Thu/21

BLOOD DRIVE

AMERICAN RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, noon-7 p.m., 524 Forest Ave.,

Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or

1-800-RED-CROSS. RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, 10 a.m.-

3 p.m., Preti Flaherty, Portland; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-

RED-CROSS. RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Department of Labor, Augusta; www.RedCrossBlood.org or 1-800-

RED-CROSS.

MISCELLANEOUS

WEAVING DEMONSTRATION: “Making a simple loom with treaddles and heddles,” repeated 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,

Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main St., Topsham; free; 721-0678 or www.Maine-

Fiberarts.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. FIRST DAYS OF SUMMER, Downtown

Brunswick; family-friendly; includes a week of specials, promotions and instore activities and entertainment; www.brunswickdowntown.org.

PERFORMANCES

A CHORUS LINE, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Maine State Music Theatre,

Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College,

Brunswick; $36-54 matinee/$43-56 evening; 725-8769 or www.MSMT.org. MISS-REPRESENTATION: Documentary Screening and Discussion,” 6 p.m., Frotier Cafe & Cinema, Fort

Andross, 12 Main St., Brunswick;

$10; 725-5222. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 8 p.m.-midnight,

Railroad Diner, Route 196, Lisbon; hosted by Charlie Wing and the band

Tripolar; cwing9877@gmail.com.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR

OF 1812, 6:30 p.m., Rockland Public

Library, 80 Union St.; speakers

George C. Daughan and James L.

Nelson; free. CHAT WITH CHAMPIONS: Maestro

Robert Moody, 7 p.m., 184 Main St.,

Damariscotta; free; 563-5513.

Fri/22

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

CHANS FREE BLOOD PRESSURE

CLINIC, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Pejepscot

Terrace, 36 Pejepscot Terrace,

Brunswick; 729-6782. CURTIS FRIENDS BOOK SALE, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Brunswick Junior High

School, 65 Columbia Ave.,

Brunswick; all books $3 or less; 725-

5242.

WIRED! HOW ELECTRICITY CAME

TO MAINE, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Maine

Historical Society, 489 Congress St.,

Portland; $8/7 senoirs, AAA, and students/$2 children; opening exhibit. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL, 11 a.m.-

1:30 p.m., at the Gazebo on the

Brunswick Mall; fresh picked strawberries, sundaes, jams, shortcakes, strawberry-rhubarb pies and more;

725-2588. AUTHOR VISIT AND BOOKSIGNING:

Paul Cunningham’s “Building a Viking

Ship in Maine,” 1 p.m., Shaw’s

Supermarket, 147 Bath Rd.,

Brunswick; free. GALA OPENING: “Three Town Artist:

Carlo Pittore, Bryce Muir and Carter

Smith,” 4-7 p.m., Merrymeeting Arts

Center, Bowdoinham; $25; merrymeetingartscenter.org. DOCUMENTARY: IN THE BLOOD

WITH LIVE SCORE performed by

Sumner McKane, 7:30 p.m., The

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86

Townsend Ave.; $10; 633-5159 or www.BoothbayOperaHouse.com. FIRST DAYS OF SUMMER, Downtown

Brunswick; family-friendly; includes a week of specials, promotions and instore activities and entertainment; www.brunswickdowntown.org.

PERFORMANCES

HARRY’S HOE DOWN, 9 a.m., Harry

Browns Farm, 45 Abijah Rd., Starks; featuring over 20 bands and performers; 696-8879 or www.harryshill.net. A CHORUS LINE, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Maine State Music Theatre,

Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College,

Brunswick; $36-54 matinee/$43-56 evening; 725-8769 or www.MSMT.org. SOLOIST MARY MURPHY, 2 p.m. and

7 p.m., Araxine Wilkins Sawyer

Memorial, 371 Sawyer Rd., Greene; jazz, 40’s and 50’s era, classical country, gospel and origianal selections; free; 946-5311 or sawyer-foundation.com. MUSIC AT THE MARKET: “Jud

Caswell,” 5-7 p.m., Richmond Riverfront Farmers Market; free. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

Long Branch School and General

Store, Bowdoinham; all are invited. BATH MUNICIPAL BAND, 7 p.m., Concert band at Bath Gazebo; bathband.org.

PUBLIC MEALS

FIRESIDE LUNCHEON, noon, Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St., Topsham; $5 younger than 65, $4 65 and older; reservations 729-0475.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

BIRD ADAPTATIONS: CHILDRENS

PROGRAM, 10 a.m.-noon, Children’s

Garden, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters Island, Boothbay; preregistration required, 2 day class;

$12/$10 for members; 633-4333 ext. 101 or MaineGardens.org.

