Join us for monthly events at the shop! Keep checking our Facebook for more up to date information.
March 1st – March 15th, 2020
MAINE STREET MANIA
A Two-week Shopping Promotion & Scavenger Hunt! Explore Downtown Brunswick’s unique and local businesses by searching for objects listed on the card. Pick up a shopping card at any participating business:
Bohemian Coffee House
Cool As A Moose – BrunswickCool As A Moose
DOG BAR JIM COFFEE SHOP
Discover on Maine
Edible Arrangements
Fleet Feet Maine Running – Brunswick
Hatch On Maine
the Little Dog Coffee Shop
Maine Street Sweets
Morning Glory Natural Foods
Petit Jeté Dance Boutique
The Mix
Timeless Cottage
Twice-Told Tales
Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections
Woods + Waters Gear Exchange
Here’s how it works: Explore Downtown Brunswick’s unique and local businesses by looking for objects listed on this card. Cards submitted with at least 12 correct answers will be entered into a drawing for prizes! Drawings take place on MARCH 17th. 100% complete winners qualify for Bonus Prizes. Turn in cards at any participating business. Families are encouraged to participate, but an adult must claim the prize!
January 18th, 2020 @ 10:30 pm-5:30 pm
W+W Gear turns 1! Let’s have a party
Nordic and Skate Ski wax demo in store, from 1pm to 3pm + BBQ + Music + In-store games + Discounts on all items in store!
Also, treats. We all love treats.
January 9th, 2020 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
SNOW SPORT GEAR SOCIAL, with the Ladies Adventure Club
Woods + Waters Gear Exchange is hosting an evening of socializing and information on winter gear for LAC members & friends. They will have expert users and product developers on hand to talk about the equipment we want to get outdoors in the snowy months such as snowshoes, cross country skis, back country gear, microspikes, poles…. even sleds!
There will be a presentation to the group, then chance to talk individually and ask questions. Plus tasty food and drink! Inventory is available for purchase during the evening, but our primary interest is to help you prepare you for a fun snowy season outdoors, and a chance to be together!
No experience necessary.
Bring a female friend, let’s all learn what we need to play in the snow.
November 16th, 2019 @ 12:00 pm-3:00 pm
BLADE SHARPENING, with Asa Jordan from Knifing Around
Here to help you with the family feast, and to keep you safer, we are hosting a pop-up event here in the shop. A popular item in store has been camp knives and multi tools. To help keep them in great shape, and up to their intended task, bring them in for a hand sharpening. Asa Jordan will be on site to hand sharpen hand chisels, small pruning shears, serrated knives, pocket and kitchen knifes.
Knifing Around is the first in home or drop off, same day knife sharping service in Maine. Knifing Around offers hand sharpening on diamond stones to the York and Cumberland county areas of Southern Maine.
Proprietor, Asa Jordan, first learned how to sharpen knifes in Culinary Arts school and refined his technique over his almost two decade cooking career, where he sharpened restaurants, colleagues and his personal knives. Asa now seeks to bring his knowledge and passion for excellence to you and your knifes.
https://www.knifingaround.com/
October 2nd, 2019 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
GEARING UP FOR A HIKE, co-host NRCM Rising
Looking for some epic Maine hiking adventures this fall? Need some advice on gear and resources that can help you hit the trail? Come hear inspiring stories from Maine-based hiking enthusiasts about their favorite places to hike and explore in Maine. We’ll have free beer from Flight Deck, soda from Green Bee, and bars from Wild Flours Bakery to munch on. We’re raffling off two $25 gift certificates; one to the Woods + Waters Gear Exchange and one to Wildoats Bakery in Brunswick.
You’ll hear from these hiking gurus:
Megan Thomspon – Appalachian Trail through hiker and Stories From The Trail podcast host.
Aislinn Sarnacki – BDN outdoor writer and author of three books about hiking in Maine, including “Maine Hikes Off the Beaten Path” and “Dog-Friendly Hikes in Maine”.
Ryan Linn – Co-founder of Atlas guides, a smartphone-based adventure & hiking guide for trails like the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and many more.
Lastly, hear from NRCM Rising about how young Mainers can help protect your favorite hiking areas for generations to come.
AUGUST 9th @ 5:00-7:00 pm
2nd FRIDAY ARTWALK
Sticks Stones and Mud All Over
A collection of photographic works by
Brooke Adams
www.twistedsprocketstudio.com/Adventures-in-Nature/Fine-Art/
JULY 12 @ 5:00-7:00 pm
2nd FRIDAY ARTWALK
JULY 10 @5:30-7:00 pm
INTRO TO HIKING / BACKPACKING:
Slideshow and talk format. Hear a fellow outdoors-man share their experience on how to be prepared for a single or multi-day hike.
Speaker : Christopher “Frosty” Lewis – U. S. Army (Ret.)
A Maine native from Barter’s Island, Chris graduated from Morse High School in Bath (Class of 2000), before serving in the military as a Unit Supply Specialist for 15 years with 2 deployments (Iraq ‘05, Afghanistan ‘08). He is an avid hiking and backpacking enthusiast / gear junkie, who likes to spend his free time backpacking in the mountains or spending quality time with friends. He is currently gearing up for his next adventure, a thru-hike attempt of the Appalachian Trail in March of 2020, which you can follow along on his YouTube channel, Frosty Hiker.
FREE Event: Please register below for a headcount!
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MAY 29 @5:00-7:30 pm
WILDERNESS FIRST AID:
Have you been looking for creative ways to help take care of your friends when they injure themselves during backcountry adventures? Been anxious to take a wilderness first aid class or just feel a bit rusty in your skills? Do you hate the idea of carrying a massive first aid kit but feel like you should?
Let’s brainstorm ways that you don’t have to and instead can use what’s in your pack, or on the Woods + Waters shelves, to treat your injury prone friends.
Join local LifeFlight of Maine nurse/paramedic and longtime SOLO instructor Brad Boehringer on May 29th from 5 pm to 7:30 pm to dust off those skills or rethink how you pack your pack. Bring your first aid kits and lets review what’s in there and why!
FREE Event: Please register below for a headcount!
MARCH 27 @5:30-8 pm
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