Midcoast art shows
Current & Coming
By Dagney C. Ernest - Sep 20BELFAST African art, crafts and clothing, Aina Moja at the Wellness Health Center, 39 Main St. FMI: 930-8012. “Amalgamation,” invitational group ...
Big city swing at the Country Fair
By Dagney C. Ernest - Sep 19Autumn arrives, symbolically and astronomically, with the annual Common Ground Country Fair, running Friday through Sunday, Sept. 21 through 23, ...
Buskers wanted for Art Walk finale
Sep 12Belfast Creative Coalition wants to make the season's last Fourth Friday Art Walk all about busking. BCC is calling for street musicians, dancers, ...
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Positive disruption: CIFF 2018
By Dagney C. Ernest - Sep 11The Camden International Film Festival “arrived” some years ago and has always championed big-tent nonfiction storytelling via a variety of ...
Arts & Entertainment
Former trail runner shares stories, photos from Cape Town to ...
Sep 21Lena Faber shares stories and photographs from her journey from Cape Town to Camden at the Camden Public Library, 55 Main St., Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. ...
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Heffner to lead class on memoir-writing
Sep 21Author and mentor Lee Heffner will lead a class titled "The Memoirist's Dilemma" at the Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main St., starting Friday, ...
St. John to talk about early years of Hurricane Island school
Sep 21Thomaston Public Library, 60 Main St., welcomes author Susan St. John Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. to discuss her book "To Sail Beyond the Sunset: Hurricane ...
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Author to relate history of French & Indian Wars
Sep 21Michael Dekker of Dresden, author of "French & Indian Wars in Maine," recounts the tragic and largely forgotten struggle that laid the foundation ...
Author to talk about his grandfather's career as a schooner ...
Sep 20John Anderson shares the story of his grandfather, Anders Anderson, an immigrant Swedish-American captain, whose sailing life spanned nearly half ...
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Postmark Poetry Contest finalists named
Sep 13The 14th annual Belfast Poetry Festival has announced the finalists in its 2018 Postmark Poetry Contest. More than 150 entries from across Maine ...
Local author at Senior College
Sep 12Marine historian Renny Stackpole will instruct a Stories of the Sea class for Coastal Senior College. Students will share the works of their ...
Bookmarks
October themes for adult drawing include harvest, autumn
Sep 21Catinka Knoth will lead a weekly art workshop series for adults on creating October art, meeting 11 a.m. most Mondays in October (closed Columbus ...
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Manning brings Creative Self to Art Loft
Sep 20Erika Manning, October's resident artist at The Art Loft, 385 Main St., Suite 9 in the Thorndike Building, will kick off the month with Your ...
Maine Farmland Trust holds final Open Studio in Jefferson
Sep 19Maine Farmland Trust holds this season's last Open Studio Day Sept. 30 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center at Rolling Acres ...
Farnsworth offers 3D tours of Olson, Farnsworth houses online
Sep 19The Farnsworth Art Museum has made 3D interactive experiences available to the public for both of the museum's historic properties: the Olson ...
CAP to Devenney apprenticeship
Sep 18The Maine Craft Association's 2018 Craft Apprentice Program will conclude with a capstone exhibition opening Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Maine Craft ...
Harbor Arts offers fall fair
Sep 17Camden Public Library will host more than 60 artists in its annual fall Harbor Arts & Books Fair Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, in Camden ...
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Harlow calls for print, New Mainer shows
Sep 16The Harlow Gallery, 100 Water St., is calling for submissions for two upcoming exhibitions; deadline for both is Monday, Oct. 1, at 11:59 p.m. The ...
Frost shares his Civil Rights series
Sep 15Barn Swallow Book Shop, 166 Russell Ave., will host another talk and discussion in its Talks with Maine Painters series Friday, Sept. 28, at 5:30 ...
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‘Scholars and Fellows’ at Messler Gallery
Sep 15A juried exhibition of work by former scholarship and fellowship awardees of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship will open with a 5 to 7 p.m. ...
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‘Neighbors’ moves into Steel House
Sep 14Steel House Projects will present a group exhibition of work by the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation April-September studio residents Dylan Hausthor, ...
Sochor teaches watercolor at Merryspring
Sep 13Lesia Sochor will begin a new five-week session of intermediate watercolor classes Thursday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon at Merryspring Nature ...
Tuesday Talk of New Gallery Models
Sep 13The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., invites the public to a Tuesday Talk Sept. 25 at 5:30 p.m. with gallerists Tobias Czudej of ...
