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Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
Brighten your winter by visiting the new online Winter Show at the Eastport Gallery’s virtual gallery, featuring works by 14 of the member artists.
Visit the online gallery, here!
Music lessons can be very expensive but through the Grand Manan library you can now access many different lessons for an instrument of your choice. You will do it from the comfort of your home, at your own pace. Each instructor is a master musician who takes you step by step through the lessons.
If you are interested, contact the Grand Manan Library at 662-7099 (or your local New Brunswick library).
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
The Bold Coast Runners invite you on weekly excursions around Downeast Maine and the Maritimes, with runners of all capabilities welcomed to join. Run venues vary weekly and range from 1 mile to 50 miles, from smooth tar to rugged single track.
Runs are typically held on Sundays starting at 7:00 am. Click here to find out what the scheduled run is each week and for contact information.
The Bates Family Orchard is excited to be offering a corn maze this year! The maze is open Fridays from 10 am-6 pm and Saturday/Sunday from 9 am-6 pm. We will have our Honeycrisp rows open and a new picture display as well!
Price is $7 each or $25 for a family. Honeycrisp apples are $2.25 a pound and pumpkins are $3-8 depending on size. Cash only.
Dress up in your best Halloween costume and come prepared to trick-or-treat amongst the trees! Along the way, meet some of the forests' spookiest night-time critters and learn more about what these animals do after dark. This short walk is easy for people and families of all ages. Admire jack-o-lanterns along the way and stay afterwards for hot-cocoa and spooky stories around a bonfire.
The walk will be held at the Yacolucci Woods - US Route 1, Talmadge.
Would you like to learn how to draw people from life? Sunbury Shores is offering sessions that can be signed up for individually or as a series, from October 2-December 11. These sessions are for beginners and experienced drawers who are interested in practicing drawing the human figure. A model will do multiple poses to challenge your perception and way of seeing the figure.
Find out more here.
Stage East's season premiere, Dracula: the Musical?, opens October 21 and runs through October 30, with evening shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 pm and Sunday matinees at 2 pm. The book, music, and lyrics were penned by Rick Abbot, an editor and science fiction, mystery, and humor writer who came late to the world of theater. The rollicking musical comedy takes aim at the classic horror tale Dracula, giving its characters and scenarios new life.
Adult tickets are $15; 17 and under free of charge. Tickets can be purchased at stageeast.org. Stage East is a constituent group of Eastport Arts Center. EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by the State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC recommends that people wear masks when in our building.
The Little K Gallery at 76 High Street in Eastport is celebrating its second annual Hallowtober this month! Get creative and bring your small spooky themed arts and crafts to this free little art gallery. Children and adults are welcome to browse the gallery, leave art and/or take whatever you like. Halloween week the gallery will also have free little toys for the young (weather permitting). Remember to enter alongside the church and parking is on the street.
As part of our "Sunbury Shores: The heART of our Community" campaign, we're running another online exhibition until the end of February.
We're inviting you to create artwork that expresses something you love - and submit photos via direct message - with your name, and a brief description of your work and we will feature it on our page, adding it to this new album!
If you missed the recent performance of Barbara Toothpick and Alan HorseRadish at the Eastport Arts Center, or if you'd like a refresher, good news! The performance is now available for viewing online as EAC's most recent video release. Toothpick's original songs tell stories about events in Pembroke in the 1970s and 1980s when the couple lived in Washington County full-time: the 3rd of July dance at the old high school where the fire station is now; the fight that brought 27 cop cars into town; the dirty movies Howard Smith showed in the Sears building across the street from the couple’s home; and the Girl Scout song Toothpick wrote while HorseRadish was Scout Leader.
See the video here.
Sunbury Shores is creating a window installation for displaying local poetry! Submit your poem to info@sunburyshores.org and we will select a collection to print for the public to enjoy! If you are looking for inspiration to get going, might we suggest the following: Create short phrases in your poetry that reach out to people as they pass; comfort them, make them think, share a thought that's stuck with you; or make poems that jump into people's pockets as they carry on through their day.
Calais Dunkin is accepting donations in preparation for its first hosting of the Calais Community Thanksgiving (on November 24). Donations are accepted through November 12. This is a large dinner and all donations will be greatly appreciated.
Monetary donations will be used for the cost of food and supplies. Non-perishable donations that can be served during the meal are also welcome. To be added to the list to receive a delivered meal on November 24, call 207-454-3301 and state your name, address, and how many meals you'd like.
The application deadline for the Deck the Walls Exhibition has been extended to Saturday, November 5. This exhibition invites artwork of any medium created by local artists to celebrate local talent.
The exhibition will be on display from November 25 to December 22. Forms should be emailed to the Artistic Director, Caroline Walker at artistic-director@sunburyshores.org. Call 506-529-3386 with any questions.
Join the University of Southern Maine for this exhibition which has two locations: our Art Gallery in Gorham, Maine and our Glickman Library's 7th Floor Reading Room in Portland, Maine. With traditional hand papermaking at its core, PULPED UNDER PRESSURE underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history and craft. Enticed through touch, these works encourage a contemplative slowing down even as they urge acknowledgment of some of the most pressing issues (environmental crisis to global marginalization) facing civilization today.
