** 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 

** Commonwealth Day - March 8 (Canada) **

** St. Patrick's Day - March 17 (USA & Canada) **

** Vernal Equinox - March 20 (USA & Canada) **

Event Calendar  

Food Fun & Reading Around Washington County

Online Event - Machias, ME  March 9    3:30 - 4:15 pm   A new program for youth and parents in Washington County, Maine! "Food, Fun, and Reading" will feature an interactive activity about MyPlate, based on the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition guidelines, and a read-aloud story with a different Washington County library each week. The series is free; registration is required. Register by clicking on the program webpage. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact 207.255.3345; rita.stephenson@maine.edu. More information

"This is How We Name Our Lands:" Mapping Penobscot Place Names

Online Event  - Portland, ME March 10    6:00 - 7:30 pm   Please join us for: "Iyoka Eli-Wihtamakʷ Kətahkinawal--This is How We Name Our Lands: Mapping Penobscot Place Names," a panel discussion, via Zoom Webinar, on the making of the 2016 Penobscot Nation Cultural and and Historic Preservation Department Map and Gazetteer, as we learn from Language Masters, Historians, Artists, and Cartographers, on the intersections of place, language, art, culture, and cartography. Featuring: Carol Dana James E. Francis, Sr. Gabe Paul Margaret Pearce More information

March Coffee House

Online Event  - St. Stephen, NB March 12    7:30 - 9:00 pm   March Coffee House - with Loyal Tides Music Collective - March 12th 2 7:30. For more details click on our Facebook page. More information

New Moon Teachings: Wabanaki Place Names

Online Event - Portland, ME March 13   6:00 - 7:30 pm   This month's New Moon Teachings is about Wabanaki Place Names - Understanding Wabanaki Landscape. The New Moons Teachings series takes place monthly on the new moon and so we will convene via Zoom webinar on March 13th. We are grateful to host a panel of James E. Francis, Sr. (Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation) and Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer). The drum above was painted by James E. Francis, Sr., Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation for the Penobscot Nation. To learn more about the New Moon Drum Project, click to visit the Penobscot Cultural & Historic Preservation website. More information

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop

at Cobscook Institute - Trescott, ME March 13   10:00 - 12:00 pm   Cobscook Institute presents: Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop, co-sponsored by MOFGA. Saturday March 13th 10 am - 12 noon. Taught by CJ Walke, MOFGA Orchardist More information

St. Patty's Day Drive Thru Dinner

Lubec American Legion Post 65  - Lubec, ME Pembroke American Legion Post 59  - Pembroke, ME March 13   4:00 - 7:00 pm   Celebrate St. Patty's Day while observing social distancing practices. Join the American Legion Auxiliary unit #65 with a drive thru dinner on March 13, starting at 4 and going until the food has run out! Menu: corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, turnip, and carrots. For dessert there is chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting! 491 County Road, Lubec, ME 04652 92 Front Street, Pembroke, ME 04666 More information

Senior Citizen St. Patrick's Day Special

at Ceaser’s Pub & Grill - Calais, ME March 17   3:00 - 9:00 pm   Nino's Downeast Cuisine & Ceasar's Pub & Grill will be hosting a safe dining experience for Senior Citizens to enjoy a traditional St. Patrick's Day corned beef & cabbage boiled dinner. All CDC guidelines will be followed and all Senior Citizens will receive a 15% Discount! Call 207-454-7111 to make your reservation! More information

Seed Starting with T.W.I.G

Online Event - Eastport, ME  March 20    1:00 - 3:00 pm   Seed Starting Workshop Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Hybrids? Confused? Learn what type of seed is best for organic vegetable and flower gardens. We will go from start to finish on growing your own flowers and vegetables. This is an online event through Zoom. We are asking for people to sign up for this class by emailing twigeastport@gmail.com. Details will be sent to your email address the morning of the talk. More information

Workshop: Needle Felted Landscapes with Paula Farrar

Online Event - Eastport, ME   March 20   1:00 - 3:00 pm   EAC's latest online workshop will include a thorough introduction to the techniques of needle felting with fiber artist Paula Farrar; participants will create a landscape image and/or a sunflower.  Participants must register with Alison Brennan at alison@eastportartscenter.org by March 18, to receive the Zoom invitation for class. For more information, including material kits and registration, please click here to visit the website. 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 large watercolor titled “Passamaquoddy Buildings” completed in about 1920 and is the work of American artist, Nellie Augusta Knopf. Short of stature and very nearly deaf, she successfully made her way in a male-dominated art world, painting widely and exhibiting regularly. Knopt spent the summers between 1910-1917 studying landscape painting with artist, Charles Woodbury, in the famed art colony of Ogunquit on the southernmost coast of Maine. It is during this time that she first visited the eastern coast of Maine where she completed a number of oil and watercolor paintings as well as woodcuts over the next several years. “Passamaquoddy Buildings” portrays the jam packed jumble of buildings that made up the area’s industrial waterfronts dominated by the sardine industry that was then at its height. The Tides Institute has several other works done by Knopf of this area during this time as well as a collection of her sketchbooks that includes a number of area scenes. To discover more of Nelli Knopf's history, click here.

