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Holidays 

** Civic Holiday - August 2 (Canada) **

Event Calendar  

Epoxy Resin Casting Offered in Workshop Series

at Eastport Arts Center (EAC) – Eastport, ME July 27 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm   Eastport Arts Center’s Summer Workshop Series continues with Melissa Newcomb’s Epoxy Resin Casting for Beginners, 1:30-4:30 pm, Tuesday, July 27. Geared for ages 12 and up, instruction will cover techniques for getting started with casting small objects in resin, using round trays. More information

Pastel demonstration with Anne Johnston

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB July 28 11:00 am - 2:00 pm   Anne will do a free demo using hard and soft pastels on a specially sanded paper, showing how an image is built up in layers to bring out the vibrancy of the colour. She will talk about the types of pastels and papers, and the methods she uses as she paints. The visitor can watch the image emerge and can ask questions about the world of this wonderful medium. More information

Haiku & Haiga Workshop with Catherine J.S. Lee

at Eastport Arts Center (EAC) - Eastport July 30 and August 6 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm   Please join internationally-published haiku poet and haiga artist Catherine J.S. Lee at Eastport Arts Center for a two-session workshop on writing haiku and creating photo-haiga (an image-plus-haiku art form). Participants will learn some haiku basics and will practice them at the workshop and between the sessions, which will be held Fridays, July 30th and August 6th, from 1:30 to 3 pm. More information

Figure Drawing Summer Class

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB July 31 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm   Whether you are new to figure drawing, or you are looking to improve your skills, this 4-week class is for you! Your instructor will guide you through the steps of drawing a figure from photographs and life, presenting different strategies for approaching poses of short and long duration, and poses with varying levels of complexity. This course will cover gesture and rhythm, sighting and measuring, lighting and value, and touch on basic proportion, construction, and anatomy. Students are requested to bring their own sketchbook and sketching materials (recommend 18 x 24 newsprint/cartridge paper pads/assorted pencils/charcoals). Basic kits are available to purchase from SSANC. More information

Chocolate Fest

at St. Stephen & Surrounding Areas, NB August 1 - 5   This year’s festival will feature some of our most popular events such as the Jellybean Fun Run and the Pudding Eating Contest, as well as some new events including the Chocolate Fest Kids Carnival put on by the Charlotte County IWK Committee and Arts & Crafts with the Great Chocolate Mousse! Click here to see the schedule.

New Brunswick Day in Chocolate Park

at David Alison Ganong Chocolate Park - St. Stephen, NB August 2   7:30 am - 4:00 pm   Join the Town of St. Stephen as we celebrate New Brunswick Day in our beautiful David A. Ganong Chocolate Park in our historic downtown! The St. Stephen Farmer's Market will be open on the waterfront their regular hours (9am-2pm) and then opening ceremonies will be in Chocolate Park at 11am with words from our local dignitaries, then join us as we dish out our traditional NB Day cake! More information

All Levels 5-Week Pottery Course

at Cobscook Institute – Lubec, ME August 2  6:00 pm - 8:00 pm   Join us for 5 weeks of pottery classes with instructor Michelle Cousineau. Skills Covered: Wheel: Throwing with two pounds or more, making larger pieces and pieces composed of two or more sections, lids, handles, spouts, pieces in sets. Hand building: Making pieces with lids, spouts, handles, sculptural work, pieces in sets. Glazing with multiple glazes, surface decoration techniques with slips and stains. More information

Oil Painting without Solvents

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB August 3   9:30 am - 4:30 pm   This course is for beginner to emerging painters who would like to paint directly in oils but are concerned about the toxicity of some solvents and pigments. Emphasis will be placed on alternative methods through the use of walnut oil mediums and eco-friendly solvents. Alla prima (single application) oil painting methods will be demonstrated through hands-on sessions using still-life setups or photographs as references indoors and plein air sessions outdoors with weather permitting. For information on additional topics or to register, click here.

Music on the Rocks Concert Series:
The Mike Levine Group featuring vocalist Wendy Pederson

at Sutherland Amphitheater - Eastport, ME   August 4  5:00 pm - 6:00 pm   Come and hear the Mike Levine Group (with Mike Levine on piano, Ric Mosley on bass, and Steve Salo on drums) featuring vocalist Wendy Pederson as part of this ongoing series. More information

Volunteer Day to Stack Firewood

at Cobscook Institute - Lubec, ME August 5  9:00 am - 2:00 pm   We’re looking for volunteers to help us stack some firewood. Come for an hour, the whole day, or anything in between to pitch in. We’ll provide pizza for lunch. RSVP here and let us know your pizza preferences.

