Feb. 7: AUBURN, Michael Pabst will speak on “Your Self-Worth and Employment: Do They Go Hand-in-Hand?” at 7 p.m. at the Book Burrow, 593 Center St. 782-0012

Feb. 7: LEWISTON, former sweatshop workers will speak at 4 p.m. at Bates College Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road. Free 786-6330

Feb. 8: PORTLAND, David Richards, author of “Poland Spring – A Tale of the Gilded Age,” at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Feb. 9: BRUNSWICK, Paul Faulstich of the Hydrogen Energy Center, will speak on “Hydrogen Energy: For Maine and the World,” at 5:30 p.m. at the Green Store, 4 Pleasant St. Free 729-4050

Feb. 9: ORONO, Joan Trial, senior biologist with the Atlantic Salmon Commission, will speak about the Penobscot River drainage at noon at UMO Norman Smith Hall. Free 581-3196

Feb. 10: BRUNSWICK, Bernie Dwyer and Geoffrey Bottoms will speak about the Cuban five at 7 p.m. at Curtis Public Library, 23 Pleasant St. 833-6569

Feb. 10: LEWISTON, women from Morocco and Togo will speak at 10 a.m. at the Wisdom Center, 97 Blake St. 784-0155

Feb. 10: LEWISTON, Paul G. Caron, well known stage performer and composer, will speak on “Behind the Curtain,” at noon at L-A College, 51 Westminster St. $6/$8 753-6510

Feb. 10: LEWISTON, Bernie Dwyer and Geoffrey Bottoms will speak about the Cuban five at 4:15 p.m. at Bates College Skelton Lounge at Chase Hall. 833-6569

Feb. 11: NORWAY, two international leaders, Bernie Dwyer, filmmaker and journalist with Radio Havana and Father Geoffrey Bottoms, leader in the U.K. Cuba solidarity campaign, will speak at 11 a.m. at Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main St. 743-2183

Feb. 11: ROCKLAND, Bernie Dwyer and Geoffrey Bottoms will speak about the Cuban five at 3 p.m. at Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. 833-6569

Feb. 12: PORTLAND, Bernie Dwyer and Geoffrey Bottoms will speak about the Cuban five at 4 p.m. at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 425 Congress St. 833-6569

Feb. 13: BRUNSWICK, Trudi Van Dyke, executive director of the Torpedo Factory, will speak at 6 p.m. at Maine Sound Stage, 14 Maine St. 798-6964

Feb. 13: BRUNSWICK, Jane Colton, family nurse practitioner at Mid Coast Senior Health Center, will speak on “Dementia: Signs, Symptoms and Prevention,” at 11 a.m. at Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive. 729-8033

Feb. 15: PORTLAND, Redmond O’Hanlon, author of “Trawler,” will speak at noon at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. 871-1710

Feb. 16: ORONO, Tom Danielson, aquatic biologist with the Biomonitoring Unit at Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, will speak about the biological assessment of rivers and streams in the Penobscot River basin at noon at UMO Norman Smith Hall. 581-3196

Feb. 17: PORTLAND, Larry Dossey, M.D., will speak on “Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine,” at 7 p.m. at USM Abromson Community Education Center, 88 Bedford St. $20/$30 780-5951

Feb. 19: CAMDEN, John Berendt, author of “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” will speak at 2:30 p.m. at Camden Public Library. $25/$18 236-28234