TOPSHAM — Topsham Public Library on Foreside Road will host an artists reception for “Joy of the Lens” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. “The show features original photographs by year-round Maine residents, both amateur and professional,” a library release states. “Prizes will be awarded in categories including “Nature and Landscapes/ Seascapes,” “People,” “Animals,” […]

GEORGETOWN — An opening reception for “Georgetown: A Painter’s Paradise,” an exhibit of works by painter Stuart Ross, runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Road. The show will run through June 15. Gallery hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, and from 10 […]

BRUNSWICK — Bull Moose music stores throughout Maine and New Hampshire will observe Record Store Day on April 21 with live performances. Tricky Britches is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m. April 21 at the Brunswick store, 151 Maine St. The Lewiston store added a noon performance by Worried Well to its set. Singer and […]

TOPSHAM — Bowdoin College artist-in-residence George Lopez will perform a benefit concert, with proceeds supporting the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick’s campaign to rebuild the church after a June 2011 fire destroyed the building, at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in the Orion Performing Arts Center, 50 Republic Drive. Program work will include music by Ginastera, […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset Public Library will host two April school vacation week events. Georgie Thompson, a former gifted and talented program teacher in the Wiscasset schools will offer two session of origami on Tuesday at the library. Children new or less advanced to the craft are invited to a session that will run from 10:30 […]

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown resident Philip Shelton will lead a program titled “Stump to Sea: Building the Schooner Janet May” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Georgetown Historical Society, 20 Bay Point Road. A potluck supper at 6 p.m. pre- cedes the presentation, which is the first in a series of potluck suppers and programs hosted […]

BRUNSWICK — The Thinking Heart, an ensemble performance work in two voices, with cello, based on the life and loves of Etty Hillesum, a Dutch woman who died in the Holocaust, will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Frontier Café in Fort Andross, 14 Main St. Admission costs $10 in advance or $12 […]

BRUNSWICK — John Morneau will conduct the Bowdoin College Concert Band in a free program titled “Oh, The Places You’ll Go! — Music of Destinations” at 2 p.m. Sunday in Studzinski Recital Hall.

BRUNSWICK — Today and Saturday, Bowdoin College artist-in-residence George Lopez will host a festival celebrating the piano, featuring legendary pianist Ilana Vered, a new work by Bowdoin composer Vineet Shende and the New England premiere of a recently unearthed piece by Vladimir Horowitz. A $20 registration fee is required for this series of recitals, master […]

BRUNSWICK — Arts are Elementary and Spindleworks will hold two All Species Parade puppet-making workshops during April school vacation at the Theater Project, 14 School St. Workshops will run from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday and from 9 a.m. to noon April 20. Participation is free and open to all, but children must be accompanied […]