BRUNSWICK Maine State Music Theatre has announced their highly-anticipated 2016 season line up. Next summer the theatre will again present four main stage shows, to which they have obtained exclusive regional rights. The 2016 season fires up on June 8, 2016, with the regional premiere of “Ghost: The Musical.” Adapted from the hit 1990 film, […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: A man I work with found a dog on his way to the office. He picked it up, took it home and was immediately talking about what a good playmate the dog would make. He said he tried to call the local animal shelter, but was put on hold twice, so he gave […]
Maine Woodworking Expo 2015
Maine Woodworking Expo 2015, sponsored by the Guild of Maine Woodworkers and the Kennebec Valley Woodworkers Association, Fort Andross Building, 14 Maine St., Brunswick August 29th and 30th. Show hours 9am to 6pm on Saturday and 9am to 4pm Sunday. The expo will showcase exceptional quality furniture and wood accessories by Maine craftsmen and women, […]
Mystery author series at Curtis Memorial Library
BRUNSWICK Curtis Friends, Sisters in Crime and Maine Crime Writers are hosting an evening with Kathy Lynn Emerson to launch the 2015 Mystery Author Series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library. Free refreshments will be provided by the Bohemian Coffee House, and Gulf of Maine will […]
Ronald Frontin exhibit at Ingram Fine Art
WISCASSET Ingram Fine Art will open a unique exhibition featuring Maine artist Ronald Frontin beginning Aug. 27 and running through September. “The Art of Ronald Frontin” will feature nearly 30 works by Frontin including original oils and watercolors. Born in 1962, Ronald Frontin is a contemporary Maine painter who continues the American realist tradition of […]
Celebrating the Year of the Sheep
WISCASSET A special feature of photographic images “Celebrating the Year of the Sheep” by Nina Fuller of Hollis, Maine, will open on Thursday, Aug. 27 at Sylvan Gallery in Wiscasset. The reception with the photographer will be open to the public from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 27. The exhibit will continue through Sept. […]
New exhibit at ICON Contemporary Art
BRUNSWICK On Saturday, Aug. 15, a new show opens at ICON. The gallery is pleased to welcome an exhibition of framed works on paper and Mylar by Amparo Carvajal- Hufschmid and Claire Seidl. The creative strategies of the two artists have points in common, though the results are quite different. Both begin their work with […]
Local artists donate original works for auction
BATH Inspired by nature and an initial donation from Woolwich muralist John Gable, eight original canvasses have been donated to the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust to be sold at a live auction from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20. Tickets are limited for the Art of the Estuary Celebration and Auction and are selling quickly. Gable, […]
‘I Cannot Tell a Lie’ at The Theater Project
BRUNSWICK There’s something in the water at George Washington Elementary — literally. A truck carrying sodium pentothal — a chemical also known as “truth serum” — has crashed into the local lake and spilled its cargo into the drinking water. Now everyone in school can’t help telling the truth. “I Cannot Tell a Lie at […]
Exhibition illuminates Freeport craftsman’s 44-year engagement with wood
PORTLAND Thomas Moser’s importance to the world of craftsmanship and fine furniture is now celebrated and examined at Maine College of Art’s (MECA) Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) retrospective, Thos. Moser: Legacy in Wood. Thos. Moser has devoted more than 44 years to the artistry and craft of designing and building Handmade American Furniture. Curated […]