TOPSHAM — Studio 48 Dance Studio will hold an open house for interested students and parents on Tuesday, Aug. 21, from 4 to 7 p.m. at its new location on 126 Main St. According to a news release, this new state-of-the-art dance facility will offer jazz, Zumba, tap, ballet, pointe, hip hop, modern and lyrical […]

BATH — Retired Navy Cmdr. Kirk Lippold will talk about his book, “Front Burner: Al Qaeda’s Attack on USS Cole,” at the Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 6 p.m. Lippold was commanding officer of USS Cole on Oct. 12, 2000, when the ship was attacked by suicide bombers in […]

HARPSWELL — Coastal Artists will hold its annual show at Library Hall, 2167 Harpswell Island Road, from Sunday, Aug. 19, through Friday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The six day show will include new pastels by Jan Roberson, Marilyn Flanagan’s watercolors and Flo Rich’s oils. Prints, cards and miniatures will be […]

BATH — Robert Moody, music director of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, will be at Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., on Friday, Aug. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Moody will talk about his work as music director of the PSO. This program is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Friends of Patten […]

BRUNSWICK — Jerry and Todd Blodgett will be the featured performers tonight at 9 p.m., as the Side Door Cafe begins its 19th season. The Side Door Cafe is held on the third Friday of each month (except July) in the Morrell Room of the Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St. Doors open at 7 […]

BATH — ArtVan has been awarded a grant for $10,000 from the Quimby Family Foundation of Portland. The grant supports access to the arts through programming in its service areas including Brunswick, Auburn, Lewiston, Bath and Biddeford. A news release describes ArtVan as follows: ArtVan is a mobile arts therapy program that provides programming to […]

GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, 56 Game Farm Road (Route 26), will host professional chainsaw artists Ron Carlson and Bill Fournier on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. A news release describes the artists as follows: Carlson is a professional chainsaw carver from China, Maine. He began woodcarving in the mid-1960s and enjoyed […]

ROCKLAND — On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Farnsworth’s new membership group, the Collective, will take an overnight trip to Monhegan Island as part of its 2012 programming. The two-day trip, open to all, is in association with the current Farnsworth exhibition “Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan,” on display at the museum’s Wyeth Center through […]