March 8: BRUNSWICK, Wayne Smith, professor at Johns Hopkins University, will speak on “U.S. Policy Towards Cuba: the Enduring Perfect Failure,” at 7 p.m. at Bowdoin College Searles Hall. 729-4930

March 8: LEWISTON, Daniel J. Fornari, director of the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will speak about technological advances in ocean exploration at 7 p.m. at Bates College Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave. Free 786-6330

March 9: BRYANT POND, D.C. Scherer, native Mississippian who now lives in Greenwood, will speak at 10 a.m. at Whitman Memorial Library, Main Street. 665-2505

March 9: LEWISTON, Kate Gilmore will speak about her art at 6 p.m. at Bates College Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell St. Free 786-6158

March 9: PORTLAND, Michael Hoberman, assistant professor of English and folklore at Fitchburg State College, will speak on “How Strange it Seems: An Oral History of Jewish Cultural Life in Small Town New England,” at 7 p.m. at USM Glickman Library. 780-4920

March 12: BETHEL, Bonnie Pooley and Mac Davis will speak about planning and leading canoe trips in Maine’s remote lakes at 2 p.m. at West Parish Congregational Church, Garland Chapel, Church Street. Donations 824-0508