WEEK OF SUN, JULY 10 ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, take a more serious approach if you want others to give your ideas more thoughtful consideration. Devote more time and attention to work and other necessities. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Taurus, put your thoughts on paper so you can work out […]

LISBON On July 13, Julie-Ann Baumer will give a talk titled “In the Moxie Afterglow” at the Lisbon Historical Society. Her talk will highlight the town’s distinctive history of festivals, gatherings and community events. “Lots of people think the Moxie Festival is the town’s only festival,” Baumer said. “Interestingly, our town has a long history […]

LISBON FALLS The Annual Moxie Days Book Sale is Friday from 4-8 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sale will be held outside of the Lisbon Library on the corner of Main and Union Streets in Lisbon Falls. Volunteers are needed. Anyone willing to give an hour or two of their […]

TOPSHAM A juried show of contemporary art will be on view at Maine Fiberarts’ gallery in Topsham, beginning Sunday and running through Sept. 3. Artists have come together to showcase hooked work, woven tapestry, knitted wire, collaged fabric, paper assemblage, handwoven rugs, mixed media, needlepoint tapestry, felted work, and embroidery. A reception will be held […]

HARPSWELL The DaPonte String Quartet launches its 25th Summer Season with “Clarinet Envy,” a pair of classic clarinet quintets featuring guest artist Mark Dover, from July 6-13 in Tenants Harbor, South Bristol, Harpswell and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. “A string quartet that has been together for 24 years and plays at as […]

TOPSHAM Topsham Public Library will present “The Zany, Majestic Bard” on July 6 at 6 p.m. This event is open to all. A theatrical performance and program celebrating William Shakespeare’s inventive language on the 400th anniversary of his death, “The Zany, Majestic Bard” is led by theater artist David Greenham and includes singing, acting and […]

WISCASSET A new exhibit titled “American and French Impressionism” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on July 7 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. Among the American works on display is Chauncey Foster Ryder’s “Clouds Over the Valley,” depicting […]

BRUNSWICK Harpist Maeve Gilchrist and percussive dancer Nic Gareiss will take the stage at Frontier in Brunswick on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Michigan-born percussive dancer Gareiss and Scottish harpist Gilchrist met while both teaching at the Shasta Fiddle Camp in Northern California. They continued their musical relationship with collaborations at festivals and chance meetings and […]

BRUNSWICK – Making a stage musical out of a non-musical film is always a challenge. When that film is as beloved as “Ghost,” an icon in the rom-com genre, that challenge is multiplied considerably. And when you have stage actors who are expected to emulate the screen actors so as not to disappoint the original’s […]

BRUNSWICK Maine State Music Theatre, in collaboration with Brunswick’s Curtis Memorial Library, has opened a summer-long retrospective exhibition titled “MSMT Past, Present, and Future: Building a Better Tomorrow for the Arts in Midcoast Maine.” The exhibit will be displayed in the Collaboratory of the library for the months of July and August. To celebrate the […]