TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library on Foreside Road will host a free artists talk featuring the winners of the 2012 “Joy of the Lens” juried photography exhibit at 11 a.m. May 12 in the Crooker Gallery. Prizes have been awarded in categories including Nature and Landscapes/Seascapes, People, Animals, Digital Darkroom and Details & Macro. Refreshments […]

FREEPORT — Five musicians from the Portland Chamber Music Festival will perform works by Mozart, Dvorak, Wuorninen and Rebecca Clarke at 8 p.m. May 11 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Scheduled performers include clarinetist Jo-Ann Sternberg of New York; cofounder and artistic director of the PCMF, Jennifer Elowitch, and Georgia native […]

BRUNSWICK — Brian Cullen will perform classical and Spanish guitar pieces from 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. May 11 during Marji Greenhut’s open studio event on the second floor of Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. The open studio, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., will feature paintings by Dan Warren, and Elizabeth and Arlee Woodworth; […]

BRUNSWICK — Cabot Mill Antiques will host a Victorian Mother’s Day Tea from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 13. The day’s festivities will include a seated afternoon tea with all the trimmings. Guests can enjoy a variety of decadent teas, coffee, tea cakes and pastries. Prize drawings include tea gift baskets and a spa […]

BRUNSWICK — Between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Henry and Marty Restaurant and Catering, 61 Maine St., will unveil a new work by Brunswickbased sculptor and Bowdoin College art professor John Bisbee. Restaurant owners Paul Hollingsworth and Aaron Park commissioned this large-scale installation for their Maine Street eatery. Bisbee will be in attendance to […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin Chamber Choir will sing in the chapel on the college’s Brunswick campus at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call 798- 4141 or email lrussell@bowdoin.edu.

FREEPORT — Nineteen finalists from eight area high schools have been selected by judge Adrian Blevins to be honored at the fifth annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, which begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road. The student poets will read their work. Blevins will be a featured speaker and will read […]

FREEPORT — The Cul de Sax saxophone quartet will perform a concert titled “Anything Goes,” honoring American composer Cole Porter, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Freeport Community Library. The quartet of soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, will be joined by pianist Frank Vigneau. In addition to Porter’s music, the group will play a few […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin Chorus, under the direction of Anthony Antolini, will perform a free concert at 7:30 p.m. today in Studzinski Recital Hall on the Brunswick campus. Student soloists and the Mozart Mentors Orchestra will perform a variety of works, including Karl Jenkins’ “Requiem.”

HERMON — Four local performers are among the finalists who will vie for top honors Sunday in the fourth annual Maine’s Got Talent competition at the Morgan Hill Event Center. The winner will receive $500. Local contestants are Julia Nadeau, a vocalist from Topsham; Joanne Pineau, a vocalist from Lisbon Falls; Carolyn Glaude, a vocalist […]