The Milbridge Farmers Market – Saturdays from 9 – 12 (29 Main Street by Camden National Bank parking lot in Milbridge) beginning May 25th through September. Organic vegetables, meats, cheese, eggs, baked goods, crafts, flowers, blueberries and chair massages. 

Dear Elizabeth is a moving and innovative play based on the thirty-year correspondence between poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell.  This compelling story to be performed at The New Surry Theatre, Sunday, June 16^th, at 3:00, followed by a Q&A with biographer, Megan Marshall. FMI: newsurrytheatre.org.

Yurt Camp: help build a Bill Coperthwaite yurt. Learn with your hands, and construct a replica of one of Bill’s “Family Yurts” – a two storied multi-use building. June 9^th – 22^nd, at Smithereen Farm, 767 Leighton Point Rd, Pembroke. FMI: greenhorns.com.

Courthouse Gallery is debuting artist Christina Thwaites, a British painter, who moved to Maine in 2015. Her artistic career spans four continent and has exhibited in London, Rome, Palestine, and Australia. The show runs June 15 through July 11. Courthouse Gallery, 6 Court St, Ellsworth. FMI: courthousegallery.com.

Workshop on Understanding Google Tools: Includes creating an account, creating and sharing documents. Monday, June 17^th, 1:00 – 3:00, the Orono Public Library. FMI: 866-5060.

Shel Pierce at The Pickled Wrinkle: Monday, June 17^th, 5:00 – 8:00,  9 East Schoodic Drive in Birch Harbor. FMI: thepickledwrinkle.com.

Flash! in the Pans Street Dance (steel drum music), to benefit the Ark Animal shelter. Monday, June 17th, at the Blue Hill Town Park, Water Street, Blue Hill, 7:30–9:00. All ages welcome. Rain venue George Stevens Academy. FMI, see schedule at peninsula pan.org.

Wanted: Foster/Adoptive Parents for the 2100 children currently in foster care in Maine. Come to an open house to learn how you can make a difference.  Tuesday, June 18, 12:00 noon – 3:00, at the Ellsworth DHHS offices, 17 Eastward Lane in Ellsworth.  FMI: e-mail rbeal@spurwink.org.

Simpson Memorial Library Summer Read Program. The Children’s Program, A Universe of Stories, is free, and includes art, speakers, lunch, and more. Sign up now. Tuesdays, 11:30 – 1:00, June 25^th – August 6^th, Simpson Memorial Library, 8 Plymouth Rd, Carmel.  FMI: 848- 7145 or simpsonmemorial.org.

Beginning Internet Skills Workshop: Tuesday, June 18, 1:00, at the Blue Hill Library. FMI: 374-5515.