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The Art of Storytelling Through Very Fine Folk Art
Take a course this Spring and learn about the magic, fun and stories associated with folk art and how to express them in a work of art. Learn to tell a story in a painting – then tell the story. Beginners to experts – this is a different way of thinking and musing. Course paintings will be acrylic on canvas. Great drawing skills are not necessary but a sense of humour is. This is not your typical folk art. Registration Deadline: March 3, 2018
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Free Machias Earth Day Celebration
A free public Earth Day celebration will begin at 9:00 AM with an opening lecture by Dr. David Goodrich, a retired distinguished climate scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Director of the United Nations Global Climate Observing System, and continue with a 22-minute educational version of the film “A Plastic Ocean,” an adventure film in which searchers for the elusive blue whale find instead oceans filled with plastic waste. Both the lecture and the film will be followed by discussions led by panels of local experts from the University of Maine at Machias, the Marine & Environmental Research Institute, Washington Academy, the Downeast Coastal Conservancy, the Downeast Salmon Federation, the Maine Forest Service, and EcoSattvas Downeast. Light refreshments will be provided.
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Mosaics with Ruth Dunfield
This course is designed for both beginners and those with experience. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to prepare surfaces, use and design patterns, choose colours, cut glass, adhere glass to surfaces and use grout to seal their piece.
Find out more »Children’s Theater Workshop
The EAC’s Children’s Theater Workhop staged “The Bubbles, the Beatles, and the BFG” in 2015 and “The Curse of the Mona Lisa” in 2017, receiving in return bouquets of roses, ovations and looks of pained confusion from its adult audiences. No matter! We forge ahead into the unknown, because we are aware that theater is always about risk and certainly never for the faint of heart. A new season is currently underway. All those interested in acting, directing, set design, costume, or backstage roles are urged to join us Saturdays from 10-11:30 am (snacks provided!) at the EAC. Tarah Waters and Jon Calame will co-direct the upcoming project, which is yet to be named. Please do come bask in the glory of underground Bohemian theater with us.
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Family Yoga
Join us for family yoga! For kids of all ages and caregiver. We will practice yoga and incorporate games, music, and meditation.
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Stories from Old Lubec
Lubec residents remember life in the "old days." Come hear stories retold and perhaps tell a few of your own.
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‘Blues Giant’ Sid Whelan in Concert
The Eastport Arts Center is excited to announce a concert by blues-inspired Americana guitarist and songwriter Sid Whelan on Saturday, April 21 at 7 pm. Known for well-crafted lyrics and harmonically-rich guitar voicings, Whelan, a songwriting student of Steve Earle, writes songs which tackle difficult themes of contemporary American life. For his Eastport show, Whelan will perform songs in his signature style from his three albums: 2013’s “Flood Waters Rising,” 2015’s “The Story of Ike Dupree,” 2018’s upcoming “Waiting for Payday,” as well as classics from the American blues canon.
Find out more »Mosaics with Ruth Dunfield
This course is designed for both beginners and those with experience. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to prepare surfaces, use and design patterns, choose colours, cut glass, adhere glass to surfaces and use grout to seal their piece.
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Sunday Afternoons at EAC Season Finale: Mark DeVoto on Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’
The Sunday Afternoons at the EAC series, a winter offering of informal and interactive programs every Sunday at 3 pm at Eastport Arts Center, will conclude on April 22 with an illustrated talk about Beethoven’s Fidelio by Mark DeVoto, a retired professor of music from Tufts University. DeVoto’s lecture will consider Fidelio as an example of mighty musical design and compelling human drama. He notes: “Fidelio is the only opera that Beethoven composed; it took him years to get it right the way he wanted. It's a bold statement about human freedom from oppression as well as great music. It has never been as popular as many more famous but less weighty operas, but it still holds the stage today; musicians love it because the music is intellectually challenging as well as brilliantly melodic and sonically strong; singers are still scared of it because the principal roles are so difficult; audiences hold it in high regard when it's well performed.”
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The St. Andrews Film Society Presents: This Changes Everything
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we'll ever get to build a better world? Filmed over 211 days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. The film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Naomi Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds up to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. (Canada., 89 min., 2015, rated PG).
Find out more »International Dance
Eastport Arts Center’s International Dance group will hail the new year with the addition of a second weekly meeting, and starting January 2 will meet both Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-6 pm at the center. The group is open to everyone, including beginners, and features traditional dance from Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Israel.
