BRUNSWICK Spindleworks is hosting an open call exhibit to benefit the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, set for July and August in Brunswick. The exhibit, titled “The Forest Through the Trees,” is meant to draw attention to our living planet both to celebrate and to raise awareness of the diversity of species, all of which are affected […]

FREEPORT On April 27 at 6:30 p.m., Brunswick author Deborah Gould will give a talk on her novel, “The Eatern: The Early Years,” at the Freeport Community Library. Gould’s historical novel, the first of two volumes, is a fictional account of five families who lived along the Eastern River in the town of East Pittston. […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival is thrilled to announce the Shanghai Quartet’s performance on July 18. It will be the third concert in the festival’s Monday Showcase series featuring string quartets from around the world in Bowdoin’s Studzinski Recital Hall. The quartet will be playing Frank Bridge’s Novelletten, H. 44, Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet […]

BRUNSWICK ICON Contemporary Art will open its 28th year on Saturday. The first exhibition of the season features the work of three members of the Van Campen family. Tim and Susan Van Campen live and work in Thomaston. Their daughter Greta has a studio in her Tenant’s Harbor home. Tim has enjoyed a career as […]

Maine State Music Theatre will begin selling individual show tickets to its summer season on April 27. This summer the theatre will again present four main stage shows, including two regional premieres. Season ticket subscriptions are currently on sale and remain the best way to ensure seats for all four shows as MSMT anticipates record-breaking […]

BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center is celebrating mud season with humor and magic in April. Vandini the Children’s Magician will perform a show at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Mainely Improv invites audience participation during their show at 7:30 p.m. Monday and the month concludes with the return of Tim Sample, ones of Maine’s best-known […]

ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, it is easy to get excited about the wrong things this week. Try not to be too reckless in your actions, and stick with someone like Libra to keep you grounded. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Taurus, you may be unable to keep your emotions in check […]

BRUNSWICK In 2014, in honor of its 50th anniversary, the Bowdoin International Music Festival created the Kaplan Fellowship Program to create tuition free opportunities for advanced musicians at the beginning of their careers in music. Now in its third year, the program is a unique offering geared to mature, accomplished players. Kaplan Fellows perform with […]

BATH For a look at some local talent in the community, art lovers may want to head to the second floor Community Room at the Patten Free Library in Bath to check out the Teen Library Council’s annual student art exhibition this spring. Roberta Jordan, an outreach and instruction librarian at Patten, commended the students […]

BRUNSWICK Maine State Music Theatre has announced that Mike Egan has joined the administrative office staff as facilities manager. As MSMT has continued to acquire more properties, most recently Clancy House on Cedar Street in Brunswick, the need for a full-time staff member dedicated to maintenance of these properties became apparent. Egan currently resides in […]