Free Community Event. Celebrate Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences’ 50th anniversary with a special Café Sci series at the Opera House! On Tuesdays from July 16 to August 6, Bigelow’s scientists will look back at key ocean innovations Bigelow Laboratory has advanced — and ahead to what they will enable us to accomplish over the next 50 years. At this evening’s event, come listen to Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas as he explores how cutting-edge techniques pioneered at Bigelow Laboratory are unlocking the secrets of individual cells and revealing the foundations of marine life. Register for free at bigelow.org/cafesci. Questions? 207-315-2567.

Doors open at 4:30. Refreshments available at the bar (cash bar, no credit cards). Program begins at 5 pm.