FREEPORT — This fall, Freeport Players will showcase what few community theaters have presented before: work entirely by Maine playwrights. “Can U Rel8?” runs Sept. 14 to 30 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Freeport Players is a volunteer-based community theater, now in its 23rd year of entertaining audiences on stages around […]

LEWISTON — Art Walk Lewiston Auburn, Captive Elements Art House and L/A Arts, in collaboration with The Dempsey Challenge is putting a call out to artists to submit their work centered on the theme of Hope, Healing and Survival for the Dempsey Challenge Community Celebration on Oct. 12, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. The Art […]

BRUNSWICK — The artwork of Maine artist Tim Banks has been chosen to represent the fifth annual 10 X 10 Benefit Art Exhibit & Sale to be held Sept. 28. A news release describes Banks’ entry as follows: Bank’s watercolor painting titled “Pisa, A Different View” uses complementary cool blues and warm oranges with contrasting […]

YARMOUTH — Entries are being accepted through Friday, Sept. 21, for the fourth annual Yarmouth Art Festival. The juried show, created in 2009 as a new venue for the Maine arts community, will be held Oct. 17 to 20 at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Road, about a mile from Cousins Island. A news […]

BRUNSWICK — A Star Party will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the farmers market field at Crystal Spring Farm, 277 Pleasant Hill Road, at 7 p.m. Southern Maine Astronomers Club and Curtis Memorial Library librarians Melissa Orth and Linda Oliver, along with Cornerstones of Science and the Brunswick Topsham Land Trust, invite the […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR — World War II affected the lives of people all over the world. What was it like to be a child then? Four local residents will tell some remarkable stories of WWII on Sept. 20 at the Opera House, 86 Townsend Ave. A news release describes the storytellers as follows: Florence Rosenberg currently […]

TOPSHAM — Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble will offer two theatre classes this fall — one in physical theatre and one in ensemble theatre. All classes will take place at Elizabeth Drucker’s Ballet Studio, 799 Middlesex Road. In a news release, instructor Dana Wieluns Legawiec describes the physical theatre class as a “fun, energetic class that uses […]

WISCASSET — Maine Art Gallery is proud to host the selections of J. Russell Jinishian for its new marine art exhibit that runs through Sept. 23 at the gallery on 15 Warren St. A news release from the gallery describes the work of Jinishian as follows: Jinishian is recognized as the nation’s leading authority on […]