Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee will be discussing “Bygone Ballads of Maine – Songs of Ships & Sailors” at the Bristol Area Library beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 21. They will share their adventures in various archives and present examples of songs they found there.

Visitors to, and residents of, the Boothbay region can experience two live performances at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on July 20 and 21. New York’s stage performer Robert Bannon appears on Wednesday, July 20, and Maine humorist Tim Sample returns to the historic stage after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic on Thursday, July 21.

Kichumg Lizee, a Korean-born American will be leading a workshop at Inn Along the Way from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20.

With summer finally heating up on the coast of Maine, the historic Opera House at Boothbay Harbor is following suit and warming up with the with the arrival of Grammy winning musician, composer and producer Alison Brown on Friday, July 15 and the mountain music of The Steel Wheels on Saturday, July 16.

On Sunday, July 24, Harbor Theater in Boothbay Harbor will host a special Read the Book; See the Movie screening of “Where the Crawdads Sing.” The film will begin at 2 p.m.

An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world, or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away, Charles craves adventure.

The Saltwater Artists Gallery is delighted to have a new jeweler, Beth Thompson, join the cooperative this season.

During the height of the pandemic touring musicians were forced into hibernation and live performances were few and far between. The summer of 2022 at Opera House at Boothbay Harbor is now experiencing the opposite, with dozens of nationally touring acts scheduled to come to this historic stage over the coming month.

The Island Inn on Monhegan is featuring “Joan Brady: Monhegan Still Life and Landscape” an exhibit of over 40 recent oil paintings until Monday, Oct. 10.

Edgecomb metal artist Gepre and his design partner Anka Yanovna, known together as AGblend13, have had three artworks accepted into the 35th annual juried show titled Everything but the Kitchen Sink at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery, in Los Angeles.

Two artists currently on view at the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Bristol’s Pemaquid Point Lighthouse Park are Barbara Klein and Liliana Thelander, both oil painters with distinctive realistic styles who depict coastal scenes among other subjects.

Celebrating its 10th year, Wiscasset Art Walk will be presenting a series of summertime evenings that highlight art and art-making, music and performance, and community connections. The 2022 season kicks off on Thursday, June 30, from 5-8 p.m.

The Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is excited to have Maine’s own Jason Spooner Band perform on its stage on Wednesday, June 29 at 7 p.m. Lydia Luce from Nashville, Tenn., will open the show.

This summer’s annual Salt Bay Chamberfest chamber music festival will feature a unique mix of musical performances and visuals.