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WEEK OF MARCH 09 - MARCH 15, 2026

From Popsicle Stick Bridges with NHHS STEM Club at Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA to Color Theory I at Waterfall Arts at Belfast Community Events and Luke MacFadyen Edible Book Festival 2026 at Bowdoinham Public Library.

MONDAY - 3/9

Aldermere Farm (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), Rockport — Farm Hands - Spring Session at 3:30pm - 5:00pm farm hands
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Come Boating Winter Adventure Series at the Belfast Free Library at 6:30pm come boating
Bowdoinham Public Library, Bowdoinham — Luke MacFadyen Edible Book Festival 2026 at 5:00pm explore books
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Babytime info
  • 10:30am — Family Storytime at Putterham info
  • 1:00pm — Public Health event - Town info
  • 3:00pm — LEGO Lovers info
  • 3:30pm — Craft Club info
  • 5:30pm — Try Girl Scouts info
  • 6:30pm — Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5 info
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay — How I Became a Pirate! The Musical! at 6:00pm pirate musical
Maine Outdoor Education Program - Penobscot River Trails, Penobscot
Midcoast Recreation Center, Rockport — TBA at - name: Annual Silent Auction bid and win
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport — April Break Kids Vacation Mini Camps at 9:00am, 4:00pm vacation mini camps
Searsport Recreation Department, Searsport — Memorial Day Parade & Remembrance Ceremony at 9:00am parade ceremony
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston — Poet's Corner at 5:00pm poet's corner
Waldoboro Public Library, Waldoboro — Music Together at 10:30am music together
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset
  • 2:30pm - 5:30pm — ASA - After School Adventures after school
  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm — Running Club ~ Spring running club
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset
  • 2:30pm — ASA - After School Adventures after school
  • 5:00pm — Running Club ~ Spring - Spring Running Club running club

TUESDAY - 3/10

Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 2:30pm — GAME - Morse Baseball baseball game
  • 4:30pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Pre-K/Kindergarten Wrestling Practice youth wrestling
  • 5:45pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Grade 3/4 Wrestling Practice youth wrestling
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Matt Heaton Family Singalong info
  • 10:30am — Brookline Community Playgroup info
  • 10:30am — Brookline Community Playgroup with Hip Kids info
  • 10:30am — Jammin' with You info
  • 12:00pm — LED Mini Golf with One Up Games info
  • 3:00pm — Stitch in Time info
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin
Camden Public Library, Camden — Tinker Tuesdays with Miss Amy at 4:00pm tinker time
Gibbs Library, Washington — Children’s Story Time at 10:00am story time
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
  • 10:00am - 10:30am — Pirates of the Dark Rose Puppet Show puppet show
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm — Kids Alley kids crafts
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm — Windjammers for Wee Mateys and Summer Reading Kickoff wee mateys
  • 11:00am - 1:00pm — Pirates Tortuga Open pirate bazaar
  • 11:30am — Crudbeard’s Cannon Lessons cannon lessons
  • 1:30pm — Hot dog eating contest - Whale Park hot dog contest
  • 2:00pm — Pirates of the Dark Rose Weapon Show weapon show
  • 3:00pm — Recruitment of Young Pirates young pirates
  • 7:00am - 9:00am — Pancake Breakfast pancake breakfast
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm — Pirate Coin forging at Whale Park pirate coins
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
  • 10:00am, 11:30am — Story Time with Splash & Mini-Mariners Cruise story time
  • 10:30am, 11:30am — Story Time with Splash story time
Outdoor Learning for Kids - The Trustees of Reservations, Appleton — TBA at - name: Barnyard Story Hour at Appleton Farms farm story time
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — Owls Nest: Kinetic Sand Sensory Play at 10:30am - 11:30am sensory play
Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta — Story Time at 10:00am story time
Whitefield Library, Whitefield — Music With Jackson at 10:00am music
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset — Travel Team Basketball - 3/4 Girls Travel Team Basketball at 5:00pm - 6:15pm travel team
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset — Travel Team Basketball - 3/4 Girls Travel Team Basketball at 5:00pm travel basketball

