** During this time of social - distance requirements, CulturePass and Artsipelago.net welcome the submission of local events that proceed virtually online, or in compliance with local state or province public health recommendations. ** 

Holidays 

** Family Day - February 15 (NB) **

** President's Day - February 15 (US) **

** Ash Wednesday - February 17 (US & Canada) **

** Moon When Spruce Tips Fall - February 27 (Passamaquoddy) **

Event Calendar  

Family Day Fun @ Garcelon Civic Center

at Garcelon Civic Centre - St. Stephen, NB February 15   9:30 am - 3:30 pm   Free Public Skating: 9:30-11:30am  12:00-2:00pm  2:30-4:30pm  Free Family Swimming: 10:00 -11:00am 11:30-12:30am 1:00-2:00pm 2:30-3:30pm More information

New Brunswick Ocean Strategy: Realizing Opportunities in the Blue Economy

at Huntsman Marine Science Center - St. Andrews, NB February 16   1:00 - 4:00 pm Join us and our partners Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Canada's Ocean Supercluster, and Valorēs Ocean Startup Project for our #NewBrunswick #OceanStrategy2021 event. Participants in this event will learn about potential local and global opportunities in the Ocean Sector and build collaborations to capitalize on these opportunities in the short, medium, and long term. REGISTER HERE. More information

Remarkable Reptiles: Vacation Week Arts Camp

Online Event  - Eastport, ME February 17 & 18  10:00 - 11:00 am   Join EAC and popular instructors Sara Myrick and Ann Cannizzaro. This camp, held via Zoom from 10 to 11 am each day, will offer an array of hands-on activities, including accordion snakes, dazzling lizards and slotted turtles. Projects are designed for participants ages 6-13, and materials kits will be available through EAC. Arts Camp registration must be in by February 13; please contact alison@eastportartscenter.org to register and arrange for materials pickup, or click this link for more details.  More information

Helping New Brunswickers Cope: Suicide Awareness Webinar

Online Event - Saint George, NB  February 18   1:00 - 2:00 pm   Join the Multicultural Association of Charlotte County & Canadian Mental Health Association for a Suicide Awareness Webinar. This is a free event but requires pre-registration and only allows for 100 attendees. This webinar will be held in English. More information

Tree Tapping & Maple Syrup Workshop

Online Event - Trescott, ME February 18   1:00 - 3:00 pm   Join syrup enthusiast Kara McCrimmon and the Cobscook Institute for a live virtual workshop on the basics of tree tapping and maple syrup making. The class will cover a brief history of sugaring, how to identify tappable maple trees, and options for finishing and preserving your harvest.  The workshop will take place over zoom and is suitable to all ages. We’re happy to help folks get set up on Zoom. Just give us a call. Sliding Scale: $0-20 More information

Stories From the Dawnland

Online Event  - Bangor, ME  February 19    6:00 - 7:30 pm   Join us again for Stories from the Dawnland! Carol Dana and Roger Paul will be our featured storytellers. We will be streaming this event live over Zoom and here on our Facebook page, we hope to see you there! To participate via Zoom, please register in advance via this link.  For more information, contact Minquansis Sapiel msapiel@wabanakipublichealth.org or Lauren Stevens lstevens@wabanakipublichealth.org More information

Basics of Organic Vegetable Gardening

Online Event  - Eastport, ME February 20   1:00 - 3:00 pm   Are you thinking of starting your first vegetable garden this Spring? Are you aware of the effects of toxic chemicals and fertilizers and want to go from conventional gardening to organic sustainable methods? Peavey Library and TWIG will be offering an online Zoom presentation for the for the basics of organic vegetable gardening. Join us on to learn to grow some organic nutritious vegetables! Please send email address to twigeastport@gmail.com to sign up. TWIG will be in touch with instructions the morning of the Zoom chat. More information

Copyright 101

Online Event  - Machias, ME February 20    10:00 - 11:30 am   One of the simplest and most complex issues around writing is copyright. As soon as you write something, it is yours, so why all of the fuss? This class will walk through some of the basics about how to apply for a copyright for written works. Online via Zoom Instructor: Valerie Lawson Cost: $25 More information

#DebrisFreeFundy Winter Rope Repurposing Workshop

at Huntsman Marine Science Center - St. Andrews, NB February 20    12:00 - 2:00 pm   Come get crafty and learn about Huntsman's #DebrisFreeFundy project! Join us for one of our Rope Repurposing Workshops this winter. On February 20th we will be creating a Round Mat. On March 25th join us as we make an Easter Basket. Space is limited, book online to sign up for the workshop of your choice! Our COVID-19 safety measures can be found by clicking on our website. More information

