July 25: PORTLAND, Kathy Butterly and Tom Burkhardt will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Porteous building. 775-5098

July 27: PEAKS ISLAND, “Prof. Joel W. Eastman will speak on “Defending the Port of Portland: WWII Fortification,” at 7:30 p.m. at Fifth Maine Regiment Center. $5 766-3330

July 28: PORTLAND, a talk on “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Tugboats (But Didn’t Know Whom to Ask),” will be presented at 7 p.m. at Portland Harbor Museum. 799-6337

July 29: SKOWHEGAN, Lisa Milroy will speak at 8:30 p.m. at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Art School Road. 474-9345

August 1: RANGELEY, Ruey Baldwin, author and Eleanor Flint Currier, will speak at 7 p.m. at Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center, Dodge Pond Road. $10/$3 864-3443

August 5: BRIDGTON, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., director of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission, will speak about Portland’s accomplished architects Frederick A. Tompson (1857-1906) at 5 p.m. at Walker Hall, Highland Ridge. 647-2389

August 5: SKOWHEGAN, Shahzia Sikander will speak at 8:30 p.m. at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Art School Road. 474-9345

August 7: SUMNER, a talk on “Flowers for Beauty and Cutting,” will be held at 2 p.m. at Hedgehog Hill Farm. 388-2341