Tuesday
Apr 10, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Harmony House
A figure drawing session, hosted by Harmony House is planned for Tuesday mornings from 9:30 to 12:30. The cost to attend is $10 per week. Models are also sought ($15/hour).
This class is ongoing.
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Saturday
Apr 14, 2012
9:30 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
Each week, hands-on studio sessions will give students an opportunity to explore art mediums with the opportunity to have the piece of work included in the Dragonflies For Autism Show and Sale at Sunbury Shores, June 8 -21. This course runs on Saturday mornings for six weeks.
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Saturday
Apr 14, 2012
10:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
As in the past there will be emphasis on gesture drawing. There will also be the opportunity to apply this gesture drawing to a special work on dragon flies, with the opportunity to have the piece included in the Dragonflies For Autism Show and Sale at Sunbury Shores, June 8 - 21. This course runs Saturday morning for 8 weeks. Please note - there will be no class on May 19.
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Saturday
Apr 14, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
This art studio session will focus on classical ink-drawing methods using crow quill and carved bamboo pens with traditional black India ink. Artists will explore and practice various cross-hatching and stipple techniques on Bristol-type paper. Subjects will include still-life, self-portrait, and landscape; classes will have peer-to-peer critiques. Cost: $20-$165 (sliding scale), materials, $20. Drop-ins welcome with their own supplies, $10/per session, $5 materials.
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Wednesday
Apr 18, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
In this class, participants will create a small stained glass window using old salvaged window panes as a base with colorful borders added. Victorian and English Muffle glass will be used in the designs. The finished piece will measure approximately 12" X 16", depending on the size of the old window, and the project is designed so that participants can complete their window during the course. Cost: $20-165 (sliding scale).
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Sunday
Apr 29, 2012
2:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
The USCG's boating safety course will address state and federal laws pertaining to all types of boats, boat registration and regulations, safe operations and reporting of accidents, and protecting the marine environment. Boaters who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, and may be required in order to obtain a boating license and/or qualify boaters for insurance discounts. Cost: $30 (payable to USCG Auxillary).
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Monday
May 7, 2012
6:30 pm
Eastport
› Shead High School
On Mondays beginning May 7, Dana Bard of Moose Island Quilting, will teach the basics of quilting, including working with patterns and designs, fabric selection, and basic cutting and sewing. Students will need a sewing machine and the class will take a field trip to Calais for each student to purchase material. This will be a six-week course that will meeting on Mondays for 90 minutes.
Dana has been quilting since 1984 and has a particular interest in applique designs. Her work has been shown in quilt shows in Kentucky, California, Virginia, Oregon, and Maine.
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Monday
May 7, 2012
6:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Valerie Lawson and Michael Brown, poets and editors of "Off the Coast," present another of their exciting poetry workshops, Crafting a Nature Poem on three Mondays, May 7, 14, and 21, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Cobscook Community Learning Center.
Drawing on examples from poets like Mary Oliver and Gray Snyder, participants in this class will explore what makes a good nature poem and learn tools and techniques to help craft their own.
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Tuesday
May 8, 2012
5:00 pm
Eastport
› Shead High School
On Tuesdays beginning May 8 in the Shead High School Life Skills Room, Damon Weston will lead a class teaching some of the basics of cooking soups, from chopping vegetables to putting on the finishing touch before you bring it to the table, and also how to bake simple breads to accompany the soup. The cost is $10 to pay for ingredients. Maximum: 12 people. Call to register.
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Wednesday
May 9, 2012
6:00 pm
Eastport
› Shead High School
On Wednesdays beginning May 9, Catherine J.S. Lee will lead a creative writing class. If you've wanted to write, or if you've already started writing, this class will teach you some necessary skills in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalling, or memoir. Student needs and interests will determine which genres are the focus of this course.
Catherine Lee instructor was a member of the charter class of USM's Stonecoast MFA in creative writing program and has been writing and publishing fiction for 30+ years and haiku for five years.
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Thursday
May 17, 2012
Region-Wide
› University of Maine, Farmington
Innovation guru Doug Hall, this year's featured speaker, will spark your thinking and get your innovative energy flowing. The conference includes four tracks of intermediate to advanced sessions and downtown walking tours:Business Entrepreneurship; Green Downtowns and Heritage Conservation; Healthy Communities and Local Food; Organization Leadership; and Education.
New among the walking tours this year is "Permission to Shop" where participants are let loose to shop to their heart's content!
On Thursday evening, May 17, festivities kick-off at Lincoln Auditorium (in Roberts Learning Center) with the screening of "The Greenest Building" including a reception and Q&A with Producer Jane Turville.
