Successful run for food train
This year’s Food Train traveled along Main Street on Sunday from Trinity Lutheran Church with stops at Westbrook First Baptist and Westbrook-Warren Congregational churches in a drive to benefit the city’s needy.
“The second annual Climb Aboard the Food Train event was a big success in collecting donations for the Westbrook Food Pantry, “ the Rev. Karen Indorf, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church that sponsored the event, reported.
Indorf said the drive collected 125 boxes of food and money jars were being counted at TD Bank. “Trinity is very grateful for everyone who assisted and donated to help feed those in need of food assistance in Westbrook,” Indorf said.
‘Tortoise and the Hare’ gets new treatment
“The Tortoise and the Hare,” presented by the Fairy Tale Players, will be performed May 10-19, Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., at Acorn Studio Theater in the Dana Warp Mill, 90 Bridge, St., Westbrook.
The play, a comic version of a familiar Aesop Fable, was adapted by Keith Anctil, who is also directing. The young actors include Joe Begos, Eliza Bureau, Sydney Cowand, Celeste Fish, Eve Gallacher, Hero Stone, Samantha Troubh, Phebe Webber and Cameron Wood
Tickets are $6 adults; $4 for kids 12 and under. Call 854-0065 or see www.acorn-productions.org.
Balancing act at gallery
A diverse pair of guest artists are in the lineup at Saccarappa Art Collective, 861 Main St., for its next exhibit cycle from May 17 through June 26.
The smooth, parabolic planes of Susan Wilder’s semi-abstract portraits of boats and water will hang in the main gallery, while Jim Flahaven’s bright, airy abstract compositions will hang on the Riverside Wall.
“Together these two strong, yet strikingly different styles make quite a statement about the individuality of artistic vision, and the portent of this fine young gallery as it begins the final lap of its first year. Viewers will enjoy a play of color and balance that is sure to please a broad range of artistic tastes,” the art collective reported in a statement.
An opening reception featuring wine and hors d’oeuvres will be 5- 8 p.m. on Friday, May 17.
Member artists Andy Curran, Sherry Ballou, Mary Brooking, Jody Dube, Jeremy Greene, Caren-Marie Michel, Frank Valliere, Julie Vohs , and guest artist Don Ogier will also present new work.
Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, noon-7 p.m. For more informationb, call 591-7300 or email saccarappaart@gmail.com.
Scleroderma walk-a-thon
Scleroderma’s fourth annual “Stepping Out for a Cure” walk-a-thon will be held 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 18, at Riverbank Park on Main Street in downtown Westbrook. Scleroderma is an autoimmune, chronic connective tissue disease. The Westbrook event is the only fundraiser for scleroderma in Maine to raise money for research.
For more information, visit scleroderma.org/site/TR/Evnts/NewEnglandcChapter.
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