Gleason Fine Art’s July show, “Kevin Beers: Points of Light,” began June 28 and will run through July 31, with a reception for Beers on First Friday, July 6, from 5-7 p.m. As always, the public is invited to stop by the gallery, have a glass of beer or wine, and chat with Beers, one of the gallery’s most engaging artists.

“Down Along the Cove,” an original project written and directed by Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s artistic director, Griff Braley, closes this weekend with three evening performances in the Parker B. Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle Thursday-Saturday, July 5-7.

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.