Walking tour of the Darling Marine Center
University of Maine Darling Marine Center
193 Clarks Cove Road
Walpole
07/06/2016 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Serving Maine and Lincoln County for over 140 years
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University of Maine Darling Marine Center
193 Clarks Cove Road
Walpole
07/06/2016 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
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.
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Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
521 Main St
Damariscotta
07/06/2016 | 11:15 am – 1:00 pm
LUNCH AND THEATER VIGNETTES FROM LOVE/SICK BY JOHN CARIANI PRESENTED BY THE RIVER COMPANY
SPECTRUM GENERATIONS COASTAL COMMUNITY CENTER
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta will host its weekly lunch and learn program and July 4th Barbeque on Wednesday, July 6 at 11:15 a.m. Following the luncheon members of The River Company’s theatrical troupe will perform a group of short vignettes from their current production of Love/Sick by John Cariani.
Well-known River Company board member Mitchell Wellman is at the helm as director of the troupe’s summer production of Love/Sick. This comedy written by Mainer John Cariani consists of 7 of the 9 vignettes. Mallory Adams and Tyson Bailey debut as directors and each direct a scene from Cariani’s play that has been billed as Almost Maine’s “darker, urban cousin”. Members of the cast include: Christine Anderson, Tyson Bailey, William Burleson, Lainey Catalino, Allison Eddyblouin, Thalia Eddyblouin, Andrea and Tom Handel, Cedric Maguire, Judy McQuillen, Beth and Mike Rowe and Stephen Wallace.
Catch a sneak preview at the Coastal community Center’s luncheon on July 6 and then mark your calendars in JULY for this lively, fast-paced production that explores the joys and pitfalls of relationships and is sure to have audiences laughing, gasping and wiping away a tear or two. Performances will be held in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library in Damariscotta July 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 p.m. and July 10 and 17 at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $15.00 for River Company members and $17.00 for non-members. Reservations for seating can be made by calling 563-8116 and are recommended; cash/checks accepted at the door (Elm street entrance)
Luncheon Reservations are required. Please call 563-1363 by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 5 to make your luncheon reservation (July 4th Barbecue with Hamburgers and Hot Dogs). For those 60 years of age and over the suggested donation is $5.00 per person. For all other community members Coastal’s lunch and learn program is an affordable dining choice at $6.00 per person.
Can’t make it to lunch? Community members are always welcome to attend the Center’s Wednesday Learn portion of the day’s Lunch and Learn program, which will begin at noon.
Before, during and after lunch Center visitors can also participate in and enjoy the following Wednesday programs:
TNT Whole Body Fitness: Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m. A new fitness class taught by senior fitness professional Robin Maginn that offers a total body workout. Drop in fee $5
Morning Yoga with Carol Krajnik: Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. For your whole being, gentle movements calm the mind & relax the body. Fee: $15/class.
On Balance: Getting Stronger-Living Longer, Wednesdays, 10:30 am. Gentle exercises for strength, flexibility and balance with Robin Maginn for those who
are a little bit timid or who haven’t exercised in a while. $4 per class. Sign-up and pay for lunch and the class is only $2.
SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders) Drop In/. Become a part of SAGE’s bi-monthly gatherings aimed at bringing together older adults living in the mid-coast area. There will be light refreshments and the chance to help create a space and opportunity for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their allies to come together at a time. Both rich and full of change. FMI or if interested and unable to attend the July 6 gathering at Spectrum generations coastal Community Center in Damariscotta but want to be on an e-mail contact list or join a Facebook group, please contact SAGE board member Mitzi Lichtman at mitzijoy23@gmail.com or by phone at 207-338-5889. Donation $1. Unless otherwise noted SAGE meets at the Coastal Community Center on the first and third Wednesday of the month, 1:00 p.m. — 3:00 p.m. SAGE gatherings are inter-generational discussions which are open to all community members.
RESTORE & RENEW YOUR HEALTH AND FEEL VITAL AGAIN
Private acupuncture sessions with Sharon Gordon, M.Ac. FMI: Sharon at (207) 482-0725. Special SG CCC private rate for seniors: $45 for a one hour appointment, Wednesdays in June beginning at 1:30 PM. To schedule your appointment call 563-1363.
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Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
521 Main St
Damariscotta
07/06/2016 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) Drop In takes place the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. All folks including allies are welcome to stop by for convivial and lively conversations, light refreshments, games, films, whatever issues arise. We are here for you! $1 for Spectrum Generations. We occasionally organize outings and outside activities.
FMI www.sagemaine.com
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Southport Memorial Library
1032 Hendricks Hill Rd.
Southport
07/06/2016 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Author Suzanne Strempek Shea will give a presentation on her recent book, “This is Paradise: An Irish Mother’s Grief, an African Village’s Plight and the Medical Clinic That Brought Fresh Hope to Both,” a book about Mags Riordan, founder of the Billy Riordan Memorial Clinic in the African nation of Malawi. A book signing will follow the talk. Winner of the 2000 New England Book Award, Shea is the author of six novels, three memoirs and a work of non-fiction co-written with her husband, Tom Shea, and Michele P. Barker. Her freelance journalism and fiction has appeared in magazines and newspapers including “Yankee,” “The Boston Globe,” and “The Philadelphia Inquirer.” Suzanne is a member of the faculty at the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA program in creative writing and is writer-in-residence and director of the creative writing program at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Mass.
