WISCASSET The Wiscasset Bay Gallery will join other local merchants in Wiscasset Saturday, Nov. 9, for the annual Early Bird sale. The gallery will open its doors to the public at 6 a.m. and offer 20 percent off almost everything in the gallery until 10 a.m. Contemporary Maine art, American and French impressionism, 19th-century marine […]

BRUNSWICK Spindleworks, the Brunswick-based nonprofit art center for artists with disabilities, continues its 35th anniversary celebration with an exhibition featuring works by the art center’s 44 artists. “Our 35th anniversary show, thrive, will feature the best and newest from the studios on Lincoln Street, and will give a sampling of the fine artwork Spindleworks is […]

Nov. 9 HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW William-Cone Elementary School, 19 Perkins St., Topsham. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Crafts and bake sale. All profits benefit arts enrichment at the school. HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW Harriet Beecher Stowe School, 44 McKeen St., Brunswick. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Crafts and bake sale. All profits benefit Coffin and Stowe […]

TOPSHAM — Juan Pons, noted nature and wildlife photographer, will present a program on photographing wildlife for the First Light Camera Club of Brunswick on Thursday, Nov. 14. The meeting will be held at the Topsham Medical Building, 8 Horton Place, at 6:30 p.m. Non-members will be charged $10 for admission to this special event. […]

GARDINER — The Open Book Players will hold auditions for their upcoming seasonal performance, titled “Joy to the World,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Johnson Hall. 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. Parts […]

BATH — The perfect combination of creative energy will meet at the Chocolate Church Arts Center 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 during March-September, Bath has come alive on the third […]

The Oratorio Chorale begins its 40th season with “Musical Fireworks,” a program that includes music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Monteverdi and Schutz, plus J.S. Bach’s aria “Jauchzet” featuring soprano Jessica Petrus and trumpeter Betty Rines. The concert also includes the Maine premiere of the “Kyrie” from “Festival Mass” by Bates College’s Scott Ordway. The program introduces […]

NEWCASTLE Bravo! From the rousing “Tradition!” to the haunting “Anatevka,” the Heartwood Youth Theater production of “Fiddler on the Roof ” at Lincoln Academy is a smashing success. The seamless opening-night production featured stunning performances by Elias Daiute (as Tevye, the milkman) and Abbey Hutchins (as Golde, his wife). Daiute skillfully portrays the full range […]

Summer is well and truly over, and winter, with its different kinds of activities, isn’t here yet. But unless we want stir-crazy youngsters, some out-of-the-house activity is still a must. Because it’s hunting season, many wooded areas are probably not the best locations, either. (If you do take kids to the land trusts, try to […]