Local author Kim Yesis will be speaking about her new book, Brush with Fire, book two of the Mayenne Bay Novels, April 28, at 2 p.m., at Stockton Springs Library. 

The community is invited to a free community Tea Party on Sunday, April 26, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Belfast Boat House. Homemade scones and freshly brewed tea will be provided at no cost.

At the same time and location, the annual organic seedling sale will take place, featuring large quantities of various seedlings generously donated by Village Side Farm in Freedom, all proceeds going to support the Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County.

CAMDEN — A new chapter of service is hoping to be brought forward in the American Legion community as Post 30 moves to reestablish an official American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) unit. Aimed at supporting War Memorial Post 30, the unit will provide a dedicated platform for the families of veterans to serve those who have served the nation, according to Jeff Sukeforth/Post Adjutant, in a news release.

The Pen Bay Amateur Radio Club invites amateur radio operators, makers, and technology enthusiasts to a special hands-on tech session focused on MeshCore and LoRa radio communication.

The session will take place Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 10 a.m., at the Owls Head Transportation Museum, in Owls Head.

The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will hold its monthly forum Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 6 p.m., in the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library, focusing on the environmental costs of war and US militarism.

View an interview with Abby Martin, director of a new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about the environmental costs of US militarism.

Discussion to follow.

Free and open to all.

Discover your new favorite crime writer, Wednesday, April 15, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Rockport Public Library, during “Murder in Mud Season,” a lively and spine-tingling event, according to the Library. 

More than a dozen acclaimed and up-and-coming mystery, horror, and crime writers will read 5-minute selections from their recent works. In between authors, there will be jokes, trivia, snacks, and raffles.

The community is invited to experience a vibrant celebration of creativity, inclusion, and expression at Brian Nelson's second annual art show, "Spectrum of Possibilities", on April 26, from 1 - 3 p.m., at the Thomaston Public Library.

Brian Nelson, a 21-year-old student at Oceanside High School, is an artist with autism, intellectual disability, and epilepsy. While Brian has limited verbal language, his artwork continues to speak volumes.

Quilts are a social and visual representation of American history, from the first settlers to the 18th and 19th century colonists and the settlers of the American West to depictions of political and social progress to contemporary protest, according to The Lincolnville Historical Society, in a news release. 

In honor of National Poetry Month, Local Color Gallery is hosting The Downstairs Poets of Rockport for an Ekphrastic Poetry Reading on Saturday, April 11, from 1-3 p.m. Poems will be posted in the gallery alongside the artwork that inspired them for the month of April.

Rockland – Join Georges River Land Trust and the Rockland Public Library for a panel discussion with women trails professionals in the Midcoast on Thursday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. Hear from three Midcoast land stewardship professionals about their experience as women in the trail-building and trail-maintaining space. Learn about the many paths that can lead you to trail work, what trail work can look like, and the ample opportunities to get involved in trail work on local conserved lands.

THOMASTON — They thought three days spanning Friday to Sunday would be necessary to return actors’ costumes to their third floor storage den in historic

Allyssa Gregory will lead an online presentation via Teams called, How Historical Events Shaped the Forest of Merryspring, Tuesday, April 7, at 12 p.m., hosted by Merryspring Nature Center. 

ISLESBORO — On Saturday April 11, kick up your heels at an intergenerational community contra dance on Islesboro, presented by Belfast Flying Shoes and the Islesboro Community Center.

The all-ages program starts at 5:30 p.m., at the Community Hall, 103 Pendleton Point Rd in Islesboro. All are welcome.

"Dancers will smile and laugh as they swing their partner and do-si-do to celebrate the culmination of a Belfast Flying Shoes arts residency program with K-12 students at the Islesboro Central School," said Flying Shoes, in a news release.

Maine writer and Maine Literary Award Winner Deborah Gould will present her work, Sunday, April 26, at 2 p.m., at Hope Library.

Gould is the author of four books: The Eastern: The Early Years, The Eastern: Later On, Household, and Kate Meader, all of which are based in Maine.

"Her historical fiction is moving and impeccably researched," said a news release. 

She is a long-time volunteer with groups that address domestic violence.

Searsmont Town Library Director Steven Brown will be performing a free concert at Searsmont United Methodist Church (the Village Church) on Sunday, April 12, at 3 p.m.

Minor Gold, "the harmony-drenched cosmic-folk duo from Australia," according to a Underground Lounge news release, brings their new album, Way to the Sun, to the Underground Lounge on Saturday, April 11, at 7 p.m., at 17 Court Street, in Belfast. Fresh off a whirlwind UK/EU album tour, Minor Gold are thrilled to return to North America, according to the news release.

The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of an exhibition of fine art entitled “Horizon Lines” by Cushing artist Margaret Creighton on Wednesday, April 15, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Sarma Melngailis, the subject of the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan, will talk about the extreme coercive control behind her astonishing crash from raw vegan media darling to publicly shamed fugitive in the April 14 edition of the online Finding Our Voices Book Club. The free event is from 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m., and is open to the public. 

The Finding Our Voices Book Club, now in its fifth year, talks with international authors about the domestic abuse in their books and lives. 

Steve McAndrew will perform songs by George Gershwin, Frank Sinatra, James Taylor, and more in a Reading Room Concert, Thursday, April 16, at 6 p.m., at the Rockland Public Library.

Steve McAndrew is a pianist, vocalist, and music educator who has performed throughout the United States, including New York, Florida, and California, and in Western Europe, including France, Germany, and Italy. He studied voice in New York with Christina Hammerstein, daughter-in-law of Oscar Hammerstein II, and performed for 25 years in regional theater and jazz venues in the Los Angeles area.

'Tom DiMenna and Friends; Story songs of the 70s' returns to the Camden Opera House, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. 

Story Songs of the 70s is a seasonal concert series by Maine-based singer/songwriter Tom DiMenna, and features songs by three legendary songwriters of the vinyl era, according to the Opera House, in a news release: Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, and Harry Chapin.