SOUTH DAKOTA Some South Dakota farmers and ranchers are upset by the selection of singerguitarist Joan Jett, a vegetarian and animal rights advocate, to perform on the state’s float in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are scheduled to appear in New York on the float that promotes South Dakota […]

NEW YORK A prized 1963 Andy Warhol painting that captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash sold for $105 million Wednesday at a New York City auction, shattering the record for the famed pop artist amid a spending frenzy at the high end of the art world. The 8- by 13-foot painting titled “ […]

BATH The perfect combination of creative energy will meet tonight at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., with the opening reception for the Holiday Small Wonders art exhibit and the next in the series of the Third Friday Concerts featuring Robby Simpson and The Thunderbirds. For years from March through September, Bath has […]

DAMARSICOTTA Chats with Champions will present author Andrew Vietze at 10 a.m. Nov. 20 in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. Vietze will talk about his book “Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism.” The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island — and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, […]

Nov. 16 CHRISTMAS FAIR Lisbon United Methodist Church, 14 School St., Lisbon Falls 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Crafts, baked goods, cookie walk, candy/fudge, wreaths, beef stew lunch. HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR Evergreen Senior Center, 1 Columbus Dr., Brunswick 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Crafts, baked items, country store, muffins, light lunch. HALLS OF HOLLY CHURCH […]

The Open Book Players will be holding auditions for their upcoming seasonal performance entitled “Joy to the World” on Wednesday, November 13 at 6:30 p.m. in Johnson Hall, Gardiner. The program will include samplings of short plays and readings as well as music and songs that depict how the holiday is celebrated throughout the world. […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport Community Library is pleased to be featuring an exhibit of photography by Judy Plouffe titled “New Beginnings – Sunrises of Freeport” during the month of November. Judy moved to Freeport in November 2011 from Montpelier, Vermont having always wanted to live by the ocean. A native of Massachusetts, she spent many […]

FREEPORT Georgetown artist Dahlov Ipcar has produced new paintings over the past two years, and Frost Gully gallery will present the works during the same week that the artist celebrates her 96th birthday. Ipcar continues to present new ideas within the context that she has been working in for over seventy years. Together, these new […]