May 09 Thursday
Just drop in during our Tech Help Hour, and a staff member will assist you with whatever your tech needs are. We can help with anything from basic computer questions to using your IPad with the Maine Download Library. This free service is offered every Thursday at 4:00 p.m.
Announcing, PIGEON! 🐦 Come hear Maine writers tell mostly true stories to a live audience, under the patio lights of Congress Square Park in Portland, Maine! Our first of three sessions kicks off Thursday, June 8th from 5-6pm, and features in-person stories by: Jaed Coffin, David Grubb, Tanuja Desai Hidier, Leela Marie Hidier, and Moon Machar.
PIGEON is totally free and each night will have a theme. June 8th’s will be “HOMING.” Think you have something to add to our lineup? Toss your name in our hat the night of the show, and we’ll choose a couple lucky, brave souls to get up on the mic to close the night.
Please join the Bates Arts Collaborative and IMPACT21st (Innovation, Media, Process, Arts, Collaboration and Technology for the 21st Century) in celebrating the opening of Quantum Flora created by Maine artists Cindy Thompson and James LaPlante. Both artists will be present to give an artist talk in the Olin Arts Center (75 Russell Street) at 5:00 PM, after which a reception will be held in Coram Library (42 Campus Avenue), where the exhibition is staged in the new Immersive Media Studio. They will talk about the frontiers of Immersive Art and the persistent quest to be fully consumed by art. The exhibit will be on view in the IMStudio from May 9 to 23.
Quantum Flora is an exploration of the science of nuclear physics at the quantum scale through interaction with a large sculptural form using interactive projected generative art and musical elements. It's an immersive sculptural experience that must be seen to be believed!
Calling all Pre-K* to 3rd grade families!
You're invited to see what Girl Scouts has to offer—and have some fun with our Pollinator and Friends! Girl Scouts can be themselves, have fun with friends, and change the world—all in an inclusive and safe environment.
During the event, we will:• Provide two FREE hands-on activities to sample our program pillars (STEM, Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills)• Discuss ways to participate, including: o Join as an individually registered Girl Scout. o Join an existing troop in your community. o Starting a new troop—we'll help you succeed!• Answer your questions and provide details on how to get started.
*Girls entering kindergarten in the fall of 2024 can join starting April 1st.
This class is a combination of yoga, pilates, barre, and the art of not caring what you look like, but how you feel.
Move, sweat, breathe and enjoy! All are welcome!
Enjoy traditional Irish music shared by Tom Rota and members of the Vacationland Ceili Band on Uilliean pipes (Irish pipes), fiddle, concertina and accordian. Admission Free. Sponsored by the Nezinscot Valley Music Boosters.
Bring your sewing, painting, knitting, woodworking and other art / crafting projects to work on, in a community setting! Share space with other makers of things, get ideas, be inspired, learn something new. $2/person goes to the community center.
Every 2nd and 4th Thursday evenings at 6.30pm... because the daytime is too nice to spend indoors!
Are you new to Irish Set Dancing? That’s “Set” not “Step”. Big difference! Set dancing is fun & is not the performance style dancing you may have seen on “Riverdance”. It is a social form of folk dancing & a team effort. If you are not yet a dancer, but are curious, join this group for the easiest way to get started! Come to the fun & friendly Casco Bay Irish Set Dancers group in Yarmouth. Group meets at 7:00 pm on Fridays at Yarmouth Community House 179 East Main Street in Yarmouth. No prior dance experience is necessary. No partner required. $3 per class Drop-ins welcome. We recommend comfortable shoes. Bring a water bottle – you will get thirsty!! For more information & to let us know you are coming to the dance, contact the group leader – Mike Gentile 207-847-3038 or mdguscga70@gmail.com cascobaysetdancers.com
Join Esopus editor Tod Lippy and co-curator Megan Carey, Barbara Alfond director of exhibitions and publications at the Colby Museum, to celebrate the museum’s A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine exhibition. This closing reception will feature a display of the zines created during the Magazine-Making Workshop series.