WEDNESDAY - 3/11

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg — A Seal’s Journey at Springvale Public Library at 5:30pm learn more
Avena Botanicals, Rockport — 2026 Medicinal Herb Garden Walks at 3:00pm buy tickets
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath — Tennis @ Dike Newell - Tennis Clinic at 8:00am tennis clinic
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Fused Glass: Puffin Sun Catcher at Waterfall Arts at 6:00pm sun catcher
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Family Storytime info
  • 10:30am — Singalong info
  • 1:30pm — Hide-A-Bug with Professor Bugman info
  • 3:00pm — LEGO Time info
  • 3:00pm — Live Music on the Lawn with DVinci Soul info
  • 3:30pm — Pipe Cleaner Animal Rings info
  • 6:00pm — Pups @ Putterham: Read to a Dog! info
  • 6:00pm — Library Appreciation Night at Putterham info
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin
Calendar - The Game Loft, Belfast — TBA at - name: Community Clay Studio for Kids clay studio kids
Camden Public Library, Camden
Children Activities - General 2 — Brooksville, Maine, Brooks — TBA at - name: Community Clay Studio for Kids explore clay
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Wednesday Evening Drop In Storytime at 6:30pm storytime
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson — Wetland:Nature’s Kidneys; A Pop-Up TEacher PD at 4:00pm explore nature
Mildred Stevens Williams Memorial Library, Appleton — Family Story Time! at 10:00am join in
Outdoor Learning for Kids - The Trustees of Reservations, Appleton — TBA at - name: Lucky Shucks! Kids Cooking Class with MV Shellfish Group kids cooking
Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston — Playgroup at 10:30am play together
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston — Playgroup at 10:30am playgroup

THURSDAY - 3/12

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg — A Seal’s Journey at Goodall Memorial Library at 11:00am learn more
Aldermere Farm (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), Rockport — Sap-to-Syrup at 3:30pm - 4:30pm sap to syrup
Avena Botanicals, Rockport — Hummingbird Homecoming at 6:30pm buy tickets
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 4:30pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Grade 1/2 Wrestling Practice youth wrestling
  • 5:45pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Wrestling Tournament Prep Practice youth wrestling
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Japanese Storytime – 日本語おはなし会 info
  • 10:30am — Music and Movement info
  • 10:30am — Storytime in Español info
  • 1:00pm — Public Health week event - Town info
  • 1:00pm — Space Week Silk Painting Workshop info
  • 1:30pm — Northeast Animals in Spring with Joys of Nature - Session 1 info
  • 2:00pm — Fire & Ice with Mad Science info
  • 2:30pm — Northeast Animals in Spring with Joys of Nature - Session 2 info
  • 3:30pm — CANCELED: LEGO Club info
  • 3:30pm — Kids Crafternoon info
  • 5:00pm — Pokémon League info
  • 5:00pm — Recital Performance Recording info
  • 5:30pm — Canines at Coolidge Corner info
  • 6:30pm — Pop up Art School Presents: Reverse Painting info
Camden Community Events, Camden — The Camden Art Walk at 5:00pm art walk
Camden Public Library, Camden — Creative Art Afternoons at 4:00pm art fun
Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden — Happy Wanderers: Mill Brook Preserve in Searsport at 10:00am happy wanderers
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Guided hike at Tracy Shore at 2:00pm explore nature
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Sign & Sing Storytime at 10:00am storytime
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — Junior Inventors – Bridges at 4:30pm - 6:00pm junior inventors
Searsport Recreation Department, Searsport — Cinderella Prom Dress Giveaway at 9:00am dress giveaway
Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta — Toddler Time at 9:30am toddler time
What's New - Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, St. George — TBA at - name: Noon Day Drop register
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset
  • 5:00pm - 6:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 3rd & 4th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball travel team
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 5th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball travel team
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset
  • 5:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 3rd & 4th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball travel basketball
  • 6:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 5th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball travel basketball

