Bangor

Baillie Performance Series

Pianist Patricia Stowell will be joined by violinist Richard Hsu and cellist Marisa Solomon in a free program of chamber music in the Arlan A. Baillie Performance Series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at All Souls Congregational Church.

The program will include the “Gypsy Trio” of Haydn, a piano trio by Faure and Violin Sonata in G Major by Beethoven.

Stowell will play a solo piano work, the Holberg Suite by Grieg. A reception will be held afterward.

Stowell is in her eighth season as director of the Maine Young Musicians Program for chamber music at Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill. She has performed for the Husson College Kenduskeag Series, Arcady Music Festival, Bangor Symphony Orchestra and other series. She has two degrees from Indiana University and a doctorate from Northwestern University. She also studied as a Rotary International Scholar in Stuttgart, Germany, and a year in Vienna, Austria.

Richard Hsu, violinist, performs with Orchestra of St. Luke’s, New York Collegium, Rebel, The American Classical Orchestra, The Gotham Chamber Opera and Concert Royal. He was formerly associate concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. He holds performance degrees from the Indiana University School of Music and studied at the Manhattan School of Music.

Marisa Solomon received cello performance degrees from the Oberlin College and San Francisco Conservatories. She has held positions in several symphony orchestras across the country. She now lives in Bangor with her family.

Breakfast Kiwanis Club

The Bangor Breakfast Kiwanis Club held its annual installation of officers on Oct. 11.

Kiwanis Division Lt. Gov. Bud Bruns officiated the event. Bruce Fowle was installed as treasurer, Bob Gardner as secretary, Kay Surpless as president, Glen Mower as president-elect, Mike Gilden as vice president and Mike Hardy as immediate past president.

Carissa Marsh, Archie Verow, Larry Smith, Stacy Buzzell, Mike McCarty, Greg Hobson and Mike Hardy were installed as directors.

Outgoing club president Mike Hardy thanked the club for a great year and emphasized the value of commitment to community service, noting that the club supported worthy causes such as Katahdin Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Bangor West Little League, United Cerebral Palsy of Eastern Maine, Bangor PAL Youth Center, Bangor Challenger Learning Center, First Step Pregnancy Resource Center, Invermark College of Piping, Operation Iraqi Children, the Warren Center, Camp Sunshine, The Salvation Army’s Powerhouse Teen Center, Maine Icebreakers AAU Basketball, Good Samaritan Agency, Hermon Key Club, John Bapst Memorial High School Key Club, Hermon Middle School Builders Club and the Senior League World Series.

Incoming president Kay Surpless promised to continue to encourage members to bring their passions and interests to the club and its many projects that serve the community.

The Bangor Breakfast Kiwanis Club is a service organization and member of Kiwanis International, and supports several area children’s charities. The club meets 7-8 a.m. Thursdays at Geaghan’s Roundhouse Restaurant at the Best Inn on Main Street. Guests and prospective members are encouraged to attend. For information, call Doug Damon at 942-6310.

Art at the library

Photographer John Wentworth of Brewer will exhibit photographs in his show “National Parks of the United States and Canada” during November in the Lecture Hall at Bangor Public Library.

Hampden artist Jane Folsom will show her pastel and oils in the exhibit “Best Friends and Favorite Places” in the Stairwell Gallery. Her work features the world of nature and dog portraits.

Looking at Leaves class

Parents and their children are invited to learn about leaves at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Bangor Land Trust office, Suite 25, 27 State St. Learn to do leaf rubbings and leaf pressings. Take home your works of art to use for cards or gifts. The event is free. For information, call Chandra McGee at 942-1010.

Brewer

Model Train Show

The Eastern Maine Model Railroad Club will hold its 31st annual model train show and sale 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Jeff’s Catering, Littlefield Way.

The show features operating train layouts, and many vendors of trains and railroadiana. Patrons may buy and-or sell trains in silent auctions. Refreshments will be available.

Admission is $3.50, free to children under 12. Interested persons are invited to inquire about club membership. For information, call Bill Soule, 866-4060 or e-mail soule@maine.edu.

Hermon

United Way of Eastern Maine

United Way of Eastern Maine will hold its annual community meeting at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at Morgan Hill Event Center, Route 2.

The keynote speaker will be Chris Huskilson, CEO of Emera, Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s parent company in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Huskilson will speak on the value of corporate philanthropy for businesses and present examples of Bangor Hydro’s commitment to the people of Eastern Maine.

