FREEPORT The Greater Freeport Community Chorus, directed by Virgil Bozeman, will begin rehearsals for its spring concerts Sunday at the Freeport Performing Arts Center at Freeport High School, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport. Registration will run from 6-6:30 p.m., with rehearsal to follow. Rehearsals are held on Sundays from 6:30-9 p.m. at the FPAC. All singers […]

BATH The Mustard Seed Bookstore has announced their social events calendar for the first half of 2017. This year they will host events designed to draw community together around a literary or historical theme — including a Downton Abbey Tea Party in January and a get-together with children’s author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen in […]

TOPSHAM Topsham’s Midcoast Presbyterian Church reverberated with song during a rehearsal of the 40-member Vox Nova Chamber Choir last week. Baritones rumbled accompanied by tenors before being joined by altos and sopranos to form a rich harmony at the crescendo. Audiences can experience that harmony for themselves Saturday, when the choir kicks off its seventh […]

PHIPPSBURG The Hadacol Bouncers will perform in concert at the Phippsburg Congregational Church Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The band is a line-up of piano, banjo, tuba, drums, cornet, clarinet and trombone players. The group was co-founded by Tom Whitehead (piano, vocals and guitar) and Peter Dunphy (banjo, guitar and vocals). Whitehead has a multi-style […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR “What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor?: A Celebration of the Human Form,” a show of paintings, paper work, sculpture and photography will open at Studio 53, Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor on Feb. 10. The Valentines Day weekend show will run through Feb. 12. An Opening Reception will be held Feb. 10 from 5-8 […]

YARMOUTH On Jan. 12 from 5:30-7 p.m., the Stonewall Gallery will open their winter show featuring the recent work of Portland artist Robin McCarthy. Wine, cheese and light refreshments will be served at the free opening reception. In her work, McCarthy employs an antique letterpress and old wood type as well as collage elements from […]

FREEPORT A colorful new collection of acrylics on canvas, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” is Pownalbased artist Wren Pearson’s newest exhibit at Freeport Community Library. “My first winter back in Maine after living in Texas I was numbed by the shades of white and gray that played out across the fields surrounding our home,” Pearson said. […]

AUGUSTA The Maine Arts Commission has announced the opening of a special exhibit in its Art in the Capitol program. “ Painting Islands: Uniting Community with Art” by Maine photographer Howie Motenko is free to the public and on display until June 30 on the second floor of the State House in the Governor’s Reception […]

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TOPSHAM The following is the January programming schedule for the Topsham Public Library. Sip ’n Stitch Jan. 7 and 21, 10 a.m. to noon. All abilities welcome. Come and work on a project, share patterns, check out the library’s knitting and crocheting resources and relax with a cup of coffee or tea. Artist Talk Jan. […]