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WEEK OF MARCH 16 - MARCH 22, 2026

From Irish Set Dancing at Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi to Game Night! at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and A Seal’s Journey at Goodall Memorial Library at About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society.

MONDAY - 3/16

Aldermere Farm (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), Rockport — Farm Hands - Spring Session at 3:30pm - 5:00pm farm hands
Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing — Scottish Country Dancing in Bucksport at 4:30pm - 6:30pm dance
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 3:00pm — Lacrosse Gear Loaner Night gear loaner
  • 3:45pm — Indoor Youth Field Hockey Clinic - PreK-Grade 1 Field Hockey field hockey
  • 4:15pm — Bath XC Run Club, Grades K-6 - Grades K-2 run club
  • 4:30pm — Indoor Youth Field Hockey Clinic - Grades 2 - 4 Field Hockey field hockey
  • 5:00pm — Bath XC Run Club, Grades K-6 - Grades 3-4 run club
  • 5:00pm — Bath XC Run Club, Grades K-6 - Grades 5-6 run club
  • 5:30pm — Indoor Youth Field Hockey Clinic - Grades 5 - 7 Field Hockey field hockey
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor — I Love a Mystery! Book Club at 10:30am mystery book club
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
  • 10:30am — Matt Heaton Family Singalong info
  • 3:00pm — LEGO Lovers info
  • 3:30pm — CANCELED: Craft Club info
  • 3:30pm — Craft Club info
  • 5:30pm — Try Girl Scouts info
  • 6:30pm — Girls Who Code - Grades 3-5 info
Classes - Riverside Farm - The Learning Center - Ages 8 & up, Searsmont — TBA at - name: Mindfulness Interpretive Walk interpretive walk
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville
  • 10:00am — Kids ABC, 123 storytime
  • 1:00pm — Babies, Toddlers & Leprechauns Too! playtime
  • 4:00pm — Financial Fun for Kids learn money
  • 4:00pm — Kids Craft Book Club - 1st through 3rd Grade book club
  • 4:00pm — Kids Diamond Painting Book Club - 4th through 5th Grade book club
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay — How I Became a Pirate! The Musical! at 6:00pm pirate musical
Midcoast Youth Theater, Rockland
Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport — April Break Kids Vacation Mini Camps at 9:00am mini camps
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

TUESDAY - 3/17

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg
  • 10:30am — A Seal’s Journey at Norridgewock Public Library learn seals
  • 1:00pm — Turtle Tracks at the New Gloucester Public Library learn turtles
  • 4:00pm — A Seal’s Journey at Belfast Free Library learn seals
Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing
  • 6:30pm - 7:30pm — Community Song Circle for Love, Peace, Justice, Together song circle
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm — Irish Set Dancing dance
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 4:30pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Pre-K/Kindergarten Wrestling Practice wrestling
  • 5:45pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Grade 3/4 Wrestling Practice wrestling
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Family Storytime 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
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin
Camden Public Library, Camden — Tinker Tuesdays with Miss Amy at 4:00pm tinker time
Classes - Riverside Farm - The Learning Center - Ages 8 & up, Searsmont — Backyard Birding Activity Kits at 5:00pm activity kits
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm — Kids Alley kids crafts
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm — Windjammers for Wee Mateys and Summer Reading Kickoff summer reading
  • 10:00am – 10:30am — Pirates of the Dark Rose Puppet Show puppet show
  • 11:00am - 1:00pm — Pirates Tortuga Open pirate games
  • 11:30am — Crudbeard’s Cannon Lessons cannon lessons
  • 1:30pm — Hot dog eating contest eating 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 breakfast
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm — Pirate Coin forging coin forging
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 fresh 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: Wiscasset @ Practice at 5:00pm - 6:15pm travel team basketball

