Thursday, January 12

GOOD NIGHT NATURE for children aged 3-6 | 6:30 pm | Gilsland Farm, 20 Gilsland Farm, Falmouth | $13.50, call to register | 207.781.2332

WINTER STORY HOUR for children aged 2-5 | 10 am | Wolfe's Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Rd, Freeport | $5 | 207.865.4363

Friday, January 13

SLOWFOOD PORTLAND with Michael Sanders + Michael Paterniti + Amy Sutherland + Nancy Harmon Jenkins | 7 pm | SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | $25 | 207.828.5600

Tuesday, January 17

SPOKEN WORD NIGHT 7-10 pm | Acoustic Coffee, 32 Danforth St, Portland | Free | 207.774.0404

Wednesday, January 18

CHILDREN'S STORY TIME 10:30 am | Borders, 430 Gorham Rd, South Portland | Free | 207.775.6110

LINDA ROGHAAR reads Knitlit the Third: We Spin More Yarns | noon | Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Sq, Portland | Free | 207.871.1700

"UNITED STATES MISTREATMENT OF AMERICAN INDIANS" with Cush Anthony | 7-8:30 pm | Unitarian Universalist Church, 524 Allen Ave, Portland | Free | 207.797.7240

Thursday, January 19

"BIG MOOSETAKE: PLUM CREEK'S PLAN" with Natural Resources Council of Maine | 6:30-7:30 pm | Nomads,100 Commercial St, Portland | Free | 800.287.2345

SUSAN ORLEAN author of "Popular Chronicles," in The New Yorker | 7 pm | SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St, Portland | $10, students $8 | 207.828.5600

WINTER STORY HOUR for children aged 2-5 | 10 am | Wolfe's Neck Farm, 184 Burnett Rd, Freeport | $5 | 207.865.4363

Friday, January 20

POETRY NIGHT with Peddlar Bridges | 7:30 pm | Cool Coffee, 139 Main St, Biddeford | Free | 207.282.5133