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Mark Your Calendars for the Haystack Yard Sale

  • April 28, 2025

Media Advisory Issued: April 23, 2025 CONTACT: Kate Lochner, kate@haystack-mtn.org Mark Your Calendars for the Haystack Yard Sale Deer...

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Opera in the Pines Presents The Barber of the Cape: A World-Premiere Opera Experience for Maine

  • April 24, 2025

Cape Neddick, ME - Opera in the Pines presents The Barber of the Cape, an immersive, world-premiere adaptation of the beloved opera, The Barber of...

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Displacement: Immigrant Portraits

  • April 23, 2025

DISPLACEMENT - Immigrant Portraits , watercolors by Jean Kigel Jackson Memorial Library, 71 Main St., Tenants Harbor presents DISPLACEMENT a...

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Just Passing Through / An Appeal to Heaven opening reception

  • April 23, 2025

Just Passing Through + An Appeal to Heaven Exhibition Notice On view May 2 - June 21, 2025 at SPACE GalleryExhibition announcement for Just Passing...

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Pouring it On

  • April 16, 2025

The Merrymeeting Arts Center Gallery presents Pouring It On, acrylic pour paintings by artist/instructor Linda Murray, and Merrymeeting Arts Center...

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Ebb and Flow 2025 Art Competition & Exhibition

  • April 11, 2025

Deadline: June 30, 2025Entry Fee: $24 for 3 imagesEligibility: Open worldwide, ages 18+ Enter here:...

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Memory Lane 2025 Art Competition & Exhibition

  • April 11, 2025

Hosted by Ten Moir GalleryDeadline: July 1, 2025Enter now: https://tenmoirgallery.com/memory-lane-2025-online-art-competition/ Ten Moir Gallery...

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Maine Playwrights Festival Announces 2025 Lineup and Expanded Programming

  • April 10, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 8, 2025Contact: Liz CarlsonPhone: 207-712-2485Email: maineplaywrightsfestival@gmail.com Maine Playwrights Festival...

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Artist in the Allagash

  • April 10, 2025

ARTIST IN THE ALLAGASH Fine art on rough waters by Kim Yesis Paintbrush meets wilderness…from the author of Side by Side Tales from Behind...

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Kim Yesis Author Debut with Side by Side Tales from Behind the Canvas

  • April 10, 2025
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Searsport Author Releases Memoir of Journey into Fine Art "Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside us." - Oliver...

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JANE HIRSHFIELD TO KEYNOTE THE THIRD ANNUAL CAMDEN FESTIVAL OF POETRY

  • April 08, 2025

The third annual Camden Festival of Poetry will take place from May 13 - 17, 2025. The Festival opens with a Tuesday evening reading from 6-8 pm at...

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Vermont: Plein Air Color & Composition

  • April 07, 2025

Vermont: Plein Air Color & Composition with Philip Frey Class description: Edgewater Gallery is pleased to offer a dynamic plein air painting...

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Request for Proposal: Mainspring Donor Wall Mural or Installation

  • April 03, 2025

Request for Proposal: Mainspring Donor Wall Mural or Installation Mission Mainspring is seeking a talented and community-oriented artist to create...

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Torchlight x Colonial Theatre Spring Showcase & Fundraiser

  • April 03, 2025

Belfast community-based multimedia studio Torchlight partners with Colonial Theatre & Points North Institute to host screening of new works by...

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Maine Literary Events

  • April 03, 2025

April - "National Poetry Month" APRIL 1 - What is a life of courage? The prison poems of Mahvash Sabet answers this question. Location:...

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UMVA Artists Address Climate and ‘The Things We Have Lost’ at Portland Public Library

  • April 02, 2025

The Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) presents "Washed Away," an exhibition of work by 60 artists that addresses change from environmental and...

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NATIONAL POETRY MONTH SHINES AT THE PLANETARIUM

  • March 31, 2025

CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH WITH A VISUAL AND SONIC POETRY EXPERIENCE CREATED BY BARBARIA MARIA AND THE JORDAN PLANETARIUM CELESTIAL EARTH: We...

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Hope is an Act by Robin Asch

  • March 28, 2025
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The Maine Arts Commission recently celebrated the installation of Charlie Hewitt's Hopeful sign at Hallowell City Hall—a message of optimism...

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Lucid Dreams Art Competition & Exhibition

  • March 27, 2025

Hosted by Ten Moir Gallery Deadline: June 1st, Ten Moir Gallery invites artists worldwide to participate in the Lucid Dreams Art Competition &...

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Animals & Insects Online Art Competition & Exhibition

  • March 27, 2025

Hosted by Ten Moir Gallery Deadline: June 1st Ten Moir Gallery invites artists worldwide to participate in the Animals & Insects Art...

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Blu-Sky Artist Award: July 2025 Edition

  • March 27, 2025

Hosted by Ten Moir Gallery Deadline: July 31, 2025 Ten Moir Gallery is delighted to announce the July 2025 Edition of the Blu-Sky Artist Award...

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Auditions For A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • March 27, 2025

AUDITION FOR A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM!! Ten Bucks Theatre Company will be holding auditions for its' outdoor Summer Shakespeare Under the Stars...

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Artist Call: When I See the Sea

  • March 24, 2025

Exhibition Dates: July 18 - August 31, 2025 Description: The Brick Store Museum invites artists to submit work for When I See the Sea, a...

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Artist Call: Eerie, Uncanny, Remarkable

  • March 24, 2025

Exhibition Dates: September 5 - October 26, 2025 Description: The Brick Store Museum invites artists to submit work for Eerie, Uncanny,...

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Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter Call for Art

  • March 18, 2025

Queer culture is dynamic, shaping and reshaping mainstream narratives while celebrating all identities. Contemporary Queer: A Love Letter highlights...

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