WEDNESDAY - 3/18

Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing — Scottish Country Dancing in Belfast at 6:30pm - 8:30pm dance
Avena Botanicals, Rockport — Medicinal Herb Garden Walks at 3:00pm buy tickets
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Earth Day Trash Cleanup at 1:00pm clean up
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Fused Glass: Puffin Sun Catcher at 6:00pm make art
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Singalong info
  • 11:00am — Unavailable Children's info
  • 1:30pm — Hide-A-Bug with Professor Bugman info
  • 3:00pm — LEGO Time info
  • 3:00pm — Hedgehog Painting with Pop-Up Art School info
  • 3:30pm — Pollywogs Book Club info
  • 3:30pm — Pipe Cleaner Animal Rings info
  • 6:00pm — Pups @ Putterham: Read to a Dog! info
Brooks - Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce, Brooklin
Calendar - The Game Loft, Belfast — TBA at - name: Community Clay Studio for Kids explore art
Camden Public Library, Camden — Book Time for Babies with Miss Amy at 10:00am baby book time
Children Activities - General 2 — Brooksville, Maine, Brooks
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Earth Day Trash Cleanup at 1:00pm help out
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Wednesday Evening Drop In Storytime at 6:30pm storytime
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
  • 10:00am - 11:00am — Pirates of the Dark Rose Tortuga Open pirate games
  • 10:00am - 3:00pm — Maine State Aquarium aquarium
  • 12:00pm — The Battle for Boothbay Harbor live battle
  • 12:30pm — Lobster Eating Contest eating contest
  • 2:00pm — Cod Fish Races fish races
  • 4:00pm — Street Parade parade
  • 9:00pm — Fireworks Spectacular over the Harbor fireworks
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson — Wednesday Wander: Crust Fungi at Bog Brook Trail at 10:00am wander
Mildred Stevens Williams Memorial Library, Appleton — Family Story Time! at 10:00 AM join in
Outdoor Learning for Kids - The Trustees of Reservations, Appleton — TBA at - name: Powisset Pals – Afterschool Adventurers afterschool adventurers
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — Owls Nest: Marble Painting at 10:30am marble painting
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston — Playgroup at 10:30am playgroup
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston — Playgroup at 10:30am playgroup
Youth Programs - Brooks Free Library, Brooks
  • - name: WOW Event-Believe in the Magic- Petting Zoo & Magic Show — TBA explore magic
  • - name: WOW Event-Color Splash Wars & Swim-a-Thon — TBA splash fun
  • - name: WOW Event-Summer Carnival Spectacular! — TBA carnival fun

THURSDAY - 3/19

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
Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing
  • 6:00pm - 8:00pm — Bread n Jam jam session
  • 6:00pm - 9:00pm — Beginners Contra Dance & Open Band & Jam in Surry dance jam
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm — Scottish Country Dancing – Weekly Class, Topsham dance class
  • 7:00pm - 10:00pm — Portland Intown Contra Dance contra dance
Bath Parks & Recreation, Bath
  • 4:30pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Grade 1/2 Wrestling Practice wrestling
  • 5:45pm — Bath Ironworkers Youth Wrestling - Wrestling Tournament Prep Practice wrestling
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Guided hike at Tracy Shore at 2:00pm explore nature
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — Music and Movement info
  • 10:30am — Storytime in Español info
  • 10:30am — Wally the Green Monster Visits the Library! info
  • 1:00pm — Space Week Silk Painting Workshop info
  • 1:30pm — Northeast Animals in Spring with Joys of Nature - Session 1 info
  • 1:30pm — Hold for YS Program info
  • 2:00pm — Fire & Ice with Mad Science info
  • 2:30pm — Northeast Animals in Spring with Joys of Nature - Session 2 info
  • 3:00pm — Tween Crafternoon info
  • 3:30pm — CANCELED: LEGO Club info
  • 3:30pm — Kids Crafternoon info
  • 5:00pm — Pokémon League info
  • 5:30pm — Canines at Coolidge Corner 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
Children Activities - General 2 — Brooksville, Maine, Brooks — TBA at - name: Hand Building Pottery I learn pottery
Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden — Happy Wanderers: Mill Brook Preserve in Searsport at 10:00am wander explore
Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, Damariscotta — Guided hike at Tracy Shore at 2:00pm explore nature
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Sensory Storytime at 9:30am storytime
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
Merryspring Nature Center, Camden — Late Winter Ecology Walk at 10:00am explore nature
Monhegan Memorial Library, Monhegan
  • 4:00pm — Story Hour with Corlis Carroll story hour
  • 4:00pm — “The Kids of Cattywampus Street” Book Event with Lisa Jahn-Clough book event
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — Junior Inventors – Be An Inventor at 4:30pm junior inventors
Whitefield Library, Whitefield — Storytime with Dawna at 10:30am storytime
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 - 6:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 3rd & 4th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball: Wiscasset @ Practice travel team basketball
  • 6:00pm - 7:00pm — Travel Team Basketball - 5th Grade Boys Travel Team Basketball: Wiscasset @ Practice travel team basketball
Youth Programs - Brooks Free Library, Brooks — Page to Stage Showcase at 2:30pm showcase