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Sara Grey & Brian Miller: Irish Songs from the Logging Camps of Maine
Eastport Arts Center will feature Sara Grey and Brian Miller with a concert, Irish Songs from the Logging Camps of Maine, on Tuesday, April 24 at 7 pm. Grey and Miller’s program consists of tunes which have migrated to Northern New England, New Brunswick, Ontario, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Find out more »Calais Bookshop selects “Barkskins” By Annie Proulx for its April 25th Reading Group
"In the late seventeenth century, two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in Canada, then known as New France. Bound to a feudal lord for three years in exchange for land, they become woodcutters – barkskins. Sel, suffering extraordinary hardship in the forest he is charged with clearing, is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman. Duquet, crafter and ruthless, runs away, becomes a fur trader, then sets up a timber business. Proulx tells the stories of their descendants over three hundred years – their travels across North America, to Europe, China and New Zealand under stunningly brutal conditions – the revenge of rivals, accidents, pestilence, Indian attacks and cultural annihilation. "Barkskins is an extraordinary marriage of history and imagination from one of America's most formidable novelists," according to the book cover.
Find out more »Ecstatic Dance
Ecstatic Dance is returning to the Eastport Arts Center to every Wednesday from 5-6 pm, starting January 3. All are invited to come and dance to great rhythmic music and move however they wish (there will be no instruction); the group’s motto will be: “dance to release stress, and not to impress.” Attendees should wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring water to drink. Organizer Robin Farrin comments, “We intend to work up a good sweat and go home happy.” For more information please contact Robin at (207) 853-9211 or by email at coastalmephotography@gmail.com. The Eastport Arts Center is at 36 Washington Street in Eastport, and is handicapped-accessible.
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Tiny Yogis
The Eastport Arts Center’s KinderArts program will feature Tiny Yogis sessions on Thursdays, April 26 through May 10, from 9:30-10:15 am. Instructor Caroline Coleman Dilio will teach yoga through music, dance and storybooks, and young participants will even learn meditation. Some yoga mats will be available but please bring yours along if you own one. These free classes are intended for children up to age 5; participants must come with a parent or caregiver. Following the Tiny Yogis series, KinderArts sessions will continue each Thursday through the end of May with leader Tarah Waters.
Find out more »International Dance
Eastport Arts Center’s International Dance group will hail the new year with the addition of a second weekly meeting, and starting January 2 will meet both Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30-6 pm at the center. The group is open to everyone, including beginners, and features traditional dance from Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Israel.
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Book Series: “Deer Diaries”
On Thursday, April 26th, Downeast Lakes Land Trust is pleased to welcome back retired Maine game warden John Ford as he presents his latest book, “Deer Diaries: Tales of a Maine Game Warden.” “Deer Diaries” is Ford’s third book, recalling the many experiences and adventures he experienced on the job. Written in short story format, John is a very entertaining storyteller with a flair for Downeast humor.
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The Spitfire Grill
A feisty parolee follows her dreams to sleepy Gilead, Wisconsin, and finds a place for herself working at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill. The diner is for sale but with no offers on the table, Hannah decides to raffle it off. Whoever submits $100 and the most compelling essay will win the grill. Soon, mail is arriving by the barrel and things are definitely cookin’ at the Spitfire Grill. Music and book by James Valcq, lyrics and book by Fred Alley, based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff. Showtimes vary. Please contact the box office 207-942-3333.
Find out more »Maine Comedian TIM SAMPLE Live on Stage
Maine comedian, Tim Sample, will be LIVE on stage at Edmunds Consolidated School. Tim Sample's shows are always "family friendly", no crude language or off-color material...ever!! Concession will be open. All proceeds will benefit the ECS Playground Fund. Tickets are available at the Edmunds School, Pembroke Irving, and The Olde Boston Shoe Store in Calais. Show time is 7 PM. Doors will open at 6 PM. Advance tickets: $16.00 Tickets at the door: $20 Come enjoy a night out with your friends and family and support the Playground Committee!!
Find out more »Soils and Gardens Class
The Sunrise County Food Alliance will hold their 6th annual Soils and Gardens Class on Saturday, April 28, in the gymnasium at Washington County Community College in Calais. Mark Fulford, a well-known farm consultant and educator, will again be teaching topics of interest to farmers, those who plant gardens, and anyone interested in sustainable food production. Mark has long studied agriculture at his own farm in Monroe, Maine, and in locations around the world. He teaches from a background of common sense, science, and cultural wisdom. In this class he will address soil improvement, increasing diversity on small farms, and how to deal with current climate conditions, including preparing for drought and increased insect pressure on crops, as well as other topics. Bring your lunch. No charge; donations will be accepted. For information, call 454-3364.
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