As part of its ongoing “How Music Helps” project, Studio B is offering five three-hour art-making workshop sessions at various Lincoln County locations through the end of May. All workshops are free and open to the public.

Parents, teachers and children poured into the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset for the opening of the K-12 student art show on Friday, April 12. For the first time in the years that the annual exhibit has opened the gallery’s season, students presented their work alongside that of their teachers.

Fans of bluegrass, in particular, welcome spring and the musical news that the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor is bringing two nationally acclaimed bluegrass-inspired bands to the stage in early May.

The Maine Art Gallery reopens for the season on Friday, April 12 with two concurrent shows that express the influence of artistic mentors.

 A new spring show opens at Damariscotta River Grill on Thursday, April 18, showcasing the photography and art of Michael Fillyaw, Jon Luoma, and Jim Nyce.

The Rusty Hinges will return to Bremen Union Church from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 7.

Due to the impending snowstorm and closure of the Bremen Library, the artist’s reception for artist Elizabeth S. Palmer has been rescheduled from Thursday, April 4, to Thursday, April 11, from 4-6 p.m. 

Those hoping to see and taste some creative cooking are invited to attend Rutherford Library’s second annual Edible Book Festival on Saturday, April 13 in South Bristol.

The Waldo Theatre is very excited to have 10,000 Maniacs in Waldoboro for the first time ever, in their only Maine performance.

With just a few months left before Maine’s busy summer season of houseguests, travel, and work around the house, it’s a good time to plan ahead and schedule personal enrichment activities.

The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St. in Waldoboro, opens its April art gallery show by combining the color, imagination and creative processes used by two local artists to transform the natural world into tactile art.

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at Lincoln Theater with a curated selection of the festival’s 2024 films.

The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is honored to welcome novelist Ellen Baker as the featured author for The Sounding Board on Thursday, March 28.