BRUNSWICK A ward- winning author Carla Maria Sullwold of Brunswick will appear in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss her new novel, “Raising Rufus: A Maine Love Story.” A release from Curtis Friends, which will host Sullwold’s talk, describes the book as a “tender and tragic semi-autobiographical […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, will host an exhibit titled “Joy of Art” from Tuesday through Feb. 18. The library will hold a reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Crooker Gallery to kick off the fourth annual juried art exhibit, which includes original artwork by year-round Maine […]

WISCASSET — The Sheepscot Valley Chorus begins rehearsing for its spring concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational Church on Route 1, next to Lincoln County Court House. Concerts will be held March 31 and April 1 in Newcastle. The major work this spring is the Requiem Mass in C Minor of Luigi Cherubini. […]

FREEPORT — The Cumberland and Sagadahoc County domestic violence prevention agency Family Crisis Services will host a special photo and poetry exhibit at the Freeport Community Library during the month of January. The exhibit “More than a Rap Sheet: The Real Stories of Incarcerated Women,” will be on display through Jan. 30. It features poems […]

BRUNSWICK — Painters Priscilla Myer McKeith and David McKeith, both of Brunswick, will offer a joint exhibit with the theme “New Visions of New England” from now through Jan. 27 at Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St. Their oil paintings focus on the seacoast, on lakes and hills in the rugged North Country, and on views […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Academy of Modern Music will host an adult rock camp Jan. 13, 14 and 15 at the Breakwater School, 856 Brighton Ave. The camp is open to participants age 18 and older. It includes studio tours, master classes, live perfor- mances, songwriting workshops, instrument clinics, opportunities to meet music professionals and […]

MONMOUTH — The Friends of Cumston Hall will present a concert by the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, directed by Paul Ross, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at Cumston Hall. The performance will feature works by Sullivan, Rossini, Webber, Bach, Mozart and Enescu. Admission costs $15 for adults in advance or $20 at the door. Students get […]

DAMARISCOTTA — Actors from Heartwood Theater will read “Freud’s Last Session,” by Mark St. Germain, at 7 p.m. Thursday in the atrium at Skidompha Library on Main Street. “This smartly written twoman script imagines a meeting between the legendary 83- year- old psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, a staunch atheist just days from taking his own […]

ROCKPORT — Down East Singers will begin its spring semester at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nativity Lutheran Church, 179 Old County Road. Registration and voiceplacement checks for new singers start at 6:15 p.m. Anthony Antolini of Cushing is the group’s artistic director, having served in that position since 1991. Jennifer McIvor of Wiscasset is the […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Bonnie Raitt is releasing a new album in 2012, her first in seven years. “Slipstream,” out April 10, follows a long break from studio work for the Grammywinning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member. She lost her parents, her brother and her best friend. “I hadn’t stopped moving in a very long […]