Pre-registration is required. Pricing is $90 for non-members and $65 for members of Maine Development Foundation, a Main Street Maine, or a Maine Downtown Network Community.
Online registration closes at noon on Wednesday, May 16. We are unable to provide refunds on cancellations after May 10. Should you need to pay with a check, please complete the registration form and when you arrive at the payment screen simply close the page. Your registration information will be received which we will confirm via email. Please make your check payable to "Maine Development Foundation" and mail to: Maine Development Foundation, 295 Water Street, STE 5,
Augusta ME 04330.
Please note: Since we must provide a headcount to the facility for meals, it is our policy to charge meeting participants who register but do not show. No shows will be charged the full amount of the registration fee.
For more information, contact Roxanne Eflin, senior program director, at 207-626-3117 (office), 207-229-9465 (mobile) or by email at reflin@mdf.org.
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Friday
May 18, 2012
7:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
On Friday, May 18, at 7 pm, the Cobscook Community Learning Center and Cobscook Bay Music will host the Austin Thomas Unit at the monthly Third Friday Coffeehouse. With close to 50 years each on stage, Warren Foley and John Watts of the Austin Thomas Unit offer a crowd-pleasing mix of guitar styles, vocals and humor (at anyone's expense).
The cost for this event is by donation to the featured artist. True to form, the coffeehouse will offer an open-mic segment for audience participants wishing to take the stage (which does include a piano). And, in keeping with coffeehouse tradition, there will be coffee, tea and homemade treats for sale by the CCLC's Community Year to raise money for their program. School and civic groups interested in providing snacks and beverages as a fundraiser for their group are invited to call the CCLC to participate. The Cobscook Community Learning Center is an alcohol-free campus.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
St. Andrews
› Fundy Discovery Aquarium
The Fundy Discovery Aquarium will be open seven days a week from 10 am to 5 pm for the summer months beginning on Thursday, May 17. The aquarium is celebrating with a weekend dedicated to marine biodiversity. Coastal ecosystems and estuaries are very important, as they support an abundance of species.
From Saturday, May 19, to Tuesday, May 22, the aquarium will be focusing on marine biodiversity, this year's theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22), and will be showcasing special activities, displays and films to increase awareness about the issues concerning marine life.
The Fundy Discovery Aquarium is dedicated to educating the public about Bay of Fundy species and features two touch tanks, large underwater viewing windows, rare lobsters and daily seal feedings at 11 am and 4 pm.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
6:30 am
Calais
› Charlotte Road
Free guided birding walk at the peak of the warbler migration. Lead by Maurry Mills. Bring your hiking shoes, bug spray, and field glasses. Meet at the new refuge eagle observation deck on the Charlotte Road at 6:30 am on Saturday, May 19. The event is being sponsored by the Friends of Moosehorn Refuge and the Fundy Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
1:00 pm
Eastport
› The Commons
Laura Pierce has been searching area shorelines all her life collecting the gleaming, soft, smooth glass gems made by years of movement between water, sand, and rocks. Laura's jewelry is made from authentic beach glass, no tumbling, ever. Laura believes "there is something comforting and complete about wearing a glass 'gem' that has spent years in the ocean's embrace." See Laura's new work at The Commons on Saturday, May 19.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
7:00 pm
Blacks Harbour
› Blacks Harbour Wesleyan Church
The village of Blacks Harbour is celebrating its 40th anniversary. A night of gospel music is planned for Saturday, May 19, at 7 pm. Artists include Devin Cook, Tyler Deveau, Gerry Flowers, Wanda Grieve, Claudette Norman, Violet Paisley, Rollie Waddingham, Keith Young, and others.
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Saturday
May 19, 2012
8:00 pm
Eastport
› The Rose Garden
Sunday
May 20, 2012
7:00 pm
Calais
› Knights of Columbus Hall
ENNIS is a dynamic, Juno-award-winning group with a unique contemporary voice, flavored by deep roots and Celtic traditional Newfoundland influences. Maureen and Karen are powerful, interesting and humorous story tellers with a broad mix of Maureen's accessible original songs and uniquely interpreted tunes and ballads. With seven albums (one gold) and inclusions on countless complations CDs (two gold) to date, they have shared the stage and recoded with the Chieftains, toured with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jann Arden and Colin Linden amoung too many others to mention.
Tickets are $15 for adults, and 15 and under are $5 at the door and on sale at the Boston Shoe Store, Calais. The artists' website can be found at www.ennismusic.com.
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Wednesday
May 23, 2012
5:30 pm
Calais
› Calais Bookshop
Calais Bookshop has selected the National Book Award winner, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie, for its next reading group on Wednesday, May 23.
“Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian reservation. Born with a variety of medical problems, he is picked on by everyone but his best friend. Determined to receive a good education, Junior leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in the neighboring farm town where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Despite being condemned as a traitor to his people and enduring great tragedies, Junior attacks life with wit and humor and discovers a strength inside of himself that he never knew existed.
"Inspired by his own experiences growing up, award-winning author Sherman Alexie chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one unlucky boy trying to rise above the life everyone expects him to live."
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Thursday
May 24, 2012
8:30 am
St. Andrews
› Market Square
Opening Day of the St. Andrews Farmers' Market is set for Thursday, May 24, beginning the market's 40th summer season downtown in Market Square. The market is held every Thursday from 8:30 am to 1 pm and will feature local produce, locally prepared foods, a large selection of unique hand-crafted products plus lots of surprises.
Children's entertainment and traditional Celtic, maritime and folk music performed by Keith Facey will be featured on May 24.
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Friday
May 25, 2012
Region-Wide
The four day, Down East Spring Birding Festival offers birders various self-guided explorations as well as guided hikes, boat tours (including a puffin trip to Machias Seal Island), and presentations led by area experts. You will enjoy the tranquility and natural beauty of the Cobscook Bay area. This is a peaceful rural area with protected open space, dispersed population and little traffic. We have a greater variety of habitats than elsewhere on the East Coast. This variety of habitats means that we also enjoy a great variety of birds. The festival offers birders various self-guided explorations as well as guided hikes, boat tours, and presentations led by area experts. Maps and information will be provided for a fulfilling birding experience.
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Saturday
May 26, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Once you have taken photographs learn how to use computer applications to tweak your results or manipulate a photograph completely. Instructor Karen Ruet is a faculty member at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in Frederiction and acknowledged as a wonderful teacher. This is a two-day workshop and runs from 9 am to 4 pm with a one-hour lunch break.
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Saturday
May 26, 2012
11:30 am
Other
› Moosehorn national Wildlife Refuge
Educational event. FREE
11:30 am at the YCC Building off the headquarters Road on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. Saturday May 26th. Indoors
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Saturday
May 26, 2012
1:00 pm
Eastport
› The Commons
Mona Love has found a passion in jewelry making. A student of well known local jewelry maker Heather Perry, Mona has created her own style that reflects her teacher's high standards. She works in silver with touches of gold, glass, and local black beach stones. Mona's new works include pendants, earrings, and rings.
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Saturday
May 26, 2012
8:00 pm
Eastport
› The Rose Garden
Sunday
May 27, 2012
7:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Charlotte County Courthouse
As part of the War of 1812 anniversary, the Ross Museum and Library and the Charlotte County Archives are presenting the first in a four-part series of lectures, sponsored by the Department of Culture, Tourism, and Healthy Living on Sunday, May 27, at the Charlotte County Courthouse at 7 pm in St. Andrews. Gary Hughes will discuss Objects of War: A Material History, 1776 - 1814. Admission is a free will offering.
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Tuesday
May 29, 2012
9:00 am
Region-Wide
› Maine Cooperative Extension Office
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering a five week Master Gardener Volunteer training beginning at the end of May at the Extension office in Machias. This course provides intensive instruction in horticulture and volunteerism. The course will focus on growing fruits and vegetables. It is open to anyone with an enthusiasm for gardening and volunteering. In exchange for the training participants volunteer their time and expertise in gardening related community programs and activities. The training will be held from 9 am to 3:30 pm on Tuesdays, May 29, June 5, 12, 19, and Wednesday, June 27. The cost of the program is based on the participant's annual household income. There is a small pool of scholarship funds. Application deadline is Friday, May 18.
For more information, or to request an application, call the Washington County Cooperative Extension Office at 1-800-287-1542 or email tara.a.wood@maine.edu.
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Thursday
May 31, 2012
6:00 pm
Eastport
› The Rose Garden
Meet the Artists, Al and Kelle Erikson at The Rose Garden on Thursday, May 31, for an art show and reception.
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Saturday
Jun 2, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre
In this course students will learn advanced techniques like soldering and polishing as they construct high quality silver jewellery of their own designs under the guidance of an experienced craftsperson. This is a two-day workshop that runs from 9 am to 4 pm each day with a one-hour lunch break.
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Sunday
Jun 3, 2012
7:00 pm
Lubec
› Uncle Kippy's Bar & Grill
Come out for a night of great music and support a great cause for a $10 cover charge to benefit Lost Fishermen's Memorial Park. LFMA board members will be present for more information regarding the park as well as brick paver brochures to place an order. Lost Fishermen's Memorial Park T-Shirts will be available for purchase along with raffles and more. Join us for a toast to those lost but never forgotten.
