The musical group Salty Dogs will be featured at this year’s Bands for Books event on Sunday, Sept. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at picturesque Seafield Farm in Wiscasset, owned by Wiscasset Selectman Katharine Martin-Savage. It will be the fourth year the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library group has held such an event, whose purpose is to raise money for projects such as painting, carpeting, and lighting to keep the historic Wiscasset Public Library building in good shape.

A leisurely canoe/kayak paddle on Crystal Lake in Washington is coming up on Sunday, Sept. 3 starting at 9 a.m., sponsored by Medomak Valley Land Trust and Washington Lakes Watershed Association. Environmental educator and Maine Guide Rob Stenger will lead the paddle around this little gem of a lake. It will be this small lake’s first public paddle this year.

From 10:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Aug. 24, teacher-naturalist Fran Ludwig will share her knowledge about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. During this Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center workshop, participants will learn how to raise a monarch from an egg and feed it before bidding it “adios” as it journeys to Mexico.

The Jefferson Historical Society will host “Tea with Rosalind” on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. at the Old Jefferson Town House, 7 Gardiner Road, Jefferson. People are invited to take time from their busy schedules to indulge in the fashionable custom of afternoon tea.

A pasta and meatball dinner in honor of the late Jerry Topinka will be hosted by the Lincoln County Democrats from 5-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 26. All proceeds will be donated to the Lincoln County Democratic Committee in Topinka’s name.

Kaja Vieilleux of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Thomaston will host the live auction featured at the Medomak Valley Land Trust’s Summer Sizzle. The annual fundraiser for this local nonprofit organization will be held Sunday, Aug. 20 at Tops’l Farm, 364 Bremen Road, Waldoboro.

The Skidompha Library Genealogy Group’s next public program, “German Genealogy,” will be presented by genealogist and translator Katherine Schober on Friday, Aug. 25, from 10-11 a.m. in the library’s first-floor Porter Meeting Hall. A $5 donation is suggested to support ongoing genealogy programming.