Arthur Hall Celebration, mural dedication
Sep 12The Village of Arts and Humanities, in collaboration with Lily Yeh and Daryl Kwasi Burgess, will host an Arthur Hall Celebration and "Obatala" ...
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Kinney, Gifford classes at Art Loft
Sep 10In addition to September resident artist Katharina Gifford's Fundamentals of Still Life Drawing and Painting classes; and Painting Demo sessions ...
Emerging ‘Artist’s Journey’ at Camden Falls
Sep 09Camden Falls Gallery on the public landing will open its final show of the 2018 season, “The Artist's Journey,” Taddeus Retz's first solo show, ...
‘Four Seasons’ call for art
Sep 09Jackson Memorial Library, 71 Main St./Route 131, seeks to provide an opportunity for artists of the Town of St. George and surrounding communities ...
Adult Ed plans Strawbery Banke trip
Sep 06Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education is planning a charter bus trip to the historic 10-acre living history museum of Strawbery Banke ...
Honoring military service
Maine artists sought to design coin
Sep 05The Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services is seeking a Maine artist to design an Honorable Service Coin, recognizing the military service of post-Viet...
Mabry guests at McGrory & Wolf
Sep 02The downtown McGrory & Wolf Gallery is displaying work by guest artist Mary Mabry this month. “I love Mary's work,” said gallery owner Polly ...
‘Abstract and Semi-Abstract’ at Jonathan Frost
Sep 01The downtown Jonathan Frost Gallery will host the opening reception for “Abstract and Semi-Abstract,” a show with artists Brenda Free, Terry Hire, ...
Fine Art
Sassafras Stomp brings contra dance sound to Library ...
Sep 21Sassafras Stomp is a high-energy dance band with one foot in Maine and one foot in western Montana. Weaving together diverse fiddle traditions ...
Bob and Jeanne Zentz play Sail, Power, Steam Museum
Sep 20The Sail, Power and Steam Museum, 75 Mechanic St. presents Bob and Jeanne Zentz with songs and tales of the sea and maritime life at 7:30 p.m. ...
Reas to play Bach, Sweelinck, others in annual organ concert
Sep 19Keith Scott Reas will be the featured performer at Broad Bay Congregational UCC's organ concert Sept. 30 at 3 p.m.. The concert, with works from ...
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Local music company plans debut
Sep 16Play It Forward Music Company, LLC of Rockland will make its debut Sunday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 55 Elm St./Route ...
Yoga & Live Cello at Dancing Elephant
Sep 16The Dancing Elephant will host Yoga & Live Cello, a special event with yoga instructor Taylor Ackerman and cellist Robin Lane, Saturday, Sept. 29, ...
Roan Yellowthorn releases ‘Indigo’
Sep 15Roan Yellowthorn, a pop rock, indie-alt duo fronted by Camden native Jackie McLean and accompanied by producer and multi-instrumentalist Shawn ...
Birds of Chicago alight in Camden
Sep 15Americana faves Birds of Chicago, who call their music “secular gospel,” will perform Friday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Camden Opera House, 29 ...
Exploring end-of-life music
Sep 14Midcoast musician Barbara Jean O'Brien will share the story of her journey into Music-Thanatology, the study and practice of prescriptive music ...
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Harborside Harmony holds open house
Sep 14Harborside Harmony, the local female barbershop harmony chorus, will hold an open house Monday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Knox Center Community ...
Old Time Music, on the ocean
Sep 14The Old Time Music Oceanside Campout, sponsored by the nonprofit Maker's Guild of Maine, returns Friday through Sunday, Feb 21 through 23, at ...
New faculty at Bay Chamber
Sep 13Bay Chamber Music School welcomes five new faculty members this school year. More than 75 percent of the school's faculty of professionals hold ...
Another Monday Blues two-fer
Sep 13The weekly Monday Night Blues series continues Sept. 24 with a two-band night featuring the TNG Band; and the Jeff Jensen Band. Admission will be ...
Vinalhaven concert reflects island’s heritage
Sep 12Suomalaiset Jouset, the kantele ensemble based at the Finnish Heritage House in South Thomaston, will perform Saturday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. at the ...
Musical Notes
Hepburn, Olivier prove Never Too Old
Sep 22Friends of the Thomaston Public Library's weekly Friday Night Film Series presents free 7 p.m. screenings weekly at the library, in the historic ...
Maine Outdoor Film Fest comes to Snow Bowl
Sep 16The Maine Outdoor Film Festival Tour returns to the Midcoast Friday, Sept. 28, for an evening of short outdoor adventure and conservation films at ...