48th Annual International Homecoming Festival

at St. Stephen & Surrounding Areas - St. Stephen, NB August 5 - 7   Pending the issuance of green status in Canada on August 2nd, the 48th annual international homecoming festival will continue the nearly half-century tradition of Hands Across the Border in what could be a potentially deeply meaningful gesture. Musical performers will be on hand throughout the festival. For updates on the status of this event, click here.

St. Croix Homecoming Festival

at Downtown Calais - Calais, ME August 5 - 7   We always have a reason to celebrate, and this August, we hope you'll join us as we celebrate community at the St. Croix Homecoming Festival! Events include rock painting and Snack & Paint on Friday and Street Fair, concert, and chalk art on Saturday. Art from Jayden Curran will be shown at the Holmes Cottage from 1-4pm, Thursday through Saturday. More information

Jazz in the Park with Mike Levine, Wendy Pedersen, Nicky Orta, Steve Salo

at Stockford Park - Lubec August 7, 2021 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm   A free jazz concert in beautiful Stockford Park on the Lubec Narrows. Sponsored by Cobscook Bay Music. Donations welcome for the Lubec Area Musicians Philanthropic Society (LAMPS) More information

Fish Stories

at Lubec Memorial Library - Lubec, ME August 7  10:30 am - 12:00 pm   Tails are so important. They help animals to keep their balance, help fish swim and help kites fly. We will read some fishy stories and make fish kites with long tails to help them swim and fly through the air. We'll meet at the backyard of the Lubec Memorial Library. More information

Exhibitions

Tides Institute & Museum of Art

 

Maine Bicentennial Book

As part of Maine’s Bicentennial, the Tides Institute & Museum of Art mounted an exhibition of works from its collections ranging in date from 1820 to the present. In addition, the Tides Institute will publish a Bicentennial book featuring 100 works from its collections and the stories behind the works and how they came into the Tides Institute’s collection. Each week, one of the selected works will be featured in CulturePass. 

This week’s piece is a collection of twenty-nine 20th century wooden smoked herring sticks from the McCurdy herring smoke house complex in Lubec, Maine. During the 19th and for much of the 20th centuries, there were dozens of herring smoke houses throughout the coastal border region between Maine and New Brunswick. Lubec had at least 13 herring smoke houses and Seal Cove on neighboring Grand Manan, New Brunswick had even more. The process of smoking the plentiful herring caught in the surrounding waters and bays was a centuries old process brought to North America from Europe. The half inch in diameter smoked herring sticks, some round, some square, average about 40 inches in length and are sharpened on one end. To this day they retain a pungent smell of smoked herring. The McCurdy complex operated between about 1906 and 1991 on the Lubec waterfront. It is last nearly intact early 20th-century herring smoke house complex in Maine and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1993. Others still exist in New Brunswick. Once the herring were brought to a herring smoke house operation by boat, they were soaked in a salt brine and then strung on the wooden herring sticks. Sticks full of strung herring were then brought inside nearby smoke houses and suspended in a series of vertical bays above smoldering fires on the building floor. In 1995, four years after the McCurdy herring smoke house operations closed, it was sold to Lubec Landmarks, an organization dedicated to preserving the McCurdy complex and history.

Photo caption: Detail of the ends of wooden smoked herring sticks from the McCurdy herring smoke house complex in Lubec, Maine.

Summer museum hours are Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 4:00 pm beginning June 25. 
 

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Dark Harbor - The Early Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth

 

at Tides Institute & Museum of Art - Eastport Through September 24 Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 4:00 pm   The Tides Institute & Museum of Art presents its Summer Exhibition "Dark Harbor - The Early Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth, on display now through September 24. Summer museum hours will be Tuesday - Sunday from 10-4. More information

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Crystal Veil I: an installation by Julia Sinelnikova

 

at North Church - Eastport Through October 1   Crystal Veil I: an installation by Julia Sinelnikova, a StudioWorks alum. This exhibition will be ongoing with open hours TBA for summer and fall 2021. More information

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Artist-in-Residence

The ninth year of the StudioWorks Artists-in-Residence Program continues with the arrival of a new artist, Harley Grieco from Brooklyn, New York. Members of the public are invited to visit at StudioWorks, 48 Water Street, Eastport, during the term. All pandemic safety guidelines are in effect, and masks and physical distancing will be required. 
 

