EVENTS – This week

The Town of St. Andrews offers multiple opportunities for skating at W.C. O'Neill Arena. Public skating is available Mondays from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, Sundays from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm for $2; Teens with Sticks (intended to train on stick skills) is open from Sundays, 1:00 to 2:00 pm for $2; and Tykes with Sticks (under age 12) is open on Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30. Helmets are required for all youths.

EAC’s Sunday Afternoons at the Arts Center series continues January 16 at 3:00 pm with 'The Art of Publishing a Local Newspaper' with Edward French and Lora Whelan, editor/asst. editor and publishers, The Quoddy Tides. For more than 50 years The Quoddy Tides has been covering the news of the communities around Passamaquoddy Bay and beyond.

Sunday Afternoons at the Arts Center programs are held in the Washington Street Gallery, downstairs at EAC (36 Washington Street). Admission is free; donations are gratefully accepted. The series will run through April, skipping Easter Sunday. To read the full series lineup, please visit https://eastportartscenter.org/constituent-groups/the-concert-series/. EAC abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, patrons are required to wear masks when in the EAC building.

Sharon Greenlaw of Grand Manan is inviting you (everyone) to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Bring your own mug. Invite a friend. Two rules. Be kind. No discussions of COVID allowed. It will be a great way to start the day by saying "Hello".

Talks will run each day through January 20, beginning at 6:00 am (AST). For the link to join the meeting (and the login details), click here.

The Town of St. Andrews offers multiple opportunities for skating at W.C. O'Neill Arena. Public skating is available Mondays from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, Wednesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, Sundays from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm for $2; Teens with Sticks (intended to train on stick skills) is open from Sundays, 1:00 to 2:00 pm for $2; and Tykes with Sticks (under age 12) is open on Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30. Helmets are required for all youths.

Please join Red Wolf this Monday, January 17 from 1:30 to 2:30 for "Tree Tales" for children! Red Wolf will teach participants how to identify common trees by their winter twigs! Feel free to bring some of your own to the Zoom chat too! A magnifying glass would be ideal as well, if you have one in your home.

This is a free program ideal for children between 8-12. Sign up today as space is limited. Email info@naturesbackpack.ca to register ASAP.

The Pembroke American Legion hosts Bingo every week in Pembroke on Mondays. Doors open at 5:00 pm for socializing and setting up and the games start at 6:30 pm.

For more information, contact Muriel Leighton.

Sharon Greenlaw of Grand Manan is inviting you (everyone) to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Bring your own mug. Invite a friend. Two rules. Be kind. No discussions of COVID allowed. It will be a great way to start the day by saying "Hello".

Talks will run each day through January 20, beginning at 6:00 am (AST). For the link to join the meeting (and the login details), click here.

The Pembroke Historical Society is honored to host a showing of Charles Lagerbom's Zoom presentation "Risk & Reward off Cape Horn: The Story of Captain Jesse Thayer Carver, of Searsport, Maine, and the Wreck of the Maine-built Downeaster St. Mary," on Tuesday, January 18th, starting at 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

To register for this free program, click here.

Sharon Greenlaw of Grand Manan is inviting you (everyone) to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Bring your own mug. Invite a friend. Two rules. Be kind. No discussions of COVID allowed. It will be a great way to start the day by saying "Hello".

Talks will run each day through January 20, beginning at 6:00 am (AST). For the link to join the meeting (and the login details), click here.

Sharon Greenlaw of Grand Manan is inviting you (everyone) to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Bring your own mug. Invite a friend. Two rules. Be kind. No discussions of COVID allowed. It will be a great way to start the day by saying "Hello".

Talks will run each day through January 20, beginning at 6:00 am (AST). For the link to join the meeting (and the login details), click here.

Charlotte County residents are invited to participate in a series of online weekly workshops about the mental health benefits of gardening. The workshop emphasizes therapeutic gardening and learning to use gardening as a tool to practice acceptance of things beyond our control.

The workshop runs from Thursday, January 20 to March 10, from 2:00 to 3:30. It has a capacity of 60 participants. For more information, please contact Marie-Cecile Leger at marie-cecile.leger@gnb.ca.

Cobscook Center is offering an ongoing art club for tweens and teens beginning on January 13 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and continuing Thursdays thereafter. In this youth led space we will nurture one another’s individual artist selves.

Participants are encouraged to come weekly but are also welcomed to drop in and try the club on for size. For more information or to register, click here.

Children up to age 16 in the Baileyville area are invited to participate in ongoing elementary basketball classes organized by the Woodland Parks and Recreation Department.

Click here to see brackets and schedules; fees are typically $25 for residents and $30 for non-residents.

The Pembroke American Legion Auxiliary invites you to a music circle on January 21 at 6:00 pm at the Pembroke American Legion (92 Front Street).

Musicians of all skill levels and instruments are invited to join in this public event.

With a million tickets sold in more than 50 countries and acclaimed reviews worldwide PIAF! THE SHOW – a musical celebration of the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse EDITH PIAF – actually in world tour. Come and see PIAF! at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John on January 21 to experience the show.

Get tickets for Piaf! The Show and read more here.

Popular EAC instructor Sara Myrick will lead a workshop, Gyotaku-Inspired Aquatic Prints, from 1-4 pm, Saturday, January 22, at Eastport Arts Center. In an exploration of monoprinting with gelatin plates, participants will learn to create multi-layered prints, starting with aquatic background imagery, then adding images of fish on top. Rather than the traditional fish bodies (the Japanese gyotaku technique, which dates back to the 1800s, was originally used by fishermen to record their catches), Myrick’s students will use textured rubber and wooden forms, stencils and cutout silhouettes to create images of underwater worlds on paper or blank cards.

Eastport Arts Center is at 36 Washington Street, Eastport and eastportartscenter.org, and is handicapped-accessible. EAC abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, patrons are required to wear masks when in the EAC building.

There will be a benefit dinner for Cindy Cox (who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer) on January 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Whiting Town Hall. Spaghetti and lasagna will be served, and there will be a raffle table and a dessert auction. Cindy is always one of the first to donate for others, so please help if you can.

For more information or to donate, please contact Jenny Wasson at 207-271-8172 or Shirley Brown at 207-263-5712.

Come warm up and let us do the cooking while you enjoy a delicious homemade bean supper and sweet desserts! The Jonesboro Grange #357 and the Jonesboro Union Church are teaming up for a classic Maine meal on January 22 at 5:00 pm.

Cost is $10; takeout available with preorder (call 434-5747 or 713-8790 to preorder). Preorders must be received by 3:00 pm and picked up by 4:30 pm.