Events - Jun 19 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.

UPDATE: The Market has moved back to Crystal Spring Farm for the remainder of the season!

Find more information and a map to the market, visit www.btlt.org/farmers-market/

We are asking all customers to: 

• Follow all CDC guidelines
• Stay home if you feel ill or have been around someone who is sick
• Wear a mask at all times
• Bring hand sanitizer
• Stay at least six feet away from others
• Send only one person per family to shop 
• Keep your visit as brief as possible to assure everyone has an opportunity to shop.

Spark Cycling Studio, in partnership with Coastal Performance and Portside Real Estate Group, is proud to announce the “Run into Summer 5k and Spin”! Walk, jog, run, or spin your way into summer while raising money for Seeds Of Independence, a non-profit corporation that ensures local youth become independent and productive members of the community.

This is not your average 5k; on top of the run, there will be a spin class coached by the owner of Spark Cycling, a kids fun run, food trucks, the ability to tour the 10,000 sq ft Coastal Performance Training Facility, and free fitness evaluations for adults and youth! Sign up now to be a part of the fun, raise money for a worthy cause, and welcome the start of summer!

Handel Happy Hour is a bite-size version of the Salon experience. Finish your workday or start your night out with a musical appetizer. These bite-sized concerts offer 25 minutes of world-class music with an adult beverage. Cheers to great art!

Tickets: $15, drinks a la carte

Purchase tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/handel-happy-hour-tickets

This June, the Portland Bach Experience presents ten days of innovative programs to connect, inspire, and heal our community. Known for innovative performances and nationally-acclaimed artists, PBE will present more than a dozen virtual and live events with locations in Portland, Brunswick, and Sanford.

“Who was ever really happy with one scoop of ice cream rather than two? Bach’s Double Concerto is dessert doubled. . .The violins’ interplay is playfully fiery in the work’s outer movements. But here, in the central Largo, the mood is shared, serene, blossoming longing.” — New York Times

Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (BWV 1043) is one of the maestro’s most beloved pieces. The structural beauty and cheery, expressive, relentless, and moving aspects of the concerto enchant audiences and consume the players. Our festive program concludes with Johann Sebastian Bach’s daring Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Oboe Concerto in B flat major.

Tickets: $30 – Please purchase ahead to reserve your space

Purchase tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/bachs-double-violin-concerto-tickets

This June, the Portland Bach Experience presents ten days of innovative programs to connect, inspire, and heal our community. Known for innovative performances and nationally-acclaimed artists, PBE will present more than a dozen virtual and live events with locations in Portland, Brunswick, and Sanford.