BATH Bath’s Third Friday Art- Walk began for the season June 20, with over 30 artists showing work at open studios, galleries, sidewalk shows and group shows. Last Friday’s ArtWalk also featured young songwriter and performer Liam Swift, who played keyboard and sang original music on Front Street, then opened at the Chocolate Church for […]
Midcoast Go
Summer festival season is upon us; here’s what’s happening in the Mid-coast
Summer is here, and that means it’s festival season throughout the Mid-coast. In addition, two towns – Phippsburg and Topsham – are celebrating significant milestones this year. Topsham is turning 250 years old, and Phippsburg is celebrating its 200th birthday. Phippsburg has events taking place throughout the summer. On June 22, as part of their […]
TAM celebrates Shakespeare’s 450th and British playwrights
MONMOUTH The British are coming to Monmouth for Theater at Monmouth’s 45th season. The British Invasion, running from June 28 through September 28, 2014, features a line-up of plays from England’s greatest playwrights. In celebration of Shakespeare’s 450th and TAM’s 45th, the Summer Repertory will include William Shakespeare’s As You Like It and Romeo & […]
Tinseltown Talks:
What do David Filby, Scrooge McDuck, and Wilbur Post have in common? All were characters (“The Time Machine,” “DuckTales,” “Mister Ed,” respectively) played by actor Alan Young. A resident of Studio City, Calif., for over 50 years Angus, as he was once known, was born in Northern England. His Scottish father soon moved the family […]
Solstice Mixer in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN Sunday, June 22 – 5-7p.m. – Fore & Aft Gallery, Bay Pt. Rd. Georgetown. Looking for a way to kick off Maine’s idyllic season, summer? Join GIEF at the Fore & Aft Gallery on June 22nd from 5-7 p.m. for our summer funraising event: The Summer Solstice Mixer at the Fore & Aft Gallery/Project […]
Summer outdoor concert series commence
Looking for an evening of entertainment where you can bring the kids and the dogs and your own picnic? Several towns in the area are holding summer-time concert series. In Georgetown, there will be an outdoor family concert tonight from 5-7 p.m. at the Georgetown Community Center in Five Islands. Bath will hold three great […]
Bath ArtWalk begins tonight
BATH Bath’s 3rd Friday ArtWalk season begins tonight from 5-8 p.m. With over 30 artists at open studios, galleries, and group shows presenting paintings, photographs, and works in ceramic, glass, wood, and other materials, the 3rd Friday night of each month in Bath is slated to be the place to be culturally. But if that’s […]
Tall ships and pirates:
BOOTHBAY HARBOR Windjammer Days is coming, June 24-25, down in Boothbay Harbor. It’s a lot of fun for kids, which special activities just for children, including a pirate invasion. Participating Windjammers will offer overnight trips or hourly cruises. A list of boat trips will be listed at the Friends of the Windjammers tent in Whale […]
Museum in the Streets
WISCASSET — The official opening of Wiscasset’s Museum in the Streets is Saturday, June 21 at 11:30 a.m. The public is welcome to attend. The Wiscasset Museum in the Streets is a self-guided historic walking tour with 32 panels of text and historic photographs placed throughout our beautiful, walkable village. A brochure (with map) will […]
Richard Tuttle retrospective at Bowdoin
BRUNSWICK —The first retrospective of prints by the contemporary American artist Richard Tuttle (born 1941) will open this June at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. On view at the BCMA from June 28 through October 19, 2014, Richard Tuttle: A Print Retrospective will highlight the experimental nature of Tuttle’s print practice and will mark […]