July 4: Solidarity Celebration for freedom for working people w/speakers, food, music, theater, etc. 20 Ivers St., Brewer, ME.(off South Main Street, behind St. Theresa’s Church)

$10 individuals, $2 children, $20 for the whole family

Food AND Medicine, 989-5860, fam [at] foodandmedicine [dot] org or www.foodandmedicine.org.

Independence Day also celebrates dependence—on each other. As Benjamin Franklin observed, while he and his fellow Founding Fathers were signing the treasonous Declaration of Independence: “We must hang together, gentlemen…else, we shall all hang separately.” In other words, the Fourth of July celebrates solidarity. So, come to the Solidarity Center this July 4th and celebrate the meaning of Independence Day!