FRIDAY - 3/13

Avena Botanicals, Rockport — Weekly Morning Meditation at 7:45am attend
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Color Theory I at Waterfall Arts at 11:00am color theory
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Mandarin Storytime - 中文故事會 info
  • 10:30am — French Storytime – L'heure du Conte en Français info
  • 10:30am — Music at the Blissful with Evan Haller info
  • 1:00pm — Pins for Pi Day info
  • 1:30pm — Critter Cuddling Reading Session info
  • 3:00pm — Crochet Club info
  • 3:00pm — Read Across America Family Literacy Event info
  • 3:00pm — Mandarin Program for Kids info
Camden Public Library, Camden — Preschool Story Time at 10:00am story time
EXPLORE - The Brooklin Inn, Brooklin — Late Season Seed Sowing at Woodward Point at 2:00pm explore plants
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville
Family Fun - Visit Belmont County, Belmont
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven
Kid Friendly Activities, Bremen
  • 5:30pm — Kieve Wavus Education's Community Climb Night climb night
  • 6:00pm — Y-ARTS Community Players Present Alice in Wonderland alice in wonderland
Maine Outdoor Education Program - Penobscot River Trails, Penobscot — PCCA TRAVELING ARCHERY UNIT at 1:00pm archery unit
Merryspring Nature Center, Camden
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson
  • 10:00am — Outdoor Studio: Nature Mandalas & Painting with Plant Inks with Katama Murray & the Farnsworth Museum create art
  • 10:00am — Understanding Ticks: Tick Prevention for Maine Residents, Families, and Pets stay safe
  • 8:00pm — Maine big night see stars
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — TBA at - name: STEMFest stemfest
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport — PMM Pop-Up Children’s Museum at 10:00am, 4:00pm pop up
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston
Watts Hall Community Arts, Thomaston
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm — David Dodson in Concert concert
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm — Paul Benjamin presents: Blues Night ft. Johnny Rawls blues night
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm — Country Western Dance Night country dance
  • 7:00pm - 9:30pm — Watts Hall Band Dance Party dance party
  • 7:00pm - 9:30pm — Watts Hall Community Players present: Annie annie
Westport Weston Family YMCA - Membership, Westport Island — TBA at - name: School's Out Camps creative days
Whitefield Library, Whitefield — Storytime with Dawna at 10:30am storytime
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset
  • 5:00pm - 11:00pm — WCC Teen Nights & Events 2025/26 - Mariners Hockey Night Out teen night
  • 7:30am - 5:30pm — March 13th Day Camp day camp
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset
  • 5:00pm — WCC Teen Nights & Events 2025/26 - Mariners Hockey Night Out teen night
  • 7:30am — March 13th Day Camp day camp
class descriptions - The Community Center - Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay — Y-ARTS Community Players Present Alice in Wonderland at 6:00pm alice in wonderland

