Upcoming events – Freeport Planning Board public hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 6 p.m., Town Hall Council Chambers, to discuss possible amendments to the zoning ordinance that would expand the definition of agricultural farm stand to provide more flexibility in setback requirements for farm stands that sell agricultural and animal products.

“Bugs from Around the World,” Wednesday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Jim Nutting’s collection of live and preserved insects and invertebrates will be on display.

Durham Planning Board, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Town Hall.

Durham codes enforcement officer, at Town Hall Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5-6 p.m.

Freeport Community Library Book Club, Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m., Freeport Community Library sunroom. The club will discuss the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Road,” by Cormac McCarthy.

Free movie at Freeport Community Library, Thursday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m., “The Long, Hot Summer,” with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Popcorn will be served.

Bradbury Mountain Arts Keep Me Warm Concert and Art Series, Saturday, Feb. 9, Mallett Hall, 429 Hallowell Road, Pownal. Gallery opens at 6:30 p.m. featuring paintings and etchings by Andrea van Voorst van Beest and photographs by Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest. Concert starts at 7:30 with physical comedy duo Reifer and Saccone, followed by female singing trio known as The Chick Peas, Linda Pervier, Jody Albright and Darienne Oaks. $10 admission at the door. Proceeds go toward the Keep Me Warm Fuel Assistance Fund. For more information, contact Kathy Hogue, 688-4153, or khogue@maine.rr.com.

Open Stage Coffee House, Saturday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Freeport Community Library Community Meeting Room. Free for performers and audience members. Performers can show up and sign up and will be given 10-15 minutes each. Coffee, tea and desserts available for purchase. For more information, contact Eric at 865-0052 or email ericjbryant@comcast.net.

A celebration of chocolate, with food historian Sandra Oliver,Sunday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m., Old Town Hall, Park Street, Freeport. Sponsored by the Freeport Historical Society, the event will take a look at chocolate and its evolution in American cookery. Tickets are $10 per person. For more information, call 865-3170 or visit www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org.

Sleigh Day, and Sleigh Museum exhibit, Sunday, Feb. 10, noon-3 p.m., Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth. See the new museum exhibit debut of the world’s largest collection of New England sleighs. $8 person or $30 family. For more information, see www.skylinefarm.org.

Pownal Solid Waste Committee, Monday, Feb. 11, 6 p.m., Mallett Hall.

Winslow Park Commission, Monday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m., Freeport Community Center.

Durham Board of Selectmen, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Chocolate Bash, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Freeport Community Library. Raffle tickets will be sold for a basket of chocolate goodies, take-home chocolate desserts and a basket of art donated by the Art Guild of Freeport. Chocolate treats to sample, $2 a person.

Music by Cul de Sax. For more information, call 865-3307, or visit www.freeportlibrary.com.

Powell Point trek, in South Freeport on the Cousins River, Friday, Feb.15, noon-2 p.m. Meet at Powell Point trailhead, at end of the pavement on Lambert Road, one mile off South Freeport Road near Freeport YMCA. Bring snowshoes or boots with traction depending on conditions, and plan for a 1.5-mile round trip trek to a dramatic bluff over the lower Cousins River. Trek leaders are David Steckler, chairman of the land acquisition committee of the Royal River Conservation Trust, and Katrina Van Dusen, executive coordinator of the Freeport Conservation Trust. Free. For more information, call 865-3985, ext. 212. Learn more about new trails connecting Gray and North Yarmouth to Pownal, during a trek Friday, Feb. 15, 2-4 p.m., as part of the Great Maine Outdoor Weekend. Meet at Pineland Public Reserve Lands trailhead parking lot on Depot Road in Gray, just west of the intersection of 231 and Depot (North Yarmouth/New Gloucester) Road. Bring snowshoes or skis or boots with traction, depending on conditions, and plan for a 2-mile, two-hour trek. Fre. For more information, call 632-6112.

Tom Wilbur, of Wilbur’s of Maine, speaks at Freeport Women’s Club, Friday, Feb. 15, 1 p.m., Freeport Community Library. He will discuss the growth of his business. Visitors welcome.

Comedian George Hamm, benefit show Saturday, Feb. 16, 8 p.m., Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Tickets are $10. To purchase, visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/312291. Proceeds benefit Freeport Middle School Space Camp Team’s trip to Huntsville, Ala.

Pownal selectmen, Monday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m., Mallett Hall.

We love to eat – Bean supper, Saturday, Feb. 9, 5-6 p.m., First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Three kinds of beans, chop suey, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, rolls, desserts, beverages. Adults $8, children $4. Sponsored by the church.

Haddock chowder lunch, every second and fourth Friday during February and March, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., South Freeport Congregational Church Community Hall, 98 South Freeport Road, South Freeport. The lunch is buffet style and includes haddock chowder, coleslaw, corn muffins, cake and a beverage. The cost is $8, which includes seconds. Pints of chowder are also available for take-out for $6. The church is located opposite the Post Office in South Freeport. For more information, call 865-4012.

Freeport Elders Pancake Breakfast, first and third Saturday of the month, 8-10 a.m., Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St. Deluxe: Pancakes, eggs, sausages, biscuits, OJ, tea and coffee, $4.50. Regular: Pancakes, sausages, OJ, tea or coffee, $3.50. Seniors deduct $0.50.

Religion and spirituality – Durham Congregational Church, 73 Royalsborough Road, Durham. Sunday services each week at 10 a.m. All are welcome.

Durham Friends Meeting, 532 Quaker Meeting House Road.Worship services every Sunday 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.

First Parish Church, 422 Hallowell Road, Pownal, Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. All-ages Sunday school follows at 11 a.m. For more information, call 688-4846.

First Baptist Church, 185 Main St., Freeport, Sunday services at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday school from nursery school to adult, Sunday at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4404.

First Parish Church Congregational, UCC, 40 Main St., Freeport. Sunday services at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-6022.

North Pownal United Methodist Church, 851 Lawrence Road, Pownal. Worship service Sundays at 9 a.m.

St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church, Main Street, Freeport. Masses Sunday at 9:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 846-5584

Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pownal Road, Freeport. Saturday worship at 11 a.m. Sabbath School, Saturdays at 10 a.m. For more information, call 865-3990.

South Freeport Church, UCC, South Freeport Village. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 865-4012.

Shiloh Chapel, Shiloh Road, Durham. Nondenominational services Sundays at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.shilohchapelmaine.org.

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in “The Long, Hot Summer,” screening Thursday at the Freeport Community Library.