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 calendar@timesrecordcom

Tue/31

Blood drive

• American Red Cross Donor Center, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Free Game Day, noon-3 p.m., Richmond Senior Citizen’s Group, 164 Pleasant St.; starts with lunch, followed by variety of games; transportation or more info, Barbara Barter 737-2190.
• Labyrinth Walk, noon-8 p.m., First Parish Church, UCC, 9 Cleaveland St., Brunswick; 729-7331.
• Knitting Circle ‘Crafternoons,’ 3:30-5 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; age 7 to adult; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• Open Community Square Dance, 6 p.m., Coffin Elementary School, Brunswick; instruction and refreshments; $2 community dance, $4 whole night; 6-7 p.m. community/students level; 7-8:30 p.m. students/mainstream level; 8:30-9 p.m. plus level; Polly Harris 373-1778.
• Freeport Players Annual Meeting and potluck supper, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St.; casts, crews, audiences welcome; www.FCPOnline.org.

Public Meals

• Neighborhood Cafe, free meal, 5:30-7:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 150 Congress Ave., Bath; also open mic to share music, thoughts, poetry and stories; free; cafe.neighborhood@gmail.com.

Talks-Workshops

• Community Conversation about Prejudice, facilitated by Steve Wessler from the Portland Center for the Prevention of Hate, 5 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; followed by potluck dinner; free; 729-8515.
• Community Program series: Student presentations, 6:30 p.m. Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road; sponsored by Cathance River Education Alliance; www.CREAMaine.org.
• Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich; book discussions throughout day at Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick High School and Bowdoin College; 725-5242.

Wed/1

Blood drive

• American Red Cross Donor Center, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Free Tax-Aide, 8-11:30 a.m., Freeport Community Services, 53 Depot St., Brunswick; 865-4743 x120. By appointment.
• Free Tax-Aide, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and 3:30-7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; 725-5242 x510. By appointment.
• Story Time for preschool children, 10:30 a.m., Wiscasset Public Library, 21 High St.,; includes storytelling and crafts; 882-7161.
• Book Babies, for babies and toddlers, 10:30 a.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; 20 minutes of rhyming stories, finger plays and song; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• Winter Film Series — Oscar-winning love stories: Shakespeare in Love (1988; R), 2 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free; refreshments; 443-5141 x25 or www.patten.lib.me.us.

Performances

• Songwriters in the round, 7-9 p.m., Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick; featuring Lisa Redfern, Jud Caswell, Shanna Underwood, Connor Garvey; $10; 725-5222 or www.explorefrontier.com.
• Next Fall, presented by Good Theater, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland; $15; 885-5883 or www.GoodTheater.com.

Public Meals

• Lunch Cafe, noon-1 p.m., Bath Regional Career and Technical Center, 800 High St.; 3-course meal and beverage, $7; operated by culinary arts students; reservations 443-8257 or CulinaryCafe@RSU1.org.

Talks-Workshops

• Cannabis Education day, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., State Capitol, Hall of Flags, Augusta; sponsored by Medical Marijuana Caregivers of Maine; film screening, “Science vs.Stigma,” 11:30 a.m. at Cross Building; 615-4457 or mmcmmaine@gmail.com.
• The Devlopment of the Modern Piano, by Christopher Fuchs, part of Midcoast Senior College Winter Wisdom Series, 12:15-1:45 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; free.
• Starting Seeds For Spring, by Linton Studdiford, 6:30 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free; 443-5141 x12 or www.patten.lib.me.us.

Thu/2

Blood drive

• American Red Cross Donor Center, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Guided Beaver Park Morning walks, 7-8 a.m., Lisbon; 353-9075 or lisbonme.org.
• Thursday hikers: Brunswick Golf Course; meet 8:45 a.m. at Mid-Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St., Topsham; snowshoe or cross-country ski, or hike; bring water and snack; call about snow conditions, 319-7355.
• Free Tax-Aide, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Brunswick; 725-1727. By appointment, walkins accepted.
• Free Tax-Aide, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St.; 443-5141. No appointment needed.
• 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.
• Free Tax-Aide, 12:30-4 p.m., People Plus Center, 35 Union St., Brunswick; 729-0757. By appointment.
• Home School Time, 1-2 p.m., Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• screening of Japanese film, “Shall We Dance,” 7-9 p.m., Winter Street Center, 800 Washington St., Bath; part of Japanese Celebration Weekend; bath-tsugaru,org.

Performances

• Next Fall, presented by Good Theater, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland; $20; 885-5883 or www.GoodTheater.com.
• College Night 2012, 7-10 p.m., Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square; live music lineup: 8 p.m. Boy Without God, 9 p.m. The Milkman’s Union; free with student ID or $5 cash; access to museum’s galleries and special exhibitions; free food; 775-6148 or www.PortlandMuseum.org.
• Winter Cabaret, 7:30 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick; pay-what-you-want; adults-only night of sketch comedy, music, desserts; 729-8485 or www.TheaterProject.com.
• Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.-midnight, Railroad Diner, Route 196, Lisbon; hosted by Charlie Wing and the band Tripolar; cwing9877@gmail.com.

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.
• Noonday Concerts, featuring Les Sorciers Perdus, 12:15 p.m., First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St., Portland; arrangements of folk music from around globe; free; Portland Conservatory of Music 775-3356.
• Free Sake Tasting, 5-7 p.m., Now You’re Cooking, Bath; part of Japanese Celebration Weekend; bath-tsugaru,org.

