BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Gleason Gallery is pleased to announce that the family of the late Jean Swan Gordon has chosen its gallery to represent the estate of the beloved East Boothbay artist. Gordon’s many admirers and collectors will be pleased to know that the artist’s estate contains a large number of the exquisitely drawn flower […]

SAT/ NOV.22 KNIT WITS HOLIDAY BAZAAR, 9a.m. to 2p.m., Bailey Island Library Hall. Crafts, baked goods, white elephant, coffee and muffins, chowder and sandwich lunch 11a.m. to 1p.m. 833-0092. CRAFT AND BUSINESS FAIR, 9a.m. to 3p.m., Topsham Fairgrounds exhibition hall. Over 40 crafters and home-based businesses. Start your holiday shopping here! 725-8568. HOLY TRINITY CHRISTMAS […]

BRUNSWICK — The DaPonte String Quartet will be performing a holiday concert on Nov. 30 at 3:00 PM at the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Brunswick, located at the corner of Pleasant and Middle Streets. Advance tickets may be purchased for $20 at the church office, 1 Middle Street, and at the Gulf of Maine Bookstore, 134 […]

LEWISTON — Richard Goode, acclaimed as “one of the titans of the piano repertoire” by the San Francisco Classical Voice, returns to Bates College for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Admission is $25, available at batestickets.com. For more information, contact 207-786-6135 or […]

DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts invites the public to join Kendra Denny of Camden on Saturday, November 22nd at River Arts West Gallery for an opening reception from 3-5pm of her solo encaustics show. This show runs through December 3 and will feature all of her recent encaustic work as well as pieces from her residency […]

Midcoast Youth Theater brings an Island heat-wave to Crooker Theater in Brunswick with the production of Once on This Island on December 4th-7th. This upbeat Calypsoinspired musical is full of rhythmically spoken words and songs that reveal the yearning of the human heart. It follows the life of a young girl named Ti Moune (played […]

Every family has favorite things to do in the holiday season. But whether your family likes to sit at home and watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” or dresses up to see a performance of “The Nutcracker” every year, here are a few offerings that might not be on your radar but might become a seasonal […]

LEWISTON — Directed by John Corrie, the Bates College Choir performs Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Magnificat” in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Admission is free, but tickets are required, available at bit.ly/oacbates. For more […]

BATH — The Maine Romance Writers will hold a writing workshop on Saturday, November 15, at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer Street. The topic will be “Using Scrivener for Selfpublishing”— A hands-on presentation, step by step, from start to finish, on how to create an epub and mobi file. Bring your laptop with pre-loaded Scrivener, […]

BRUNSWICK—Farmyard Numbers, the new board book written and illustrated by beloved Maine children’s author Dahlov Ipcar of Georgetown, begins with one of Ipcar’s favorite animals, “ONE cat, out all night, walks home down the road in the morning light.” She will sign copies at the book signing Thursday, Nov. 20 at Mid Coast Hospital, from […]