Photo caption. Watercolor painting, “Passamaquoddy Buildings,” by Nellie Augusta Knopf. c.1920.

 

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. 

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Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre

Inspiratory: From the Beaverbrook Art Gallery Collection

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 Through March   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

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 ABOVE: John Newell (top corners) talks about the whys and hows of Quoddy Voices virtual choir in the latest from EAC Video • Elizabeth Ostrander (right side) reflects and retells with Eastport Gallery's Jude Kempe in the latest from the Artist to Artist video series; Elizabeth's "Dancing with Beauty" (center top) heralds this release • Wool roving (bottom right) is the magical material set to be transformed in a new Needle Felting workshop with Paula Farrar (shown at work, bottom left) • Shakespearean drama is re-envisioned in Stoppard's Absurdist classic, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, next in the queue for Stage East's Play by Play, and  referenced here by an illustration from Hamlet of a pivotal moment in both plays.     Time Capsule Submissions for St. Stephen 150   at Garcelon Civic Centre - St. Stephen, NB Through March 31    The town of St. Stephen will be burying a time capsule on May 17th in celebration of our 150th anniversary and we want to know what you think 2046 will look like! How to enter: Send us your artwork showing what you think St. Stephen will look like 25 years from now! Artwork will be displayed at the Garcelon Civic Center and 2 lucky winners will win a caplet for their family to fill! There is no cost to enter, simply drop off your art submissions now through March 31st at the main desk of the Garcelon Civic Center, attention St. Stephen 150 Committee More information     WCCC 2021 Polar Dip: Pandem-A-Dip From a Distance   Online Event - Calais, ME Through April 16   In light of COVID-19 precautions, our in-person 2021 WCCC Polar Dip will be going virtual. Send in your donations along with your photos and or videos of your dip, wherever it may be by April 16, 2021! On April 29, 2021 Student Senate will have gathered all media sent in and turn it into a video to honor our Annual event and air it on our WCCC Facebook page and WCCC web site. More information       Eastport Gallery presents: Artist to Artist, Part II with Elizabeth Ostrander   Online Event - Eastport, ME   March    Eastport Gallery’s Artist to Artist video series continues with a more in-depth interview with member artist and one of the original founders of Eastport Gallery, Elizabeth Ostrander. In Part II Elizabeth tells us more about her life, becoming an artist and some of the events and influences that have inspired her work over the years. Click this link to both interviews with Elizabeth, and all Eastport Gallery offerings. More information     Musically Mine   Online Event  - Lubec, ME February 22 - March 15   LAMPS would like to welcome you to "Musically Mine," a new fundraiser project. The objective of this program is to build awareness of LAMPS and raise funds to support upcoming programs. The money raised during this campaign will be used to support LAMPS' local musical projects and charitable giving fund. To read more about LAMPS' work, click here. ​ Musically Mine is about the music you love. To participate, we are inviting you to create a short video where you introduce and play a piece of music that is important to you.  For guidelines and information, please click here to visit the official site.   More information       Spring Fling Raffle   at Wabanaki Natural Basket & Gift Shop - Pleasant Point, ME Through March 20   Spring Fling ticket sales will benefit basketry classes at the shop, and there will also be "private raffles" with submissions from Gal Frey, Mary Daigle & Brenda Moore-Mitchell. Raffle tickets can be purchased in person or online through Cash app/$brendamooremitchell. Photos to follow. start date for ticket sales will be March 1st, and the raffle will be on March 20th. More information     Quoddy Voices Resumes for Spring Season   Online Event  - Eastport, ME Mondays, Starting March 8   7:00 pm - 9:00 pm   Quoddy Voices community chorus begins its Spring virtual season on Monday, March 8, with weekly get togethers and rehearsals via the Zoom platform. Singers will work on learning some beautiful new choral pieces and those who wish can participate in the creation of a few virtual choir videos. These involve singers learning (through online rehearsals and practice videos) and recording their parts, which will be assembled into a video choral performance. For complete details, please visit the official website by clicking here. More information       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       Eastport to Machias - and Beyond Music Friends   Online Event - Downeast, ME   Thursdays    7:00 - 9:00 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: 872 8632 9341 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   River Camp - a two-week summer camp for teens interested in outdoor careers, conservation, ecology, and outdoor skill building. A joint program of Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF) and Cobscook Institute, teens who are accepted to River Camp are part of a co-ed youth crew and work alongside professionals on projects focused on habitat restoration and recreational access. Sign up by May 31!  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. Anne also hosts a Wednesday Portrait Drawing workshop and a monthly Draw-a-thon, both 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.

Community Ice Skating Rinks