The Maine Theater Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks grant proposals to support professional and community theaters in the production and presentation of live theater in Maine. Proposals for funding will be accepted from local, regional and statewide community and professional nonprofit theaters for programmatic, capacity building, operating and capital support. The deadline for […]

YARMOUTH — Henryfest, an outdoor family-oriented music festival, will take place Sept. 8 at Skyline Farm, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth. The festival features music from Anger, Walsh, Gordy & Doty; The Jason Spooner Band; The Forge; The Diana Hansen Band; Cumberland Crossing; and a 317 Main Student Ensemble. Tickets at the gate are $20 […]

TOPSHAM — Join the fun of Scottish country dancing, and do the jigs, reels and elegant strathspeys of Scotland. These traditional social dances are fun to do with lively, irresistible music and are great exercise. No partner needed. Enjoy the company, music and, above all, the dancing. Thursday classes begin Sept. 5 at the Topsham […]

BRUNSWICK — Birds, flowers, bogs, marshes and the rich Maine environment will be exhibited through the work of Georgetown artist Cory Hart and Brunswick artist Barbara Bean. “Exploration of Place” will open with the artists’ talk on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m., followed by a reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Thornton Oaks […]

BRUNSWICK — Since classical Greek times, poets have written odes addressing subjects like joy, Grecian urns, the west wind, and immortality. For this exhibit, Jean Kigel has painted a series of odes to the Bowdoin Pines. This 3 acre parcel of pines, with walking trails, is a rare example of one of Maine’s oldgrowth forests, […]

The Friends of DaPonte String Quartet announced it has been awarded a $6,000 grant from the Maine Arts Commission for its “Classical Music in Historic Sites” project. The first performance in this series will be Sept. 8 at a special “Candlelight Concert” to benefit the Old Walpole Meetinghouse, a beautifully restored 1772 structure that is […]

BATH The Bath Area Senior Citizens Activity Center’s BASIC Players will stage its first murder dinner — “The Thirteenth Guest,” a two-act tongue-in-cheek mystery, on Friday the 13th, in September. The cast includes guest appearances by Wayne and Lynn Otto from Studio Theatre of Bath. Wayne recently finished a starring role in “Moon Over Buffalo” […]

CAMDEN A pair of elephants living in Hope, Maine, will benefit from a concert scheduled to take place Sept. 14 at the Camden Snow Bowl. From 4 to 10 p.m., musicians, entertainers and people of all ages will be gathering at the Camden Snow Bowl for Elephest 2013. The music festival, previously called Rocktoberfest when […]

BATH — Summer doesn’t last long in Maine, and few of us spent as much time on the water, or near the water, as we’d have liked. But for those who need one last ocean fix, the Chocolate Church Art Gallery has a perfect solution: “The Sea Around Us” with the art of six Maine […]

DAMARISCOTTA — A memorial celebration is planned for Kate Barnes, Maine’s first poet laureate, on Saturday, Sept. 7, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Lincoln Theater, with poetry, music, food, good conversation, good company and Kate’s spirit all around. Readers will include Elizabeth Tibbetts, Candice Stover, Kristen Lindquist, Baron Wormser, Betsy Sholl, Wes McNair, Henry Braun, […]