The Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance is hosting a free Winter Series exploring Visual Anthropology and Archaeology. The alliance is a partnership between the Brick Store Museum and Kennebunkport Conservation Trust supporting archaeological research in Cape Porpoise and the surrounding areas. The five-week series will take place at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center and will be led by the alliance’s professional archaeologist Tim Spahr, with guest speakers.

According to a Brick Store Museum news release, the goal of the series is to highlight current trends in the field that incorporate science and art into the practice of archaeology. The partnership with the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and Brick Store Museum supports documentation and contextualizing the archaeology of the islands and intertidal zone threatened by global sea level rise.

The series will run in-person weekly on five Thursdays at 6 p.m., starting Feb. 23 at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center, 117 Main St., Kennebunk. Parking is available on Main Street, Dane Street and in the town hall parking lot. Admission by donation is suggested to help support session speakers.

Registration is optional and suggested, and can be done by visiting www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar or calling 207-985-4802. Attend one or all five. The schedule:

Session I – Feb. 23 (6 p.m.), Visual anthropology introduction, featuring highlights of the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Finland. Presenter: Tim Spahr (registered professional archaeologist).

Session 2 – March 2 (6 p.m.), Anthropological film viewing and discussion.

Session 3 – March 9 (6 p.m.), Visual studies presentation and student exhibit preview. Presenter: Anelli Allard, (MA Nordic Visual Studies and Art Education, Finland).

Session 4 – March 16 (6 p.m.), Introduction to archaeological field note-taking and sketching for scientific documentation, Presenters: Tim Spahr and Elizabeth Kelley (artist).

Session 5 – March 23 (6 p.m.), Archaeological field note-taking and sketching, viewing of lithic artifacts recovered by the Cape Porpoise archeological team. Students can produce field drawings from artifact models (materials provided). Led by Elizabeth Kelley.

Rams vs. Rams benefit game scheduled

A students vs. teachers basketball game at Kennebunk High School will benefit Project Graduation for the KHS class of 2025.

Members of the girls’ and boy’s Kennebunk High School varsity basketball teams will compete against the Kennebunk High School faculty “Dream Team” at KHS, at 6 p.m. on March 1. Admission is $5 at the door. The concession stand will be open there will be a 50/50 raffle and half time games.

The captain of the faculty team is Principal Jeremie Sirois. Other faculty team members include Jason Kenuk, Corey Leach, Crystal St. Onge, Paul Maguire, Josh Viola, Maddy Kasprzak and Alex Fusco.

Graves Library plans March activities

Early Release Wednesday – Games & Crafts: Spend early release Wednesday at the library – Wednesday, March 1 from noon to 4 p.m. – and learn to play Carom, try the indoor ice fishing shack, chess, crafts, and more.

Beautiful Gardens without Pesticides: Want a yard without the pesticides and herbicides that harm pollinators? On Thursday, March 2 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the library will host Maine Sunday Telegram columnist Tom Atwell on creating a healthy environment for pollinators, pets, kids, and all. Light refreshments will be served.

Graves Library is located at 18 Maine St., Kennebunkport. For more information, call 967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

‘Great Grief’ program hosted by museum

The Brick Store Museum is partnering with Maine Humanities Council for its Maine Speaks programming. On Saturday, March 4, the museum will host a free virtual discussion led by University of Southern Maine professor of history Libby Bischof, titled “Great Grief: Mourning and Remembrance in New England.”

The lecture will use examples from the museum’s own archives, full of personal grieving stories, to illustrate the changing experience of public and private grief in society over the past 200 years. Complemented by audio recordings of archival letters, Bischof will lead attendees in an engaging discussion of the history of grief and mourning and what it means to each individual over time. Participants will have the opportunity to consider the importance of making room for grief in communities.

The program is free and takes place via Zoom on Saturday, March 4 at 1:30 p.m. The program will be recorded and those who register for the program will receive a recorded version of the presentation the next day. For more information or to register, visit  www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar. The lecture is a free program supported by the Maine Humanities Council’s Maine Speaks initiative.

May Day Festival slated for May 6

The 25th May Day Festival will be held on Saturday, May 6. This year’s festival will feature most of the family-oriented activities that have been staged for years and some new additions.

The May Day crafter application and the May Day parade registration are available on the town’s website. For more information, contact Linda Johnson at ljohnson@kennebunkmaine.us or visit www.kennebunkmaine.us/mayday.

