Novel Jazz marks the official beginning of summer at Skidompha Public Library, for an evening of classic jazz from the great American songbook on Friday, June 21 at 7 p.m. The band will also include a sneak preview of some of its new Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn compositions that they are featuring in their 2019 season concerts.

Midcoast residents and fellow travelers are invited to celebrate the summer solstice 2019 with artist Ammi Bai Chung at Gallery 87, 87 Federal St., Wiscasset.

The Shottery Gallery of Art in New Harbor will open on Saturday, June 15 for its 21st year. Joy Shott, a longtime signature member of the American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society, is exhibiting landscapes, still life, florals, and marine paintings, along with prints and notecards.

Accidental, a clarinet quartet from the Midcoast area, will perform a benefit concert for the United Methodist Church of New Harbor at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.

The Brother Brothers carry the folk tradition for a new generation. Identical twins David Moss and Adam Moss honor contemporary aches with the nostalgic tenderness of another time. Their stunning songcraft blends masterfully gentle guitar, cello, and five-string fiddle with the sublime sort of two-part harmonies only brothers can carry. The duo comes to The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Friday, June 14, and the show will open with Maine’s Oshima Brothers.

The Kefauver Studio & Gallery in Damariscotta announces the opening of the “Still Life/Wildlife” art show. The show features new work by oil painter Will Kefauver and the work of his 29 juried guest artists. The show opens Friday, June 7 and runs until June 30.

ArtWalk Waldoboro celebrates its fifth year anniversary with town-wide celebrations during its first event of the 2019 season on Saturday, June 8, 4-7 p.m. Participating venues this year include art studios, galleries, and other businesses, all with their own unique celebration plans.

May Davidson, co-founder of North Country Wind Bells in Round Pond and longtime columnist for The Lincoln County News, is publishing her first book, a memoir about her 90 years of life called “Whatever It Takes.” The book launch will take place at her alma mater, Lincoln Academy, on Wednesday, June 12 from 4-6 p.m. at 81 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle, in the ATEC building.

Local printmaker Sherrie York will speak at the Bremen Public Library, 204 Waldoboro Road, Bremen, on Thursday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, is calling for artists to participate in the “Still Life/Wildlife” show. This is the first show of the 2019 season and runs from June 7-30. The show will feature both still lifes on any topic representative of Maine and work that features Maine’s wildlife, so submitted works should be in keeping with that theme.