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Landscape Painting with Theresa Macknight

Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre 139 Water Street, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

This intensive weekend workshop is for anyone with some oil painting experience and basic equipment, who would like to expand their painting practice outdoors and create work which records an experience and a sense of place. Participants will work on intensifying observation and finding ways to translate these observations into painting. Topics of discussion include: managing equipment for working outdoors; types of grounds and how to prepare them; choosing good compositions; keeping light and shadow separate; the importance of values and colour temperature; and colour transitions in nature.

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Fall Festival at Cobscook Institute

Cobscook Institute 10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, ME, United States

Come to Cobscook Institute's beautiful Trescott Campus and explore homeplace activities. Cider Pressing (and tasting!), Paper Making, Group Projects, live music and more will all be a feature of this lovely afternoon.

Free or by donation public event, drop-ins welcome.

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Q&A with Ann Hood

Online Event Anywhere you can connect to the internet, ME

Ann Hood is the bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Knitting Circle, The Obituary Writer, and The Book That Matters Most. Get your questions ready for this rare opportunity for a free-ranging session conversation offering information and inspiration from another mountain of a writer.

Online. Read more and sign up here, sliding scale fee available.

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Indigenous 2023

Bar Harbor Bar Harbor, ME, United States

Join us in celebration of Indigenous People's Day! This year, Indigenous 2023 celebrates the sovereignty of Wabanaki people, highlighting both the challenges and triumphs of recognition and respect.

See full program of in-person and online events from October 1-10 here.

Featured Featured Event Series EAC to Host Biweekly Writers Group

EAC to Host Biweekly Writers Group

Eastport Arts Center (EAC) 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, United States

A writers’ group for people seeking help and constructive input on their in-progress work is scheduled to kick off Monday, February 6, at the Eastport Arts Center. The group, led by published author Catherine J.S. Lee and retired writing teacher Paula Horvath, will meet every other Monday beginning at 6:30 pm at the Center for about two hours. Suggested donation of $5/session; sliding fee scale is available by request (no one turned away). To get involved, email writers@eastportartscenter.org with an introduction and a bit about your current work.

EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC encourages people to wear masks when in our building.

Featured Featured Event Series Register now for the Iota conference

Register now for the Iota conference

Cobscook Institute 10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, ME, United States

Participants come to Iota to study all forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and much more. “Short” is a relative term, of course, and our students work onsite on pieces that vary in length from flash to novellas.

Learn more and register here.

Featured Featured Event Series Writing Group at Sunbury Shores

Writing Group at Sunbury Shores

Online Event Anywhere you can connect to the internet, ME

Sunbury Shores is pleased to announce an ongoing online writing group that will be meeting the second and fourth Tuesday of each month via Zoom. On the second Tuesday of each month, the group will meet from 10:00 to 11:30 am; on the fourth Tuesday, it will meet from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.

This is a free to attend group. Email info@sunburyshores.com to sign up and receive the Zoom link.

Featured Featured Event Series Volunteers Wanted for Maine Owl Pellet Project

Volunteers Wanted for Maine Owl Pellet Project

Washington County ME, United States

The Maine Owl Pellet Project wants you! The project is hoping to engage as many outdoors people as they can to increase the number of eyes on the lookout for owl pellets on the ground in Maine. In doing so, we can discover more about the fascinating world of owls, their prey, and the ecosystems they call home.

Find the instructions and more volunteer opportunities here.

Featured Featured Event Series Work Group and Poverty Busters with the CCC

Work Group and Poverty Busters with the CCC

Online Event Anywhere you can connect to the internet, ME

The Community Caring Collaborative's Work Group meets with Poverty Busters on Zoom from 1:00-3:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Work Group members are direct service workers, volunteers and agency admins who come together to share resources, support each other and brainstorm solutions to community needs. Poverty Busters are low-income community members, partners from agencies, and other community members working on grassroots strategies to increase poverty awareness locally and to remove the barriers that poverty creates. Both groups are now meeting together to improve communication and to ensure that the CCC is effective in helping to change outcomes for those it serves. Parents, service providers and other community members are welcome!

Contact Christine at claurel@cccmaine.org to join these meetings.

Featured Featured Event Series EAC Open Sessions: Still Life Sessions

EAC Open Sessions: Still Life Sessions

Eastport Arts Center (EAC) 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, United States

EAC’s Still Life Sessions will be offered every other Thursday, beginning June 15, 2-4 pm. All are welcome to come sketch or paint a themed still life that will be set up for each session. Drawing boards and graphite pencils will be provided, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own supplies. Free for 17 and under; donations appreciated ($5 suggested) for adults.

EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by the State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines, revisiting our policy monthly. At this time, the use of masks in our building is optional.