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07/08/2016 | 7:30 pm
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Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
521 Main St
Damariscotta
07/09/2016 | 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
THE AARP SMART DRIVER SEMINAR PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND SAFETY ON THE ROAD
AT SPECTRUM GENERATIONS COASTAL COMMUNITY CENTER
The Central Maine Area Agency on Aging, Aging and Disability Resource Center
Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center is proud to co-sponsor the AARP Smart Driver Seminar with AARP and Lincoln County TRIAD on Saturday, July 9, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.. The AARP Driver Safety Program was developed by the AARP in 1979. This program is a driver refresher course especially designed to meet the needs of older drivers. It covers such issues as: age-related physical changes, declining perceptual skills, local driving problems, license renewal requirements, and much more.
AARP instructor, Joyce Polyniak will be teaching the course at Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta. She looks forward to “reminding mature members of our community of the skills and techniques that they may have once learned and to give them updated information on the rules of the road”. Class size is limited to the first 15 community members (age 50 and above) who register. AARP charges $20.00 for the program; however, the tuition for AARP members who bring their AARP cards is only $15.00 per person. You need not be an AARP member to take the course. All participants who successfully complete the course are eligible for a reduction in automobile insurance premiums.
There is a half-hour break scheduled for your brown bag lunch. To reserve you seat call 563-1363. Seasonal residents and fall visitors are always welcome.
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Sherman's Maine Coast Books
158 Main Street
Damariscotta
07/09/2016 | 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
FREE Event 3-4:30 pm. Sherman’s Maine Coast Books will host poet and architect Rosa Lane to read poems from TILLER NORTH, winner of the 2014 Sixteen Rivers Press Poetry Competition. TILLER NORTH, just released on April 2, 2016, takes us behind the walls of her coastal fishing village. Raised in a Pemaquid lobster fishing family, Rosa Lane, with her insider’s voice, breaks the code of silence in her telling: secrets embedded within class, sexual identity, familial relationships, death, and rebirth. Lane graduated from Lincoln Academy in 1968, earned her BA from Wilmington College in 1972, her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in 1982, and her PhD from University of California, Berkeley in 2006. She is an award-winning poet with work published in The Briar Cliff Review, Crab Orchard Review, New Millennium Writings 2015 Anthology, Ploughshares, Poetry Now, Verse Daily, and elsewhere. She will provide a book-signing and answer questions after the reading.
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07/09/2016 | 7:30 pm
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07/10/2016 | 7:30 am
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Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist Church
15 Fellowship Dr and Route 1
Woolwich
07/11/2016 | 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Vacation Bible School – IncrediWorld Amazement Park – July 11-15, 6-8 P.M. at Woolwich Wiscasset Baptist Church, 15 Fellowship Drive and Route 1, Woolwich, Maine. Preregistration forms available on line at http://www.wwbcchurch.org. Open to ages 3 years through 4th grade, you may also register each evening from 5:45-6:00. Call 443-2532 with questions.
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Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center
521 Main St
Damariscotta
07/12/2016 | 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
GATHER’ ROUND THE RAILROAD WITH JACK AND CAROL DEXTER
HOSTED BY SPECTRUM GENERATIONS COASTAL COMMUNITY CENTER
Gather’ round the railroad on July 12 at 3:00 p.m. This Tuesday afternoon outing is an opportunity for model railroad buffs to chat and share stories while watching the trains round the tracks of the 60’ long by 16’ wide model railroad “Garden” landscape that Jack Dexter has created in the backyard of his Edgecomb home.
On the 12th, Jack will have four trains running simultaneously. Both diesel and steam, passenger and freight these models represent trains from the early 1950’s when real railroads would have been using both their old steam engines and their new diesels. Jack’s railroad tracks in the garden layout include 14 buildings, people, cars, trucks and other details to make the scene look as realistic as possible. In addition, of course, there are the plants and Mother Nature and even a few bright green frogs!
Jack and his wife Carol have been working on their model railroad for more than 15 years. Like a house, there is always something to do. Weeds, high winds, rain, critters and harsh winters take their toll. Jack notes, “It’s all worth it, though, when we sit on our screened in porch and watch trains run”.
Participant Fee in support of the programs and services offered by Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center $5. Lemonade and cookies will be served. Advanced registration required, call 563-1363. Directions to Jack and Carol’s home will be available when ones reservation is made.
If you’d like more information about this topic, Spectrum Generations or to schedule an interview with Jack Dexter please contact Marianne Pinkham at (207) 563-1363 or e-mail Marianne at mpinkham@spectrumgenerations.org.
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Darrows Barn at DRA’s Round Top Farm
3 Round Top Lane
Damariscotta
07/12/2016 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
In this presidential election year, the nation faces a crisis of confidence in our democracy. This summer, the Betta Ehrenfeld Public Policy Forum from the Frances Perkins Center features Nicholas Penniman, co-author with The Center for Public Integrity’s Wendell Potter of “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts our Democracy and What We Can Do About It.” Moyers and Company’s Michael Winship calls Penniman and Potter’s work “a stunning indictment of the corrosive influence of money in politics.” Join us for an interactive discussion not only about the extent to which dark money has permeated our system of government, but also for constructive suggestions about what we as ordinary citizens can do about it.
The 2016 Betta Ehrenfeld Public Policy Forum from Frances Perkins Center will be held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Darrows Barn at DRA’s Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta. Tickets are $35 per person and may be ordered by emailing info@francesperkinscenter.org, visiting our website at www.francesperkinscenter.org, or phoning the Center at 207-563-3374.