Apr 30 Tuesday
Join phME for a tour of the UMaine Orono Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which is dedicated to driving research innovation in Green Energy & Materials (GEM) to create a greener, more sustainable world while bolstering economic development in Maine and beyond. GEM is comprised of 8 research areas - Ocean Engineering, Civil Infrastructure Durability, Wood Composites, Advanced Structural Concepts, Large-Scale Bio-Based Additive Engineering, Cellulose Nano Composites, Thermoplastics & Smart Materials, and Structural, Materials, and Wind Blade Testing.
*Please note that ticket sales are nonrefundable and due to the nature of the lab, advanced registration is required and registrations are nontransferable. The deadline for registration is April 15, 2024.
This event is part of our ongoing site walk series - for more information on additional events (including site walks, lectures, and educational trainings) please visit our website at passivhausMAINE.org.
Site walks are FREE for phME members. Not a member yet? Learn more about the many benefits of membership by emailing Dori at dori@passivhausmaine.org.
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.
COLLAGRAPH PRINTMAKING (4-week course)@Waterfall ArtsStarts April 30 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm$135.00 – $185.00
Do you like to cut, paste, incise, emboss, deboss and impress? Do you like to scatter stencils to see what happens on the other side of the press? Then collagraph could be for you! Using matte board as a base, we will explore two methods for plate-making—“cut and paste” and “impressed”—and learn how to seal them. We will practice intaglio, relief and a la poupee inking methods with water-soluble and oil inks. We will create stencils to add pop and dimension to our prints. Each person will complete at least two plates, or as many as they can manage over the four weeks, and pull their prints as a series and/or as monoprints. Bring reference images, project ideas, or thoughts on alternate plate materials. There will be (fun) homework!
Class content will include: Platemaking with matte board as base, inking, making and using stencils, and pulling prints as series or monoprint. Class dates: April 30, May 7, 14, 21.
About the instructor: Karin Eberhardt came to printmaking through a Waterfall Arts class in 2018 and has never looked back. These days she makes collographs and monoprints based on images from Arctic canoe expeditions, tropical scuba dives and her flower garden. She dabbles in letterpress, artist books and sometimes writes. Before moving to Maine Karin had lots of fun adventures and also some serious mishaps while working in Southeast Asia. She now lives in an old hayfield in Albion, Maine where bobolinks raise their young every summer. In 2021 Karin was lucky to apprentice with printmaking mentor Karin Otto through a grant from the Maine Crafts Association’s Craft Apprenticeship Program.
Waterfall Arts256 High StreetBelfast, Maine 04915
Join us for an evening with Maine-based author, scholar, and curator Elena M. Sarni, the leading expert on The Folly Cove Designers (1941-1969). This predominantly women-based block-printing collective was founded in Gloucester, Massachusetts, by Caldecott Award-winner and beloved children's book author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios of The Little House and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel fame.
Sarni will trace the roots of the Folly Cove Designers' formation and talk about the trailblazing community that flourished around it, its Finnish roots, and Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios's teaching methods and process. She will share signature designs by various group members and even some never-before-seen designs. Lite snacks and drinks will be available.
Ms. Sarni has covered the arts in Maine for various publications. Trailblazing Women Printmakers (Princeton Architectural Press/Chronicle Books) is her first published book, the first comprehensive history of the Folly Cove Designers.
This event is sponsored by AIGA Maine in partnership with Mechanics' Hall, Back Cove Books and The Frances Perkins Center. Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing by Back Cove Books.
Calling all Pre-K to 3rd grade families!
Join Portland Swing Project for Beginning Swing Dance Classes! We provide clear step-by-step instruction, plenty of practice time to build confidence, and you never need a partner - we rotate in class so you meet and dance with everyone. And it's fun! We promise. Class schedules and details: https://www.portlandswingproject.com/weekly-classes (Class registration required in advance. Classes offered every 7 weeks, and we have two beginning-level classes available at 6pm and 7:15pm - see schedule link for details).
This year Discover Downtown Westbrook will host its first-ever Paper City Pitch Contest with $8000 worth of cash prizes to be given away. Entrepreneurs, with a Westbrook address, are encouraged to apply. Complete the online entry form, including a short video presentation by April 22 to be eligible. This is a fun way to talk about your dreams for the future of your business. Six finalists will be chosen to present in a lightning round Pitch Contest on April 30th, 2024, 6:00-8:00pm at Mast Landing Brewery in Westbrook. The event is open to the public. Join us in this exciting venture to spotlight the entrepreneurial spirit of Westbrook. Visit the Paper City Pitch page to learn about the event and to access the entry form: https://www.downtownwestbrook.com/paper-city-pitch/.
Join us for a four-week online discussion on the book, We Survived the End of the World by Steven Charleston. Each week on Tuesday from 6:30pm-7:30pm (EST) we will meet ONLINE for an hour in length from April 9th-30th. In our time together, we will read each chapter and engage in small group discussion. If you miss a week, you will still be able to join us in our discussion.
Schedule:April 9: Chapters 1 & 2April 16: Chapters 3 & 4April 23: Chapters 5 & 6April 30: Chapters 7 & Epilogue
Suggested Donation of $20.