POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society hosts a concert by Castlebay at 7 p.m. Monday at the All Souls Chapel. With two other musicians, Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee formed Castlebay in 1987 to perform and promote the music of Maine and the Celtic lands of Scotland and Ireland. Castlebay became a duo in […]

PROSPECT — The Friends of Fort Knox will host musical performances on Saturday and July 14 at the historic site. Yellow Brick Road, an Elton John tribute band, will perform from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday on the fort’s parade grounds. The Friends of Fort Knox invite those who attend to bring a lawn […]

ROCKLAND — The North Atlantic Blues Festival will take place July 14 and 15 at the public landing, 275 Main St., in Rockland. Music starts at 11 a.m. each day and continues into the evening. British blues legend John Mayall headlines this year’s festival. Mayall is scheduled to play at 3 p.m. July 15. Performances […]

BATH — Music Doing Good will present “The Art of the Songwriter” on July 21 to benefit the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. Music Doing Good presents shows throughout the country to benefit local nonprofit and arts organizations. A Music Doing Good release describes the event as follows: The Art of the Songwriter […]

HARPSWELL — Sukanya Rahman will exhibit her recent works on paper at the Gun Point Cove Gallery, 1241 Harpswell Islands Road, Orr’s Island, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. A resident of Orr’s Island, Rahman was born in Calcutta. India. She studied painting at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, studied dance […]

BRUNSWICK — Librarians Melissa Orth and Linda Oliver from Curtis Memorial Library will lead a program on how to use the Star Walk iPad app to identify constellations and celestial bodies on July 17 at Crystal Spring Farm, 277 Pleasant Hill Road. “We’ll arrive around 8 p.m., but the sun is not scheduled to set […]

HARPSWELL — Members of the Harpswell Art and Craft Guild will take part in the second annual “Celebrate Summer in Harpswell” at 33 venues on July 14 and 15. Guests are invited to take farm tours, visit studios and gardens, sail or paddle Harpswell’s coves, make wreaths, sample local food, learn how antique engines work, […]

BRUNSWICK — The 10th annual Brunswick Garden Tour will take place from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The tour will consist of nine Brunswick gardens, several of which have never previously appeared on the tour. All proceeds will benefit Midcoast Youth Theater. This year’s tour features a stop at the new Harriet Beecher Stowe […]

BATH — Crash Barry, author of “Tough Island: Live,” will present a free 45-minute monologue based on his memoir about life on Matinicus Island at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Patten Free Library on Summer Street. “Two years living in a fish shack didn’t make Crash Barry an expert on Matinicus, but it was a long […]

GEORGETOWN — The Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department will hold its 37th annual fundraising auction on Saturday. A White Elephant tent opens at 8 a.m. An auction preview begins at 8:30 a.m. Bidding begins at 9 a.m.