Featured Featured Event Series Friday Play Group

Friday Play Group

Cobscook Institute 10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, ME, United States

Join Cobscook Institute for a morning of child-directed free play starting February 3 and continuing on Fridays from 10 am - 12 pm. Start the morning outside to get big energy out, and then step inside the “warming hut” for a cup of tea or cocoa (bring your own snacks). Indoor activities and free play conclude the morning.

Find out more here.

Featured Featured Event Series Weekly Knitting Circle

Weekly Knitting Circle

Done Roving Yarns 487 North Street, Calais, ME, United States

Done Roving Yarns in Calais (487 North Street) holds a weekly knitting circle on Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00. Host Paula Graham Farrar leads the group.

Click here to learn more about Done Roving Yarns and see other ongoing fabric crafting activities held on a regular basis, or call Paula at 207-454-8148.

Featured Featured Event Series EAC: Homeschool Co-op

EAC: Homeschool Co-op

Eastport Arts Center (EAC) 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, United States

Eastport Arts Center's Homeschool Co-op group meets on the first and third Fridays of each month from 1 to 3 pm.

Those who would like additional information are invited to email EAC Education and Outreach Coordinator, Nicole Perkins, at nicole@eastportartscenter.org.

Featured Featured Event Series Register now for the Iota conference

Register now for the Iota conference

Cobscook Institute 10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, ME, United States

Participants come to Iota to study all forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and much more. “Short” is a relative term, of course, and our students work onsite on pieces that vary in length from flash to novellas.

Learn more and register here.

Featured Featured Event Series Volunteers Wanted for Maine Owl Pellet Project

Volunteers Wanted for Maine Owl Pellet Project

Washington County ME, United States

The Maine Owl Pellet Project wants you! The project is hoping to engage as many outdoors people as they can to increase the number of eyes on the lookout for owl pellets on the ground in Maine. In doing so, we can discover more about the fascinating world of owls, their prey, and the ecosystems they call home.

Find the instructions and more volunteer opportunities here.

Featured Featured Event Series World Dance at EAC

World Dance at EAC

Eastport Arts Center (EAC) 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, United States

EAC is pleased to announce a new class, World Dance, to meet on the second and fourth Thursday of each month, 4-5 pm, beginning April 13. The group will learn modern and classic international dances from around the globe, including Pata Pata and Jerusalem, along with line dances. Providing both a great form of exercise and an engaging new skill, the class is offered on a drop-in basis; no preregistration is necessary. A $5/class donation is appreciated.

EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC encourages people to wear masks when in our building.

Featured Featured Event Series Friday Play Group

Friday Play Group

Cobscook Institute 10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, ME, United States

Join Cobscook Institute for a morning of child-directed free play starting February 3 and continuing on Fridays from 10 am - 12 pm. Start the morning outside to get big energy out, and then step inside the “warming hut” for a cup of tea or cocoa (bring your own snacks). Indoor activities and free play conclude the morning.

Find out more here.

Featured Featured Event Series Weekly Knitting Circle

Weekly Knitting Circle

Done Roving Yarns 487 North Street, Calais, ME, United States

Done Roving Yarns in Calais (487 North Street) holds a weekly knitting circle on Fridays from 1:00 to 3:00. Host Paula Graham Farrar leads the group.

Click here to learn more about Done Roving Yarns and see other ongoing fabric crafting activities held on a regular basis, or call Paula at 207-454-8148.

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Mushroom Identification & Culinary Workshop with Emmaline Mortimer

Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre 139 Water Street, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

In this full-day workshop, we will learn about local bracket fungi, where to find them, and talk about the reported health benefits associated with the different polypore mushroom teas. We will begin with a nature hike at Two Meadows in St Andrews to learn how to identify the four major local bracket fungus, (turkey tail, tinder fungus, birch polypore, and red belted polypore). I will also discuss the highly prized chaga mushroom, commonly used for tea. The artist Conk Mushroom will also be mentioned. Topics for discussion include mushroom tea flavour, how the tea changes from season to season, and preferability. We will also discuss responsible harvesting. Samples of different polypore mushroom teas will be offered for tasting.

Featured Featured Event Series EAC to Host Biweekly Writers Group

EAC to Host Biweekly Writers Group

Eastport Arts Center (EAC) 36 Washington Street, Eastport, ME, United States

A writers’ group for people seeking help and constructive input on their in-progress work is scheduled to kick off Monday, February 6, at the Eastport Arts Center. The group, led by published author Catherine J.S. Lee and retired writing teacher Paula Horvath, will meet every other Monday beginning at 6:30 pm at the Center for about two hours. Suggested donation of $5/session; sliding fee scale is available by request (no one turned away). To get involved, email writers@eastportartscenter.org with an introduction and a bit about your current work.

EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC encourages people to wear masks when in our building.