Talks-Workshops

• Inside Women’s Field Hockey: Recruitment, Academics, Motivation and Vision, by Nicola Pearson, 12:30 p.m., Moulton Union, Bowdoin College, Brunswick; free; 725-3306.

Fri/3

Blood drive

• American Red Cross Donor Center, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.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-yer-olds; free; 443-5141 x17 or www.patten.lib.me.us.
• National Senior Independence, learn about services and techniques for remaining independent as a senior, 1 p.m., Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; free; 729-0475.
• 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.
• Screening of Japanese film, “Seven Samurai,” 7-10:30 p.m., Hampton Inn, Bath; part of Japanese Celebration Weekend; bath-tsugaru,org.
• In the blood, multi-media documentary of turn-of-the-last-century Maine lumbermen featuring live music by Sumner McKane and Joshua Robbins, 7:30 p.m., Oilin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St., Lewiston; $6; 782-7228 or www.BatesTickets.com.

Performances

• Chowder Cookoff fundraiser to benefit Morse High School Odyssey of the Mind team, 5-7 p.m., Bath Middle School; $5 or $10 family with young children; 443-6326 or jmansfield@rsu1.org.
• Ladies of flame, concert and dinner, 6 p.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport; dinner follows concert at 7 p.m.; $15, BYOB; reservations 865-3985.
• Girls Rock! concert, 6-9 p.m., Bayside Bowl, 58 Adler St., Portland; featuring female rock students from Maine Academy of Modern Music: Emilia Dahlin, The Oxymorons and Lady & The Tramps; $8, $5 youth; 899-3433 or www.MaineAcademyOfModernMusic.org.
• Music in the Gallery with Peter Alexander, 7-8:30 p.m., Chocolate Church Art Gallery, 804 Washington St., Bath; $10; 442-8455 or www.ChocolateChurchGallery.blogspot.com.
• Musical Revue of Les Miserables, fundraiser to benefit New England Regional Theater Company, Winter Street Church, 888 Washington St., Bath; 7-8 p.m. cocktails and silent auction; 8-10 p.m., performance and desserts; $15, $25 couple; 798-6966 or www.nerctickets@gmail.com.
• Next Fall, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland; $20; 885-5883 or www.GoodTheater.com.
• As it is in heaven, a production of Heartwood Theater, 7:30 p.m., Skidompha Library, Main St., Damariscotta; $18, $12 students; 563-1373 or www.HeartwoodTheater.org.
• Circle Mirror Transformation, 8 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick; pay-what-you-want; 729-8485 or www.TheaterProject.com.
• Favorite Works, A LA Carte, trombone concert by Brian Diehl, 8 p.m., Corthell Concert Hall, University of Southern Maine, Gorham; $15, $10 seniors/USM employees, $5 students/children; 780-5555 or www.USM.Maine.edu/music/boxoffice; snow date March 2 (780-4800).

Talks-Workshops

• Japanese Cooking Class with Chris Toy, 5-7 p.m., Now You’re Cooking, Bath; part of Japanese Celebration Weekend; bath-tsugaru,org.

Sat/4

Blood drive

• American Red Cross Donor Center, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 524 Forest Ave., Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Miscellaneous

• Free Tax-Aide, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Bath Area Senior Center, 45 Floral St.; 443-4937. No appointment needed.
• Poetry reading, with Maggie Finch and Jerry Day Mason, 2 p.m., Brunswick Inn, Park Row, Brunswick; bring a poem to share; free; 729-4439.
• Japanese Celebration Weekend, events at Bath Middle School, 6 Brunswick Road; Family Carnival featuring crafts and activities, 1-3 p.m.; Japanese dinner 5:30-7 p.m.; 7-8 p.m. celebrity sumo wrestling, Japanese Bingo and Taiko drumming group; all but dinner by donation; dinner tickets $7 or $25 family sold at Now You’re Cooking; bath-tsugaru,org.
• Contradance, 8 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road; bring nonstreet shoes to dance; 7:15 p.m., dance instruction-review; dessert potluck at 9:45 p.m.; $10, $7 students, $5 ages 5-12, under 5 free; 582-6378 or 756-2201.

Performances

• As it is in heaven, a production of Heartwood Theater, 7:30 p.m., Skidompha Library, Main St., Damariscotta; $18, $12 students; 563-1373 or www.HeartwoodTheater.org.
• Pianist George Lopez and violinist Eva Grueser, 7:30 p.m., Studzinski Recital Hall, Bowdoin College, Brunswick; free; 798-4141.
• Tamara Poddubnaya piano concert, 7:30 p.m., Franco Center Heritage Hall, Lewiston; $16 adult, $14 students/seniors, $18 at door; 689-2000 or www.FrancoCenter.org/box-office-info.
• Next Fall, presented by Good Theater, 7:30 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland; $25; 885-5883 or www.GoodTheater.com.
• Winter Cabaret, 8 p.m., The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick; pay-what-you-want; adults-only night of sketch comedy, music, desserts; 729-8485 or www.TheaterProject.com.

Talks-Workshops

• The oregon Trail 2011, by Nick Buck, 1:30 p.m., Owls Head Transportation Museum; free; retracing trail by mule team; part of museum’s Winter Education Series; 594-4418 or www.OwlsHead.org.

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