Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor will open a one-person show for painter Lyn Asselta Friday, Aug. 2. Asselta’s “Where Rock Meets Water” runs through Sept. 3, with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the gallery, 31 Townsend Ave. Asselta returned to Maine four years ago after spending most of her adult life […]
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Movies in the Park continues with ‘The Greatest Showman’ and ‘Labyrinth’
Main Street Bath’s Movies in the Park continues Monday, Aug. 5, with “The Greatest Showman” at 8 p.m. at Library Park, 43 Summer St., Bath (rain date Aug. 12). The event includes a pre-movie dance-along tutorial with Mad Studio. “Labyrinth” is showing at 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 (rain date Aug. 26) at Library Park, […]
Exploring mysteries of ‘The Cliffs’ with author J. Courtney Sullivan
Sullivan shares how, much like the art of basket weaving, weaving together loose threads from history can help us better understand the place we call home.
Enter an antiquarian home in Damariscotta
After a lifetime of collecting antiques, Ed Oestreich reflects on how he wants to be remembered — by the sum of what he calls his “life’s work.”
Bowdoinham art auction benefits Union of Maine Visual Artists
Over 60 artists have provided art for a silent auction for the Union of Maine Visual Artists’ 50th year gala. The event includes a costume party and art auction and runs from 6-11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Merrymeeting Hall, 27 Main St., Bowdoinham. The featured artists hail from Saco to Harpswell to Blue Hill […]
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens unveils new sculptures by Indigenous artists
Indigo Arts Alliance and Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens recently unveiled two sculptures by Indigo Arts Alliance artists-in-residence Shane Perley-Dutcher and Anna Tsouhlarakis. The newly commissioned installations were presented as part of the gardens’ “Deconstructing the Boundaries: The Land Fights Back,” the second of a three-part collaborative, multiyear series of public symposia. Perley-Dutcher, a silversmith artist […]
LC Van Savage: Long-ago songs, rousing and not
It suddenly, 70 years later, floated to the surface of my brain in my morning shower, the most common venue for all my important brain surfacings. It was a song I’d been taught as a kid in Music class. A stirring song. Rousing. Inspiring. Weird. These were the words: “Morning comes early and bright with […]
Dick Polman: How dare Kamala buy cookware and other idiotic attacks
The next four weeks, culminating in the Democratic National Convention, are crucial for Kamala Harris. Half-buried until now in the thankless job of vice president, Harris has an excellent second chance to make a favorable first impression – to successfully define herself and her candidacy, trumping Team MAGA’s tsunami of smears. In the brief passage […]
Bath to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree-planting ceremony
Bath invites the community to attend the Wednesday ceremony in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Meetinghouse Arts to preview ‘Our Town’ initiative with Freeport building projections
The projections are a preview of the community art project, “Our Town: A Community Self Portrait,” done in collaboration with Freeport Historical Society.