A free public Earth Day celebration will be held in the Performing Arts Center at the

University of Maine at Machias on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The event will begin with an opening lecture by Dr. David Goodrich, a retired distinguished climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and Director of the United Nations Global Climate Observing System.