The MAINE NEWS CALENDAR of Events is updated and published online daily. The “calendar week” begins on Saturday and submissions for the digital calendar should be emailed a week or more in advance. Submissions for print should be at least two weeks before the event. Our deadline chart can be found at www.turnerpublishing.net/pdf/Deadlines.pdf. To add an event to either calendar, email articles@turnerpublishing.net.
Weeks in listing are Saturday through the following Friday.
Listings for events that are three consecutive days or more are at the bottom of the weekly section of the calendar, and listings of recurring weekly or monthly events are below that, by town or city.
COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS: Those attending live events should prepare to follow the event’s public health and safety measures, including possibly wearing a face covering and practicing social distancing.
WEEK OF OCT. 30-NOV. 5
Nov. 2 – Kennebec County community health needs and priorities meeting, sponsored by MaineGeneral Health, Northern Light Inland Hospital, Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital and Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom, all invited, register at www.mainechna.org.
Nov. 3 — Hiram Historical Society online author talk, Patricia Q. Wall, “Lives of Consequence: Early Blacks in Kittery & Berwick in the Massachusetts Province of Maine,” 7 p.m., free, open to public, register at gardenlit@gmail.com.
Nov. 4 — Book binding workshop for adults and teens, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon. St., Lewiston, free, open to public, registration required LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov or 207-513-3135.
Nov. 4 — Maine historian Bob Greene, “Black History of Maine,” 6:30-8 p.m. Norway Memorial Public Library, 258 Main St., Norway, 207-743-5309 ext. 1, norlib@norway.lib.me.us.
NOV. 6-12
Nov. 6 – Free ME From Lung Cancer Save Your Breath 5K, run/walk, 8 a.m., Kennebec River Rail Trail, 17 Union St. (YMCA) Augusta, freemefromlungcancer.org.
Nov. 6 — Turner Universalist Church holiday craft fair, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., at the church, Turner Center, Route 117, 207-225-3945
Nov. 6 — Minot United Methodist Church annual fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Route 121, corner of Minot Avenue and Empire Road, Minot, 11 a.m. lunch is take-out only.
Nov. 6 — St. Dominic Academy Holiday Festival, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 121 Gracelawn Ave., Auburn.
Nov. 8 – Hybrid writing discussion with Jefferson Navicky and Claire Guyton, 6 p.m., via Zoom and Lewiston Public Library Facebook page, Zoom link will be posted to the Lewiston Public Library website and Facebook page before the program.
Nov. 9 — Minot Historical Society, 4 p.m., Elijah Jones House, 493 Center Minot Hill Road, free, all invited to attend, Minot Historical Society Facebook page or MinotHistoricalSociety.wordpress.com.
Nov. 9 — Author Steve Pinkham, history of sporting camps in Maine, 6:30-8 p.m., via Zoom, sponsored by Norway Memorial Library, networkmaine.zoom.us/j/82371780975., 207-743-5309 ext. 1, norway.lib.me.us.
Nov. 11 — Readfield Veterans Day commemoration, 10 a.m., Readfield Corner Cemetery, Church Road, featuring 3rd Maine Infantry (Civil War re-enactors), group will march to Asa Gile Hall for 11 a.m. closing ceremony. Free, open to public, free bag lunches. 207-441-9184 or email crossings4u@gmail.com.
Nov. 11 – Wally Heimbach on Gen. Phil Kearny, Joshua Chamberlain Civil War Roundtable, 7 p.m., Morrell Room, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, free, open to public. the lecture is free and open to the public.
Nov. 12 — Lisbon United Methodist Church Elf Magic Christmas Fair and Silent auction, 5-7 p.m., at the church, 14 School St., Lisbon Falls, 207-353-4982.
Nov. 12 — Community-wide Veterans Day Prayer Service, 6:30-8 p.m., Holy Family Church, 607 Sabattus St., Lewiston, free, open to public, all denominations, to contribute names of those who served to be remembered, visit princeofpeace.me/veterans-day, 207-777-1200.
NOV. 13-19
Nov. 13 — Lisbon United Methodist Church Elf Magic Christmas Fair and Silent auction, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the church, 14 School St., Lisbon Falls, 207-353-4982.
Nov. 13 – Our Lady of the Rosary Christmas Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.,131 High St., Sabattus; adobson@une.edu.
