PORTLAND The Maine Crafts Association invites members and non members to apply for the second annual Portland Fine Craft Show, to be held rain or shine on Congress Street in downtown Portland on Aug. 27. PFCS 2016 will feature 100 juried exhibitors from the greater New England area. Artists may apply to show in the […]

BATH The Bath Antiques Show and Sale continues its 27th season at the Bath Middle School in Bath Maine on Sunday. While some folks are heading south for the winter, the Bath show continues on with a wide selection of antiques and collectibles from established dealers from across New England. The show is expected to […]

HALLOWELL The first Harlow Gallery Second Sunday event of the new year will be Nature Journaling, lead by Andrea Lani on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. at Harlow Gallery, located at 160 Water St. in Hallowell. Spend an afternoon creating a family nature journal. In this workshop, participants will practice observing with all the senses, learn […]

WEEK OF SUN, JAN. 10 ARIES Mar. 21 – Apr. 20 Aries, finding time to get everything done can be challenging. Fortunately, you have quite a few friends willing to spare some time and lend you a helping hand. TAURUS Apr. 21 – May 21 Difficult decisions can take time to work through, Taurus. Although […]

PHIPPSBURG Old school New Orleans jazz will help launch concert goers into the new year when the State Street Traditional Jazz Band performs at the Phippsburg Congregational Church on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Founded in 1989, the members of the band play and preserve traditional New Orleans “Preservation Hall” jazz. John Page, the band’s founder […]

BRUNSWICK “Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco,” a feature length documentary about ultra-runner Micah True, will premiere at the Frontier Cinema & Café for a week-long run beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12. The film will be showing daily from Tuesday through Sunday, Jan. 17, at 2 p.m. with evening screenings at 6 p.m. and […]

LEWISTON Figures of Speech Theatre has announced its premiere of “the little match girl passion,” a theatrical setting of contemporary American composer David Lang’s composition. Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9-11 at Bates College’s Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St., Lewiston. Lang’s piece interleaves the text of Hans Christian Andersen’s story about an […]

FREEPORT The Freeport First Fridays concert series at the Freeport Community Center starts its sixth year in January offering five sweet evenings full of music with desserts and coffee. Because the New Year’s Day holiday is the first Friday of the month, January’s event will take place Jan. 8. The sixth season kicks off with […]

BATH The Chocolate Church Arts Center launches the Kill The Chill Winter Concert Series with rock and roll band The Howligans Friday. This music series will be held in the Annex of the Chocolate Church. “As a community arts center, we are dedicated to showcasing local talent,” said Jennifer DeChant, CCAC executive director. “This series […]

BRUNSWICK Gulf of Maine Books and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine present a poetry reading by Martin Espada and Lauren Schmidt on Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. at Gulf of Maine Books. Martin Espada will be reading from his recently published collection of poems “Vivas to Those […]