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Oct 15 Wednesday
Fundraising raffle of a Savage Axis with Scope, caliber 30-06. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Raffle follows all State and Federal Laws. Proceeds will benefit the St. George Masonic Lodge #16 in Warren ME. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20. Contact Dan at 207-542-7925 or Tim at 207-542-7168 for tickets.
Join us at our weekly Local Goods Market! Celebrate local food and community while supporting small businesses! Held every Thursday from 4–7pm, the Local Goods Market features hot food, beverages, baked goods, and specialty products from Fork Food Lab members and other Maine makers. The weekly event offers the community a chance to support local businesses, discover new favorites, and connect directly with the entrepreneurs shaping the future of Maine’s food economy. The market features free & easy parking and a great community. Shop small and be part of something big!
Fork Food Lab is a nonprofit food business incubator and shared commercial kitchen in South Portland, Maine that’s home to over 80 small businesses. Our mission is to support a just, diverse, and sustainable food economy by empowering food entrepreneurs with the space, resources, and community they need to thrive. Learn more at www.forkfoodlab.com
𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯-𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸...
**No Experience Necessary**
📍 506 Main St, Westbrook, ME🗓 **Every other Wednesday**🕕 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM💵 $10 per person👥 Ages 16+ — Come solo or bring friends! Come once or become a regular.
AVE NOX, is an open table old-school dungeon crawl played with Labyrinth Lord, a clone of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Join the party and explore a #megadungeon inspired by games like Dark Souls, Dead Cells, and Blasphemous. Outwit monsters and ghosts, grab all the loot you can carry, and live to tell the tale!
These Community Salons are held at 6pm on the first & third Wednesdays of each month. They are free & open to all. Come with your thoughts, questions, concerns, & ideas. Network & connect with others who are working to promote equity & justice, creating resiliency within our communities. For the topics and Community Notices please sign up for our bi-monthly newsletter by emailing betterbiddeford@gmail.com.
Denis Ledoux is known for writing his family stories (his mother’s, We Were NotSpoiled/A Franco-American Memoir; his spouse’s, A Sugary Frosting/Life in a NewEngland Parsonage; and his own, French Boy/A 1950s Franco-American Childhood).He has now taken his family writing into the far past with Here to Stay/Lives in 17thCentury Canada. In this latest book, he writes of four early family members fromthe 1660s, and by placing them in a carefully delineated historical context, hascreated a glimpse into the first century of French Canada as our ancestorsstruggled against odds to maintain a foothold on the continent. Here to Stay is abook filled with heroic effort, profound tragedy and perilous survival. “They werenot like us," he concludes. “They were epic heroes!”
Oct 16 Thursday
The Maine Irish Heritage Center is open to the public every Thursday from 10am-2pm! Stop in to take a tour of the building, do some research on our genealogy station, or peruse our library collection!
For more information, contact maineirish@maineirish.com!
Join the Lewiston Public Library for Baby Sensory Playtime in the Children’s Department every Thursday* morning from 10am to 12pm, starting September 5th, 2024.*(The Library will be closed on Thursday, 11/27 in observance of Thanksgiving & on Thursday, 12/25 in observance of Christmas)
Drop-in and join us for Baby Sensory Playtime! Babies and their caregivers will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of sensory toys and socialize with other families with young children.
Playtime with sensory toys contributes to a baby’s cognitive development, fine motor skills, social and emotional development, creativity, and language development.
Recommended for babies ages birth-18 months and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. This program is free, open to the public and no registration is required.
The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street and Lisbon St.
More information on Children’s programs is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov.
A weekly gathering of friends, coffee, and games, for patrons 55 and up. Don't forget to ask for your FREE cup of drip coffee or tea. A part of our Community Thursday programming.
Periwinkle Needlepoint is hosting open Stitch Sessions every Thursday from 3-6pm. Any variety of slow stitching is encouraged (such as needlepoint, cross stitch, embroidery, etc).