Tides Institute Online

 

For online resources from the Tides Institute, click here. Included in these online resources are Tides Institute publications, exhibitions, videos and StudioWorks artists talks. Direct online access to many of the works in the Tides Institute’s collections can be found through this link.  Our museum store is online and can be found by clicking here.
   

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Walkabout Photography Exhibit

 

at Grand Manan Museum - Grand Manan, NB Monday - Saturday 11:00 - 6:00 pm Sunday 1:00 - 5:00pm   The complete Walkabout Photography Exhibit by Museum Curator/Director MJ Edwards is on display all summer at the Grand Manan Museum with over 56 prints of island scenes and found objects and text commentary. More information

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"Overview" at the Lubec Memorial Library

 

at Lubec Memorial Library - Lubec, ME Through July 31    Library Hours   The Lubec Memorial Library is proud to host Ann C. Rosebrooks' exhibit "Overview" for the month of July. "Overview" consists of acrylic paintings on canvas created over the past three years. It is a combination of landscapes, social scenes and political events. Click to visit the library Facebook page.

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What the Camera Does Not See

 

at Lubec Landmarks Mulholland Gallery - Lubec Through July 27  10:00 am - 4:00 pm   An exhibition of recent paintings and drawings by Leslie Bowman. More information

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Eastport Gallery Showcases New Works by Member Artists

 

at Eastport Gallery - Eastport, ME Through August 6 Open Daily   11:00 am - 5:00 pm     Visit the Eastport Gallery at 109 Water Street to see a showcase of new works by Gallery members. We are open daily from 11 am to 5pm and welcome your visit! Our Summer Virtual Show is also new online here. For our complete calendar of summer events, and to view works by all of our members, visit our website.

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Painting Fundy: A Lifetime Obsession

 

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews Through August 7 10:00 am - 4:00 pm   In Painting Fundy: A Lifetime Obsession, the artworks featured in our Harbour View Gallery this month represent a lifetime’s work from Anne Johnston and Jerome Andrews. Both artists have spent the majority of their lives living along the shores of the Bay of Fundy. As dedicated painters and advocates of the natural environment—with the endless changing moods and views of the coastline and horizons—there are always some new moments to capture. More information

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Art400²

 

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews Through August 7 10:00 am - 4:00 pm   The materials in this exhibit are fabulously different from one another and yet raucously grounded in the artisanal scene of the crafting culture and memory of this place. Art400² is a collective of artists and curators from New Brunswick who is currently floating between physical spaces. More information

