After having attended a recent benefit dinner for Eric and Melissa Tableman and their young family, Judy Hager of Bangor decided she needed to do something, as well, to help the couple and their three children, who recently lost their Hermon home and all its contents to fire.

So Hager is hosting a silent auction from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, through Saturday, Aug. 5, at Home Interiors & Gifts w/Judy, 159 State St. in Bangor.

“I’m taking many different items that we have,” and putting them in the silent auction,” Hager explained, with the net proceeds from all sales benefiting the Tablemans.

Hager said she has “a lot of beautiful home accessories,” including “some of the newest Thomas Kinkade items” along with Better Homes & Gardens merchandise and Home Interiors merchandise for you to bid on.

Hager said the family “needs furniture and household accessories,” and “they don’t even have a picture to put on their wall. They lost everything,” which is why she is hoping you will “stop in and say hello and place your bids” to help the family during this difficult time.

For more information about the silent auction, call Hager at 992-2556 or 991-3331.

Advance tickets for the 2006 Ellsworth Antiques Show at the Woodlawn Museum are on sale at the museum’s store on Route 172 in Ellsworth.

The show begins with a preview party 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, and runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, and Friday, Aug. 4; and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at the museum.

Tickets cost $50 and include admission throughout the show.

General admission pre-sale tickets are $7 or $9 including a museum tour, or $8 and $10 at the door.

The show, which will be held under a tent on the museum grounds, will feature 26 dealers from around the country with a variety of antiques and art.

The show also includes two special subject tours: One is with Donald Cresswell, featuring prints and works of art on paper, at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at the museum. The other is with Arlene Palmer, featuring Woodlawn’s glass and ceramic collection, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at the museum.

Admission for both tours is $20 and includes admission to the show and light refreshments.

An afternoon tea and lecture, “Through the Eye of the Needle? George Nixon Black, Jr., Patron of the Arts,” with Jane Goodrich, is 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at the museum. Admission is $35 and includes admission to the show and a museum tour.

Space is limited and reservations are suggested for the tours and the tea.

Information and tickets can be obtained by calling the museum at 667-8671 or by visiting www.wooodlawnmuseum.org/antiques.

In conjunction with the International Festival, St. Croix International Quilters Guild and Washington County Community College are co-sponsoring their biennial Quilt Show, “St. Croix Quilts 2006: A Stitch in Time.”

The show is 1-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, in St. Croix Hall on the WCCC campus on Route 1 in Calais.

An admission donation of $3 is suggested and includes light refreshments. More substantial fare is available in the Maine Dining Room adjacent to the gymnasium. The facility is handicapped accessible and has ample parking.

The show features quilts, wall hangings and garments by quilters from Washington County and Charlotte County, New Brunswick, and you can vote for your favorite quilt.

Door prizes, hourly quilt demonstrations, a traveling trunk show, and a tree quilt block contest, co-sponsored with the Pembroke Historical Society, are featured along a display of Sunbonnet Sue wall hangings.

Proceeds benefit the WCCC Scholarship Fund, Downeast Hospice and two domestic violence agencies, Next Step in Washington County and Fundy Transition House in Charlotte County.

For more information, call Quilt Show Chairwoman Dana Bard, 853-2506, or e-mail danabard@earthlink.net.

Carl Mitchell, a lifelong resident of Corinth, will celebrate his 80th birthday with an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at his residence, 29 West Corinth Road.

Mitchell, who worked as a truck driver, has also been very active in community affairs and with the American Legion.

Donna Archer reports Mitchell “would enjoy seeing friends and neighbors” and hopes you will attend the celebration, which is hosted by his family.

Call her at 296-2671 for more information.

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