BUCKFIELD — Nationally renowned jugglers Jay Gilligan and Wes Peden launch their 21-city Shoebox Tour 2012 with a performance at 7 p.m. Monday at Buckfield Junior-Senior High School. “The Shoebox Tour 2012 is a presentation of all new material in the “modern juggling” style — focusing on artistic presentation of virtuosic object manipulation,” a release […]

TOPSHAM — For the grand finale of its 20th anniversary season, the DaPonte String Quartet will perform a program titled “The Passions of Youth,” featuring the early music of three composers, Beethoven, Tan Dan and Mendelssohn. Beethoven wrote his String Quartet in B-Flat Op. 18 No. 6 in 1802. Nicknamed “La Malinconia,” it was written […]

GEORGETOWN — More than 60 paintings found during cleaning at Jason Schoener’s homestead will be on view and for sale at the West Island Gallery from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday. Many of the paintings date to the 1940s. Schoener was born in 1919. His uncle was William Zorach, the well-known […]

GEORGETOWN — A new art exhibit called “Coast and Country” opens May 25 at the Old Post Office Gallery, 833 Five Islands Road. A public reception will run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. May 26. Among the artists with works on view will be Barbara Bean, Cory Hart, Letty Husson, Lea Peterson and Sue […]

BRUNSWICK — The Gem Players, based in Etowah, Tenn., will present six performances of Brunswick resident Frank W. Wicks’ Civil War play, “Soldier, Come Home,” beginning today. The production coincides with the 10th anniversary of the plays premiere in Brunswick in May 2002. The play, based on family Civil War letters, also has been staged […]

POWNAL — A family dance, followed by an international folk dance, will take place Sunday at Mallett Hall, 429 Hallowell Road. The family dance begins at 5:30 p.m. It will focus on community celebrations from around the world. All are welcome. No partners are needed. Admission costs $2. An international folk dance will run from […]

DURHAM — The Durham Historical Society will hold a spring art show, featuring local artists, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Union Church (Old Durham Town Hall) on Route 136. Admission is free. A bake sale to benefit the society’s Restoration Fund will complement the art show. A handcrafted quilt has been […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset High School will host its annual Spring Gallery of the Arts on Wednesday. An art show will be open from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. A concert will start at 7 p.m., then the art show will reopen for a half hour following the concert. The art exhibit includes works from students […]

BATH — To commemorate the bicentennial of the start of the United States’ second war with Britain, commonly known as the War of 1812, the Maine Maritime Museum announces its latest exhibit, “Subdue, Seize and Take: Maritime Maine in the Unwelcome Interruption of the War of 1812.” The exhibit will open to the public on […]

PHIPPSBURG Nationally known folk musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen will play in concert at 7:30 p.m. May 25 at the Phippsburg Congregational Church. “The evening’s program will include original and traditional songs of the heart and songs of the New England coast, old-time fiddle, Scandinavian fiddle duets, traditional Irish tunes and more,” a release […]