Community Calendar

Come celebrate the season with us! Enjoy live music, breakfast and lunch cafe, gift baskets raffle, hand crafted pottery, wooden ware, jewelry, photography, holiday plants and decorations, gourmet food and baked goods, fiber arts. Ample parking.

OVER 150 VENDORS CRAFTERS. 9-3 DEC 6TH

Shop for handmade gifts at our holiday show. Join Artascope members and friends on Saturday, Dec., 6th from 9AM-3PM during Yarmouth, Maine's Hometown Holidays.

Shop local, handmade gifts including fine jewelry, ceramics, fiber art, glass art, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: This event is NOT being held at our studio this year, but instead is being held at the Yarmouth Community Center at 20 Mill Street (in the basement of the Mason Hall Building, which is located behind 317 Main Community Music Center) in Yarmouth, Maine. There is plenty of free parking, plus ADA-approved accessibility for those who need it. Drive to end of the street and take a left. Entrance is at the rear of the Masonic Lodge/Mason Hall.

Our event is free to attend. We hope you can stop by to support local artisans! The ticket option is active if you want to receive a reminder from Eventbrite, but you will not need to show a ticket for entry.

THERE ARE NO VENDOR SPOTS AVAILABLE. Please do not respond to anyone claiming to have table spaces or looking for money. Don't be a victim of a scam!

Models for the 2026 Runway for Hope will be hosting a craft fair to raise funds for the New England Breast Cancer Alliance. Complimentary items donated for those affected by breast cancer will be available for free holiday shopping. .

Embrace the holiday and winter spirit at the eighth annual Joy to the Ville community celebration! Join Waterville Creates, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Waterville Public Library, and the Children’s Discovery Museum as we celebrate the magic of the season with movies, art-making, play, and more!

Highlights include:

Kringleville Santa Claus visits
Diwali celebration
The Polar Express at the Maine Film Center
3D-printing
Button-making
Glass-Blowing demonstration
Popcorn, pizza, hot cocoa, and more!

Saturday, December 6, 9:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. “Kittybunkport” Christmas with Author Scott Rothman, Reading of “Kittybunkport” by best-selling author Scott Rothman. Books will be available for sale and signing. Space is limited for each time slot. To register, please call 207-967-2778. Free storytime event!

Saturday, December 6, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kittyland! Kitty-themed fun, face painting, adopt a plush kitty, kitty ear headbands, cocoa to go, pull a whisker, photos with kitty and more! Tickets are 4 for $20. Buy your tickets and choose which activities to do. Every dollar raised goes to the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport. For further information, please call 967-2778 or visit www.graveslibrary.org.

Holiday Fair at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church at 69 Winthrop St., Augusta ME. We will feature all sorts of quality hand crafted items, unique wood carvings and metal crafted items, other artisan items, stained glass items, mandala art, books from a local author and great cookies and soups. We will also will have a White Elephant table for miscellanous items for checking off your gift giving list.

Join us on Saturday, Dec. 6th from 9:30 to 2:00 p.m.

The Bowdoinham Guild of Artisans is hosting its 21st Holiday Show and Sale in the newly restored Bowdoinham Town Hall as a part of a community-wide holiday celebration. Twenty artisans will be offering fine artisan gifts such as pottery, stained glass, fiber art, jewelry, woodworking, metal work, book art, fine art paintings and more. Other events that weekend include a wreath-making workshop, a pony parade, a visit from Santa, and other gallery shows. Visit www.bowdoinham.com for more information.

The annual Hour Exchange Bizarre Bazaar is now open to the public! Visit this holiday fair with free parking in downtown Portland to find nifty treasures and handmade crafts, delicious homemade lunch items, free entertainment, and a raffle for unique prizes. Members of the Hour Exchange use their Time Dollars. Members of the public use cash/credit. Join Hour Exchange on the spot and get 2 Time Dollars to spend! Learn more at www.hourexchangeportland.org.

Portland--Come Light The World!
Have you ever bought a goat from a vending machine? How about warm clothing for a child, groceries for a family, or job training for the underemployed?

This year Portland will have that chance. From November 20 to December 10 visitors at The Maine Mall can purchase essential items like from The Light the World Giving Machine to help those in need in Maine and throughout the world.

The nonprofits featured in the South Portland Giving Machines include: Catholic Charities; Furniture Friends; Jewish Community Alliance of Southern Maine; Ronald McDonald House Charities Maine and Through These Doors.