Ongoing Classes/Events

Eastport Arts Center

Eastport, ME EAC has resumed live events in accordance with CDC guidelines, and continues to offer online opportunities for connection and expression. Check out upcoming and past projects, including those of our six constituent groups, on our website, or sign up to receive our weekly email newsletter.   Photo Caption:  RAGTIME ON THE HORIZON—Roochie Toochie & the Ragtime Shepherd Kings, who dazzled EAC audiences in 2017, will return to make an appearance, as part of their Maine Songs Tour, on September 4. Read more about the band, and watch a video of clips from their 2017 EAC show here.     Music on the Green Summer Concert Series   at Calais Triangle Park - Calais, ME July 27      6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Low Tide Trio: Jazz & Modern Day R&B   14th Annual Music on the Green Concert Series has begun. Join us every Tuesday night at 6:30 for live music. For schedule, or to receive updates, click to visit the official Facebook page.       St. Stephen Summer Concert Series   at David Alison Ganong Chocolate Park - St. Stephen, NB August 5  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Shawn Richard   The Summer Concert Series is back! Running through August in Chocolate Park. More information     Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Class with Newell Lewey   Online Event - Pembroke July 27, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm   Join Newell Lewey on Zoom every Tuesday to learn Passamaquoddy and Maliseet words and culture. Open to the public. Click here to register for an upcoming class, or here to see a recent lesson.       Children's Theater Workshop   at Eastport Arts Center (EAC) - Eastport July 28 10:30 am - 12:00 pm   Eastport Arts Center embarks on its first-ever summer session of Children’s Theater Workshop on Wednesday July 14th from 10:30 am-12:30 pm. Each week through August 18th, participants from ages 7 to 18* can join in to play theater games, build skills on stage, and learn the ins-and-outs of improvisation and sketch comedy. The workshop will culminate in a short performance for participants’ families during the final class. More information     SCAMPs Day Camp   at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB Through August 27 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 12:30 pm, Tuesdays 9:30 - 2:30 pm   This program is available to all local and visiting kids – with morning activities focusing on creating art with nature. Each morning features a different activity including painting, clay modeling, sculpture making, mask and kite making, and more – while visiting gardens, woods, trails, and beaches for inspiration and materials. Register by clicking here.     DLLT Summer Book Club   at Grand Lake Stream Ballfield - Grand Lake Stream, ME August 2    10:30 - 11:30 am   Join Downeast Lakes Land Trust as we host a Summer Book Club. Each week is a lively discussion about a different book that highlights cultural or natural history. Grab a book, and join the fun this summer!  August 2 - "Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned" by Joyce Butler September 6 - "The Overstory" by Richard Powers   DownEast Lakes Land Trust Summer Children's Program   at Grand Lake Stream - Grand Lake Stream,  ME Tuesdays      9:00 am - 12:00 pm   A summer staple in Grand Lake Stream! These free, 3-hour programs are for children ages 6-16. Children’s programs meet weekly on Wednesday mornings across the summer from 9 am to noon, and focus on a different environmental topic each week. Please click to check the DLLT website to confirm activities and meeting places.   Art Lab: Wabanaki Virtual Creators Circle   Online Event  - Wabanaki Confederacy Adult Night (ages 17+) Thursdays   7:00 - 8:00 pm   Join us for our virtual Wabanaki Art Labs. Bring your beads, your ash, and your paint and sign in with other Wabanaki creators once a week to vibe and create. We’re hosting spaces for Wabanaki artists of different ages to socialize, create, and build community together. Please note, our art labs are not instructional classes but are opportunities to create together. More information       Axiom Education & Training Center Machias, ME Washington County Adult Education (WCAE) programs offered by Axiom Education and Training Center (AETC) are available at online for Washington County residents, from Danforth to Cherryfield.   Winter/Spring catalogue is here!       Charlotte County Adult Learning, Inc.  St. George, NB Charlotte County Adult Learning is a non–profit organization providing FREE learning opportunities to adults throughout Charlotte County. Come to finish your year 12 requirements at any age, or enroll in one of our digital literacy courses.    More information     Sunrise Senior College  Machias, ME Being over 50 has never looked so good! Sunrise Senior College at University of Maine, Machias  began in June 2002, and in its first year 80 people were registered members. SSC was established as a part of the Maine Senior College Network and in partnership with the University of Maine at Machias.   For more information or to join in, click here.    Yoga, Fitness, and Tai Chi Classes Online Local mindful movement instructors are offering online versions of their popular local classes: Katie Melancon is offering yoga online, please email anchorandbalanceyoga@gmail.com or click here! Find Get Fit with Tina on Facebook for a current class schedule and Zoom offerings. Samantha Williams is offering Tai Chi and yoga online. Please email boldcoastyoga@gmail.com for times and links.  May 12 @10AM she will host Infant/Toddler Yoga via an interactive Zoom!  Lilli Danaea will be hosting an in-person, outdoor Yoga class this summer at the Sutherland Ampitheater on Wednesdays at 9am. For more info, contact lillireally@gmail.com or click here!   MiMoxi out of St. Andrews NB.  Check out their growing list of livestream and on-demand yoga, cardio, strength and barre classes.      Farmers Markets   Calais Farmers Market: Tuesdays 11 - 1, starting June 22nd Dennys River Farmers Market: Wednesdays 3 - 5:30, starting June 22nd Eastport Farmers Market: Saturdays 11 - 1, starting June 26 Grand Manan Farmers Market: Saturdays 10 - 12:30, starting June 26.  Lubec Market: Saturdays 10 - 12,  June - October  Machias Valley Farmers Market: Fridays 9 - 2,  Late May Pennfield Summer Country Market: Saturdays 9 - 2, starting May 8th  St. Andrews Farmers Market: Thursdays 8:30 - 1, starting May 21 St. George Farmers Market: Saturdays 9 - 1, starting June 26 St. Stephen Farmers Market: Fridays 9 - 2  starting May 7     Outside the Region     Milbridge Days   at Downtown Milbridge - Milbridge, ME July 30 and 31   Come and enjoy Milbridge Days in downtown Milbridge with events July 30 and 31. This year's theme is 1960s: Hippies & Flower Power. Come out and show your style. See the schedule here. More information