Most certainly, people in the Newport area are well aware of this very special coming event.

But to be sure you don’t forget, Paula Clark, secretary of the Newport Cultural Center, reminds you the NCC is hosting “its long-awaited groundbreaking for its new building” at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, on Main Street in Newport.

The center will house the Newport Public Library and the Newport Historical Society Museum as well as a large meeting room for programs ranging from town elections to concerts, lectures and artistic events, and a children’s activity room.

“This privately-funded project has been six years in planning, with wide support from every corner of the community,” Clark wrote of donations by “individuals, families, local organizations and businesses,” along with grants of $152,000 from “foundations and trusts across the country.”

Phyllis Wardwell reminds us it is time for the Duck Cove Community Club of Bucksport’s annual yard and bake sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Little Yellow Schoolhouse, Route 46 in Bucksport, rain or shine.

Proceeds benefit the 1894 building on the National Register of Historic Places.

Donations of articles and-or food are welcome. For more information, call 469-2805, 469-2121, 469-2061 or 469-2850.

Members of Bangor Art Society invite artists to submit works for its 27th annual Open Juried Art Show from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5, in the Lecture Hall of Bangor Public Library on Harlow Street.

Artists can enter up to two works for a $25 entry fee.

Cash prizes of $3,100 will be awarded, and more information and application are available by calling JoAnne Houlsen at 947-0937 or e-mailing joannechoulsen@hotmail.com.

Jen Baker hopes you attend the LaGrange Fire Department and the LaGrange Veterans’ Memorial Association fourth annual yard sale and auction at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at LaGrange Fire Station on Bennoch Road.

Hamburgers and hot dogs will be for sale along with fire department T-shirts and hats.

A 50-50 raffle will be conducted, and the LaGrange Playground Fund Association will host a bake sale as well as sell its T-shirts and raffle tickets for a Mother’s Day basket.

Baker reports many new and used items will be for sale, and you can call her with questions at 943-2402.

Myrna Parker of United Bikers of Maine invites you to a Memorial Shakedown Cruise sponsored by Hancock County United Bikers of Maine.

The event begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, at the City Hall parking lot in Ellsworth and will include the memorial ceremony, games, door prizes and a special fundraising lunch stop at Nicky’s Cruise-In Diner in Bangor.

The rain date is Sunday, May 6.

For more information, call Michael Lessard at 422-3015, or e-mail flyer007@gwin.net.

Evelyn Conrad, a self-described “pug addict,” invites you and your pet to attend the Pug Party 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Milford town hall.

“We will be having a bonnet contest of the pugs; raffles and fun,” she wrote of the free event.

Pastor Lisa Jones invites you to the Amherst-Aurora Congregational Church Casserole Night Supper at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Osborn Community Center on Route 179.

Admission is $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12, and you have the opportunity to either eat in or take out.

The varied menu, with vegetarian options, is sure to please all palates.

Melody Weeks e-mailed that the John Bapst Musicians offer two performances of their annual spring concert at 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in John Bapst Memorial High School Auditorium on Broadway in Bangor.

Tickets are $3 and can be purchased in advance at the school’s Fine Arts Office, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. weekdays, or at the door.

The concert features the 119-member concert band, the 130-member chorale, the 20-member chamber ensemble, the 25-member jazz band and the 60-member concert choir.

Kay Byther Eames reports Dr. David Klocko, “dressed as Bach,” will host the American Guild of Organists, Bangor Chapter, annual Bach Bash at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Orono Methodist Church, 36 Oak St.

She believes you will enjoy area organists performing pieces by Bach as well as “other instruments … with singing and even yodeling.”

The concert is free, but donations are welcome.

The organ, an 1891 Emmons Howard tracker, was restored in 1978, she wrote.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.