Sat/23

MISCELLANEOUS

CORLISS STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

YARD SALE, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., corner of

Weeks St. and Middle St., Bath; extremely low priced tools, furniture, dishes, books, toys, electronics, jewelry, etc; 443-4747. HARASEEKET HERITAGE DAY, 9 a.m.-

3:30 p.m., on the Waterfront, South

Freeport; daytime waterfront activities; free/sailing tours for $30; 865-

3170 or www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org. SCHOONER FAME VISIT, 9:30 a.m.-

4:30 p.m., Maine Maritime Museum,

Bath; a full scale replica of a War of

1812 privateer; free with museum admission; www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org. TRI-NY: NORTH YARMOUTH FAMILY

TRIATHLON, 10 a.m., Wescustogo

Park, North Yarmouth; registration begins at 8:30 a.m. race day; $15 registration fee; 829-6396. ORATORIO CHORALE AUDITIONS, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Mid Coast Presbyterian

Church, Main St., Topsham; make an appointment, all voice parts welcome, no preparation required; 329-

5708 or rlbairstow@live.com. CURTIS FRIENDS BOOK SALE, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Brunswick Junior High,

65 Columbia Ave., Brunswick; all books $2 or less; 725-5242. GIRL SCOUT CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT

OPENING, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Maine

State Museum, 83 State House Station, Augusta; old fashioned games, fish printing, scavenger hunt and more; free; 287-2301 or mainestatemuseum.org. GREGORY ALLEN BOOK SIGNING, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Bath Book Shop, 96

Front St., Bath; book: Patchwork of

Maine. VIKI DOUDERA BOOK SIGNING, 11 a.m., Maine Coast Book Shop, 158

Main St., Damariscotta; book: Deadly

Offer; 563-3207 or www.mainecoastbookshop.com. BLACKSMITHING DEMONSTRATION, noon-3 p.m., Chapman-Hall House,

Main St., Damariscotta; blacksmith

Jeffery Miller. BRUNSWICK TOPSHAM LAND TRUST

EVENT, 1-3 p.m., Tom Settlemire Garden, Maurice Dr., Brunswick; enter a scarecrow contest ($5), plant sale and baked goods; 729-7694 or www.btlt.org. RED, WHITE AND BLUE FESTIVAL,

The Long Branch School and General

Store; Blacksmithing demonstrations all afternoon; Horseshoe Tournament: 1:30-3:30 p.m.; Dessert

Class: 2-4 p.m., please sign up in advance; Family Friendly Kayak Tour:

3-6 p.m., please sign up in advance,

Mailly Waterfront Park; 666-5651 ext. 2248. GREATER GARDINER RIVER FESTIVAL, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. pontoon boat rides, look for the Gardiner Heart and

Soul both to sign up; 2-4 p.m. canoe and kayak paddling clinic, canoe launch at the south end of the boardwalk at Waterfront Park, pre-registration recommended, $5; 582-3100 or www.gardinermainestreet.org. OPEN HOUSE, 5 p.m., St. John the

Baptist Church, corner of Pleasant and Union Sts., Brunswick; displayes from church’s museum, tours; cornerstone of church laid in 1912. FIRST DAYS OF SUMMER, Downtown

Brunswick; family-friendly; includes a week of specials, promotions and instore activities and entertainment; sidewalk sale and community yard sale; www.brunswickdowntown.org. EVENING GALA AND AUCTION, 6:30-

10:30 p.m., under the tent at Brewer

South Freeport Marine; 865-3170 or www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org. GEORGETOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

AUCTION, 7 p.m., Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Rd.,

Georgetown; art, autographed books, lobstering, handcrafted items, vitage fabrics, and more; 371-9200.

PERFORMANCES

HARRY’S HOE DOWN, Harry Browns

Farm, 45 Abijah Rd., Starks; featuring over 20 bands and performers; 696-8879 or www.harryshill.net. A CHORUS LINE, 7:30 p.m., Maine

State Music Theatre, Pickard Theater, Bowdoin College, Brunswick;

$43-56; 725-8769 or www.MSMT.org. GUITARIST FRANK VIGNOLA, 8 p.m.,

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, 86 Townsend Ave.; $15 advance, $18 at door; 633-5159 or www.BoothbayOperaHouse.com; frankvignola.com.

PUBLIC MEALS

BAKED BEAN AND CASSEROLE SUPPER, 4:30-6 p.m., Bath Area Senior

Center; 3 kinds of beans, hot dogs, clam casserole, chop suey, mac and cheese, and more; $7/$3.50 children; 443-4937. 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 AND MACARONI AND

CHEESE SUPPER, 5-6:30 p.m,

Masonic Hall, Mill St., Yarmouth; 3 types of beans, cole slaw, macaroni and cheese, hot dogs and more;

$8/$4 children. 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. BOWDOINHAM CHICKEN BARBEQUE, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Bowdoinham Community School; $10/$ children; tickets may be purchased in advance at the Town Office or at the

BBQ; 666-5531 or www.bowdoinham.com.

TALKS-WORKSHOPS

ANNUALS, GRASSES AND OTHER

PERENNIALS: With Bill Cullina, 9 a.m.-noon, Education Center, Coastal

Maine Botanical Gardens, Barters

Island, Boothbay; $42/$35 for members; 633-4333 ext. 101 or Maine-

Gardens.org. CANCER COMMUNITY CENTER:

“Alternative Milks 101,” 11 a.m.-

12:30 p.m., Cancer Community Center, 788 Main St., So. Portland; sampling, recipes, and more; free; cancercommunitycenter.org.