Maine Media Women meeting
THOMASTON — Zeke and Chelsea Callanan of Opticliff ESQ in Portland will be the featured speakers at the April 6 meeting of Maine Media Women. Their presentation will focus on the topic “Copyright and Trademark Law: Is Your Work Protected?”
Opticliff ESQ was founded by Zeke and features the tagline “A different kind of law firm” because its attorneys specialize in assisting sole proprietors and small businesses, especially those involving the creative arts and intellectual property. Chelsea joined the firm when the couple married, and both have been active for several years with Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (www.mainevla.org), also based in Portland.
Guests are always welcome at MMW meetings, which begin at 9:15 a.m. with coffee and networking. The meeting and program begin at 10. The meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall in Thomaston, on Star Street, behind the stores. Suggested donations are $3 for members, $5 guests. For more information, visit www.mainemediawomen.org or their Facebook page, or contact MMW President Genie Dailey at finepoints1@aol.com or at 207-549-5518.
‘World Peace’ film showing
PORTLAND — The University of Southern Maine will host a screening of the film “World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements” at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 4, in Hannaford Lecture Hall on the Portland campus. The film will be followed by a question and answer period with director Chris Farina and John Hunter, the teacher whose story is told by the film. This event, which is part of the Portland Children’s Film Festival, is free and open to the public, but tickets must be obtained through the website www.brownpapertickets.com/event/355045. For more information about other events in the Portland Children’s Film Festival, see http://www.portlandchildrensfilmfestival.com
John Hunter is a fourth grade teacher in Charlottesville, Va., who created the “The World Peace Game” for his students turning them from children in a neighborhood school into citizens of the world in eight weeks. The game is the topic of the film and Hunter’s new book by the same title. Hunter will be on hand to sign books, which will be available for sale, after the event.
Goal: world’s longest poem
WATERVILLE — A group at Common Street Arts will try to create the World’s Longest Poem to celebrate National Poetry Month between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 9.
Children, teens and adults will write poems, decorate them wildly and then glue them together to make the longest poem possible. In the past, the poem has reached 60 feet and been hung out of a two-story window to reach the sidewalk below.
How long this one can be will be determined by how many folks show up to add their own special effort.
Dixfield Poet Kelly Sterns will lead the event, one that she has been creating for more than a decade at various museums, schools and art centers in various states.
Common Street Arts is at 16 Common St. across City Hall. Tickets are $15. For more information, go to www.commonstreetarts.com or call 872-ARTS.
Bark for Life is May 19
SOUTH PORTLAND — On Sunday, May 19, dogs and their owners will gather at Bug Light Park for the inaugural American Cancer Society Bark for Life of Greater Portland, a unique event to remember and honor both dogs and people touched by cancer. Funds raised through Bark For Life support local programs and services offered by the American Cancer Society, as well as educational initiatives, and life-saving research in Maine, New England and beyond.
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting with a non-competitive walk which will feature a special lap for survivors, both canine and human, followed by demonstrations, contests and games. The day will include appearances by Gayle Hickok of Pawsitive Results K-9 Rehabilitation, Bobby Silcott of the Maine POM Project and Judy Moore of Canine Behavior Counseling and demonstrations by Jill Simmons of Poetic Gold Farms and several other organizations. There will be fun activities for children, adults and dogs alike.
Registration is $20 per dog and owner and $40 for those with multiple dogs. Participants are encouraged to form teams made up of 2 to 15 people and their canines.
You can find them on Facebook at Bark For Life of Greater Portland or visit the event Web page at www.relayforlife.org/barkgreaterportlandme. For more information, contact the event chair, Kim Hansen, at BarkforLifePortland@gmail.com or by calling 207-318-5253 or American Cancer Society staff person Dawn Emery at 207-691-1094.
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