BRUNSWICK — Jimmy Junkins & the Soul Cats are scheduled to close out the weekly Music on the Mall series on Wedneday with a concert from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Brunswick Mall. Attendance is free. The concert series is sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association. In the case of inclement weather, rain date […]

ALNA — Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway, 97 Cross Road (Route 218), is hosting an old-fashioned ice cream social on Saturday, , on the 1-, 2-, and 3- p.m. trains. Musical entertainment will be provided by local songwriter Jud Caswell for the special ice cream social trains. Regular trains will run at 10 a.m., 11 […]

TOPSHAM — Cathance River Education Alliance presents “Dragonflies of the Cathance Preserve at the Topsham Public Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28. David Reed started photographing dragonflies at a park in Minnesota and some photos, such as the Horned Clubtail ended up in Dennis Paulson’s “Princeton Field Guide (Dragonflies and Damselflies […]

PHIPPSBURG In Nancy Perkins’ eyes, Seguin Island has the best outhouse in Maine. An artist and preservationist of the island, Perkins said, “it’s certainly the cleanest and brightest.” But a clean outhouse is hardly the reason Perkins convinced the Friends of Seguin Island Light Station to allow her to display and sell paintings in the […]

BRUNSWICK — Brunswick Downtown Association’s sixth annual Outdoor Arts Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Downtown Brunswick. A news release from organizers describes the event as follows: More than 90 juried artists and artisans working in mediums ranging from painting to sculpture, mixed media to graphics, […]

BRUNSWICK — “42nd Street,” the final production in Maine State Music Theatre’s 2012 season, continues this week. An MSMT release describes the Tony Award-winning musical as “a spectacle of tap dancing, familiar tunes and memorable characters.” “‘42nd Street’ is a high-energy show about taking chances,” the release continues. “At the height of the Great Depression, […]

BRUNSWICK — As part of the weekly Music on the Mall series, Sean Mencher is scheduled to perform from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, on the Brunswick Mall. Attendance is free. The concert series, which runs through Aug. 29, is sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association. In the case of inclement weather, […]

BRUNSWICK — Fort Andross will host its annual Summer Antique Show on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A news release describes the show as follows: This year’s summer antique show will feature antiques dealers from all regions of New England. Located in the historic Fort Andross building at 14 Maine St., Fort Andross […]

HARPSWELL — The Harpswell Historical Society will host a lecture on Harpswell women writers of the past at its annual meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. at Centennial Hall in Harpswell Center. A news release describes the lecture as follows: The speaker is Karin Woodruff Jackson of Cundy’s Harbor, who retired from teaching English […]

PORTLAND — The Vermont based band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will make an appearance at the Portland Bull Moose, 151 Middle St., on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 5:30 p.m. This is the band’s third visit to a Bull Moose in Maine, as they have performed twice in Bull Moose’s Scarborough location. According to a […]