Events - Jun 10 21

The American Lung Association’s 2021 Trek Across Maine has been reimagined into a virtual Cycle Your Way format now through June 30th! Cycling is a great way to improve both your physical and mental health, while giving an extra boost to your immune system. We encourage you to participate in the virtual event as this allows you to get outside while still practicing social distancing!

Money raised will support public health efforts related to lung disease, including COVID-19 research. Over the next three years, the American Lung Association has pledged $25 million to:

• Provide free lung health education and masks to those in need.
• Protect public health by advocating for COVID and flu vaccines in underserved communities of color.
• Prevent future outbreaks by investing in respiratory virus research.

What: If you choose to participate in the cycling portion of the virtual event, complete 60, 120 or 180 miles on an indoor or outdoor bike (or mix of both) at your own pace and in segments if preferred. All virtual participants that raise the minimum $250 by June 30th will receive an accomplishment medal and event t-shirt. You can earn incentives the more you raise!

When: Now through June 30^th, 2021.

Where: Anywhere you’d like, just make sure to always practice social distancing. Sample routes throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts will be provided as well.

How: Visit the event website (TrekAcrossMaine.org) and register as a virtual participant for $25. You will receive everything you need to successfully complete the virtual event from there!

Extras: Join our  Trek Across Maine Group on Strava. You can connect your tracking devices to the Strava app so others can see your progress. We also encourage you to join our Trek Across Maine group to stay in touch with other participants and post photos of your ride/screenshots of your progress.

2 Consecutive months of fitness for only $45 at Maine Pines Racquet & Fitness
Access to cardio room, weight room, and fitness classes
New members only
Must be paid in full
Offer expires 8/1/2021

Visit our website www.mainepines.com

Join us at the People Plus Center, 35 Union Street, for Yoga, Loosen Up, Chair Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, Gentle Barre and Zumba classes. Registration required, payment via punch card ($5/class for members). See class schedule on www.peopleplusmaine.org.

Points of View Artists is showing its first exhibit of 2021 – and its first since 2019!.  New Connections explores our experience with art during the past strange year of isolation.  On the 3rd floor, Barbara Bean shares her Experiments in Mixed Media.  Reception: Friday, May 11, 5-7 pm.   Gallery location and hours: 18 Pleasant Street; 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday.   FMI: povartistsmaine.com;   207-373-9300.

Points of View Artists is showing its first exhibit of 2021 – and its first since 2019!.  New Connections explores our experience with art during the past strange year of isolation.  On the 3rd floor, Barbara Bean shares her Experiments in Mixed Media.  Reception: Friday, May 11, 5-7 pm.   Gallery location and hours: 18 Pleasant Street; 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday.   FMI: povartistsmaine.com;   207-373-9300.

Please join Pejepscot History Center for our next virtual event!

Uncovering the Life of Quash, a Black Man in Eighteenth-Century Topsham

Thursday, June 10th at Noon via Zoom

In the spring of 2020, while working on a genealogy project in the the history of a local white family, independent researcher, James Tanzer came across a digital copy of the will of a formerly enslaved Black man named Quash, who lived in Topsham during the eighteenth century.

Eager to learn more about Quash, but unable to find any mention of him in local history books, James decided to research Quash’s life himself. Thus began a months-long project in local history and online archives during a global pandemic to uncover the life of Quash, and bring his memory to the fore once again in the communities in which he lived.

By searching for evidence in Quash’s surroundings, including town records and social connections, not only was James able to find direct evidence of Quash’s life, but build a vibrant picture of a well-connected, motivated, and successful individual, whose story adds weight to arguments that Black history is there to be found, if only we know where to look.

Tickets: PHC Members: $5 (and we cover online ticket processing fee!); Non-Members: $10. Zoom link provided upon registration. For more information including ticket link, visit: pejepscothistorical.org/events/talks-presentations