This is an ongoing exhibit through December 9. The hours for the Art Gallery are 11 AM – 4:30 PM, Tuesday – Saturday. The hours for the Glickman Library are 8 AM – 4 PM, Monday – Friday.
Enter now for a chance at winning a one night getaway for two at the Rossmount Inn! The room includes a queen bed, country view, three course dinner chosen from the a la carte menu, breakfast, Grand Manan adventure ferry ticket for two plus vehicle, and a $50 Irving gift card. The draw date will be October 31.
Tickets are 1 for $10 or 3 for $20 and are available from the Library Board of Trustees or at the Grand Manan Library. Proceeds go to the library (thank you for your support). Call 506-662-7099 for more information.
Stage East's first Play-by-Play series of the 2022-2023 season will take famed English playwright William Shakespeare as its subject. The course will be held on Tuesdays from 6-9 pm, October 25, November 15, December 13 and January 17, and will include readings and a helpful study guide covering the background and themes of each work. Participants are welcome to play a part during the readings or simply to listen and discuss. Participants will study A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Winter's Tale. Register here.
Stage East is a constituent group of Eastport Arts Center. EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by the State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC recommends that people wear masks when in our building.
Phillip Robertson is an artist and educator living in Vermont. Visiting the Lubec area for the last 25 years with his family, Robertson has sketched and made prints of the Maine coast and the Northern New England landscape. Primarily working with relief printmaking, he transforms his sketches made from nature into multiple prints using traditional techniques.
See Robertson's work through the month of October at the Lubec Memorial Library. A portion of sales will be donated to the library. On Saturday October 29, the artist will be present at the end of the exhibit from noon to 2 pm with unframed prints for sale.
Vittoria invites you look in a totally new way at Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist we know as the painter of the Mona Lisa — and so much more. This is a Debut of her "Your Leonardo” project and collection of paintings.
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
The Little K Gallery in Eastport will have a “Fairy Garden” to explore on their lot at 76 High Street from July 22 - September 5, weather permitting. Adults and children will enjoy finding the little fairy picnic, a fairy house, fairy cafe, and other miniatures. While visiting, browse art in the little gallery and if you see something you like inside the box, take it! It’s free! (but leave the fairy scenes until September for others to enjoy first). Please feel inspired to bring any of your own little creations to the garden or gallery box too.
Note: enter alongside the church. On street parking only. Open 7 am - 8 pm daily.
“Memories From Lubec” is a work-in-progress series that is presented on the walls of the Lubec Memorial Library through the month of November. John Rule, who has been involved in photography since the 1960s and has exhibited internationally, utilized a century-old camera to capture these images, using large format techniques that produce silver-based negatives five inches by seven inches. Each is processed individually in his own darkroom, then produced as the contact prints seen here. The subject matter is Lubec, and only Lubec, over the last eight years.
For library hours, see this page. Each photograph is for sale at $50; proceeds will go to the library.
The Lubec Memorial Library is hosting an exhibition of collages by Deb Seavey for August. Each collage is made of snippets of various magazine photographs which have been glued onto heavy cardboard which has been recycled from discarded books.
Proceeds from each sale will be directly donated to The Lubec Memorial Library.
The Town of St. Andrews is offering a free playgroup for children up to 6 years old and their parents or caregivers each Monday from 10-11:30 am at the WC O'Neill Arena Complex.
The playgroup is free and open to the public.
The complete Walkabout Photography Exhibit by Museum Curator/Director MJ Edwards is on display all summer at the Grand Manan Museum with over 56 prints of island scenes and found objects and text commentary.
Open 11-6 Monday-Saturday, 1-5 on Sunday.
Passamaquoddy Lodge in St. Andrews is requesting donations for a Christmas market as they would like to give residents the opportunity to shop for their loved ones. Requested items include calendars, stuffed toys, wrapping paper, packaged candy, ornaments, etc. (new or used condition).
Please label with "Market" when dropping off. Donations will be accepted through December 10. Any questions, call Emma at 506-529-5240, ext. 5245.
Four seriously fun days of crafting and play await you this August! Nurture your creative family with studio time, indoor and outdoor activities, celebratory meals, and wonderful community at our campus along Kapskuk (Passamaquoddy for Cobscook Bay). During focused sessions we will offer adults four crafting options: book arts, screenprinting, pottery, and wildcrafting. You may learn new skills, refresh your old chops, or practice your craft under the guidance of a compassionate, accomplished artisan. Between sessions, you can refresh your youthful spirit with activities and conversations, at Cobscook Institute and in the area.
Register now for this upcoming camp here.
The Grand Manan Library has grab and go craft kits for both children and adults. The theme of the kits changes depending on the season. The free kits have everything needed to make their respective crafts and are fun activities to do on your own or together.
Call the library at (506) 662-7099 to reserve your Grab and Go kit and arrange curbside pick up.
