BRUNSWICK — The sixth annual Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival, a juried fine arts and fine crafts show, is now accepting applications from artisans. Sponsored by the Brunswick Downtown Association, the Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, on Maine Street. For information or to apply, […]

BATH — The Kennebec Art Club seeks participants for its annual “Art in the Park” feature of Heritage Days. During the festival, artists from Maine and elsewhere display their work at City Park. The net proceeds of “Art in the Park” are used for scholarships distributed to art students from local high schools who plan […]

BATH — The Nor’easters chorus will host an open house at 7 p.m. April 24 at the United Methodist Church, 340 Oak Grove Ave. “Any man who likes to sing, or would like to sing, is urged to attend,” a release from the group states. “Even those who don’t plan on singing are more than […]

BATH — The Friends of Patten Free Library will host Maine’s Poet Laureate Wesley McNair for a free poetry reading 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The author of nine volumes of poems, including “Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected Poems,” McNair has held grants from the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations, two Rockefeller fellowships, two National Endowment […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library on Foreside Road will host an artists reception for “Joy of the Lens” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. “The show features original photographs by year-round Maine residents, both amateur and professional,” a library release states. “Prizes will be awarded in categories including “Nature and Landscapes/ Seascapes,” “People,” “Animals,” […]

GEORGETOWN — An opening reception for “Georgetown: A Painter’s Paradise,” an exhibit of works by painter Stuart Ross, runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Road. The show will run through June 15. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, and from 10 […]

BRUNSWICK — Bull Moose music stores throughout Maine and New Hampshire will observe Record Store Day on April 21 with live performances. Tricky Britches is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m. April 21 at the Brunswick store, 151 Maine St. The Lewiston store added a noon performance by Worried Well to its set. Singer and […]

TOPSHAM — Bowdoin College artist-in-residence George Lopez will perform a benefit concert, with proceeds supporting the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick’s campaign to rebuild the church after a June 2011 fire destroyed the building, at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in the Orion Performing Arts Center, 50 Republic Drive. Program work will include music by Ginastera, […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset Public Library will host two April school vacation week events. Georgie Thompson, a former gifted and talented program teacher in the Wiscasset schools will offer two session of origami on Tuesday at the library. Children new or less advanced to the craft are invited to a session that will run from 10:30 […]

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown resident Philip Shelton will lead a program titled “Stump to Sea: Building the Schooner Janet May” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Road. A potluck supper at 6 p.m. pre- cedes the presentation, which is the first in a series of potluck suppers and programs hosted […]