Mondays & Wednesdays, May 15-24, 6-8 p.m. About Boating Safely Members $68; nonmembers $85 In this beginner boating class, gain the basic knowledge to safely trailer, navigate and operate a small vessel. This class will present information needed to obtain a boat license or safety certification. Wednesday & Thursday, May 17-18, 5-8 p.m. Boatshop Workshop: […]

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, finding what you desire when you haven’t made your own mind up about what you want can be challenging. Some soul searching can probably come up with something promising. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Nagging doubts about an investment may be trying to tell you something, Taurus. Hold off […]

BRUNSWICK In collaboration with the Portland Abyssinian Meeting House, the third-oldest African-American meeting house in the United States, the Oratorio Chorale presents “Amazing Grace: The American Spiritual,” May 19-20 in Falmouth and Brunswick. Concert soloists are countertenor Reginald Mobley and soprano Mary Sullivan. This multimedia performance explores the history of American spirituals through Pre-Emancipation folk […]

AUGUSTA — On Tuesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m., author Maureen Milliken will visit Lithgow Public Library for a discussion of her newest book in the Bernie O’Dea mystery series, “No News is Bad News.’ Books will be available for purchase and signing. This program, which is free and open to the public, will be […]

BRUNSWICK On Saturday at 3 p.m., Gulf of Maine Books and the Curtis Memorial Library host a reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford in the Morrell Meeting Room of Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. in Brunswick. It will be the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend, and Ford will read from his newly published […]

BRUNSWICK This past summer the Bowdoin International Music Festival welcomed 255 student participants from 27 countries and 30 states, including 17 Festival Fellows. Sixty-five percent of these participants received scholarship funds from the festival. In celebration of the 2016 season and in anticipation of the 2017 season, the festival reached out to last year’s participants […]

DAMARISCOTTA With a lively production of skits, songs and dance, the Midcoast seniors of Hearts Ever Young are taking to the stage to prove that age doesn’t mean a thing when it comes to showbiz. Comprised of more than 45 members 65 and older, HEY will perform their new show, “Love That Song,” later this […]

TOPSHAM The following is a list of programs and events that will take place at Topsham Public Library during the months of May. • Sip n’ Stitch, May 6 and 20, 10 a.m. to noon. A knitting and crocheting group that meets on the first and third Saturday of the month. All abilities are welcome. […]

DAMARISCOTTA Two new exhibitions open Friday evening at River Arts in Damariscotta. The public is invited to the opening reception of “Artists’ Choice” Friday from 5-7 p.m. Charlotte Davenhill, curator and owner of the Tidemark Gallery in Waldoboro, selected nearly 140 works by 90 artists from all over Maine to create an exhibition which includes […]

BRUNSWICK Jazz Residency Initiative, in coordination with the Brunswick High School Music Boosters, has announced that Dave Pietro will headline the Capstone Concert at the Crooker Theater on May 12 at 7 p.m. The concert will feature Pietro performing with the Brunswick student big bands. The concert will also include a professional set during which […]