POWNAL — A family dance, followed by an international folk dance, will take place May 20 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 […]

DURHAM — The Durham Historical Society will hold a spring art show, featuring local artists, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 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 […]

TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library on Foreside Road will host a free artists talk featuring the winners of the 2012 “Joy of the Lens” juried photography exhibit at 11 a.m. May 12 in the Crooker Gallery. Prizes have been awarded in categories including Nature and Landscapes/Seascapes, People, Animals, Digital Darkroom and Details & Macro. Refreshments […]

FREEPORT — Five musicians from the Portland Chamber Music Festival will perform works by Mozart, Dvorak, Wuorninen and Rebecca Clarke at 8 p.m. May 11 at the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St. Scheduled performers include clarinetist Jo-Ann Sternberg of New York; cofounder and artistic director of the PCMF, Jennifer Elowitch, and Georgia native […]

BRUNSWICK — Brian Cullen will perform classical and Spanish guitar pieces from 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. May 11 during Marji Greenhut’s open studio event on the second floor of Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. The open studio, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., will feature paintings by Dan Warren, and Elizabeth and Arlee Woodworth; […]

BRUNSWICK — Cabot Mill Antiques will host a Victorian Mother’s Day Tea from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 13. The day’s festivities will include a seated afternoon tea with all the trimmings. Guests can enjoy a variety of decadent teas, coffee, tea cakes and pastries. Prize drawings include tea gift baskets and a spa […]

BRUNSWICK — Between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Henry and Marty Restaurant and Catering, 61 Maine St., will unveil a new work by Brunswickbased sculptor and Bowdoin College art professor John Bisbee. Restaurant owners Paul Hollingsworth and Aaron Park commissioned this large-scale installation for their Maine Street eatery. Bisbee will be in attendance to […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin Chamber Choir will sing in the chapel on the college’s Brunswick campus at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, call 798- 4141 or email [email protected].

FREEPORT — Nineteen finalists from eight area high schools have been selected by judge Adrian Blevins to be honored at the fifth annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, which begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road. The student poets will read their work. Blevins will be a featured speaker and will read […]