On Monday, Aug. 9 from 7-8 p.m., local award-winning author Jodi Paloni, of Bristol, will host a group of writers in a reading event celebrating the new anthology, “North by Northeast 2, New Short Fiction by Maine Writers,” published by Littoral Books, of Portland.

The dance floor at historic Lakehurst Lodge in Damariscotta will be open for dancing Thursday, Aug. 5 as local music favorite Bob Collwell and friends deliver a night of music with favorites from Woodstock 52 years later. They will cover songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival; Canned Heat; Santana; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Janice Joplin; Joe Cocker; The Band; The Who; Jimi Hendrix; and more.

The Downeast Brass quintet is a musical powerhouse of bold and glorious sound. Hear and see them perform during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 29, 5-8 p.m., as they use the new sidewalks as performance space and perform throughout the village.

On the sunny afternoon of Friday, July 16, six children paraded through the Merry Barn in Edgecomb juggling colorful scarves to the beat of an old-fashioned circus song. Their families watched from their seats with astonished expressions, wondering how their child learned to juggle in less than a week.

A pastel landscape workshop will be held at Gwendolyn Evans Gallery, 75 Hunters Landing Road, Walpole, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 12 and 13, from 9 a.m. to noon.

 “These are times that need live music. And I don’t know of anything that brings people together like the joy of hearing traditional jazz live,” says Elizabeth Bougerol, co-leader of The Hot Sardines, with pianist and bandleader, Evan Palazzo.

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, has performed at the White House, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” On Thursday, July 15, Matt Nakoa comes to the stage at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor.

On Thursday, July 15, The Lincoln Home is hosting the first of three concerts in their Summer Music Series on the shore of the Damariscotta River. Orville Lee, incredibly talented singer and songwriter, will be the opening act starting at 6 p.m. The Boneheads will perform from 7-9 p.m.

On a dark and foggy night in September 2020, the beloved SeaGull Shop and Restaurant, on Pemaquid Point, burned to the ground.