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Friday
Jul 6, 2012
11:00 am
Grand Manan
› North Head Baptist Church
Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, 2012: "Tidal Treasures" Quilt and Needlework Show, North Head Baptist Church Vestry, Grand Manan. Friday: 11am - 7 pm, and Saturday: 10am-4pm. Admission $4 incl. refreshments. Sponsored by Tidal Threads Quilt and Needlework Guild.
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Saturday
Jul 7, 2012
10:00 am
Grand Manan
› North Head Baptist Church
Friday and Saturday, July 6 and 7, 2012: "Tidal Treasures" Quilt and Needlework Show, North Head Baptist Church Vestry, Grand Manan. Friday: 11am - 7 pm, and Saturday: 10am-4pm. Admission $4 incl. refreshments. Sponsored by Tidal Threads Quilt and Needlework Guild.
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Saturday
Jul 7, 2012
10:00 am
Lubec
› West Quoddy Head Visitors Center (Quoddy Head State Park)
Lighthouse, museum and art gallery at the easternmost point in the USA. Tours of the tower approximately 11 am - 3 pm, live music, food, activities, raffles. Great family fun, join us!
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Friday
Jul 13, 2012
7:30 pm
St. Andrews
› Performance: New Brunswick Community College
The St. Andrews Arts Council International Area Competition is open to singers 20 to 30 years old. The winner will perform with the St. Andrews Chamber Orchestra at the televised Gala Festival Concert on Friday, July 13, 2012, in St. Andrews by-the-Sea. Lodging, stipend and concert DVD will be provided to the winner of the competition. Applicants should send a DVD or CD of four arias (no returns), contact information, CV, current photograph and $25 application fee (made out to the St. Andrews Arts Council) to Lewis Dalvit, Artistic Director, St. Andrews Arts Council
185 McAfee Bluff, Johnson City, Tennessee 37615.
Material must be received no later than April 4, 2012. The winner will be contacted by April 15.
For further information, contact,
Lewis Dalvit at Ldalvit@aol.com, (423) 282-668 or (423) 773-4721
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Monday
Jul 16, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Classes held in St. Andrews at the New Brunswick Community College/St. Andrews
Whale of a Tale Theatre drama courses are planned for this summer. Drama A for ages 6-10 will include acting, games, and mini plays from July 16-20, 10 am to 2 pm for $125.
Drama B for ages 11-13 will include acting, improv, and mini plays on July 23-27 from 10 am to 2 pm for $125.
Drama C for ages 14 and up will include "War of 1812" world premiere play on July 30 through August 4, 9 am-12:30 pm. Performances are slated for August 3 and 4. The cost to attend is $200.
New Drama D for ages 14 and up will include a dinner theatre. Classes will be held July 30-August 3; August 9-10, 1 to 4:30 pm. A performance will be held on August 10 All Saints Anglican Church Parish Hall. On August 11, participants will take a field trip to Sackville to perform at Festival by the Marsh's Kids Fest. Tuition includes two dinner theatre tickets at $200.
Save $150 and take both Drama C and D for $250.
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Thursday
Jul 19, 2012
St. Andrews
› Anglican, United Churches and New Brunswick Community College
Vocal Techniques Workshop is now open for applications. Materials must be received by April 4, 2012. Limited to eight students pursuing voice training in classical music, opera.
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Saturday
Jul 21, 2012
10:00 am
Other
› Indian Township/Tribal Office-outside
The third annual Wabanaki cultural arts and heritage days celebration. Traditionalcrafts from the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Mailseet and Micmac Tribes: Handcrafted one-of-a-kind ash splint, sweetgrass, birch bark and quill baskets; flutes, dreamcatchers, beaded and quill jewelry, wood carvings,Native dolls, walking sticks, educational displays, dancing, drumming and traditional foods. For more information about for vendors and lodging contact: Jo-Anne Cannell; 207-796-2822 or Indian Rock Camps, Grand Lake Stream, Maine 04637: e-mail-indianrockcamp@midmaine.com
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Monday
Jul 23, 2012
St. Andrews
› St. Andrews United, Anglican Churches and New Brunswick Community College
Applications are now open for the 2012 St. Andrews Arts Council Opera Workshop.
Limited to 18 students. Deadline for materials is April 4.
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Thursday
Aug 2, 2012
Region-Wide
Six artists have been chosen to participate in Saint John's International Sculpture Symposium August 2 through September 15, 2012. Six large sculpture pieces will be created at the Coast Guard site on the Saint John waterfront.
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