May 06 Monday
We are inviting all ages to come to the Lewiston Public Library and create your own artwork inspired by Where Are You From? by author Yamile Saied Méndez for the 4th annual Lewiston/Auburn Community Read.
The Community Read initiative is in partnership with the Lewiston and Auburn Public Schools and the City of Lewiston.
This initiative would not be possible this year without the support and sponsorship from The Friends of the Lewiston Public Library.
We are celebrating art since this year’s community read is a picture book. We are inviting all ages to come to the Lewiston Public Library and create your own artwork inspired by Where Are You From? by author Yamile Saied Méndez.
All artwork will then be displayed at the Community Art Exhibition in Callahan Hall on Saturday, May 11th at 11am.
Come and see your artwork among many others from both cities along with art displays from each of the Lewiston Public Elementary schools.
To participate, visit Callahan Hall during the open hours listed below to create your own watercolor painting or clay sculpture.
• Monday, May 6th and Tuesday, May 7th3:00PM – 6:30PM • Wednesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 9th 9:30AM – 1:30PM
Along with your artwork submission, indicate where you are from on the world map and add your chosen piece of yarn to the loom where we will be creating our very own Lewiston/Auburn woven tapestry.
This program is free and open to the public. There is no registration and all art supplies will be provided.
To learn more about the initiative and related programs at the Lewiston Public Library, visit https://lplonline.org/events/2024-la-read/ or contact the Children's Department at 207-513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov
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.
The Gouldsboro Historical Society will present “A Tale of Two Bells, 7:00 p.m. Monday May 6, at the Society’s headquarters, 88 Old Route One in Gouldsboro. The story includes the formation of the Canadian federation, a shipwreck and rescue, and the casting of a duplicate of the wreck’s bell, to be displayed in Nova Scotia while the original remains in Gouldsboro.
The steamship Queen Victoria was the site of 1864 negotiations that led to the uniting of separate British colonies into a Canadian nation. Two years later, the ship was caught in a hurricane off Cape Hatteras, and began to sink. Just in time, the sailing brig Ponvert, captained by a Gouldsboro native, happened along, and was able to save all but two of the Queen Victoria’s crew. In gratitude for the rescue, the captain of the Queen Victoria and some of his crew muscled their ship’s bell off the vessel and onto the Ponvert, presenting the bell to the sailing vessel’s captain as a token of their gratitude. The bell came back to Gouldsboro, where it served as a school bell for decades before going on display in various locations around the town. As a token of international friendship, the town and its local foundry US Bells cast a duplicate of the bell and presented it to Charlottetown, Nova Scotia, where it hangs near the site of the Queen Victoria’s long-ago visit, in what is now known as “Confederation Park. The original bell, and a large scale model of the Queen Victoria, will be at the May 6 presentation.
May 07 Tuesday
Children’s Book Week at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
May 2 - 8, 2024
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM!
Dive into the world of stories with daily pop-up storytimes, meet real children's book authors during our special guest appearances, and explore the artistry behind the books with our Art for Tots sessions highlighting illustrators' work. Plus, unleash your creativity in our MakerSpace with a week-long Make-Your-Own-Book takeover. It's a celebration of reading and creativity you won't want to miss!
All activities are included with admission.
Check the chalkboard upon arrival for activity times and schedule.
Learn more: www.kitetails.org
This language enrichment program is geared for children 3-6 years old and will include stories, songs, movement activities, STEM activities and more!
This group is a lively and friendly group open to discussing all viewpoints and ideas. Meets on Tuesdays, at 10:00 a.m. in the Marine Room of the Rockport Library.
LINDA PACKARD: POEMS I MEANT TO WRITEJanuary 19 - May 3, 2024
Maine-based artist Linda Packard has created a new body of abstract paintings for the Zillman Art Museum’s exhibition Poems I Meant to Write. The show features large-scale works that measure up to six feet—the artist’s largest paintings to date. While the works are non-objective, Packard states that she “remains strongly informed by her many years as a plein air landscape painter,” and that she, “continues to be drawn to the same organic shapes, rich textures, and earthy palette.”
Packard’s gestural movements around the canvases are intuitive, her brushstrokes varied and sensitive. The paintings highlight the physical properties of oil paint as rich surfaces emerge through a series of layers and revision. The artist also uses pigment sticks, charcoal, crayon pencils and graphite to diversify the texture and quality of her marks.
In line with the expressive spirit of earlier Abstract Expressionist painters, Packard’s works convey both energy and mood. By combining well-defined marks that seem to hover atop other thin, veil-like passages, she has created implied environments that give the illusion of deep space. Upstairs by the China Lamp, with its palette of crimson tones and glimmers of peachy-orange, has a fiery intensity; while vivid blues combine with grayed undertones to evoke atmospheric associations in When Hope Was Returned to Me.
This exhibition is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and a grant from the City of Bangor Commission on Cultural Development.
Image: Linda Packard, Upstairs By The China Lamp, 2023, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist