Community Calendar

Overeaters Anonymous welcomes anyone with a desire to end their painful and uncontrollable relationship with food or food behaviors.
We offer a proven workable method to arrest this disease and gain a daily reprieve from the obsession and craving that overwhelms us again and again.
There is a solution. Welcome to Overeaters Anonymous…..welcome home.

The School Support Circle is an opportunity for any school staff to find support, brainstorm new ideas, problem solve, & connect with OUT Maine and each other.

Feel free to join each month or just once.

Note: this is a collaborative space, not an OUT Maine training.

Register for free at www.outmaine.org

The intersection of domestic abuse, healthcare, and law enforcement

The intersection of domestic abuse, healthcare, and enforcement is one of the most difficult challenges facing our communities today. Learn more about how organizations right here in midcoast Maine are working together to overcome domestic abuse and support those in our communities who grapple with this concern day after day. This special event includes our new film featuring the stories of two survivors of domestic abuse followed by a panel discussion including Rebekah Paredes, Executive Director from New Hope Midcoast, Julie LeBlanc, the Regional Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Program Coordinator at MaineHealth Waldo, Pen Bay, and Lincoln Hospitals, Detective Matthew Ryan of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, as well as a client featured in the film. Audience questions are encouraged.

Don’t miss this free and informative event!
Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome!

For more information visit https://newhopemidcoast.org/communties-of-compassion, or contact Joan at developmentdirector@newhopemidcoast.org, (207) 691.5969.

Printmaking can be accessible to anyone willing to get their hands dirty! LGBTQ+ identified folks are invited to join us for a morning of demos and experimentation with a short-run DIY screen printing process and gelli plates. These mediums are accessible to do anywhere, and can be used to share messaging/ act as posters to express ourselves. BYOB, feel free to bring beverages or snacks for this social event!

What messages of resistance and vision for the future are you connecting with lately? Who’s words empower and encourage you, or what’s coming up that you need to get out into the world? How would you express your vision for a just and beautiful world through poster art? What ideas, concepts, or experiences do you want to put out into the world on a colorful, handcrafted poster?

We’ll start off with a short walk around the grounds to gather materials from nature to make texture on the gelli prints– and participants can bring objects from home or place outdoors that they love to spend time. There will be time devoted to writing and reflecting on the message for your poster, demonstration of the process, and to create posters together with provided materials. Expect to produce 10 – 15 posters to take home, or to post up with your messages on them.

Participants will have the option to coordinate with instructors to meet up to walk together to post their prints around town and the places they live to amplify their message. Accessibility notes: The studio is located on the first floor of Waterfall Arts, up one flight of stairs (9 steps).

Register now for the biannual Maine Coast Men men’s weekend retreat on Friday night to Sunday afternoon, May 2-4, at Tanglewood 4-H Camp in Lincolnville. The program is coordinated, led and supported entirely by participants.

Join us, as a community of men, for a weekend retreat of sharing and support. We welcome all self-identified men with respect and good will to be part of Maine Coast Men. The theme of the May weekend is “Men’s Movement.”

This weekend retreat is an opportunity to engage in movement in all its forms—physical, emotional, and spiritual. Through workshops like guided walks in nature, drumming, poetry, stretching, and open discussions, we will explore how movement shapes our identities, relationships, and personal growth. Whether it’s deepening our connection with others, releasing old patterns, or finding new ways to express ourselves, this retreat offers a space for self discovery, reflection, and renewal. Let’s move forward—together.

To protect our fellow men, we require attendees to take a COVID test at home on Thursday, May 1, and bring proof of a negative result (a photo or the test kit itself) to the weekend. We then require an additional COVID test to be taken when you arrive for the weekend. After a negative result, you may proceed to the main lodge. Appropriate masks are strongly encouraged inside. Social distancing outside. Don’t come if you have been exposed to someone with COVID or have COVID symptoms.

Friday night’s meal is a potluck. All other meals are planned and prepared by a volunteer crew. Everyone contributes by cooking, washing dishes, moving firewood and tending wood stoves. Saturday workshops are put on by participants on a variety of topics.

Saturday night will feature a variety show, where men who want to “can show off what they know, or maybe have fun with what they don’t.”

