WASHINGTON — Gibbs Library plans to offer a free workshop, “Abstraction and the Landscape” with Karen Jelenfy, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, in the Bryant Room at 40 Old Union Road. Using book illustrations and a piece of Jelenfy’s original work, students can reflect on artists’ use of abstraction as a […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Halloween guide: Haunted walks, ghost tours and more
Oct. 23-26 Spirits Alive: Walk Among the Shadows Details: The guided tour through Portland’s oldest historic landscape is called Portland’s Inferno 1866, Fire and Resurgence. You’ll learn the history of the devastating blaze and will “meet” several notable figures involved with it, including journalist John Neal, Portland’s first Black fireman William Ruby and fire survivor […]
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Kennebec Valley Chordsmen Annual Show to celebrate 50 years
The Kennebec Valley Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus of Waterville plan to hold their Annual Show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at St Marks Episcopal Church, 60 Eustis Parkway in Waterville. This year the Chordsmen will perform songs from various eras of American music. The show also will include the featured quartet Daily Special, from southern […]
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Hallowell Plans Celebration of Chris Cart’s Hallowell History Mural
Chris Cart and his wife Jen Greta Cart installing the mural. Photo by Steve Thompson The City of Hallowell invites the public to join city leaders and artist Chris Cart in a celebration of Cart’s newly installed Hallowell History Mural set for 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, behind 89 Water St. in the parking lot […]
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David Mallett to perform at Vienna Union Hall
David Mallett, storyteller, poet, and song-crafter, plans to bring his special brand of traditional music to the Vienna Union Hall, at 5 Vienna Mountain Road, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. T Mallett hails from a small town in northern Maine, and in a career that spans four decades, his music has traveled to all […]
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Wiscasset gallery celebrates state’s craftspeople
‘The Artful Interior’ on exhibit through Oct. 21.
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Tim Sample plans Waterville show
Tim Sample plans to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Sample is a Maine native whose unique New England style of humor has gained him a national following. Describing Sample’s work as “humor” rather than “comedy” is, according to fellow Mainer and bestselling […]
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Swine & Stein Brewfest returns to Gardiner’s Water Street with new fermentory drinks
Craft beverages, food and games are expected to take over Water Street for the annual Oktoberfest-style event that draws hundreds of people from across Maine and beyond to downtown Gardiner.
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Seven destinations for a full day of fall fun around southern Maine
Our suggestions for seasonally themed excursions, from York County to the Midcoast.
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Contest: Check out the winning fall foliage photos taken by our readers!
Leaf peeping season is behind us but fortunately, our readers got plenty of photos! Check out the winning photos selected by our readers this fall, taken by Gale Riley and Jessica Reed.