On Saturday, March 17 from 2-4 p.m., McGrory & Wolf Gallery in Waldoboro will hold a special celebration for St. Patrick’s Day. On display will be a handsome piece of calligraphy, 1980 vintage, that gallery owner and artist Polly McGrory designed as a gift for her aunt, Mary McGrory. Mary McGrory wrote a political commentary column for The Washington Post and won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, during her long career.

The smelting of iron ore and the craft of blacksmithing have been enormously important to human cultures worldwide for more than 3,000 years. Blacksmiths were so essential to ancient peoples that blacksmith gods appear in Greek, Roman, and numerous other mythologies from Africa to Ireland.

Members of the public are encouraged to visit the Pemaquid Watershed Association office art gallery, at 584 Main St. in Damariscotta, to view some beautiful pieces of art from the PWA collection. These pieces were generously donated to the organization over the past few years. The collection includes paintings, photographs, prints, and drawings, most of which are original works of art that range in size and scope. 

“Call Me by Your Name,” rated R and running 130 minutes, will play at Harbor Theater in Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. and on Friday, March 9 at 2 p.m. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Timothee Chalamet), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The free live music series at Oxbow’s farmhouse brewery in Newcastle continues in March on Friday evenings. The O.G.’s will perform on Friday, March 2 from 6 to 9 p.m.

The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Rosa Lane as winner of the 2017 Georgia Poetry Prize. In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press established the Georgia Poetry Prize in 2015 as a national competition that celebrates excellence in poetry.

Happenings

The Academy Awards take place this Sunday evening – and the nominees for Best Picture and other categories continue this week at Lincoln Theater. Will last week’s “Three Billboards” take home the grand prize? Or might this week’s “The Shape of Water?”

Come dressed to the nines on Saturday, March 10 for Coastal Kids Preschool’s fundraising event “Coastal Kids and All That Jazz!” from 6 to 9 p.m.

Betsey Marthelia deGroff, one of Maine’s most well known vocal teachers, is pleased to announce she has happily moved back to Lincoln County where she is now accepting students for her new voice studio at her home in Southport.

Harbor Theater presents “Darkest Hour,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” and “The Shape of Water” this week.