Kids March Break

at Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre - St. Andrews, NB February 27 - March 5   10:00 - 12:00 pm   Registration is open - Sign up your kid today! Kids March Break 2021 will be lead by Instructor Chantal Vincent throughout the week of February 27 - March 5 from 10am - 12pm. Ages 5-13, with a maximum of 8 students per day. * Design and Print Your Own T-Shirts: 2/27, 3/2 & 3/4 or Create Felt Jungle Animals - 3/1, 3/3, & 3/5 * Register today by clicking this link. More information

Marine March Break

at Huntsman Marine Science Center - St. Andrews, NB February 27    9:00 - 4:00 pm   Who is ready for MARINE MARCH BREAK?! The Huntsman team has a full week of FUN planned for you and your family this March Break at the Fundy Discovery Aquarium! Please note our COVID-19 protocols on our website. More information

Draw-a-Thon - February 2021

Online Event  - Eastport, ME February 27    7:30 - 9:30 pm   Our theme seems to be in the artist's studio as we'll be joining Brice Garrett and his beautiful wearables for a 20 minute hand pose. Be sure to pack your metallic accents for this architecturally inspired world.  All are welcome to participate in the “pay if you are able event”, Anne noted that participants needn’t be artists. This event uses the Zoom platform to create an evening both festive and intimate. Participants may join by clicking this link. Meeting ID: 456 676 0909 Password: Yes! 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 photograph by photographer, George Daniell, of the seining of a herring weir at Grand Manan island, New Brunswick in 1938. It is part of a large series of black and white photographs that Daniell took of the herring fisheries that year when he made an extended visit to Grand Manan. The work was published in several national magazines in the United States as well as Canada. They provide a remarkable record of the herring fisheries at this time. They are as riveting today as when they were taken. Most of Daniell's Grand Manan photographs were acquired by the Tides Institute several years ago through a purchase/gift arrangement with the Aucocisco Gallery of Portland, Maine that was, at the time, representing the photographer's estate. More of George Daniell's story and how his work came to the Tides Institute can be viewed in detail here.


Photo caption: Photograph by George Daniell of the seining of a herring weir at Grand Manan island, New Brunswick in 1938.
 

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.  Visit our puzzle page that features six virtual puzzles based on works from our collection for a deeper interaction.   Our museum store is online and can be found by clicking here.

 

This season, museum hours have changed to by-appointment, and visitors will be required to wear face masks. 

More information
 

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Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre

 

Sharing the Love: Online Exhibition 2021

Online Exhibit - St. Andrews, NB February   As part of our "Sunbury Shores: The heART of our Community" campaign, we're running another online exhibition until the end of February. We're inviting you to create artwork that expresses something you love - and submit photos via direct message - with your name, and a brief description of your work and we will feature it on our page, adding it to this new album! More information

Eastport Arts Center's Washington Street Gallery

Covid Creations: Online Exhibition

Online Event  - Eastport, ME  February & March    Washington Street Gallery asked artists, "What have you created during the Covid-19 pandemic?" The works submitted in response, alongside artists' statements probing the act of creativity in these unusual times, comprise the Covid Creations online exhibition. Many of the 45 works on view are available for sale directly by the artists; more information is available on the exhibition page here. More information

Huntsman Marine Debris Art Contest

at Huntsman Marine Science Center - St. Andrews, NB Through March 19, 2021   The #DebrisFreeFundy project would like your help to raise awareness about the importance of healthy oceans! We are hosting our second annual Marine Debris Art Contest- winners of the contest will have their artwork printed in our 2022 Marine Debris Calendar! Grab your art supplies and show us how marine debris impacts the Bay of Fundy and how you can help prevent marine debris! Participants must be New Brunswick public, private or homeschool students.   For complete details and to receive required contest instructions and forms, email Nicole.Waaler@huntsmanmarine.ca More information

Eastport Gallery

Winter Show

Online Exhibit - Eastport, ME January & February   Brighten your winter by visiting the new online Winter Show at the Eastport Gallery’s virtual gallery, featuring works by 14 of the member artists. Visit the online gallery.  More information

Virtual Lego Club 

at Ross Memorial Library - St. Andrews, NB February  Ross Memorial Library is displaying a virtual Lego Exhibit. For details, visit the facebook page.  More information

