Thursday, June 11

An Evening with John Ford and Mark Nickerson, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library. Ford, a retired Maine game warden, is the author of two books, "Suddenly, the Cider Didn't Taste So Good: Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine" and "This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Maine Game Warden." Nickerson is the author of "Blue Lights in the Night: Real Life Stories of Maine State Trooper."

Saturday, June 13

Artist's reception for photographer Andrew Spalding, 2:00 pm at the Camden Public Library. Spalding's exhibit "Vivid Visions of Maine and Marin" will be on display through the month of June. The reception will include a gallery talk and a photo presentation on the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. "Vivid Visions" combines colorful images of the rugged islands and bays of mid-coast Maine with scenes of Marin County's redwood forests and pastoral rolling hills.

Sunday, June 14

Free benefit concert with "Just Teachers" at 12:00 noon in the Camden Amphitheatre, to benefit the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital on behalf of two local students. Mid-Coast Maine's preeminent (and only) all-educator cover band "Just Teachers" is thrilled to perform their second annual Concert in the Park

Tuesday, June 16

Meet Camden-based artist and author J. E. Moores as he reads and signs his new book, Snotgrass, set in the town of Washington, Maine, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library. Tales about strange creatures like Swamp Boggers, Philly Lou Birds, and Side Hill Gougers weave around the real life story of five generations of Mainers.

Thursday, June 18

Slide talk on Nepal, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library, with Joe Niemczura, who has just returned from Nepal to talk about his two books, his experiences as a nurse, and about the earthquake in Nepal. Niemczura has made seven trips to Nepal since 2007 to offer training in the medical field there.

Tuesday, June 23

Leer y charlar Spanish language discussion group, all who are fluent in Spanish are welcome, 1:00 pm at the Camden Public Library.

Tuesday, June 23

An evening with Camden author Paul Doiron, 7:00 pm at the Camden Public Library. Doiron's newest novel, "The Precipice," is being published in June; it is part of the best-selling series featuring Maine game warden Mike Bowditch.