommade macaroni and cheese, and apple pie.
• Home Baked Bean and Ham Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., Lisbon Methodist Church, School St., Lisbon; $7, $3 ages 6-12, 5 and under free; 353-8951.
• Baked Bean Supper, 5-6 p.m., Harraseeket Grange No. 9, 13 Elm St., Freeport; 3 kinds of beans, hot dogs, biscuits, brown bread, potato salad, pasta salad; coleslaw, pies; $7, $3 under 10; 865-3363.
• Baked Bean Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., First Parish Congregational Church, 116 Main St., Yarmouth; $8, $4 for children; 846-5894.

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Sun/27

Miscellaneous

• Plant and Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.; 46 Pleasant St., Topsham; vegetables and annuals, fundraiser for Midcoast Youth Theater; 751-2619.
• Not-Your-Garden-Variety Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barter’s Island Road, Boothbay; hard to find and unique perenials and native plants,Saturday morning for members only; 633-4333 ext. 101 or mainegardens.org.
• Antique Car Show, 10:30-2:30 p.m., Alewife Fish Ladder Restoration Festival in Damariscotta Mills; free; 563-2793 or damariscottamills.org.
• Stroll with the Ranger, 2-3 p.m., Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, 426 Wolf Neck Road, Freeport; free with park admission, $1 ages 5-11, $3 ages 12-64, free under 5 and over 65; begin at benches by second parking lot; 865-4465.
• “Commemeorative Ceremony: Malaga Island,” 3:30 p.m., gallery open 2-5 p.m.; 1825 Harpswell Island Rd., Orr’s Island; photography bySteve Black and works by Tom Brudzinski; contribution of a beverage or apetizer requested.

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Mon/28

Memorial Day

• Memorial Day Parade, 9 a.m., begins at Crafts Transport on Rt. 196, Lisbon Falls; wreath laying ceremonies at Morse Elementary and Lisbon High Schools; 353-6104.
• Durham Parade, 10 a.m., from Davis Road to Royalsborough Road to Durham Community School; stops and gazebo and Sawyer cemetery; also fun run.

Miscellaneous

• Game Day, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; free; 729-0475.
• Wild Flower Walk, 2-3 p.m., Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, 426 Wolf Neck Road, Freeport; free with park admission, $1 ages 5-11, $3 ages 12-64, free under 5 and over 65; begin at benches by second parking lot; 865-4465.
• Craft Meetup, for knitters, beaders, weavers, quilters, rug hookers, etc.; bring project to work on or share, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; 725-5242 x510.

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