Art exhibit, in conjunction with Capital Read, Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop St. Through April 30. This year’s book selection is “The Submission” by Amy Waldman. Called “Recovering, Remembering and Memorializing: Celebrating How We Honor People, Pets, Places and the Past.” Sculpture, photography, painting, watercolor, poetry, quilting, scrapbooking and basketry. Participating artists are: Karen Jordan Allen, Wilbur Allen, Susan Farnsworth, Cathy Firth, Diane Fontaine, Pete Harden, Nancy Harden McGinnis, Leslie Michaud, Cheryl Miller, Gina Mosca, Judith Ronco, Doris Todd and Carole Whelan.

AUGUSTA — During school vacation week, the Maine State Museum, 83 State House Station, offers activities for families to enjoy. These opportunities for hands-on exploration and family fun are suitable for all ages and are free with the price of museum admission.

The husband-and-wife duo of Paul Rishell and Annie Raines have been making music together for more than 20 years now and have six albums to their credit (one of which, “Moving To The Country,” won the W.C. Handy Award for Acoustic Blues Album of the Year when it was released) and have opened for the likes of Ray Charles, Asleep at the Wheel, Susan Tedeschi, Leon Russell, Little Feat and Dr. John. Rishell is a gifted guitarist and singer (he just released a solo CD–“Talking Guitar”) while Raines is one of the best harmonica players on the planet (and is a fine singer, as well) and together they serve up an award-winning brand of the blues that has been pleasing audiences around the world. They will perform Friday, April 19, at Maple Hill Farm Inn and to that end a phoner was arranged from their Massachusetts’ home.