Needle felting at APL

AUBURN — The Auburn Public Library will offer a free crafting workshop in which participants will create a needle-felt hummingbird at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at 49 Spring St.

Instructor is Danielle Bonney.

Needle felting is a popular fiber arts craft that creates felt without using water. Special needles that are used in industrial felting machines are used by the artist as a sculpting tool. While erroneously referred to as “barbed” needles, they in fact have notches along the shaft of the needle that grab the top layer of fibers and tangle them with the inner layers of fibers as the needle enters the wool. 

All materials will be provided. The workshop is limited to 12 people and registration is required. Children must be at least 10 and able to follow directions.

FMI: 207-333-6640, ext. 4. 

College planning workshop offered

LEWISTON — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will host free workshops titled “Essentials of College Planning” for adults 19 and older at 10 a.m. Wednesdays, June 8 and 22, at the Lewiston CareerCenter, 5 Mollison Way.

FMI, register: 1-800-281-3703, www.meoc.maine.edu.

LA Arts receives national endowment

LEWISTON — National Endowment for the Arts has awarded L/A Arts a $50,000 Our Town grant to design and implement a cultural and artist entrepreneurship program and related projects.

L/A Arts will work with the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council, Maine College of Art and the Pratt Institute.

The grant program supports creative place-making projects that help to transform communities into lively, beautiful and resilient places with the arts at their core. 

FMI: 2078-782-7228.

Volunteers to post flags on graves

LEWISTON — Volunteers are needed to place flags on veterans’ graves at St. Peters Cemetery at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21. 

The flags will remember those who have served.

FMI, volunteer: 207-576-0376, [email protected].

Bridge club lists winners

LEWISTON — The Lewiston Bridge Club winners on May 9 were, first place, Jeanine Kivus and David Lock; second, Paul Clement and Roger Labbe; third, Rosemarie and Tom Goodwin; and fourth, Donna Bartlett and Claire Lyons.

Winners on May 10 were, first, Paul Sherman and Mike True; second, Paul Clement and Mike True; and third, Jan and Vern Arey.

Games are played at 9 a.m. Mondays and Tuesdays in the Seniors’ Room at the Lewiston Armory, 65 Central Ave. A partner is always guaranteed, and all social bridge players are welcomed.

FMI: 207-754-1431.