Paintings by year-round Boothbay Harbor artist Hilary Bartlett are on display in the hall gallery at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta until May 28.

The board of trustees of the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset is pleased to announce that Kerry Hadley has stepped into the position of gallery manager.

The Oshima Brothers’ magnetic sibling sound and contagious joy result from a lifetime of making music together. On Friday, April 23, this Maine-based indie duo will perform at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor.

The Bristol Area Library will host a Zoom event with award-winning Maine author Kate Clark Flora from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, April 12.

Marnie Sinclair, of Damariscotta, will share her journey about how she became a climate change artist in a Zoom presentation at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21.

Stages have been dark for months around the state of Maine, and The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor has been no different. This April the historic performance hall will bring back live performances while continuing safety protocols such as socially distanced seating, open windows, and required masks for all patrons and staff. The first concert will be a fundraiser, in the Hootenanny tradition, with the inimitable Garry Blackman at the mic.

All are invited to the Damariscotta River Grill Wednesday, April 7 for the opening reception of the art of Sarah Fisher, Daisy Greene, and Mary Winkes.

Skidompha Library has three ready-made kits of books and media to share with kids of all ages in the community.

What can be done when the partisan divide of the evening TV news finds its way into the day-to-day flow of life? There are two choices: escape or tackle it head on. What if it was possible to do both at the same time?

Bristol Parks and Recreation is trying to raise $25,000 for a bronze cast of a sculpture by the late Cabot Lyford, of Pemaquid Beach. Peter Dransfield has offered to cast an enlarged bronze sculpture of a heron originally carved by Lyford for Pemaquid Beach Park.

The Waldo Theatre will present the next in its series of virtual performances at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 11 with a concert by the Gawler Sisters, a fun-loving, folk-singing, fiddle-playing family from Maine. The show will be broadcast live in real-time from The Waldo stage.

Like many people, I have a favorite Fernald’s sandwich that I will defend most ardently. The best example of this was in late December, when I concluded an interview with voice actor and Nobleboro native Steve French by arguing that the Avenging Samurai was better than the Sum Likes It Hot. (We ended by agreeing to disagree.)