Cooking Matters
LEWISTON — St. Mary’s Nutrition Center will host Cooking Matters classes for area adults who want to learn more about nutrition and cooking. The first class is Wednesday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m. to noon, and runs for six weeks, until the beginning of September.
Cooking Matters (formerly known as Operation Frontline) is a program of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit dedicated to ending childhood hunger in America. Cooking Matters is their cooking and nutrition education program that teaches low-income families how to prepare healthy, tasty meals on a budget. Locally, the program is run by Good Shepherd Food-Bank. Classes are taught by volunteer chefs and nutrition professionals and offer hands-on experience with food and nutrition.
For more information, visit www.cookingmatters.org.
Sara Cox concert
AUBURN — L/A Arts free Sounds of Summer Noontime Concerts will begin with the award-winning Sara Cox at noon Thursday, Aug. 4, at Festival Plaza, located in downtown Auburn.
For more information about Sara Cox visit www.saracox.net. L/A Arts can be contacted at 782-7228 or mail@laarts.org.
Sustainability
AUBURN — “Choices for Sustainable Living” will be explored on Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 5, 19, 26 and Sept. 2, 16, 23, 30. This course, offered by Adult Religious Exploration at the First Universalist Church of Auburn, will be held at 169 Pleasant St.
“Choices for Sustainable Living” is a seven-session exploration of the meaning of sustainable living and the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth. Topics include the way our society’s functions affect the earth, ecological principles, consumerism, food choices, communities and visions of sustainability.
A $5 donation is requested, for course materials. To sign up or for more information, contact Casey Iris Knight at caseyknight@myfairpoint.net or 783-0461.
Wayne author
WAYNE — “Safe in a Box in the Attic,” a true story written by Priscilla B. Stevenson, was originally drafted as a children’s book. It provides a brief memoir of early childhood life in rural Maine during the 1920s. It is also the story of a family heirloom and how technology can unite the past and the present.
A Wayne native, Priscilla, now 94, will be in attendance at the Cary Memorial Library Loon Festival from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6. Books will be available for purchase and to have a personal inscription from the author. The antique redwork quilt will also be on display, visiting Wayne for the event with its owner, Virginia Sigel of Boston.
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