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
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.
Come and see an exhibit of Pysanky eggs on display at Lubec Memorial Library. Pysanky is a beautiful folk art from Ukraine, where the eggs are traditionally made and exchanged with friends and family as expressions of friendship, love and good luck.
To see the library's hours of operations, click here.
Join Newell Lewey on Zoom every Tuesday to learn Passamaquoddy and Maliseet words and culture. Open to the public.
Click here to register for an upcoming class, or here to see a recent lesson.
Comparative Measurement Process - it’s what the masters used. Learn how to use one of the tools of the masters to improve and better inform the scale of your drawings in this course at the Cobscook Institute.
This is a six class course, starting October 4 and continuing Tuesdays through November 8, with the classes running from 2:30-5 pm. Read more here.
Join wellness coach Heather Brown for Anchorage Wellness Walks every Tuesday and Thursday to promote personal wellness! Walks start at 4 pm at the Anchorage Pavilion.
Contact Heather Brown with any questions at 506-662-4246.
Calais Dunkin is accepting donations in preparation for its first hosting of the Calais Community Thanksgiving (on November 24). Donations are accepted through November 12. This is a large dinner and all donations will be greatly appreciated.
Monetary donations will be used for the cost of food and supplies. Non-perishable donations that can be served during the meal are also welcome. To be added to the list to receive a delivered meal on November 24, call 207-454-3301 and state your name, address, and how many meals you'd like.
The application deadline for the Deck the Walls Exhibition has been extended to Saturday, November 5. This exhibition invites artwork of any medium created by local artists to celebrate local talent.
The exhibition will be on display from November 25 to December 22. Forms should be emailed to the Artistic Director, Caroline Walker at artistic-director@sunburyshores.org. Call 506-529-3386 with any questions.
Brighten your winter by visiting the new online Winter Show at the Eastport Gallery’s virtual gallery, featuring works by 14 of the member artists.
Visit the online gallery, here!
Music lessons can be very expensive but through the Grand Manan library you can now access many different lessons for an instrument of your choice. You will do it from the comfort of your home, at your own pace. Each instructor is a master musician who takes you step by step through the lessons.
If you are interested, contact the Grand Manan Library at 662-7099 (or your local New Brunswick library).
Cobscook Institute offers open studio pottery time for $10 an hour for past pottery students and anyone with basic clay experience.
You can sign up for a time slot using this form. If you haven't used the studio before, you'll be required to complete a studio orientation. For help, contact Michelle Cousineau at 207-255-7246 or email michelle@cobscookinstitute.org.
Stage East's first Play-by-Play series of the 2022-2023 season will take famed English playwright William Shakespeare as its subject. The course will be held on Tuesdays from 6-9 pm, October 25, November 15, December 13 and January 17, and will include readings and a helpful study guide covering the background and themes of each work. Participants are welcome to play a part during the readings or simply to listen and discuss. Participants will study A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Othello, and The Winter's Tale. Register here.
Stage East is a constituent group of Eastport Arts Center. EAC is handicapped-accessible and abides by the State of Maine CDC COVID guidelines. Additionally, at this time, the EAC recommends that people wear masks when in our building.
Join us for the annual Holiday Sale, November 17-19. Keep this holiday season handmade and local with handcarved pottery, sculpture, drawing, painting, and jewelry. There will be Holiday cheer, refreshments, and a raffle for a $25 gift certificate. Enjoy 10% off your entire purchase on all in-stock items, valid weekend of the sale only. Cobscook Pottery is located at 37 Water Street in downtown Lubec, nestled between the brewery and hardware store. Friday 3-7, Saturday and Sunday 10-5. For inquiries, email: shanna@shannawheelock.com
The Lubec Memorial Library is hosting an exhibition of collages by Deb Seavey for August. Each collage is made of snippets of various magazine photographs which have been glued onto heavy cardboard which has been recycled from discarded books.
Proceeds from each sale will be directly donated to The Lubec Memorial Library.
Join the Grand Manan Library for a weekly program of Babies in the Library, online each Wednesday at 11:00 beginning on March 9 and continuing through March 30. There will be rhymes, songs, stories, and tickles over Zoom!
Email children.sjfpl@gnb.ca to register or call 643-7239.
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.
The amazing people at Romero House serve meals every day of the year, and it is vital that we support them in their mission to ensure everyone in this city has the food and clothes they need. Mandy-Lynn Donovan, James Mullinger, Legendary TV icon Nancy Regan, award-winning musician Mike Bigger and a VERY SPECIAL GUEST will be performing a very special show live at Punch Lines Comedy Club in Saint John to raise $10,000 for Romero House, funds that they and their patrons desperately need.
There will be two shows, at 6 pm and 9 pm, on November 2. Text Julie Tower at 506-647-8338 now for tickets.
In the mood for some volleyball? Grand Manan Recreation offers weekly co-ed volleyball sessions every Wednesday from 7-9 pm.
Check out other available activities here. Contact Grand Manan Recreation with any questions.