BRUNSWICK Thornton Oaks Retirement Community presents “Images of a Lifetime; 90 Years and Counting” an exhibit by photojournalist, Robert Freson. The exhibit opening is Oct. 4 at 4p.m. Freson will discuss his work and respond to questions. Freson was born in Belgium in 1926. He studied at the College St. Pierre in Brussels until 1944 […]

BATH Studio Theatre of Bath will be holding auditions for a staged reading of Tennessee Williams’ one-act play “Suddenly Last Summer” on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Patten Free Library in Bath. Casting is for five women ages of 25-65 and two men ages 18-35. The rehearsal period will be brief, with three to […]

BATH On Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m., Martin Gibson will perform a free concert in the Reading Room at Patten Free Library. Gibson has given more than 1,000 guitar and songwriting workshops at colleges, festivals, schools, libraries and museums throughout the U.S. He has opened for Bela Fleck and Buckwheat Zydeco, and he was selected […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, it may seem like you have long been preparing for a big event. Now is your chance to finally take action. Try to do something proactive this week. You are ready to move forward. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Taurus, reality is setting in this week, and […]

PORTLAND “Confabulations of Millennia,” a new exhibit at Maine College of Art’s Institute of Contemporary Art, opens Oct. 6 from 5-8 p.m. with guest curator Richard Saja. “’Confabulations of Millennia’ brings together the works of 19 contemporary artists who take direct inspiration from established styles, techniques and objects perfected in the 17th, 18th and 19th […]

DAMARISCOTTA Savory Maine is exhibiting Mark Lazzari’s landscape paintings through Nov. 6. The public is invited to a reception to meet the artist on Oct. 6 from 3-5 p.m. Savory Maine will provide finger foods and wine and beer will be available. Lazzari is self-taught, beginning to paint when he moved to Damariscotta in 1989. […]

  TOPSHAM On any given Thursday evening at the Topsham Grange, one can hear an up-tempo mix of accordion and fiddle echo through the hall. As the music rings out in 4/4 time, about a dozen dancers in leather shoes with criss-crossed laces form a circle. A call goes out: “Just the ladies!” The women […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Downtown Association will present the BDA Fall Speaker Series featuring Bill Green on Sept. 28, in the sanctuary of First Parish Church, 9 Cleveland St., Brunswick. The public is invited to attend. Bill Green, also known as “Maine’s Community Anchor,” has worked in the television industry for four decades. He worked as […]

WISCASSET The gallery space at Midcoast Conservancy is currently showing an exhibit of work by artist Mat O’Donnell. “Maine Narratives” is a collection of paintings that depict contemporary American life. “Making a painting requires an impetus to know … not necessarily the truth, but visually realize ideas that cannot be mentally pictured,” O’Donnell said. “Art […]