FRIDAY - 3/20

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg
  • 10:00am — Wells Beach Cleanup join cleanup
  • 1:00pm — Seal Day with the Portland Sea Dogs seal day
Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing — Millinocket Mud Season Stomp at 6:30pm - 9:30pm mud stomp
Avena Botanicals, Rockport — Hummingbird Homecoming at 6:30pm buy tickets
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, Boothbay Harbor
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:30am — French Storytime – L'heure du Conte en Français info
  • 10:30am — Japanese Storytime – 日本語おはなし会 info
  • 10:30am — Mandarin Storytime - 中文故事會 info
  • 1:30pm — Critter Cuddling Reading Session info
  • 3:00pm — Mandarin Program for Kids info
  • 3:00pm — Spring Candle Making Workshop for Tweens & Teens info
Camden Public Library, Camden — Preschool Story Time at 10:00am story time
Children Activities - General 2 — Brooksville, Maine, Brooks — Printmaking Open Studio @ Waterfall Arts at 12:30pm, 3:30pm printmaking studio
EXPLORE - The Brooklin Inn, Brooklin — Late Season Seed Sowing at Woodward Point at 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. explore
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville — Friday Morning Drop In Storytime at 10:00am storytime
Family Fun - Visit Belmont County, Belmont — Teen Wellness Retreat at 9:00 AM teen retreat
Kid Friendly Activities, Bremen — Y-ARTS Community Players Present Alice in Wonderland at 6:00pm alice in wonderland
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson
  • 10:00am — Outdoor Studio: Nature Mandalas & Painting with Plant Inks with Katama Murray & the Farnsworth Museum nature art
  • 10:00am — Understanding Ticks: Tick Prevention for Maine Residents, Families, and Pets tick prevention
  • 8:00pm — Maine big night big night
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston — Family Movie Night at 5:00pm movie night
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston — Family Movie Night at 5:00pm movie night
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
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset — Travel Team Basketball - 3/4 Girls Travel Team Basketball: Wiscasset @ Wiscasset at 4:00pm - 8:00pm travel team basketball
Youth Programs - Brooks Free Library, Brooks — Stages & Studios Showcase (Jungle Jamboree & Matilda) at 2:00pm showcase
class descriptions - The Community Center - Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay — Y-ARTS Community Players Present Alice in Wonderland at 6:00 pm alice in wonderland

