NEWCASTLE The Frances Perkins Center is once again offering their popular tours of the Frances Perkins family homestead located on the banks of the Damariscotta River in Newcastle, Maine. Tours take place this Sunday, July 20th at 9 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. Come visit the home Perkins cites as her source for inspiration and […]
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Saltwater Hillbilly brings Calypso Country Music to Bath waterfront
BATH The Saltwater Hillbilly ….Key West to Casco Bay …Boat Songs, Beach Songs, Island Songs, Country Songs, Cowboy Songs© will be performing at Bath Waterfront Park on July 26 from 6 to 8:00 PM as part of the Saturday Summertime Concert Series. When The Saltwater Hillbilly takes the stage it’s hard not to pay attention, […]
Thomas to return to Boothbay Railway Village
BOOTHBAY Little engineers won’t believe their eyes—or their ears! For the first time ever at Day Out With Thomas™, Thomas the Tank Engine™ will be able to talk to his fans. Boys and girls will be cheerfully greeted by the #1 Engine when he pulls into Boothbay Railway Village for Day Out with Thomas™: The […]
Free ‘Light Body Healing’ today
BRUNSWICK Today, the Greater Brunswick Physical Therapy center will provide care from a variety of healing practitioners, including massage therapists, physical therapists, reflexologists, Reiki, Shamanic practitioners and more. You can be treated in a chair or on a table, in your street clothes. All are welcome. The event will continue from 11 a.m. – 5 […]
Arctic Museum wins awards
BRUNSWICK The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum has taken home two first-place awards in the New England Museum Association’s 2014 Publication Award Competition. The Museum’s invitation to its “Pop-Up Museum: Your Favorite Things” event won first place in the Invitations category and the Museum’s brochure “Spirits of Land, Air, and Water” won first place in the Exhibit […]
Willard Carroll to speak July 20 at ‘Oz’ performance
FREEPORT Freeport Players announces an exciting addition to its blockbuster July production of The Wizard of Oz, on the 75th anniversary of the beloved 1939 MGM movie. Willard Carroll, the premier collector of original Wizard of Oz memorabilia and originator of the National Oz Museum, will speak before the matinee performance on Sunday, July 20, […]
Old Schoolhouse art show and sale at Orr’s Island
HARPSWELL This year’s annual Orr’s Island Old Schoolhouse Coastal Artist show will run from Saturday, July 19th through Saturday, July 27th. The Schoolhouse is located next to the Orr’s Island Firehouse on Route 24. This twoperson show will include Jan Roberson, pastel artist; and Marilyn Flanagan, who mainly works in watercolor. Come and see these […]
Art and Music in the Garden to benefit backpack program
WEST BATH Evelyn Dunphy Studio, in cooperation with the Sewell family of Bowdoinham, will provide “art and music in the garden” on August 9 from 1 to 6 p.m. at 596 Foster Point Road in West Bath. Part of the proceeds from any sale will go toward the “Backpack” program operated by Mid Coast Hunger […]
This week at the Bowdoin Festival
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival continues this week, featuring works by Beethoven, Mozart, Dvoák, and the festival’s composer- in- residence, Samuel Adler. Mozart Piano Concerto today The Bowdoin International Music Festival will continue its 50th anniversary celebration tonight, Friday, July 18 with beloved works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvoák. Pianist Shai Wosner, […]