FREEPORT Imagine Tommy and Dicky Smothers met Blue Man Group and had a baby. Further, imagine that they all raised that child together in a techno-disco with a lot of toys from Radio Shack and Best Buy. Then you’ll have an idea of what it’s like to see “Audiobody” at Freeport’s Theater of Awesome, located […]

BAR HARBOR — Combining the brilliant hues of California culture and the subdued introspection of Maine’s homes and landscape, College of the Atlantic’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery is celebrating the art of two alumni — and two coasts — in its exhibits this summer. The work of David Vickery, a 1989 alumnus living in Cushing; […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Public Library has a busy month planned in August. On the agenda is a Writers’ Workshop on Aug. 8, from 5 to 6 p.m. This will be an informal gathering of teen and adult writers who would like to discuss their writing. On Aug. 6 at 6 p.m., Michael Parent — […]

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., hosts a special screening of the Maine-made film and 2012 Maine International Film Festival opener, “Vacationland,” on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 3:30 p.m. Family and fate collude to comic effect in this independent film, set against the backdrop of a failed reunion one summer in the mountains […]

HARPSWELL — Harpswell Community Theater is celebrating its 11th season this weekend with an evening of one-act comedy plays. “Miss Twiddle Meets An Angel” is the sequel to “Miss Twiddle and the Devil,” a show Harpswell Community Theater presented during its 2010 season. Miss Twiddle is up to her old tricks but with the help […]

GEORGETOWN — The 100th annual Georgetown Working League fair will be held on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Georgetown School, 52 Bay Point Road. The popular fair is the oldest in the state. Among the offerings are bargains at the white elephant, jewelry and collectibles areas. The fair is […]

HALLOWELL — Spindleworks artists Allen Ponziani and Micah Webbert will be exhibiting works in a two-person show the Harlow Gallery at 160 Water St. in downtown Hallowell. Webbert, of Wayne, will exhibit paintings and drawings alongside the sculpture of Ponziani, of Woolwich. The exhibition is on view Aug. 2 to 24. The public is invited […]

NEWCASTLE — It’s been a few years since its last concert there, but Castlebay will return to the historic Valley Church (a.k.a., Old Methodist Church) on the King’s Highway in Sheepscot Village. The Saturday, Aug. 10, concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and will include timeless melodies of Celtic and Maine folksongs. Admission is by free […]