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Dec 07 Sunday
November 15, 2025 through January 3, 2026All Day EventNovember 15–January 3, Thursday–Sunday, plus select datesfrom 4–9 p.m.
(Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, and New Years Day)
The planning for our next Gardens Aglow is well underway, and we can’t wait to see you there! Experience this year’s theme, Nature in Motion, and see the Gardens come alive after dark. See the landscape transformed into a glowing journey through scenes depicting the flora and fauna of Maine’s forests, shorelines, and meadows—and don’t miss some fun new surprises in this year’s display!
Tickets should be purchased online or over the phone, 207-633-8000.
Great Bay Sailors are storytellers, relating the narrative, history, and traditions of seasonal music from all over the globe. Their Yuletide concert features a unique and heartfelt presentation of holiday music. The repertoire includes: songs from Ireland, carols of the British Restoration, ancient ceremonial marches, “pub carols,” music hall ditties, Christmas music with an Appalachian accent, some music from Brittany, and lively tunes and airs—all guaranteed to make the season lively!
Great Bay Sailor has been part of the Seacoast folk music scene for many years now, performing annually at the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival and Pro-Portsmouth’s First Night Celebration, as well as at local pubs and churches.
Dec 08 Monday
Falmouth Memorial Library is pleased to announce that Illustration Institute's The Great State of Illustration in Maine will be on display at the Library from November 8, 2025, through January 31, 2026. This exhibition celebrates the rich, diverse cultural heritage of over 80 Maine-connected illustrators such as Ashley Bryan, Barbara Cooney, Dahlov Ipcar, Melissa Sweet, Chris Van Dusen, N.C. Wyeth, and more. The Great State of Illustration in Maine will showcase illustration as an art form in the very place where books are easily and publicly accessed. "We are thrilled to welcome Illustration Institute to Falmouth Memorial Library and offer an exhibition of this depth and breadth to our community. We hope visitors from around our State will come enjoy this collection of incredible illustrations, and take advantage of exciting, related programming over the next three months," commented Jenna Mayotte, Library Director.
Free and open to the public. There will be a reception at 5 P.M. with good food and drinks.
Anthony Walton is an acclaimed poet and essayist, as well as the editor and author of several books, including Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, which he co-wrote with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Mississippi: An American Journey. In addition, Walton’s poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and the Oxford American magazine.
For this lecture, Walton will build off the ideas in his latest book, The End of Respectability: Notes of a Black American Reckoning with His Life and His Nation.
Walton is a professor and writer-in-residence at Bowdoin College.
Dec 09 Tuesday
YES&CO Award-Winning Improv with Special Guest: SANTA CLAUS! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 7:00pmHave some HO HO FUN with this award winning group of Southern Maine's most talented improvisers returns with their new form of storytelling, with Guest Star, SANTA CLAUS! Come hear and see what they create from Santa's stories (No One Under 17 Allowed) - LIVE! ON STAGE! Walk-Ins Welcome. $20.
Dec 10 Wednesday