TD Beach to Beacon 10K registration dates set

Organizers of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K road race, which will celebrate its 25th running in 2023, announced the registration dates for this year’s event that will take place Saturday, Aug. 5.

Open registration for Cape Elizabeth residents will take place Wednesday, April 19, followed by open registration for the general public on Thursday, April 20. An open lottery registration for any remaining spots will take place Friday, April 21. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. on each open registration day through the race website, www.beach2beacon.org.

New this year are dedicated registration days for current and past race beneficiaries. Valo, the 2023 charitable beneficiary, will have up to 50 bibs available for those who race to raise funds for the organization. Valo’s bib holders will have the opportunity to register on Wednesday, March 15. Runners who want to run on behalf of previous beneficiaries will have open registration on April 1.

“For the 25th running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K, we want to celebrate our charitable beneficiaries, which are an important element of our event,” said David Backer, race president, in an email. “By allowing them to register first, we know it will make a difference in their fundraising goals. From the first year of this race, our charity bib program has helped Maine nonprofits raise hundreds of thousands of dollars over the history of the event.”

“We look forward to an exciting and much anticipated 25th running of the TDB2B10K. The race has enjoyed the accolades and attendance of runners of all abilities from near and far,” said Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, founder of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K. “This year promises to be no different given the history, organization and incredible scenery and supportive spectators along the course.”

Following the close of registration, remaining bibs will be distributed to elite runners, sponsors and more than 100 legacy runners who have participated in every running of the TD Beach to Beacon 10K since its inception in 1998.

The Kids Fun Run and the High School Mile will also return in 2023, on Friday, Aug. 4 at Fort Williams. Registration for the Kids Fun Run will be open online from May 1 through Aug. 3. More information on the events can be found at www.beach2beacon.org.

Kennebunk Free Library reveals March exhibit

The Speers Gallery at Kennebunk Free Library will present “It’s Never Too Late!,” an exhibition of botanical drawings and paintings by local resident Vera Piper. The exhibit runs March 1-31.

According to a Feb. 10 press release, “Vera Piper was born in 1940 in the hills of western Maryland where she spent her childhood exploring the mountain woods with her sister, and later chose a career as a micro-biologist. Looking at tiny plants and animals under a microscope led Vera to develop a deep appreciation for all of the beautiful forms found in nature. Although she had every plant identification book imaginable, she never thought she could learn draw the lovely plants she was collecting wherever she traveled.

“Piper finally took her first drawing class in 2000 at age 60 on a whim, but it remained a part-time hobby until she relocated to Maine in 2018 at age 78 to be closer to her family, and began to develop an interest in expanding her art education. In 2021 she began to take a few classes locally to explore sketching and watercolors.

“The exhibit in Speers Gallery is designed to show how, even in our 80s, we can continue to grow and change and take on new risks to express what we have nurtured through a lifetime. Piper hopes that sharing these drawings will inspire you to try your hand at something new, no matter your age.”

Piper will teach a class in botanical drawing at The Center in Lower Village Kennebunk this spring.

The public is invited to view the exhibit in the library’s Speers Gallery from March 1-31 at 112 Main St., Kennebunk, during regular library hours when the gallery is not in use for library programs. For more information, visit www.kennebunklibrary.org.

Miles for Mills raises funds for ‘recalibrated’ veterans

The 12th annual Miles for Mills Memorial Day Weekend 5K, presented by New Balance Foundation, will be held Sunday, May 28, at Brunswick Landing, the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The race will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 11 a.m.

Registration (www.milesformills.org) is $30 per person and registrants receive a T-shirt if signed up by April 1 (while supplies last); registration is $35 after April 1. Travis Mills Foundation fundraising incentives will be announced soon for those who raise funds above the registration fee.

The race was established and is named after U.S. Army SSG (Ret.) Travis Mills, who in 2012 set his backpack down on an IED, becoming one of five quadruple amputees from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries. Since then, Mills has made it his mission to give back to other recalibrated veterans like himself, and their families. The doors to the Travis Mills Foundation Veterans Retreat opened in 2017 in Rome, in the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine, serving thousands of veterans and their families since then.

Proceeds from Miles for Mills, which last year raised approximately $135K, supports the seven programs offered at the foundation for veterans, their families and combat veterans and first responders with post-traumatic stress. The event will also include food, drinks, music, children’s activities, awards and an after-party at Flight Deck Brewing and Wild Oats.