SATURDAY - 3/14

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg — March 2026 Volunteer Info Session at 10:00am learn more
Aldermere Farm (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), Rockport — Calf Unveiling Day at 10:00am - 1:00pm calf unveiling
Avena Botanicals, Rockport
  • 10:00am — Birding with Children and their Families buy tickets
  • 2:00pm — Grow A Row of Calendula register free
  • 9:30am — Summer Solstice Sacred Plant Initiation learn more
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 12:00pm — GAME - Morse Baseball Double Header 1p baseball game
  • 8:00am — Hunter Safety Course - Hunter Safety Course hunter safety
  • 9:00am — Sports Card Shows - 2026 - March 21 Table Reservation sports card show
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol
  • 2:00pm — Guided hike at Dodge Point explore nature
  • 9:00am — Partner Event: Archery Hunter Safety – Addendum Course learn archery
Belfast Community Events, Belfast
  • 10:00am — Needle Felting at Waterfall Arts needle felting
  • 11:00am — Printmaking: Silkscreen Monotype at Waterfall Arts printmaking
  • 12:00pm — Visible Mending Workshop at Waterfall Arts visible mending
Boothbay Railway Village Museum, Boothbay — Museum Season Opening Weekend! at 10:00am - 5:00pm opening weekend
Bowdoinham Public Library, Bowdoinham — Dahlia Sale 2026 at 10:00am plant sale
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:00am — Alpacas on the Lawn with Harvard Alpaca Ranch info
  • 10:15am — Student Music Recital info
  • 10:30am — Chess Club info
  • 10:30am — Spanish Storytime – La Hora de Cuentos en Español info
  • 10:30am — Taiwanese Storytime - 台語講古時間 info
  • 10:30am — Puppet Storytime with Leigh Baltzar info
  • 11:00am — Little Groove Family Concert info
  • 11:30am — Maze of Memories Stray Kids Anniversary Crafting info
  • 12:00pm — Open Game Play with Virtual Reality info
  • 12:00pm — Back to Bach Project Brookline MA Region Spring Concert info
  • 1:00pm — Violin Music Recital info
  • 2:00pm — Learn Origami with Jingting info
  • 2:00pm — Autism Acceptance Month Community Event info
Camden Community Events, Camden — TBA at - name: Camden is Blooming celebrate spring
Camden Public Library, Camden — Saturday Storytime with Miss Stefanie at 10:00am story time
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta
  • 2:00pm — Guided hike at Dodge Point explore nature
  • 9:00am — Partner Event: Archery Hunter Safety – Addendum Course learn archery
EXPLORE - The Brooklin Inn, Brooklin
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Saturday Morning Drop In Storytime at 10:00am storytime
Gibbs Library, Washington — Owls of Maine at 10:00am owls of maine
Hamden/North Haven YMCA - Central Connecticut Coast YMCA, North Haven — LEGO Club at 10:30am lego club
ME Water Buffalo Co., Appleton — CALF CUDDLING DAY at 11am-3pm calf cuddling
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
  • 10:00am, 2:00pm — Community Day community day
  • 10:30am, 11:30am — STEAMbox Family Workshop: Remarkable Raptors steam box
  • 10:30am, 11:30am — STEAMbox Family Workshop: The Power of Plants steam box
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson
Midcoast Recreation Center, Rockport — Net Benefits: Wellness and Community Event at 10:00am community wellness
Pop-Up Camps & Events - Maine Outdoor Kids, Brooks — Community Talent Show at 6:00pm join in
Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta
Strand Theatre (Family Series), Rockland
  • - name: Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man: presented by Halcyon String Quartet — TBA burt dow
  • - name: DIG UP! A Dinosaur Expedition presented by STEMmersive — TBA dig up
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston
Watts Hall Community Arts, Thomaston — Latin Dance Night with Primo Cubano at 7:00pm - 9:00pm latin dance
What's New - Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, St. George — TBA at - name: Enchanted Night at the Museum register
Whitefield Library, Whitefield — ENCORE! Free Concert for Children at 2:00pm concert

SUNDAY - 3/15

Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Partner Event: Salt Bay Sunday with Mid-coast Audubon at 8:00am bird watching
Boothbay Railway Village Museum, Boothbay
  • 10:00am - 4:00pm — Children’s Day childrens day
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm — Museum Season Opening Day! opening day
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm — 4th Annual Founder’s Community Day community day
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 1:15pm — Piano Recital by Kids info
  • 2:00pm — Brookline Music School Concert info
Camden Community Events, Camden — TBA at - name: Maine Maple Sunday Weekend learn more
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Partner Event: Salt Bay Sunday with Mid-coast Audubon at 8:00am bird watching
Gibbs Library, Washington — Gibbs Reading Series: Jean & Jean at 2:00pm reading series
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay — Boothbay’s Got Talent at 5:00pm talent show
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson — Afterschool Mountain Bike Ride at 3:30pm ride bikes
Westport Weston Family YMCA - Membership, Westport Island — Summer Camp Fair at 2:00pm explore camps

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