HARPSWELL Eleven art quilts by Harpswell fabric collage artist Susan Carlson will be on display at the Houston International Quilt Festival this Nov. 3–6. The show titled “Specimens” features images of creatures that are “extinct, endangered or overlooked.” “It’s a great honor to be asked to have a special exhibit in Houston,” Carlson said. “The […]

“CHOCOLATE,” by artist Bonnie Dickey, is on display this month in the Crooker Gallery at Topsham Public Library as part of the show “Quintessential POV” by Points of View Artists. It will remain on display through Nov. 1. Find out more about this artist and more at topshamlibrary.org.

DAMARISCOTTA On Oct. 27, local singer-songwriter Heather Hardy will celebrate the release of her new album “Howl” at the DRA’s Round Top farmhouse gallery in Damariscotta. Hardy will be accompanied by friends and fellow musicians Jud Caswell on guitar and melodica, April Reed-Cox on cello, Dave Martin on bass and guitar, and Roy Arsenault on […]

AUGUSTA The Maine Arts Commission has announced that online registration is now open for all Maine high schools to participate in Poetry Out Loud 2016-2017, a national competition organized by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation and administered at the state level by the Arts Commission. The deadline for registration is […]

ARIESMar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, you will soon learn that any obstacle can be overcome if you set your mind to it. While a certain task may seem daunting right now, you won’t allow it to intimidate you. TAURUSApr. 21 – May 21 Others are paying attention to you even if they seem distracted, […]

The fourth year of the Damariscotta-Newcastle Art Walk closes out on Friday from rom 4-7 p.m. Local galleries, studios, craft stores, restaurants and more keep their doors open for shopping and browsing during the Art Walk. The Damariscotta-Newcastle Art Walk is a free, self-guided event held on the third Friday on the month from June […]

FREEPORT Freeport High School will be visited by a Mongolian performance troop on Friday. The group of 22 students and teachers are from a school in Inner Mongolia. Students from this school performed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the Shanghai World’s Fair. The multi-faceted performance consists of dance, horse-hair fiddle music […]

DAMARISCOTTA The show on display at Stable Gallery in Damariscotta on Oct. 21 features the hand-crafted boxes of two local artisans. Damariscotta artist Denise Rankin learned her craft from a teacher of Shaker box making at the Fletcher School for the Arts in Vermont. She was attracted to this traditional style of box by its […]

BRUNSWICK Musical duo Emma’s Revolution, comprised of activist singer/songwriters Sandy O and Pat Humphries, will perform for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick’s Concerts for a Cause series on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Emma’s Revolution’s music brings a focus to social justice. Their songs have been performed for the Dalai Lama, praised by Pete Seeger […]

BRUNSWICK Filmmaking duo Ian Carlson and Jeff Griecci of Portland-based Mint Films took to the streets to provide a firsthand glimpse into the oft-condemned world of graffiti art. The resulting documentary film, “Year-Round Metal Enjoyment,” will show at Fronier Cinema in Brunswick on Oct. 25. The film follows a handful of graffiti artists in Maine […]