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DOVER-FOXCROFT — What happens if you lose the ability to express your healthcare wishes following an illness or injury? If you have an advance directive, your family and caregivers will know what care you want, or may not want, on your terms, and it will be easier for a loved one to make decisions for you.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre will be presenting a special performance by New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee Marc Black.

MILO – On Thursday, Aug.

GREENVILLE JUNCTION — The Moosehead Lake Kiwanis Club will be holding its annual auction on Sunday, Aug.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Demand for foraging workshops are high and for the fifth year, the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is ready to bring this educational opportunity to our region again.

MONSON — Camden Shakespeare Festival, Monson Arts, and the Center Theatre will present Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream outdoors in Monson at 2 p.

MONSON — This is the first time that the Gascoine Gallery, a 30- by 40-foot gallery space on Monson Pottery’s second floor at 16 Greenville Road, has featured a ceramic sculpture show, although it’s the fourth year offering fine art exhibitions.

GREENVILLE — Native ways and the mystique of the moose were made universally famous in the  writings of naturalist writer Henry David Thoreau, especially in his seminal book “The Maine Woods”.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

MONSON — Monson Arts, in collaboration with Cultural Resources, will be presenting “Canoe Land” from 10 a.

MONSON — There will be a Finn dance at the Monson Finn Hall on Route 15 at 7 p.

MONSON — Monson’s Summerfest takes place Saturday, July 15, an annual celebration of all things summer.

MONSON — On Saturday, July 15 the family of Civil War veteran Harrison Davis will be presenting the Monson Historical Society with Harrison’s Civil War musket and bayonet.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It’s time to dance! Come to the contra dance on Friday, July 14, at the Central Hall Commons, 152 East Main Street, from 7-10 pm.

DEXTER — Looking for something to do Saturday, July 15? How about a few hours of local, old fashion fun and lots of laughs and even some snacks too? Join Wayside Grange & Theatre members and friends at 7 p.

ATKINSON — The Atkinson Lady Quilters present the 34th annual Quilt Show from 9 a.