Peace through Interamerican Community Action is hosting its 21st PICA annual benefit auction 2:30-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the College Center at University College of Bangor, 210 Texas Ave.

Ellen Gray and Jon Falk invite you to shop, participate in the auction and lend your support to those working “for social justice in Maine and in El Salvador,” they wrote.

Admission for the silent and live auction is $2, and you will enjoy free refreshments and live music with Brian Dyer-Stewart and be able to purchase Salvadoran Smoothies and bean burritos.

Auction items include those donated by local artisans and business owners, ranging from sweatshop-free clothing to plants, artwork, pottery, food and gift certificates.

To view the list of auction items, visit www.pica.ws.

Robin Long reminds you that the Designing Women fine art and craft show is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Family Business Center at Husson College in Bangor.

Your $2 donation at the door benefits Caring Connections, sponsored by the Bangor Y and Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Craftswomen have “made something relating to breast cancer,” Long reports, and some are donating a percentage of their sales to Caring Connections, which assists uninsured or underinsured women with breast cancer in Eastern Maine.

Barbara Piehler of First Congregational Church of Lincoln invites you to its annual holiday bazaar and beef stew lunch, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the church hall, 19 School St.

Eat in, take out, shop for crafts and mittens, and visit Grannie’s Attic while you’re there.

Ann Carter e-mailed that the Charlotte Fire and Rescue Department Auxiliary craft fair is 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Charlotte Elementary School, where eighth-graders will have items for sale, and a quilt raffle will benefit the Pembroke Historical Society.

Carter also reminds you that 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 3 is your last chance to visit the Calais Free Library Used Book Store, which is closing for the season.

Pat Griffith wrote that proceeds from St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church holiday bazaar and English high tea, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the church’s new parish house on Court Street in Belfast will benefit New Hope for Women and the Greater Bay Area Ministerium Food Cupboard.

Food and jewelry and gifts for $2 or less for children under 12 to purchase are featured along with arts and crafts from Haiti with those proceeds benefiting a church-supported K-12 Haitian school.

MaryAnn Eason invites you to “start your holiday shopping” at the Church of Universal Fellowship’s annual fall fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the church, 82 Main St., Orono.

Amanda Jamison e-mailed that the Unity Barn Raisers are hosting their annual harvest supper community meal, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Unity Community Center.

The cost for the traditional Thanksgiving meal, with ingredients from local farmers, is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 12, “income-eligible folks and seniors over 60,” Jamison wrote.

Dessert, she explained, is finding “your favorite pie amidst all the pies entered” in the second annual pie-baking contest.

Open to all, Jamison explained “Unity Barn Raisers is a nonprofit organization … that works, proactively, to enhance small-town character and rural environment.”

Calais High School band director Alison Brennan wrote that CHS band members and the Calais Music Boosters “are honored to be hosting the District VI honors music festival,” concluding with a concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, in the CHS gym.

Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students and seniors.

The best musicians from 15 schools in Washington, Hancock and parts of Penobscot counties will participate, Brennan wrote of the all-day event.

“It is an exciting way for talented young people to experience performing with a new group of students who are just as talented as they are,” she added, and an equally exciting experience, I’m sure, for them to entertain you.

Robyn Holdsworth reports that the Caribou Lions Club fall spaghetti dinner and dance, featuring the Nadeau Family Band, is 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Spruce Haven in Caribou.

Tickets are $15, or two for $25, and are available at Martins Country Store in North Caribou or Caribou One Stop.

Proceeds from the BYOB event benefit Lions Club charities. For information, call Holdsworth at 551-7044.

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