ALNA — Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum, 97 Cross Road, will host its annual picnic weekend Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The two days of events will include music, food and rides on a steam train, Model T railcar and handcar. Regularly scheduled trains will run both days departing from […]

FREEPORT — Figures of Speech Theatre, a puppetry theater company located at 77 Durham Road, is seeking high school students from Brunswick to Portland to join The Figures of Speech Student Ensemble this fall. A news release describes the production as follows: Now in its fifth year, The FOSSE pairs top-quality professional artist mentors with […]

BOWDOINHAM — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and Merrymeeting Arts Center will host “Photography Above and Below the Bay,” a lecture by local photographer Heather Perry on Saturday at 11 a.m. at MAC, 9 Main St. A news release from FOMB describes Perry’s work as follows: Perry’s happiness in, on and above the water can be […]

PHIPPSBURG — Dave Roper will read from his book, “Watching for Mermaids,” on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Sebasco Harbor Resort. A news release describes the book as follows: “Watching for Mermaids,” a collection of short stories that navigate through decades of Roper’s waterborne life, celebrating the romance, uncertainty, and possibility, climbed to […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Maine Coast Book Shop, 158 Maine St., will host author Morgan Callan Rogers, a Bath-native on Wednesday at 11 a.m. for a reading and book signing of her novel, “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea.” A news release describes the novel as follows: “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea” […]

BATH — Author Chaz Young celebrates her third book launch with “Firebloods,” the third book in the teen series “Travels To Fahdamin Ra.” According to a news release, Chaz Young has been writing for teens for several years after being picked up by Canadian publishing company, Navarone Books. When Young was unable to find exciting […]

OWLS HEAD — High speed aerobatics, classic cars, highwheel bicycles and military aircraft will headline the Wings and Wheels Spectacular at Owls Head Transportation Museum, 117 Museum St. (Route 73), on Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. on both days. The annual Wings & Wheels Spectacular is celebrating its 37th season. This was […]

AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western Museum will host the 12th annual Fort to Fort Canoe and Kayak Expedition on Saturday, Aug. 11. Old Fort Western’s replica bateau will leave Fort Halifax on Augusta Road (Route 201) in Winslow at 9 a.m and paddle to Old Fort Western, 16 Cony St., Augusta. Kayakers and canoists are […]