WISCASSET — Maine Art Gallery will offer classes in Traditional Oil Painting with instructors Sarah Greenier and Michele Roberge for five weeks, beginning Oct. 4 through Nov. 4, on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 3 p.m.
Students will learn what oil painting is all about from the methods of da Vinci to handling the new waterbased oils. The $100 fee includes all materials. Space in the class is limited and students are asked to register by calling 882-7511.
Maine Art Gallery is located at 15 Warren St and is open Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Brightman offering master dance classes
TOPSHAM— Peggy Brightman, former artistic director of Moving Spirit Dancers and longtime dance instructor in the greater Brunswickarea, announces a once-monthly Sunday afternoon series of classes in modern dance and choreography. It will be open to anyone older than 16 with some prior dance training.
The classes, beginning Sunday, will be held at Elizabeth Drucker’s Ballet School, 799 Middlesex Road.
Elementary-Intermediate Modern Dance will be offered from 1 to 2:20 p.m., and a Choreography Workshop from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
The class dates are Sept. 30, Oct. 21, Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. The tuition cost for one course, meeting four times, is $45 and $80 for both courses. A single class is $15.
Brightman trained with Jose Limon and Merce Cunningham, danced professionally for many years with Concert Dance Company of Boston, and toured New England with her own company, Choreo Inc.
After relocating to Maine in 2001, she founded Moving Spirit Dancers — an intergenerational group performing widely throughout the Midcoast, often in special collaborations with the Merrymeeting Singers. The company was featured in MPBN’s Incredible Maine in 2008.
Brightman moved to Vermont this summer, but plans to commute once a month to the Brunswick-area to continue offering master classes in modern dance and choreography.
For more information or to register, call Peg at 522-1498 or 802-457- 3717, or email pbri@aol.com.
Films by Smith wrap up local exhibit
BOWDOINHAM — Merrymeeting Arts Center will be screen three films by Carter Smith, who grew up in Harpswell and Bowdoinham, as the final event of the exhibit, “Three Town Artists: Carlo Pittore, Bryce Muir & Carter Smith.”
Smith’s two short films, “Bugcrush” and “Yearbook,” will be shown today at 7 p.m. followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
The full-length film “The Ruins” will be shown Saturday at 7 p.m., again followed by a discussion with Carter. The films will be shown in the large new space at the Merrymeeting Arts Center, 9 Main St. The films are rated R.
Tickets for the films will be $7 at the door.
Merrymeeting Arts Center is open Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. through September.
For more information, call 841- 5914 or visit www.merrymeetingartscenter.org.
Stewart, O’Reilly debate live-streamed at PFL
BATH — Patten Free Library will open the Community Room on Saturday, Oct. 6, to show a distinctly nonpresidential debate between Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.
The event, “The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium,” will be streamed live from George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
“We think that the timing and tone of this show will be perfect,” Leslie Mortimer, adult services manager at PFL said in a news release. “It will be just three days after the first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Stewart and O’Reilly have a long love-hate history and often appear on each other’s shows. They will have plenty to argue about for 90 minutes, and I am sure they will do so in their uniquely humorous style.”
Bill O’Reilly is a best-selling author, columnist and host of Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor.” It has been the No. 1 nightly cable news program for 12 years, averaging five million viewers per night. O’Reilly was also an Emmy-award winning correspondent with ABC News.
Jon Stewart has redefined political satire in America through his Comedy Central show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” which has received 40 Emmy nominations and won 16. Stewart is also a best-selling author of “America: A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction” and “Earth: A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race.”
Library doors will open at 7:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. screening. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, call Mortimer at 443-5141, ext. 25.
Weapons in space: ‘Super cop on a global beat’
BRUNSWICK — Peaceworks announces the first public showing in Maine of the award-winning documentary “Pax Americana & the Weaponization of Space.” The 85-minute film will be shown at Curtis Memorial Library on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.
Bath resident and activist Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, is featured in the film and will be at the showing to answer questions.
A news release describes the film as follows:
“Pax Americana,” winner of Best Documentary at the Whistler Film Festival in British Columbia, was created by French-Canadian Denis Delestrac.
The prospect of Earth being ruled from space is no longer science fiction. Today the technology exists to weaponize space. “Pax Americana” tackles this pivotal moment. Are war machines already orbiting Earth? Can treaties keep space weaponsfree? Must the world capitulate to one super-cop on the global beat?
With startling archival footage and unprecedented access to U.S. Air Force Space Command, this elegant, forceful documentary reveals the state of play through generals, space-policy analysts, politicians, diplomats, peace activists and hawks.
“Pax Americana” is being shown in connection with the Global Network’s annual Keep Space for Peace Week. Local events will be held worldwide in early October to create a wider understanding and public debate about space issues.
The film trailer can be viewed at www.pax-americana.com.
For more information, call 371-2077.
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