The paintings of longtime Monhegan summer resident Joan Harlow offer an intimate look at life on the island. From “Bedroom Curtain,” a peek outside through the bedroom window of Harlow’s Monhegan cottage, to “Kitchen Doorway I” and “Kitchen Doorway II,” to outdoors-focused pieces such as “Wrangling the Sheep” and “Jamming on the Porch,” Harlow’s artwork gives the viewer a strong sense of what it must be like to live on Monhegan Island, to engage in various island activities or simply to enjoy watching them take place.   

Inn Along the Way is pleased to help Edgecomb author Lisa Steele-Maley launch her new book at a garden party in its barn on Thursday, July 12 from 5-6 p.m.

Landscape painter Thomas C. Adkins will hold open studio hours Thursday, July 5 and Friday, July 13 from 4-7 p.m., when members of the public are invited for cocktails and to meet the artist at 102 Back Shore Road, Round Pond (Bristol).

Movies are now playing at Harbor Theater seven days a week at 7 p.m., and also there are Sunday afternoon matinees at 2 p.m.

Wiscasset Middle High School is proud to join with the Wiscasset Art Walk by showcasing local works in a pop-up art gallery at 64 Main St. in Wiscasset on Thursday, June 28 from 5-8 p.m.

On Sunday, June 24 at 2 p.m., the Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will host the rescheduled Memorial Day performance of Ellsworth-based Maine St. Andrew’s Pipes and Drums at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor (Bristol).

Bands for Books, the annual fundraising event of the Friends of the Wiscasset Library, will be celebrating its fifth year this fall. The event, a combination cocktail party, dance, and silent auction, will take place on Monday, Sept. 3 — Labor Day — from 5-7 p.m. It is returning to its original home at the picturesque Marianmade Farm on the Sheepscot River at 155 Federal St., Wiscasset.

On Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m., six classical musicians will present a “Farm to Fiddle” concert celebrating local agriculture and classical music in Midcoast Maine, a region that is home to dozens of family farms.

Alison Brown doesn’t play the banjo. Brown plays music on the banjo. In the instrumental food chain, the five-string banjo is one of the more dominant beasts: loud, brash, and very hard to tame. In 1945, Earl Scruggs made the biggest leap in harnessing its raw power, bringing a revolutionary precision of touch and depth of tone. Thousands of three-finger-style banjo players have since made their marks, but none has cut such a path or moved so far along it as has Brown.

Heartwood Regional Theater Company enthusiastically presents an original new work, written and directed by Griff Braley, on stage June 29 through July 7. “Down Along the Cove” has been in development for several years, with three separate actor workshops, subsequent rewrites, a preview audience in May, and final rewrites. Rehearsals begin this week, in the final stage of creation.