A 90 minute interactive learning experience presented by Gayle Bowness, Science Education Program Manager at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Come celebrate the library's collection of books on the arts, music, and literature. This year's annual fundraising event will feature hors d'oeuvres & cash bar, a dessert buffet, the Windswept Quintet, trivia games, and a silent auction.

Maine's First Ship Spring Lecture Series Joe Hall teaches colonial, American Indian, and environmental history at Bates College. He is currently researching the history of Wabanakis, Maine's indigenous peoples. He is particularly interested in the ways that Wabanakis continued to cultivate ties to their homeland even as colonial peoples sought to dispossess them of it. […]

Friends of the Zorach Fountain host the annual wine reception, brief business meeting, and presentation by Natasha Goldman, Ph.D., Bowdoin College Art Department, Public Art and Social Engagement.  Public welcome.

Lots of gently used household items! No reasonable offer will be refused!  Parking available in our lot off High Street, sale inside our lovely church at 876 Middle Street in Bath.

Brenda Cummings and Tim Richter, who have participated in or led the annual Peterson Canal walk since at least 2005, will lead our virtual tour of the canal. As the Assessor for the City of Bath, Brenda considers the Canal walk part of her duty to review Bath’s boundaries. Tim Richter is a local history […]

The audience is invited into the world of Emily Dickinson as portrayed by Ginger Grace. Enter the world of Dickinson, with all of its secrets, eccentricities and passions.  In her own words, Emily says “Every town must have its local character – and that’s what I am!” Witness how Emily Dickinson is compelled to “stop […]

In celebration of National Children's Book Week, the Friends of Patten Free Library are hosting a CHILDREN'S BOOK SALE! Gently used books for all ages await new readers and homes. Donations only. All supports the Patten Free Library!

  Harpeth Rising is comprised of three classically trained musicians playing original music who are unapologetic genre-benders fusing Folk, Newgrass, Rock and Classical into something organically unique. Hallmarks of their music include expansive three-part harmonies, consummate musicianship and a deft, yet soulful, lyrical perspective.

Maine's First Ship Spring Lecture Series MFS volunteer Jim Parmentier will review the fundamental principles of tidal generation and prediction, describe some of the effects of tidal patterns on biological diversity, and discuss efforts currently underway to harness tidal power for electrical generation. Ocean tides are primarily caused by gravitational attractions between the earth and […]

Cannon naming rights, Arnold explorer, on tap at MFS’s Annual Dinner This year's auction includes the naming rights to one of two bronze “swivel guns” purchased through a generous grant from the Salem Van Every Foundation and Tomm Tomlinson. The guns are currently being cast by Campbell Cannon and Carriage Works of Florida, one of […]

Kate Flora is the author of the Thea Kozak mysteries, the gritty Joe Burgess police procedurals, and two true crime books, Death Dealer and Finding Amy (co-written with Joseph Loughlin, a Portland Deputy Police Chief). She and Loughlin teamed up again for Shots Fired: The Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths about Police Shootings. She was co-author […]

Don't know one end of a chisel from the other? Can't hit a treenail to save your life? Don't know what a treenail is? You are just what we want: Looking for people who like to talk, spin a good sea yarn, and tell the story of *Virginia*, answering such questions as, "Why is Maine's […]