TOPSHAM — On Saturday, April 13, from 1 to 3 p.m., Topsham Public Library will hold a reception in the Crooker Gallery kicking off the annual photography exhibit, The Joy of the Lens, an annual juried photography exhibit. The exhibit features original photography by yearround Maine residents, both amateur and professional. Prizes will be awarded […]

AUGUSTA — Three Maine brewing companies will be newcomers at the fifth annual Central Maine Brew Fest at the Augusta Armory on Saturday, April 13, from 2 to 6 p.m. Black Bear, Geaghan’s and Rising Tide will, for the first time, join a dozen Maine breweries offering tastes of their latest flavors at this festive […]

BRUNSWICK — Five Rivers Arts Alliance presents an informative member’s meeting with several successful cooperatives and artist organizations on Tuesday, April 16, at 6 p.m. at Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. Bath’s Centre St. Arts Gallery, Brunswick’s collective Points of View Artists, Arts Are Elementary, and the unique annual 10×10 volunteers will give […]

PORTLAND — The Oratorio Chorale performs In the Back Cove Contemporary Music Festival, Saturday, April 13, at 1 p.m. The singers, accompanied by renowned Boston guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan, will preview “Pravasa: Travels of the Guitar,” by composer and Bowdoin College professor Vineet Shende. The full three-day program will be held in Memorial Hall at the […]

BRUNSWICK — Singer-songwriter Josephine Cameron, an expert on 19th-century American music, will lead children in an activity that helps them understand the importance of music during the Civil War, the ways songs became popular at that time, and how popular songs were constructed. The activity will take place at Pejepscot Historical Society, 159 Park Row, […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Concert Band will be performing “Celebrations — Part II: 25 Years of the Bowdoin College Concert Band” this Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m. in Studzinski Hall. The concert will be highlighted by the premieres of three new compositions for wind band by composers with Bowdoin connections. Featured will be […]

BRUNSWICK — Thomas C. Bennett, director of the Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland, will present “Give Us Your Poor and Indigent” at the next meeting of the Pejepscot Genealogy Society on Sunday, April 14, at 2 p.m. in the Morrell Meeting Room of Curtis Memorial Library. A business meeting will follow the presentation. Bennett’s talk […]

FREEPORT — Freeport Theater of Awesome will present “The Early Evening Show” a late-night talk-show spoof, which is a cross between “Saturday Night Live” and classic Johnny Carson on April 19, 20, 26 and 27, at 7:30 p.m. The show originally debuted at the Oddfellow Theater in Buckfield in May 1998 and sold out every […]

AUGUSTA— The University of Maine at Augusta’s 11th annual Terry Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, the state’s largest annual poetry event, will take place on Friday, April 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Jewett Auditorium, and on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the Richard Randall Student Center on the UMA […]

BRUNSWICK Have a verse handy and don’t be shy on April 26, if passersby spontaneously break into recitation. It’s just Brunswick’s second annual “Keep a Poem in Your Pocket Day” festival, part of the town’s celebration of National Poetry Month. Conceived in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National Poetry Month is a month-long, […]