Bangor

Get a Clue @ Your Library

Super sleuths and daring detectives are invited to join “Get a Clue @ Your Library,” the Bangor Public Library’s Summer Reading Program at the library, 145 Harlow St.

The program is open to children from birth through fifth grade, and participants may sign up as a reader or listener. Special guests, music, story times, owls, dressed-up pets, authors, special agents, crafts and mirthful mayhem will be part of what will be detected at the library this summer.

The school with the largest number of participants will win an after-hours private party for its pupils, staff and families.

The first 600 children who sign up for the program will receive a free pass to the Bangor State Fair, July 27-Aug. 5.

On July 26, 20 wristbands for unlimited free rides at the fair will be given away. Each reading program participant will receive a pass to a Portland Sea Dogs baseball game, a bowling pass from Sports Arena and a complimentary lunch from Weathervane Seafoods. Each Thursday during the program, a door prize will be given away.

Attendees could win a pass for a child and parent to Penobscot Theatre’s production of “Peter Pan,” an “18-Wheeler” ice cream sundae from Dysart’s Restaurant, a family swim at the Husson College pool, a pass to the new Nancy Drew movie at Bangor Cinemas 10, a “Federal Deficit” ice cream from Governor’s restaurant or a family pass to a University of Maine football game. A winner will be drawn each week from correctly completed weekly game submissions.

At the program finale on Aug. 10, prizes will be drawn from entries submitted each time participants visited the Bangor library. Summer readers who complete their contracts receive a complimentary ice cream from Gifford’s.

Get a Clue @ the Bangor Public Library. Clue into summer fun. Clue into reading.

Brewer

Brewer Hometown Band

The Brewer Hometown Band will begin its 2007 outdoor concert series on Thursday, June 21, at the Brewer Auditorium.

All concerts this year will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Evenings when Mother Nature plots against us, we will take the concert inside at the auditorium.

Jan Cox and assistant conductor Beth Zdrojowy will provide a great variety of music for your listening pleasure.

You are invited to bring a chair, create a picnic or sit in your car, but do bring your family and friends with you for pleasant musical evenings on June 21, July 5, July 19, Aug. 2 and Aug. 16.

All concerts are free. Donations are gratefully accepted.

The band will perform at 10:25 a.m. Saturday, June 30, for the annual R.B. Hall Day in Fairfield. The all-day music festival is free and provides band music by community groups from all over the state.

Carmel

Summer reading program

Get a Clue @ Your Library is the theme for the summer reading program at the Simpson Memorial Library. The program will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays for six weeks beginning July 3. The library will be the host for a reading club, story hour, crafts and special guests.

The program is free. Children are encouraged to sign up at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 26. The program is designed for “super sleuths and brilliant detectives” preschool age and up.

Special guest Robert Pottle will be at the library 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, July 10. For more information, call 848-7145.