UMaine faculty and students study the Damariscotta River, the Gulf of Maine, and the world’s oceans at the Darling Marine Center. Join us for a walking tour of our waterfront laboratories and learn about current research projects focusing on lobster ecology and fisheries management, shellfish aquaculture, remote sensing, coastal food webs, and ocean acidification. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. For more information, please call 207.563.3146. dmc.umaine.edu.

An evening lantern lit walk will explore Damariscotta, discovering ghosts and history, spirits and mystery. The Lady in the Red Cloak will wind you through the village, sharing legends, lore, and tales of haunts. You will learn things you never imagined! The walks are fairly easy and appropriate for all ages; by reservation only. $15 for adults, $7 children under 12, free children under 5. 207-380-3806, www.redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com

Sea glass jewelry is your opportunity to become an artist and to create a beautiful souvenir pendant and matching earrings with sea glass found on local Maine beaches. Under the guidance of the Sea Glass Lass Lynne Thompson, explore the art of wrapping sea glass with wire as you create your own unique, one of a kind earrings and pendants, to give to someone special or to keep as a lasting memory of your summer visits to the Maine coast. After participating in Lynne’s summer souvenir in a wrap sea glass workshop on August 11, 1:00 p.m.

Please bring a pair of small needle nose pliers. To make your souvenir piece a bit more meaningful, remember to bring that jar of sea glass or small beach stones that you’ve collected.

Participant fee of $30 includes materials. Please remember to register in advance for Lynne’s workshop by calling 563-1363. Community members across all generations are welcome. Home schooled students, their teachers and parents are encouraged to register and participate.

Damariscotta native and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich will be the special guest at this year’s annual Lincoln Theater meeting, which will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 11 at the theater, located at 2 Theater St., Damariscotta.

The doors to the newly renovated “old staircase” and to this free event will open at 6:30 p.m., for nonmembers and members alike to begin the evening’s reception, catered by King Eider’s Pub. After a brief theater update, the program will continue, as in previous years, with Aldrich being joined by Lincoln Theater Executive Director Andrew Fenniman for an intimate conversation. Their talk will also include taking questions from the audience. The evening will conclude with a dessert reception.

Though not required, in order to plan appropriately for this free event the theater requests that, if possible, guests planning to attend make a reservation by emailing the theater at info@lcct.org or by calling and leaving a message with their name and number of guests at 563-3424.

An evening lantern lit tour will explore Boothbay Harbor, discovering ghosts and history, spirits and mystery. Buildings that once seemed ordinary will take on eerie new dimensions as The Lady in the Red Cloak relives their history and that of the ghostly entities that are said to still reside there. The walks are fairly easy and appropriate for all ages; by reservation only. $15 for adults, $7 children under 12, free children under 5. 207-380-3806, www.redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay invites the public to find out at a tour of their facilities from 3-4:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 12. Visitors will receive a behind-the-scenes glance of the advanced scientific instruments and lab spaces used by Bigelow Lab researchers. Bigelow scientists will also discuss their research topics on the tour, which include marine microbes, seafood health, aquaculture, ocean acidification, and climate change.

The tour is free, open to the public, and appropriate for children age 10 and older. No pets are allowed. The laboratory is handicapped-accessible and parking is available on site.

Call 315-2567 ext. 104 or email rsvp@bigelow.org to reserve a tour space and/or to request more information.