The organization’s goal is to raise $200K at this year’s Miles for Mills 5K. For more information, contact Molly Lovell-Keely, communications and marketing manager, at molly@travismillsfoundation.org or 207-632-7475.

Astronomical society announces March 3 meeting

The Astronomical Society of Northern New England will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. at The New School in Kennebunk. A business meeting, also open to the public, commences at  7 p.m.. The New School is located at 38 York St.

At the meeting, the society will host a presentation by Ms. Lauren Rock. The feature of Rock’s talk will be the showing of the many astronomy photographs that she has taken. Rock is the owner of a tour company called Dynamic Escapes. She plans trips around the world, building the trips around a customer’s interests. She designs a custom itinerary, and arranges lodging, transportation, activities, and excursions.

Many of her trips involve astronomical sites and destinations, and the photographs she will be showing are from these astronomy-focused tours. She can be reached at laurenrock@dynamic-escapes.com, or 404-372-4303.

For more information about the society or its monthly meetings, visit www.ASNNE.org.

Graves Library to host book discussion and signing

Graves Memorial Library will host Dr. Joshua Smith at at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 18 for a discussion and book signing.

According to a library news release, “Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812” is an innovative history of the war focusing on how it specifically affected what was then called the District of Maine. Drawing on archival materials from the United States, Britain, and Canada, Smith exposes the bitter experience of Maine’s citizens during that conflict as they endured multiple hardships, including starvation, burdensome taxation, smuggling, treason, and enemy occupation.

Smith is the director of the American Merchant Marine Museum. He grew up on the coast of Maine and Cape Cod. He holds degrees from the University of St. Andrews, Maine Maritime Academy, East Carolina University, and the University of Maine. His other books include “Borderland Smuggling : Patriots, Loyalists and Illicit Trade in the Northeast 1783-1820” (University Press of Florida), which won the John Lyman Award in American Maritime History in 2007, and “Battle for the Bay : the Naval War of 1812.”

Copies of “Making Maine: Statehood and the War of 1812” will be available for purchase. For more information, call 207-967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

The library is located at 18 Maine St., Kennebunkport. For more information, call 967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

History at Work roundtable series launched

The Brick Store Museum launches its History at Work roundtable series, focusing on the shared (but often different) experiences of those working in similar career fields. For the inaugural episode, Maine illustrators will join the table for a free-flowing discussion of their careers, artwork, and everything in between.

The program is in conjunction with the current exhibition, “The Great State of Illustration in Maine,” curated by Illustration Institute.

Roundtable guests include Scott Nash, Melissa Sweet, Chris van Dusen, and Rebekah Lowell. The discussion takes place virtually on Zoom. The Zoom roundtable will occur live on Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Guests are invited to join the live discussion and purchase a takeout-dinner to go along with the program. The three-course dinner is catered by For the Love of Food & Drink. Menu selections are on the museum’s website.

The event is a fundraiser for the museum and the Illustration Institute, who will share the proceeds of all ticket sales.

Tickets for the event can be reserved at www.brickstoremuseum.org, and are $10 per person, $5 for members and donors (of either organization); or $30 with dinner included, $25 for members and donors (either organization).

The parallel exhibition, “The Great State of Illustration in Maine,” runs through Feb. 26 and makes the case that this is a Golden Age of Illustration in Maine, with more illustrators living in the state, either year-round or seasonally, than at any other time in history.

The exhibition is supported by the Davis Family Foundation, The Onion Foundation and the Perloff Family Foundation. The exhibition runs through February 2023. T museum is open six days per week and only closed Mondays.

Reform Physical Therapy launches Maine-based technology

Reform Physical Therapy, a Maine-owned independent practice, announced the addition of new 3D motion analysis to its available services, through a software platform from Maine-based startup, Kinotek.

“We couldn’t be more excited to add this new technology to our clinics,” said Jill Partridge, the sole owner and CEO of Reform, in a news release. “Our therapists already offer the highest quality therapy in Maine; this tool will serve to enhance communication with patients and referring providers. Coupled with our ONE-on-ONE treatment model, this technology will allow patients to better understand their own bodies and how they can improve their mobility and function.”

The company’s Kennebunk clinic is located in Lower Village at 169 Port Road.