Nov. 14 — Leeds Historical Society Veterans Day commemoration, 11:15 a.m., Leeds Veteran’s Memorial, Leeds Center, corner of Route 106 and Church Hill Road.
Nov. 15 — Author Prosper Ishimwe, “Neither Tutsi, nor Hutu: A Rwandan Memoir,” and Bates professor emeritus Charles Carnegie, 5:30 p.m. Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St., free, open to public, 207-513-3135, LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.
Nov. 16 – Somerset County community health needs and priorities meeting, sponsored by MaineGeneral Health, Northern Light Inland Hospital, Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital and Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 4:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom, all invited, register at www.mainechna.org.
Nov. 16 — Free public screening of “No Greater Love,” 4:30 p.m. Callahan Hall, Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St., Lewiston, viewer discretion advised because of film’s graphic nature, introduction by Bates professor Chris Price, lplonline.org/events.
Nov. 17 — Author Mark Griffin, All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson,” includes 25-minute documentary, 6 p.m. Turner Public Library, 98 Mathews Way, 207-225-2030, info@turnerpubliclibrary.org.
NOV. 20-26
Nov. 20 — St. Philip Church, Turner Road, Auburn, Christmas by the Lake fair.
Nov. 20 — Parish of the Holy Savior annual Christmas Fair, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Athanasius & St. John Parish Hall, 126 Maine St., Rumford, preorder wreaths, hot turkey sandwich lunch, donate or volunteer 207-364-4556.
Nov. 20 — United Methodist Church Fall Fair, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 439 Park Ave., Auburn, 207-782 3972.
Nov. 23 — Hebron Historical Society, Dennis Creaser on the history of mining in Hebron and vicinity, 7 p.m., Hebron Town Office, 351 Paris Road, free, open to public.
DECEMBER
Dec. 1 — Maine Bureau of Public Lands public meeting on final draft plan for Tumbledown/Mount Blue Region, 6-7:30 p.m., via Microsoft Teams, for information on how to join the meeting click here.
Dec. 4 — Leeds Historical Society open house and holiday sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., History Center, Route 106.
Dec. 19 — Holiday carol sing with Robert Ludwig, 4 p.m., part of Church of the Good Shepherd Centennial Celebration, 2614 Main St., Rangeley, www.goodshepherdrangeley.org.
2022
April 30 — Lewiston/Auburn Community Little Theatre Race to the Stage 5K (originally scheduled for Oct. 2), 9 a.m., 30 Academy St., Auburn, registration open at www.laclt.com. $10 kids, $15 adults.
EVENTS OF THREE DAYS OR MORE
Oct. 2-Nov. 5 — Susan Colburn Motta guest artist Gallery 302, 112 Main St., Bridgton, free, open to public, noon-4 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, 207-647-2787, gallery302.com.
Nov. 12-14 — L/A Community Little Theatre Music Theatre International’s “All Together Now! A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre”, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday, Sunday; Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., Auburn; $20 adults, $17 seniors, $12 students; online, at door or by phone, laclt.com, 207-783-0958.
Dec. 6-11 — Augusta Elks Club Festival of Trees, to benefit Colonial Theater restoration, 397 Civic Center Drive, Augusta, $2 admission.
Jan. 17-Feb. 12 – Topsham Public Library 14th annual Joy of Art exhibit, featuring artwork from members of the community, Crooker Gallery, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham.
WEEKLY/MONTHLY RECURRING EVENTS
Listed by town/city
BRIDGTON
Community Ping Pong Program, 1-4 Sunday $1 to participate, open to all Town Hall, 26 North High St.
RANDOLPH
Maine-ly Harmony women’s barbershop group, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Randolph United Methodist Church, 16 Asbury St., Randolph, women of all ages who like to sing welcome. Call Lea at 207-622-1273 or Jenny at 207-441-2816.
SABATTUS
American Legion Post 135 free coffee, doughnuts, 8-10 a.m. Wednesday, 40 Island Road.
Sabattus Recreation Running Club run, 6 p.m., meets at Sabattus Mini-Mall parking lot, in front of Mixer’s Nightclub. Weekly, yearp-round open to runners of all abilities.
TURNER
Boy Scout Troop 187 6:30 p.m. every Monday. Contact Robert Quick 207-330-9657.