SATURDAY - 3/21

About Us - Phippsburg Historical Society, Phippsburg — Pup Shower at 8:00am support pups
Aldermere Farm (Maine Coast Heritage Trust), Rockport — Calf Unveiling Day at 10:00am - 1:00pm calf unveiling
Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing — Topsham Contra Dance on 3rd Saturdays! at 7:30pm - 11:00pm contra dance
Avena Botanicals, Rockport
  • 10:00am — Birding with Children and their Families buy tickets
  • 2:00pm — Grow A Row of Calendula register free
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 — Spring Craft Fair at 9:00am shop local
Bowdoinham Public Library, Bowdoinham — Dahlia Sale 2026 at 10:00am flower sale
Brooklyn Children's Museum – A place of firsts—providing for, Brooklin
  • 10:00am — Alpacas on the Lawn with Harvard Alpaca Ranch info
  • 10:30am — Spanish Storytime – La Hora de Cuentos en Español info
  • 10:30am — Chess Club 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
  • 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 saturday stories
Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden
  • 10:00am — Nature Program: Vernal Pool Parties explore nature
  • 10:00am — Nature Program: Vernal Pool Parties part 2 explore nature
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
  • 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. — Calf Unveiling Day meet calves
  • 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. — The Power of Perennials learn
Family & Consumer Sciences - Montville High School, Montville
  • 10:00am — Saturday Morning Drop In Storytime storytime
  • 11:00am — Maker's Day - Sensory Jars for Kids make jars
  • 3:00pm — Kids Maker's Day - No Sew Bandana Tote Bags make bags
Local Festivals - Boothbay Harbor Region, Boothbay
ME Water Buffalo Co., Appleton — CALF CUDDLING DAY at 11:00am, 3:00pm calf cuddling
Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
  • 10:00am, 2:00pm — Community Day community day
  • 10:30am, 11:30am — STEAMbox Family Workshop: Remarkable Raptors family workshop
  • 10:30am, 11:30am — STEAMbox Family Workshop: The Power of Plants family workshop
Merryspring Nature Center, Camden
  • 10:00am — Needle Felted Squirrel Workshop with Sam Coon craft animals
  • 10:00am — Seed Starting Workshop grow plants
  • 2:00pm — Felted Luminary Workshop with Sam Coon create light
Midcoast Conservancy / Hidden Valley Nature Center, Jefferson
Midcoast Recreation Center, Rockport — Net Benefits: Wellness and Community Event at 10:00am, 2:00pm wellness community
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head
Strand Theatre (Family Series), Rockland
  • - name: Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man: presented by Halcyon String Quartet — TBA explore
  • - name: DIG UP! A Dinosaur Expedition presented by STEMmersive — TBA explore
Thomaston Community Events, Thomaston
  • 10:00am — Easter Egg Eggstravaganza egg hunt
  • 10:30am — All Ages Story Hour story hour
  • 10:30am — All Ages Story Time story time
Thomaston Recreation, Thomaston
  • 10:00am — Easter Egg Eggstravaganza egg hunt
  • 10:30am — All Ages Story Hour story hour
  • 10:30am — All Ages Story Time story time
Watts Hall Community Arts, Thomaston
  • 7:00pm - 9:00pm — Latin Dance Night with Primo Cubano latin dance
  • 7:00pm - 9:30pm — Watts Hall Community Players present: Annie annie
Whitefield Library, Whitefield — ENCORE! Free Concert for Children at 2:00pm concert
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset — Easter Egg Hunt 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am easter egg hunt
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset — Easter Egg Hunt 2026 at 9:30am - 10:30am easter egg hunt

SUNDAY - 3/22

Arts In The Barn Cushing/ Cushing Historical Society - Origi, Cushing
  • 2:00pm - 5:00pm — Downeast Session in Lubec music jam
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm — 4th Sunday New Gloucester Medium Jam music jam
  • 3:00pm - 5:00pm — New Harbor Community Country Dance community dance
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm — Kennebunk Scottish Country Dance Class dance class
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center, Bristol — Partner Event: Salt Bay Sunday with Mid-coast Audubon at 8:00am bird watching
Belfast Community Events, Belfast — Naturalist To Lead Community Walk Through Cemetery’s Sugar Maples at 1:00pm explore nature
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
Cushing Public Library, Cushing — TBA at - name: Annual Easter Egg Hunt easter egg hunt
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 bike ride
Monhegan Memorial Library, Monhegan
  • 10:00am — DISTINGUISHED WRITER SERIES with Peter Brown! writer's talk
  • 1:00pm, 4:00pm — Library Day, and Raffle Drawing library day
Owls Head Transportation Museum, Owls Head — Holidays at the Museum at 10:00am holidays at museum
Westport Weston Family YMCA - Membership, Westport Island — Summer Camp Fair at 2:00pm learn more
Wiscasset Community Center, Wiscasset — WCC Teen Nights & Events 2025/26 - Teen Day Out (Ice Skating, Lunch & Bowling) at 9:00am - 2:00pm teen day out
Wiscasset Parks and Recreation, Wiscasset — WCC Teen Nights & Events 2025/26 - Teen Day Out (Ice Skating, Lunch & Bowling) - Sunday, March 29th at 9:00am - 2:00pm teen day out
midcoast sailing center - Rockland - Sail Power and Steam Mu, Rockland — Walk on the Wild Side: An Exploratory Workshop for Families at 1:00pm walk explore create

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