Community Calendar

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

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.

Sample a variety of seasonal specialty beers while enjoying the incredible ambiance of The Cellars at Allagash, our wild and sour barrel aging space. If you are looking for a traditional brewery tour, check out our "

The highlights:
6 samples
60 minutes
In-depth barrel room exploration and chance to see the Coolship
$38 before tax/fees
21+

The experience includes a welcome sample of Allagash White. Starting May 1st we are tasting: Floating Holiday - blonde with lemon and sea salt, Dark Lager with Cherries, Cellar's #11 - barrel blend with wine grapes, and World on a String - bourbon barrel aged amber inspired by an "Old Fashioned" cocktail. Final pour is a "choose your own adventure" sample between two rotating options.

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.

This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Jun 13, 2025 to Jul 4, 2025 and happens every:
Mondays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Thursdays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Fridays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Saturdays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Timezone: EDT
Sundays: 2:30pm - 3:30pm Timezone: EDT

Learn the art of printmaking this summer at the Auburn Public Library as part of their Color Our World Summer Reading Program! Adults are invited to sign up for APL’s Block Print Bookmarks program happening on Tuesday, July 1st from 3:30 to 5:30 PM. By the end of the program, participants will have created their own collection of handprinted bookmarks!

You can dive into the wonderful world of printmaking by designing, carving, and handprinting your own stamp. Participants will take home their very own stamp as well as multiple handprinted bookmarks, ready to be gifted or to save the spot in your many in-progress books this summer!

This program will be taught and led by Andy Jones. Andy is an art educator, printmaker, and multidisciplinary artist with an undying desire to be surrounded by color, pattern, and endless work-in-progress piles. Through prints, books, textiles, and ceramics, they create a wobblier-than-reality world.

This program will take place in the Androscoggin Community Room at the Auburn Public Library. Registration is required. To register, visit the event’s page on the Auburn Public Library website or contact the Reference Desk at 207-333-6640 ext. 4.

One of Yankee Magazine's top five cemetery tours in New England! Walk Portland's Old Burying Ground with a trained guide. Hallowed? Not officially. Historic? Absolutely. Haunted? You decide. Visit the cemetery's unique field of underground tombs, the oldest gravemarker from 1717, the final resting place of the famed Captains of the 1813 battle between the Boxer and the Enterprise, and the interesting carvings of Portland's first stone-cutter, Bartlett Adams. Tours include early gravestone art, important local historic figures, Portland's historic events, and the landscape of this National Historic Landmark, including segregated sections for Black people, Catholics, Quakers, and strangers. Wear comfortable walking shoes, as the ground is uneven once we leave the main pathway. Tours are held unless the weather is stormy.

join us for yoga nidra, a powerful meditation technique + one of the easiest yoga practices to develop and maintain. this systematic meditation takes you through the five layers of self, leaving you with a sense of wholeness. since you will be still the entire hour you want to be sure you can keep your body at a comfortable temperature. please bring your blankets and pillows!

from our friends at kripalu, benefits of yoga nidra include:
- improved thought patterns and reduced stress
- enhanced cognitive performance and memory
- improved self-esteem and confidence
- better sleep and improved physical health
- improved waking mindfulness
- diminishes symptoms of anxiety and depression

sign up today using this link: thedailysweatkennebunk.com

The Lewiston Public Library will host an Adult Beginner Yoga Series led by Chill Yoga co-owner Heidi Audet from 5:30 to 6:30pm in Callahan Hall on the following Tuesdays: June 10th, June 24th, July 8th, and July 22nd.

All sessions are free to attend, and participants should bring their own mats. Due to limited floor space, registration is required. Please contact Adult Services at 513-3135 or LPLReference@gmail.com to register. Participation in all 4 sessions is not required; register for any sessions you’d like to attend! Classes will begin promptly at 5:30pm, and doors will close to ensure a peaceful classroom environment.

Yoga teachers and practitioners Heidi Audet and Nerys Bayley co-founded Chill Yoga in 2007 as a home for the growing yoga community of Lewiston/Auburn. The studio has been at its current Lisbon Street location since May 2010.

The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street. More information about this program is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3135 or LPLReference@gmail.com.

Novelists Agnes Bushell and Art Dingley will discuss their new, very different novels, Verity & Perpetua, set in Elizabethan England, and Immigrants, set on the Maine/Quebec border. Join us for what promises to be a lively conversation about the craft of writing.

Come learn how trans poets use their words to challenge and disrupt structures of marginalization. With t love smith, Jude Marx, Sampson Spadafore, Vincent Herrington, & Elm Root.

Part of the Friends of the Scarborough Library Emerson Lecture Series

Trans Poetics as a Form of Resistance:

Monster Beauties is an intergenerational transgender poetry anthology composed of narratives of poets with Maine affiliations under the current affiliations. The book is the culmination of Graduate Research Opportunity Scholar, t love smith's Trans Poetics Archive project which began in October 2024. Through immense community support, Trans Poetics Archive curates public statewide monthly showcases to highlight trans poets in Maine, reclaiming public space for the centering and celebration of authentic trans narratives. The project investigates how trans poetics currently serves both as resistance against oppressive gender norms and as a tool for empowerment within the Maine trans community. Come learn how trans poets use their words to challenge and disrupt structures of marginalization.

t love smith (they/them) is a queer poet stewarding unceded Wabanaki land, studying poetry at Stonecoast MFA, reading for the Stonecoast Review, interning at The Telling Room, and creating content at WMPG, reading as the Assistant Poetry Editor of the Stonecoast Review. As a GRO Scholar, t is curating a series of events for the Trans Poetics Archive which will culminate Spring 2025 with the publication of Monster Beauties: A Maine Transgender Poetry Anthology. Their poetry has been published in new words press vol. 3, Island Ink issue 2, Oddball Magazine, the Free Press, as well as presented on local radio podcasts: Transgender Poetics on WMPG and Poems from Here on Maine Public Radio.