DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts in Damariscotta is helping to celebrate Governor LePage’s newly proclaimed “Maine Day”, August 16, as a “day to celebrate the state, its people and its food” by offering a free lobster with the purchase of any piece of artwork in their gallery. Coincidentally, River Arts is currently holding a special exhibition […]

MONMOUTH — Auditions for Theater at Monmouth’s Shakespeare in Maine Communities Tour of Macbeth will be held on Saturday, August 23rd at 10 a.m. at Helen Melledy Hall, 775 Main Street, Monmouth. The production will be performed with a cast of seven actors. All roles are available and current doubling tracks are: Macbeth, Banquo/ Lady […]

BRUNSWICK — A Dominican Republic band will play at Brunswick Landing to benefit Seeds of Independence Open House. Revelacion Maranatha will perform Wednesday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge, but donations are greatly appreciated. All donations go to support the Good Samaritan Hospital in the Dominican Republic. Drinks and food will be […]

Popham Day Friday is Popham Day. The village will feature a treasure hunt and a pirate invasion (1 p.m.), from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Great prizes, sword fights, talking like pirates, and costume contests! The Jolly Roger will be flying and cannons will be booming. A cookout will take place from noon to 2 […]

DAMARISCOTTA The traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, and Sweden is beautiful, evocative, and haunting. Performed on Celtic harp and viola da gamba, it is exquisite. Sue Richards and Carolyn Surrick have spent the last two and a half decades recording and touring together with Ensemble Galilei – a shared music, a shared expression of their […]

WISCASSET — “Realism and Impressionism in Belgium, France and America” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Saturday, August 16th. From views of Paris, the foothills of Vermont and the coast of Monhegan, this exhibition focuses on European and American landscape and genre paintings spanning the Realism through Impressionist movements. European works featured in […]

BATH — Discover Bath’s lively arts community during the 2014 season’s 3rd Friday ArtWalk & Tour! The third Bath ArtWalk of the season will be held on Friday August 15th, from 5-8pm, with over 30 artists at open studios, galleries, and group shows presenting paintings, photographs, and works in ceramics, glass, wood, and other materials […]

BRUNSWICK — Come on, you knew it was coming. The Theater Project’s final Young People’s Theater Camp production of the summer is 10 WAYS TO AVOID THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, by Don Zolidis, onstage August 15, 16 & 17. It’s the end of the world, and hordes of rampaging zombies are about to get you. What […]

GRAY On both Saturday and Sunday, August 23rd and 24th, from 11am to 2pm at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, visitors will be able to meet and have their pictures taken with ‘real’ fairies in front of a life-sized Fairy House; then ‘make and take’ home their very own small fairy house! Fairy houses […]

TOPSHAM The 36th annual Highland Games will take place this Saturday, August 16, at the Topsham Fairgrounds off Route 196. On Friday night, a clan gathering and ceilidh will take place on the grounds. A ceilidh is essentially a party with dancing, music, and storytelling. Admission to the ceilidh is free, although donations are accepted […]