According to the organization, many patients have already reaped the benefits of the technology which allows the physical therapists to view, pause, replay, and better analyze an individual’s movements. Reform Physical Therapy is anticipating that the new launch will increase patient awareness of the asymmetries or compensations within their own movements, which would otherwise go unnoticed. Kinotek’s 3D Motion Analysis Platform uses LiDAR technology to fully map a person’s movements from any angle across all 360 degrees, providing objective data quickly and accurately along with immersive visualizations.

“We are thrilled that Reform has embraced this technology,” said Joey Spitz, Kinotek chief operating officer, in an email. “We developed it specifically to support therapists like those at Reform who are always seeking to advance the impact of their work and enhance their relationship with patients.”

Kinotek 3D Motion Analysis Platform is an added service driven by patient and provider feedback. Both patients and referring physicians will benefit from the personal, and visual customized movement reports.

Founded in 2008, Reform Physical Therapy is one of Maine’s last remaining Maine-owned practices. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to treat the individual as a whole, not just the injury.

Concert features four-hands piano

Three musicians hailing from Juilliard School of Music will bring songs and dances from faraway lands to Kennebunk. The concert will take place at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, and opens the 250th anniversary year of the historic building.

Chris Staknys, pianist and music director of First Parish, invited pianist Anna Han and cellist Leland Ko. The program includes songs and dances from Georgia, Turkey and Japan played by Han and Ko. The show will feature the four-hands piano Sonata by Mozart, played by Han and Staknys.

“Our guest musicians have full schedules this year,” Staknys said in a Feb. 6 news release. “We are so lucky to have them in Kennebunk.”

The concert will be seen both in-person and online. To register, visit uukennebunk.org/events. A donation of $15 is suggested.

Han is a laureate of many international competitions. She has performed with orchestras across the United States and England and has recorded on the Steinway and Sons label. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she won the Sterndale Bennett Prize. Currently living in Berlin, she is pursuing an artist diploma under the tutelage of Sir András Schiff and will perform this year in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Han is also producing a documentary about the effect that COVID had on a handful of classical musicians from around the world.

Ko has won many awards, including first prize at the 2021 Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition. Before earning a master’s at Juilliard, he directed Opus 21, a chamber music collective at Princeton. He has performed in many orchestras and venues across America’s East Coast and Europe.

Staknys, of Falmouth, also a Juilliard graduate, has appeared in major American and European cities including venues such as Carnegie Hall. He has won numerous competitions including first prize at the Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competition. He has also been a vocal coach and has played for Opera Maine and the Chautauqua Opera Conservatory.

Pianist Anna Han and cellist Leland Ko will perform Friday, Feb. 24 at First Parish Church in Kennebunk.

Oldies Benefit Dance set for April 15

The next Rock n’ Roll Oldies Benefit Dance is scheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight, April 15 at the Biddeford Eagles Hall at 57 Birch St. Tickets are $10 and seating is limited.

For more information, purchase tickets or volunteer, call Bruce Martin at 207-284-4692.

Next Nature Walk is March 4

Kennebunk Land Trust recently announced its 2023 Nature Walk schedule. The land trust invites participants to learn about nature and get outside. The first Saturday of each month, Kennebunk Land Trust will host a nature walk on a different preserve following a different theme. Patrons can visit a local preserve and enjoy nature in all seasons.

The walks are led by Maine Guide, Master Naturalist, and environmental educator at Wells Reserve at Laudholm, Linda Littlefield Grenfell.

Littlefield Grenfell will take participants on a walk while sharing her knowledge and asking questions about the flora, fauna, and general wonderment of nature.

The walks are held from 10 to 11:30 a.m., and are free of charge. Donations are accepted. The yearly walk schedule is subject to change with notice.

· March 4 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: Birds

· April 1 – Oxbow Preserve. Theme: Trees

· May 6 – Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary. Theme: Vernal Pools

· June 3 – Butler Preserve. Theme: Water

· July 1 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: Wildflowers

· Aug. 5 – Hope Cemetery and Woods. Theme: Trees in Summer

· Sept. 2 – Sea Road Preserve. Theme: Bugs/Ferns

· Oct. 7 – Mousam River Wildlife Sanctuary

· Nov. 4 – Butler Preserve. Theme: Geology

· Dec. 2 – For All Forever Preserve. Theme: Winter Weeds

For more information, email sandy@kennebunklandtrust.org or call 207-985-8734.

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