Community Calendar

Learn the Truth About Downsizing from Seniors Who Know
Join us for a 90-minute panel where actual downsized homeowners will share their personal moving stories and reveal tips for making the process easier. Learn how others like you have conquered their fears and successfully navigated the post-retirement move, including:

✔ Challenges faced during the downsizing process
✔ The pros and cons of making the move
✔ How to manage the details of the transition
✔ What they would do differently if given the chance

Postcards are love letters! Postcards are memories!

Using smartphone photography, a few tips, and fun filters, as well as images from historical postcards, take a guided field trip with us to make your own! Materials (except your smartphone) and on-site parking are included with the class fee. Class fee $46.75 for members or $55 for non-members.

Yarmouth Arts Alliance presents the watercolors of the late artist Harry Beskind. The show will take place in the lower lobby at 317 Main, Yarmouth. There will be an opening reception and celebration on June 14, from 4:00-6:00.

Let’s play with all the art materials this summer! Local art teacher Olivia Benish Chaffee will lead your students through a variety of projects and a wide array of art materials. We will combine 2D drawings and painting mediums with various 3D sculptural materials. Get prepared for a full week of art-making. Please bring a snack, lunch, and your creativity!

Instructor: Olivia Benish Camp is July 7-10, 10 am to 2pm. Campers will have their own art show on the last day of camp.

Learn basic skills in wood carving and woodburning in this two-hour class. Create a small piece of avian art you can finish during the workshop and take home with you! Class sizes are limited, and participants must be at least 12 years old. Pre-registration is required.

Stop in Richard Boyd Art Gallery in July and relax while viewing a presentation of beautifully detailed paintings that made me pause to take in their beauty, intricate details or contemplate the underlying meaning they convey. Immerse yourself in a world of textures, colors, and details as you explore a range of contrasting styles from impressionism to realism, featuring a magnificent selection of original visual art created by artists from diverse backgrounds. The artists’ individual styles, choice of mediums and color palettes give them distinction in the visual arts community.

The exhibit is comprised of a stunning selection of paintings, each created with heartfelt emotions from the soul of the artist drawing viewers into a moment in time when an event, scene, or color inspired them to create. Whatever the inspiration, these paintings will remain relevant through the years.

The exhibit showcases works by highly regarded, award-winning artists among them Jane Herbert a distinguished fine and commercial artist known for her calming, beautifully detailed acrylic paintings; Deena S. Ball a nationally renowned art educator and instructor known for her use of watercolor on unconventional surfaces; Patricia Chandler a distinguished fine and commercial artist, art instructor, illustrator, and retired art educator well known for her knowledge and ability to create original art across all genres; Carrin Culotta recognized for her traditional style plein air and in studio oil paintings; Tim Eaton a nationally recognized commercial and fine artist known for his landscape paintings; and HM Saffer II an internationally renowned, award-winning performing and visual artist famed for his magnificently layered pointillist style landscape paintings.

The exhibit is open free of charge from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily from July 1st through July 29th, 2025. For more information the gallery by phone (207)-712-1097, email info@richardboydartgallery.com or visit the gallery’s website www.richardboydartgallery.com .

For exhibit updates follow the gallery on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RichardBoydArtGallery and on Instagram http://www.instagram.com/richardboydartgallery9327 .

Image of “Sentries” an 18” x 36” acrylic on canvas painting by Jane Herbert.

A diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or dementia can feel overwhelming—but you are not alone.
Join us for Living Well After the Diagnosis, a free, supportive 12-week series designed to empower individuals and families living with memory loss. Together, we’ll explore ways to navigate this journey with strength, community, and dignity.

Topics include:
✔️ Coping with a new diagnosis
✔️ Combating stigma
✔️ Building support networks
✔️ Accessing local resources
✔️ Living a meaningful, connected life

Whether you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed, this space offers connection, information, and hope.
All are welcome. Registration is encouraged. Learn more and RSVP here: https://drive.google.com/.../10zsFZqZu.../view See less

Enjoy a storytime with author & illustrator Rebekah Lowell as she reads her picture book Catching Flight, then head into the beautiful garden at Charlotte Rhodes Park & Butterfly Garden for observation & nature journaling!
Participants will receive a signed copy of the book; registration required at www.islandreadersandwriters.org/event

Recommended for ages 6 & up; grownups should plan to attend.

Most people know that museums collect objects, put on exhibits and present programs, but just how do the staff go about doing those things? Saco Museum will feature some of its oldest collections dating from the late19th century, as well as recent acquisitions, to illustrate how the secrets are unveiled. Staff will be available most weekdays to answer questions. Exhibit hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, noon to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 4-8 p.m. (free admission); Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Guests will enjoy the freshest Allagash White while walking through our world-class brewery. We'll finish the tour with three samples of featured releases. If you're looking for a more in-depth experience with more info on our wild and sour barrel room and coolship program, check out our Signature Tour & Tasting.

The highlights:

4 samples
30 minutes
$20 before tax/fees
21+

Please read on before booking:

Tour-goers must be 21 or older. Infant-wearing is welcome - the tour path through our manufacturing plant is not suitable for young children or strollers. Guests who are not drinking beer will have a choice of NA beverage. Dogs are not allowed on this manufacturing plant tour.