Blue Hill Public Library is now lending books, movies, audiobooks, and more through curbside pickup and enhanced home delivery, Monday-Saturday. Pickups available from 9:00 to 5:00. Visit bhpl.net or call 374-5515 to reserve items or learn more.

Coffee Hour for Creatives Chat, hosted by Waterfall Arts in Belfast. Are you looking for creative accountability, new connections with other innovators and dreamers, or a network to share your ideas with — and to be inspired by? Join our monthly coffee hour for creatives! Mark your calendars for the third Thursday of the month, 10:00 -11:00am. Meet on Zoom (call-in or video option is fine).

The link to join this meeting will be shared in advance through our various communication platforms. RSVP now (or anytime in advance of the call) to laura@waterfallarts.org.

Tech Help Hour – on Zoom. Do you have a question about a new device you’ve purchased? Do you need help transferring photos from your camera to your computer? We’ll try our best to help you navigate your technology troubles. Camden Public Library Event: Thursdays, 1:00 – 2:00, for more info and access: https://www.librarycamden.org.

Free pH Soil Testing Program for Hancock County residents.  Bring samples to USDA, NRCS Office, 474 Bucksport Rd, Ellsworth, on Thursdays, through July 30, 4:00 – 6:00.  Go to https://hancockcountyswcd.org/ and select ‘Healthy Soil’ to learn how to collect soil and for additional information, or call 667-8663.

Gardening Q & A Session with MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association).  Are you just starting out with growing a garden? Have questions? Bring your questions to these informal conversations as you plan and grow your garden. Live-streamed on MOFGA’s Facebook Live, Thursday, July 16^th, 4:00. FMI: https://www.mofga.org.

Readings on Race: online discussion on the topic, “How to Show Up in This Moment. Hosted by the Blue Hill Public Library, Thursday, July 16th, 6:00-8:00. For the link to the online meeting register using the Blue Hill Public Library’s online calendar at www.bhpl.net or call 374-5515.

Ten Bucks Theatre presents The Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy about true equality and liberation. Thursday through Sunday, July 16^th – 19^th; and Thursday and Friday, July 24^th & 25^th, 6:00 – 8:30, in Indian Trail Park, North Main St., Brewer. Social distancing guidelines and masks required. FMI: 207-884-1030 or https://www.tenbuckstheatre.org.

WERU Volunteer Orientation is on-hold for the time being. When it becomes safe to hold meetings at WERU the “usual” Volunteer Orientation will resume. To get on the Volunteer Orientation Announcement list or for more info about volunteering: info@weru.org.

For the most up-to-date info about what’s going on at WERU go to https://www.weru.org.

Bicentennial Series: Whaling in Maine. Author and historian Charles H. Lagerbom discusses why Maine should rightly take its place alongside its more well-known New England whaling neighbors. Thursday, July 16^th, 6:00 – 7:00, on ZOOM. For a Zoom link email jpierce@librarycamden.org.

Maine mystery author Paul Doiron talks about One Last Lie, the 11th book in his Mike Bowditch-series. A virtual talk hosted by the Jesup Library on Thursday, July 16 at 7:00. Registration is required. Register at https://www.jesuplibrary.org or by emailing kchagnon@jesuplibrary.org.