BATH —The 3rd Friday Concert Series, sponsored by the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, continues on Saturday June 14 with singer/songwriter Greg Brown. Greg’s first professional singing job came at the age of 18 in New York City when he ran hootenannies (folksinger get-togethers) at the legendary Gerdes Folk City. His music reflects a […]
May 2014
Lunchtime concert at UU Church
BRUNSWICK — Looking for a quiet, restful, and serene break during your noon hour? The new Unitarian Universalist Church at One Middle Street, Brunswick — across from Curtis Library — is offering a noontime interlude every Wednesday. No announcements will interrupt the meditative mood of the programs. No cost either — the musicians and the […]
Topsham Library events
TOPSHAM — Author Event with Helen Peppe, Wednesday, June 4, 6:30 p.m: Maine author, Helen Peppe, will talk about her memoir, Pigs Can’t Swim. Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author. Birthday Party/Ice Cream Social, Saturday, June 7, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Happy Birthday to us! Come help us celebrate […]
Tinseltown Talks:
BY NICK THOMAS Following the professional path of a parent isn’t always easy, especially if that career is acting. Brothers Clint and Ron Howard long ago escaped their father’s acting shadow, with Ron starring in two popular TV shows, “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Happy Days,” and going on to become one of Hollywood’s most […]
Two fine art exhibits at Curtis Memorial
BRUNSWICK Something Small Under the Blankets features editioned fine art prints in 4 square inches and related monoprints by 13 Central Maine artists. On view in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick from June 2- 27, this exhibit is one of three concurrent print exhibits in Brunswick in June. The other […]
CALENDAR
SAT/31 MISCELLANEOUS FIELD TRIP TO THORNE HEAD, 7:30a.m.- 11a.m., meet at Bath CVS to carpool. Join Merrymeeting Audubon and the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust on this walk through Thorne Head to the overlook on Whiskeag Creek. Free. 729-8661. WILDFLOWER WALK, 2p.m., Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport. Walk in the woods and enjoy the Spring […]
Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I love my daughter-in-law and I am afraid she is harming herself because of her addiction to tanning. Her boys are in high school and cannot remember their mother without a really dark tan. One son told his classmates in grade school that his mother was African-American when they were doing African-American studies. […]
Today in History
Today is Friday, May 30, the 150th day of 2014. There are 215 days left in the year. On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.