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‘Andrea Peters and Christine Peters: Awakenings’ Show

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Beginning Thursday, May 10, Gleason Fine Art, at 31 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor, opens its new spring show: “Andrea Peters and Christine Peters: Awakenings.” The show will run through Tuesday, June 12, with a reception for both artists on Saturday, May 26, on Memorial Day weekend, from 5-7 p.m. As always, the public is invited to join in for a glass of wine and the chance to meet Andrea Peters and Christine Peters.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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LA student art at River Arts: Wow! I attended the closing reception on Thursday, April 26 for the recent show at River Arts gallery in Damariscotta featuring the multifaceted art exhibition of Lincoln Academy art students, and I’ll just say it again – wow!

DanceMainea Spring Performances Coming Up

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DanceMaineia will have its annual spring performance at the Camden Opera House this year. This Midcoast dance school is run by Whitefield resident Melanie Pagurko and her passionate daughters. Dancers range from the 2- and 3-year-olds in Creative Movement up through many different levels of ballet, jazz, and hip hop for kids of all ages and abilities, and even all the way up to an exciting adult group of dancers. 

Savory Maine Open Mic to Benefit Fish Ladder Restoration

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The next Damariscotta Open Mic at Savory Maine will be a benefit for the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration project. The open mic will take place on Wednesday, May 9 at Savory Maine, 11 Water St., Damariscotta. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for delicious local food and organic beer, wine, coffee, and tea. Refreshments and food will be available for purchase all night and Savory Maine’s full menu will be available.

Monhegan Artists Residency Program Selects 2018 Winners

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A panel of Maine art professionals recently selected three artists to participate in the 2018 summer Monhegan Artists’ Residency program on Monhegan Island: weaver Sarah Haskell, of York; printmaker Jude Valentine, of East Machias; and educator and painter Raegan Russell, of South Berwick.

Youth Art Exhibit Opens May 5 in Wiscasset

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The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset will again provide a venue for promising artists from seven local schools with an exhibit, the Youth Art Exhibit, beginning Saturday, May 5. The gallery will be open weekends from noon-4 p.m. until the closing day for the show, Sunday, May 20. An opening reception will be held on May 5 from 2-4 p.m.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Painting in snowstorms: Samantha Merrill held up a small acrylic painting of an ocean scene. “This I painted during a snowstorm when I had nothing else to do. I wanted something with waves and it just kind of happened,” she told me recently.

Van for Vannah Paint-Party Fundraiser

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Members of the public are invited to the upcoming Van for Vannah fundraiser, part II, on Friday, April 27 from 6-9 p.m. at Mobius Inc. in Damariscotta.

Grants Available for Traditional Maine Handcrafts

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The Maine Community Foundation seeks proposals to its Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund for projects and organizations that promote traditional handcrafts in Maine.

Neighborhood Clay on Maine Pottery Tour

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Neighborhood Clay, home to Liz Proffetty Ceramics, will be one of the Lincoln County stops on the upcoming Maine Pottery Tour on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Open Auditions for River Company Show

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River Company is looking for local players interested in auditioning for a summer production of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Downtown lowdown: Things are quickly heating up on the downtown Damariscotta art scene. In my last column, I wrote about amazing artist (and very nice person) Phoebe Dean, who recently began working at Buzz Maine. Now, I am just as excited to tell readers about self-taught Thomaston wood artist Rob Jones and his wife, Barbie Jones, who opened Wooden Alchemy last Wednesday, April 4 in the Main Street space formerly occupied by River Gallery.

Organist Zoller in Benefit Concert for Animal Shelter

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Local concert organist Jay Zoller will play an organ concert to benefit the Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 15 at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 11 Glidden St., Newcastle. The concert is free to the public, but donations will be accepted for the animal shelter.


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