LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is accepting submissions for its 18th annual $1,000 art scholarship. All high school seniors residing in Maine are invited to submit original works that reflect the theme of “Art and our Natural Environment.” Entries must be traditional two dimensional media and must be postmarked by Monday, April […]

ROCKLAND — The second of a month-long series of Fireside Poetry Readings at Rockland Public Library will take place at 3 p.m. April 8. The week features students from Oceanside High School sharing poems they have written, or favorite poems written by others. Beverages and treats will be provided by the Friends of the Library. […]

GARDINER — Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street in Gardiner will present “The Early Evening Show” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4. Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for seniors and $5 for children 17 and under. “The Early Evening Show” is a family friendly, laugh-out-loud show. Maine’s renowned variety entertainer and Johnson […]

FREEPORT — The next concert in the popular Freeport First Fridays – Just Desserts series at the Freeport Community Center is at 6:45 p.m. tonight. This month’s performance is from the band Northwood — a dynamic quartet that has a rootsy mix of music influenced by bluegrass, folk, country and rock. Northwood features Ann Murray […]

Greg Shattenberg employs a variety of media to create artworks that explore the use of language as an element of image making. He is an accomplished printmaker who, over the years, has experimented with a wide variety of printing methods from woodcut, etching and lithography, to photographic processes such as collotype and color copy transfer. […]

LEWISTON — Beginning April 10 and running through May 30, Bates College Museum of Art will feature two new exhibits — one displaying the senior thesis work of Bates College students and one displaying prints and drawings by artist Greg Shattenberg. From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 10, The museum will host an opening […]

PORTLAND Twenty-seven talented music students from 18 towns in Maine will perform in a student showcase at the second annual Maine Acoustic Festival on Sunday, March 29, at Hannaford Hall in Portland. These talented middle school and high school students were selected by audition to participate in an intensive three-day festival of workshops, rehearsals and […]

ROCKLAND Come to the Rockland Library at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, to meet and hear the story of Jillian and Malcolm Bedell, two kitchen amateurs who are the bloggers behind fromaway.com, which receives more than 150,000 unique visitors each month and was named “Best Food Blog” in 2013 by Down East Magazine. Malcolm appeared […]

FREEPORT At 7 p.m. tonight, author and educator Jack Petrash will give a public talk entitled “The Challenges of Being a Good Dad: What does it take and how is it different from being a good mom?” at Merriconeag Waldorf School’s Community Hall, 57 Desert Road, Freeport. The talk is geared toward all parents — […]

PORTLAND Portland Ovations brings the bestselling children’s book “Skippyjon Jones” to life onstage at Merrill Auditorium for a Family Series performance at 11 a.m. March 29. Skippyjon Jones wants to be the best Chihuahua ever. Not just any Chihuahua, but a swashbuckling, swordfighting, romantically noble one. The only problem: he’s actually a Siamese cat. Before […]