Ongoing Classes/Events

Eastport Arts Center

Eastport, ME Despite closed doors, EAC continues to welcome all with an array of online opportunities for connection and expression.  Read about upcoming and past projects on our website, and check out all of the latest from EAC video here.  Image: Musician Emma Page and artist Nia Aretakis teamed up for this month's KinderArts Craft Along: Papercraft Suncatcher Hearts, presented both in full detail for crafters of all ages, and as a short music video featuring an overview of Nia's seasonal craft and an earful of Emma's original music! • Passionate cook and photographer Treena Brunelle shared a buffet's worth of tantalizing food images (including vegetarian chili cheese fries and lemon meringue pie!) as part of our 'February is Food Month' feature, offered in virtual celebration of EAC's annual International Dinner tradition. • A recent EAC Video explores with their artists—Mary Anderson and Susan Griggs Bailey—two views of the hearts aglow in the Tides Institute & Museum of Art's top-floor windows!   History of Women's Suffrage in the United States   Online Event  - Dennysville, ME February 24 - May 19  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm   Join a Maine Humanities Council book group discussion of Women's Suffrage in the United States online via Zoom, sponsored by the Lincoln Memorial Public Library, every three Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. To register please call the Library at 726-4750 and leave your Name, Telephone Number, and Email Address, or call Coordinator Bill Attick at 726-4685 with questions. All books and reading materials will be provided to every participant, to be returned to the Library at the end of the series. A complete list of books and topics for discussion is found by clicking here. More information     Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Class with Newell Lewey   Online Event - Bangor, ME Tuesdays    2:00 - 3:00 pm   Learn the Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language right from the comfort of your own home with weekly virtual language classes with Passamaquoddy Linguist Newell Lewey. Newell will be conducting the class over Zoom and we encourage participants to download the Zoom app to join the meeting so you can talk directly with Newell and with other students, but each class can also be viewed by logging into   Wabanaki Public Health Facebook Page each Tuesday at 2pm. Students are required to register for this class. To register, click this link. More information       10 Minute Self-Care Zoom   Online Event  - Downeast, ME Fridays 12:00 - 12:15 pm   Join Annie Hopkins and Guests! 10 minutes of centering & connection. Click here for Zoom Link.  VIDEO ON or OFF. AUDIO ON or OFF. Meeting ID: 873 7601 7576 Passcode: calm More information     Eastport to Machias - and Beyond Music Friends   Online Event - Downeast, ME   February 18     7:00 - 8:00 pm   Elizabeth Nichols-Goodliff is inviting you to Zoom into Thursday night open mic. Perform for others or just listen. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 832 9839 6036 More information     Story Time Saturday with Porter Memorial Library   Online Event  - Machias, ME Saturdays through March 27   Porter Memorial Library will post a new, reading aloud segment called Story Time Saturday to its Facebook page beginning February 13. During the recorded session, a guest reader will read aloud from new and old children's literature. The library's first guest reader, Andrea McGill O'Rourke, will present the children's classic, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. Andrea will start by reading Chapters 1 to 3 on Saturday, February 13. Each Saturday a new recording will be posted to Facebook. The final chapters of Charlotte's Web will be available on Saturday, March 27. Listener/viewers can find Story Time Saturday here.   More information     Play by Play: Theater of the Absurd   Online Event  - Eastport, ME Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:00 pm   Play by Play is a free theatre appreciation course offered by Stage East that builds participants' abilities to analyze and thoughtfully discuss plays through in-class readings and discussion as well as helpful study guides. This session's focus is Theatre of the Absurd. Alongside facilitator, Mark Macey, participants will chart this movement's impact on theatre history and its relevance today.  Click here for the full line up of shows, and more detailed information, or contact Macey at mark@eastportartscenter.org. More information        Cobscook Institute Lubec & North Trescott, ME   Monday Night Music Circle - Every Monday at 6:00 pm via Zoom, contact Alan Furth or Daphne Loring daphne@cobscookinstitute.org for the link.  Thursday Virtual Writers Group - New and/or seasoned (salt/pepper) writers are welcome to join the Thursday Writers group. Every other Thursday from 1- 3 pm. (2nd & 4th Thursday).  For more information, please contact Michael Brown at mrbrown64@msn.com Classes & Events Calendar More Information   Online Artist's Community with Anne S. Hopkins Online Event - Eastport, ME Wednesdays   4:00 - 5:00 pm             Fridays           9:00 - 10:00 am Zoom in for In The Studio every Friday morning. In the Studio is a time for visiting, exploring and discussing the creative process. Each week a featured artist/creative shares their studio/screen with us and a lighthearted and sincere question and answer ensues. During non-covid times Anne hosts the weekly Life Drawing Workshop at Eastport Arts Center. In our current era, Anne hosts Wednesday Portrait Drawing, Friday In the Studio and our monthly Draw-a-thon online! Class links may be found here; or email anneshieldshopkins@gmail.com for more information.   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!   More information   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, as well as hosting a 200 hour teacher training in January.  Please email boldcoastyoga@gmail.com for times and links.   For information on Mindfulness and Yoga Classes taught by Lilli Danaea on Tuesdays and Fridays,  contact lillireally@gmail.com or click here! Dawn & Lori have launched a new fitness & wellness site called MiMoxi out of St. Andrews NB.  Check out their growing list of livestream and on-demand yoga, cardio, strength and barre classes.  Check in with your other favorite yoga and exercise instructors to see if they have plans to move classes online.

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