Cost is $100 for the entire weekend and $40 for Saturday only. Support can be arranged for those who have special needs. MCM offers any new attendee to come for free, partial payment or pay the full fee if you choose. Advance registration is required; for more information, and to register online, visit www.mainecoastmen.net. To talk with the registrar, contact Tom Beal at registrar@mainecoastmen.net or 207-669-0008.

A wide variety of items will be priced to sell at this multi
family sale.

Conversations to make the most of our finite lives.

Introducing Death Café L/A, a free, monthly group-directed discussion about death and dying. Co-presented by the Auburn Public Library and run by volunteer facilitators Elaine Gammon and Ilse Thompson, Death Café L/A has no specific agenda, objectives, or themes. It’s simply an open forum intended to bring awareness to the topics surrounding death and promote healthy discussions around end-of-life and beyond.

Death Café L/A offers a respectful space for death-curious individuals to share personal insights, consider new perspectives, engage in thoughtful conversation, and ponder big questions about this often-taboo, yet universal topic.

First introduced in concept by Bernard Crettaz, a Swiss sociologist in the United Kingdom in 2004, Death Cafes are recognized as a non-profit “social franchise.” This unique discussion group has spread quickly, sparking interest in death awareness and end-of-life contemplation. Today, there are over 9600 in-person and online Death Cafes in the U.S.

Death Café Facilitators:

Ilse Thompson is a writer, Spirituality Coach, and Death Doula who counsels individuals facing grief, loss, and death. Ilse received her master’s degree in Buddhist studies from Maitripa College, where she trained in contemplative practices and focused specifically on interfaith chaplaincy and pastoral care. This calling led her to earn an End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate through the University of Vermont Lerner College of Medicine. As a gifted facilitator and empathetic practitioner, Ilse enjoys holding space and offering guidance for people navigating their end-of-life decisions and plans.

Elaine Gammon is a marketing professional and art enthusiast who is new to the field of modern death care and end-of-life planning. Elaine recently earned her End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate through the University of Vermont Lerner College of Medicine. She plans to continue her training to become a Death Doula, legacy planner, and end-of-life educator. With openness, curiosity, and a “beginner’s” mindset, Elaine enjoys bringing people together for meaningful and inspiring conversations.

Are you on the verge of transformation in any area of your life? Whether it’s your relationship patterns, career, self-image, or your connection with your body, would you benefit from support and practical strategies to help you navigate this time of transition?

Join a small, intimate group of community members who are committed to their personal growth, open to meeting new people, and ready to step into the next level of their evolution.

This 7-week group includes:

Intention-setting exercises to clarify your goals and align with your values

Actionable steps after each session to stay focused on your progress

Meaningful connections with a supportive community

Journal prompts to deepen your self-reflection and insights

One individualized, intuitively guided audio message from Julia to help fuel your transformation

Dates: May 12th - June 30th
Mondays 5:30-7pm
*We will skip Memorial Day 5/26

$249

Facilitated by Julia Maslen, a licensed therapist, intuitive healer, and community builder based in Falmouth, Maine.

The GSTA Advisor Consultation Group is for all GSTA Advisors in the state. Meeting time is the last Monday of every month. This group is a drop-in space for GSTA advisors to come together and share their experiences as advisors, gather resources, ask questions and network.

Register for free at www.outmaine.org or email education@outmaine.org

Are you on the verge of transformation in any area of your life? Whether it’s your relationship patterns, career, self-image, or your connection with your body, would you benefit from support and practical strategies to help you navigate this time of transition?

Join a small, intimate group of community members who are committed to their personal growth, open to meeting new people, and ready to step into the next level of their evolution.

This 7-week group includes:

Intention-setting exercises to clarify your goals and align with your values

Actionable steps after each session to stay focused on your progress

Meaningful connections with a supportive community

Journal prompts to deepen your self-reflection and insights

One individualized, intuitively guided audio message from Julia to help fuel your transformation

Dates: May 12th - June 30th
Mondays 5:30-7pm
*We will skip Memorial Day 5/26

$249

Facilitated by Julia Maslen, a licensed therapist, intuitive healer, and community builder based in Falmouth, Maine.