Huskilson was made chief executive officer of Emera in 2004. He is a member of the Executives of the Canadian Electricity Association and the Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia. He serves as chairman of Bangor Hydro-Electric Co., chairman of the Greater Halifax Partnership, a governor of Nova Scotia Community College and first vice chairman of the Energy Council of Canada.

United Way officials will provide an overview of the year’s accomplishments and present its most prestigious recognition, the Pillar of the Community Award, to Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems for outstanding work and support of United Way.

Officials also will honor an organization that is setting an example in participating in collaborative efforts with the Community Builder Award and celebrate the spirit of volunteerism with the Board Chair’s Award. Retiring and new board members will be recognized.

Ric Tyler from Clear Channel’s “Maine in the Morning” program will emcee the event.

The cost for the breakfast is $10. For reservations, e-mail JenniferH@unitedwayem.org or call 941-2800.

Indian Island

Gift-food basket bingo

The Penobscot Nation’s Senior Citizen Club will hold a gift-food basket bingo on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Indian Island Community Building. Doors open at 4 p.m. and games begin at 5 p.m. The cost of admission is $15, $5 for specials. Refreshments will be available. The event benefits the Senior Activity Program fund.

Orland

Wild Christmas trees

Have an old-fashioned holiday experience in the Great Pond Mountain Wildlands and cut your own Christmas tree, noon-3 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2. Enjoy a horse or tractor-drawn wagon ride through the Wildlands to choose and cut a balsam fir. Many sizes are available.

The views will be scenic, the trees wild, organic and “free-range,” and the cocoa hot.

Cost for the event including a tree is $25 per family. The gate on Route 1, near the Route 176 intersection, will be open, and trees also will be available for sale there, for those who prefer not to cut their own.

Proceeds will benefit Great Pond Mountain Conservation Trust and Wildlands forest health. For information, call 469-7190 or e-mail greatpond@midmaine.com.

Orono

Garden calendar

University of Maine Cooperative Extension has published the 2008 North Country Garden Calendar, always a popular item for the holidays. Developed by Cooperative Extension professors Lois Berg Stack and Leonard Perry of the Universities of Maine and Vermont, respectively, this year’s calendar features 12 of the authors’ favorite plants.

Calendars may be purchased for $7.50 at 800-870-7270 or www.extension.umaine.edu. Bulk pricing also is available.

“It was not easy to choose just 12 favorite plants,” said Stack. “As horticulture specialists and avid gardeners, we have so many favorites.”

Stack and Perry decided to feature a diversity of plants that are dependable, functional and beautiful. They included plants with multi-season interest like “Karl Foerster” Feather Reed Grass and large fothergilla, native wildflowers like Helen’s Flower and foamflower, and new plants such as “Rozanne” geranium and “Ivory Prince” Lenten rose.

“The illustrations for the calendar, which were done by UMaine Extension communications staffers Cindy Eves-Thomas and Laura Latinski, really bring the plants to life,” Stack said.

“We remind people when and how to start seeds, prune landscape trees and shrubs, manage weeds, make compost and much more,” said Perry. Each month features gardening reminders for northern New England.

Winterport

Nativity Pageant

The town of Winterport will present its 40th annual Nativity Pageant Friday and Saturday, Dec. 21 and 22, on the grounds of the historic Meeting House on Main Street.

A rehearsal for young adults and children in the pageant will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Apostolic Church, North Main Road. The practice will last less than one hour.

Those who wish to take part in the pageant, but are unable to attend the rehearsal, may call Beth Thieme at 223-4088.

Areawide

Grants to small libraries

The Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust of the Maine Community Foundation seeks applications for grants to support innovative and collaborative programs, collection development related to local interests, and preservation of special collections. Libraries serving communities with fewer than 10,000 residents in Aroostook, Hancock, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Washington counties are eligible to apply.

Grants will range from $300 to $1,000. Grant proposals must be postmarked by Jan. 15, 2008. For complete guidelines, application form and list of recent grants, visit www.mainecf.org.

The Rudman Library Trust was established in 1986. Rudman frequently traveled in Maine, particularly Downeast, on business, and was struck by the commitment to learning and reading represented by the town libraries he came across.

He and his wife wanted to encourage libraries in smaller communities to continue and expand programming and outreach through the trust that bears their name.

For information, contact Jean Warren, scholarship manager at MaineCF, 877-700-6800 or jwarren@mainecf.org, and Valerie Osborne, district consultant for the Northern Maine Library District 800-427-8336 or valerie.osborne@bpl.me.us.