PORTLAND — The Maine Historical Society in Portland now offers walking tours of the historic Old Port section of the city. Formerly offered through Greater Portland Landmarks, these 90-minute tours are conducted by trained guides from the Maine Historical Society Museum and Store at 489 Congress St. “The walking tours will cover the scope of […]

BOOTHBAY — Tickets are still available for Boothbay Region Land Trust’s 2012 “Jazzing Up the Shipyard” fundraiser on Aug. 16. Festivities begin with a silent auction at 5 p.m., with the opportunity to bid on two tickets to the Marcus Printup Quartet concert at Lincoln Center, or for two tickets to Wimbledon 2013. Other auction […]

PORTLAND — Mumford & Sons, a British folk rock band, is scheduled to perform on Portland’s Eastern Promenade on Saturday as the headliner band for The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover Tour. According to a news release, the Stopover is based upon festivals like Colorado’s Telluride Bluegrass and Scotland’s Loopallu festivals and celebrates local people, […]

POLAND — Anni Clark will play at Poland Spring Preservation Society’s annual summer concert series on Monday at 7 p.m. A news release describes the event as follows: With more than two decades of full-time touring and seven successful recordings, Clark’s passion for communication through music continues to build a widespread and loyal audience. Clark […]

DAMARISCOTTA — The Dam Blues Festival, in it’s fifth year, starts the weekend off today with what organizers “like to call a ‘Blues Warmer Day’ with some of the artists playing their wares in the streets, on the corners and at several of the local lunch spots,” according to a news release. The main event […]

PORTLAND — Dawn Potter will speak about her new collection of poetry, “How the Crimes Happened,” at Portland Public Library’s Brown Bag Lecture series on Wednesday. The lecture and book signing will be held in the Rines Auditorium from noon to 1 p.m. According to a news release, Potter’s new collection of poems, “taps a […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 19th season Aug. 9 to 18 at the Abromson Center at the University of Southern Maine. According to a news release, PCMF is well known for its eclectic and adventurous programming. In addition to traditional summer festival offerings that include the Schubert Cello Quintet, Brahms Clarinet […]

NEW HARBOR — Saltwater Artists Gallery, Route 130, is assisting veteran member artist Jean Christy of Waldoboro in locating “Heather,” a child who was the subject of a watercolor painting in the early to mid-1980s. The child is now grown and in her late twenties. Christy taught art at Nobleboro School at the time. Heather […]

AUGUSTA — Old Fort Western, 16 Cony St., in conjunction with the University of Maine at Augusta’s Senior College, will celebrate the 90th anniversary of the museum on Sunday, Aug. 12, from noon to 4 p.m. Demonstrations of wood carving, barrel making and blacksmithing, as well as free food and music, will be available at […]