Forever Ours: PFAS and Plastics, a thought-provoking art exhibition exploring humanity’s complex relationship with persistent materials like microplastics and PFAS. Bringing together the work of 11 environmental artists whose visual and mixed-media pieces capture both the beauty and the burden of materials that have become “forever” intertwined with the natural world. Thursday to Saturday, 10:00 – 4:00, excluding holidays, through the Summer of 2026, at the Shaw Institute’s Environmental Education Center, 55 Main St, Blue Hill. FMI: Shaw Institute.

Weekly Standout/Vigil in support of peace and justice in the US and beyond – the Middle East, Ukraine/Russia, and everywhere. In opposition to war, genocide, authoritarianism, and attacks on immigrant and others.  Every Wednesday, 12:00 noon – 12:30, Kenduskeag River Bridge, 6 State Street, Bangor. Signs provided or bring your own. Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. FMI: (207) 262-3706 or larryd@myfairpoint.net.

Weekly Standout/Vigil in support of peace and justice in the US and beyond – the Middle East, Ukraine/Russia, and everywhere. In opposition to war, genocide, authoritarianism, and attacks on immigrant and others.  Every Saturday, 11:00 – 12:00 noon, Peirce Park, Harlow St. (between City Hall and Bangor Public Library, downtown Bangor. Signs provided or bring your own. Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. FMI: (207) 262-3706 or larryd@myfairpoint.net.

Forever Ours: PFAS and Plastics, a thought-provoking art exhibition exploring humanity’s complex relationship with persistent materials like microplastics and PFAS. Bringing together the work of 11 environmental artists whose visual and mixed-media pieces capture both the beauty and the burden of materials that have become “forever” intertwined with the natural world. Thursday to Saturday, 10:00 – 4:00, excluding holidays, through the Summer of 2026, at the Shaw Institute’s Environmental Education Center, 55 Main St, Blue Hill. FMI: Shaw Institute.

Take Action for Palestine! Gather in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the complicity of the US. Call for immediate permanent ceasefire, no further US funding or military aid for the Israeli government’s war crimes, demand that humanitarian and life-saving aid needed by the civilian population in both Gaza and the West Bank be provided and accessible. Every Sunday, 12:00 noon – 12:30, at Post Office Square, Franklin & Church Streets, downtown Belfast.

Weekly Standout/Vigil in support of peace and justice in the US and beyond – the Middle East, Ukraine/Russia, and everywhere. In opposition to war, genocide, authoritarianism, and attacks on immigrant and others.  Every Wednesday, 12:00 noon – 12:30, Kenduskeag River Bridge, 6 State Street, Bangor. Signs provided or bring your own. Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. FMI: (207) 262-3706 or larryd@myfairpoint.net.

Mother’s Circle – A place for mothers/caregiver/aunties/grandmothers with babies six months and under. We gather to share stories, ask questions, have tea and chat. Toddlers welcome if they can be quietly entertained. Free! On the second and fourth Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:30, Ellsworth Public Library, 20 State St., Ellsworth. FMI: Mother’s Circle.

Forever Ours: PFAS and Plastics, a thought-provoking art exhibition exploring humanity’s complex relationship with persistent materials like microplastics and PFAS. Bringing together the work of 11 environmental artists whose visual and mixed-media pieces capture both the beauty and the burden of materials that have become “forever” intertwined with the natural world. Thursday to Saturday, 10:00 – 4:00, excluding holidays, through the Summer of 2026, at the Shaw Institute’s Environmental Education Center, 55 Main St, Blue Hill. FMI: Shaw Institute.

Weekly Standout/Vigil in support of peace and justice in the US and beyond – the Middle East, Ukraine/Russia, and everywhere. In opposition to war, genocide, authoritarianism, and attacks on immigrant and others.  Every Saturday, 11:00 – 12:00 noon, Peirce Park, Harlow St. (between City Hall and Bangor Public Library, downtown Bangor. Signs provided or bring your own. Sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine. FMI: (207) 262-3706 or larryd@myfairpoint.net.

Take Action for Palestine! Gather in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against the complicity of the US. Call for immediate permanent ceasefire, no further US funding or military aid for the Israeli government’s war crimes, demand that humanitarian and life-saving aid needed by the civilian population in both Gaza and the West Bank be provided and accessible. Every Sunday, 12:00 noon – 12:30, at Post Office Square, Franklin & Church Streets, downtown Belfast.