Explorations Read-Aloud for Adults (Online). Local thespian Joseph Coté reads aloud selections from a wide variety of fascinating and entertaining books of fiction and non-fiction. Excerpts from a new book is read every Friday, 11:00 – 12:00 noon, on the Camden Public Library’s YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. To see the schedule: librarycamden.org. To watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/c/CamdenPublicLibraryPrograms/videos OR https://www.facebook.com/camdenpubliclibrary/videos/. 

 Camden Chess Club holds online matches every Friday, 4:00 – 6:00. You can join the club for free online: Lichess.org under the community section, or at https://lichess.org/team/camden-chess-club. For more information contact Evan Annis at: [email protected]

GSA Steelband. A great opportunity for all high school students, regardless of musical background or ability. Pan music is some of the most accessible music out there! Learn to play pan, all students of the Blue Hill peninsula are encouraged to join. FMI: Martin Conte at [email protected].

Community Potluck at The Gatherings Community Center. Bring a dish or drink to share, spend time with neighbors, make new friends, and enjoy a variety of home cooked dishes. Every 1st Friday, 5.30 – 7:30, 1208 Surry Rd, Surry. FMI: www.surrygatherings.org.

Join us this winter for Weekly Trivia Nights at Fogtown Brewing Company in Ellsworth! Fridays through February, from 6:30 – 8:30, register your team of no more than six at the bar with the bartender or host. 25 Pine St, Ellsworth. More info at fogtownbrewing.com.

In the Next Room or the vibrator play. A comedy about marriage, intimacy, and electricity. At the dawn of the age of electricity and based on bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat ‘hysterical’ women (and some men), the play centers on how a doctor and his wife’s use of  his new therapy affects their entire household. January 20 – February 4 at The New Surry Theatre in Blue Hill. FMI: https://www.newsurrytheatre.org/.

David Mallett Band, The Dinallos to open, during Toboggan Nationals Weekend. Friday, February 3, 7:30, at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St. FMI or choose-your-own reserved tickets: camdenoperahouse.com or 236-3154. 

Girls Rock! Poster Design Competition. Submit your poster design for the  Maine Academy of Modern Music ‘s (MAMM) 2023 Girls Rock! celebration of girls’ involvement in music. Design to be used on posters and t-shirts, and shared all over social media. Open to high school students, submission deadline February 14. For submission detsils and more info: https://www.maineacademyofmodernmusic.org/girlsrock/.

$2 Community Yoga: Every Monday at 5.30 pm, and Saturday at 9:00 am. Fun and affordable yoga for all ages. Meet in person at The Gatherings, 1208 Surry Rd, Surry. Follow online teachers on the big screen for mixed yoga styles, beginner/intermediate levels. FMI: [email protected], 207-385-7694, or www.surrygatherings.org.

Are you a cancer survivor who wants to learn more about safe and evidenced-based ways to lose weight, eat better, and move toward better health? AMPLIFY (aim plan and act on lifestyles), a National Cancer Institute-sponsored study, is evaluating a 48-week personalized web-based diet and exercise program.  Find-out more at amplifymyhealth.org or call toll-free 833-535-7934.