BRUNSWICK Last summer the Bowdoin International Music Festival welcomed 255 student participants from 27 countries and 30 states, with 65 percent of participants receiving 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 to reflect on their experience […]

DAMARISCOTTA River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for its upcoming juried exhibition, “Think Spring.” Artists may submit up to three works in any medium — representational or abstract. The juror for the “Think Spring” exhibition will be Andres A. Verzosa, former owner and director of Aucocisco Galleries in Portland, […]

FREEPORT Beginning this weekend and running through the end of March, Freeport photographer Judy Plouffe will display her work at Freeport Community Library. Plouffe, a Massachusetts native, spent many summers throughout her life on the coast Maine, observing nature. In November 2011, Plouffe moved from Montpelier, Vermont to Freeport so she could live on the […]

FREEPORT Each year, local residents come together to share photos and travelogues of their adventures abroad at Freeport Community Library’s Armchair Travel series. This year, the destinations and dates are as follows: Lake Michigan Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Unexpected discoveries are part of the scenic road trip armchair travelers take along the shores of […]

BRUNSWICK The following is a schedule of library-sponsored events for March at Curtis Memorial Library, located at 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. All of the programs listed are free and open to the public. Ongoing or Weekly Events • Collaboratory Interactive Displays: Garden Sanctuary: An Early Glimpse of Green Spring officially arrives March 20, but March […]

BRUNSWICK Family Day at the Peary- MacMillan Arctic Museum will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children and their families are invited to explore and learn about the Arctic sky through hands-on experiments and art projects at the museum’s annual event. During the summer, there are places in the Arctic where […]

DAMARISCOTTA “Maine Oasis,” a new exhibit at Savory Maine Dining & Provisions in Damariscotta, is exhibiting artwork by Georgetown artist Léa Peterson. Featured are several paintings from her new series on skiffs and dinghies, along with paintings of puffins from her “Puffin Dialogues” collection. Other seascapes and landscapes of the Maine coast are also on […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, it may take a little while this week, but you will come to the answer you need to solve a puzzle that has been hounding you. It’ll free up space in your mind, then. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 At work you will have plenty of moments […]

TOPSHAM The Music in March concert series is returning to Topsham Public Library. Every Saturday in March at 1 p.m., there will be a free concert open to all ages. Porch Light, an acoustic duo from Midcoast Maine will perform Americana and folk covers on March 4. Jud Caswell will perform March 11. Caswell is […]

BRUNSWICK Last summer the Bowdoin International Music Festival welcomed 255 student participants from 27 countries and 30 states — and 65 percent of participants received scholarship funds from the festival. In celebration of the 2016 season and in anticipation of the 2017 season, we’ve reached out to last year’s participants to reflect on their experience […]