Thursdays

LEWISTON — Baby Sensory Playtime in the Lewiston Public Library’s Children’s Department every Thursday morning from 10am to 12pm.

Drop-in and join us for Baby Sensory Playtime! Babies and their caregivers will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of sensory toys and socialize with other families with young children. Playtime with sensory toys contributes to a baby’s cognitive development, fine motor skills, social and emotional development, creativity, and language development. 

Recommended for babies ages birth-18 months and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. This program is free, open to the public and no registration is required.

Sept 13

ONLINE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Summer Equine Speaker Series. Three events, all of which will start at 6 p.m., will be held on the following days:

Sept. 13: Elissa Ballman will review various insect pests, ways to mitigate bugs and new research.

 Registration is required to receive the webinar links for this free series. For more information and to register, visit the program webpage. 

Sept 14

LEWISTON — From 12 noon to 3 PM 4th Annual Rally for Recovery hosted by the Lewiston Area Public Health Committee in Kennedy Park

Sept 14

STANDISH — The Standish Community Dog Park will be hosting their Pups in the Park event to benefit the dog park.  The event is free and fun for all, well-behaved dogs on a leash,  and will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 (rain date 9/15).  It will be at 670 Ossipee Trail West, Standish on the multi-purpose fields at Memorial Park.  The event is from 10 am-1 pm. The Fun Dog Show registration starts at 10 am and the show will start at 10:30 am.  Trooper Hinck and K9 Berry will do a demonstration at noon.  Raffle prize drawings will be at 1 pm.  We will have Sponsors and give-a-ways, vendors, non profits,  a chill zone, fun agility area and more!  

Standish Parks and Recreation operates the dog park with support from volunteers.  The money raised with help add benches and a shade structure.

Sept 14

Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist, Philipp Ellsner in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 127

Saturday September 14 at 4:00 Great Cranberry Island Church

Tickets and additional information at dapontequartet.org

Sept 15

AUBURN — 10am. Water Communion Service, First Universalist Church of Auburn, 169 Pleasant St. FMI auburn.org or call 783-0461.

Sept 17, 25

LEWISTON — The Oasis of Music begins its 2024-25 season on Wednesday September 4 with a performance by Denny Breau.  Doors open at noon for a 12:30 start.

9/17 (Tuesday!) Chris Lansley, flute and piano

9/25 Barry Lawson, mandolin and guitar

The Oasis of Music is a weekly music series held at Trinity Commons, 247 Bates Street in Lewiston.  Music begins at 12:30 and continues for 30 or 40 minutes.  Admission is free, with donations accepted.  For more information call 344-3106.

Sept 18

LEWISTON — The Ladies of St Anne Sodality , Prince of Peace Parish will be holding their General Membership Meeting September 18,2024 at the Holy Family Parish Hall. A Casserole Supper will be served at 6PM. Tickets are $5.00 and are available by contacting any of the officers or by calling 782-4516. The Meal ticket must be purchased by September 9, 2024.

Installations of Officers, Counselors and Honorary Members will take place.

Sept 20

LEWISTON — Friday, September 20th at 10am the Lewiston Public Library Children’s Department will be offering the program Baby Footprints Keepsakes. Caregivers and their infants will be able to create a baby footprints keepsake using the imprints of their children’s feet on salt dough.

This activity is recommended for caregivers with children ages 0-24 months old. This program will take place in the Children’s Department on the third floor of the library. The activity is free and there is no registration required.

Sept 20

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Pousette-Dart DUO – FRI, Sept 20, 2024 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

The first concert of the series will be the Pousette-Dart DUO (Jon Pousette-Dart and Jim Chapdelaine), formerly of the folk-rock group Pousette-Dart Band.

Pousette-Dart band was a mainstay of album radio in the 70’s and a favorite on the college circuit. circuit becoming one of the busiest touring groups in the US working with such acts as The Byrds, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, The Eagles, James Taylor, The J. Geils Band, and many more. They released 4 albums of harmony-filled, country-tinged folk-rock, and got plenty of radio play with songs including “Amnesia,” “What Can I Say,” and “Freezing Hot.”   As a Duo they perform decades of music from the Capitol years up to the latest solo releases. Jon Pousette-Dart DUO has become one of the top Country and Folk artists in the 2024 music scene. These long-touring musicians will perform the music known by heart by a whole generation. 

Tickets:  $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 Students/Children.  Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at https://ticketstripe.com/pousette.

Sept 21

WESTBROOK — Friends of Feral Felines is holding a used book sale on Saturday, September 21 from 9am to 2pm at the Westbrook Community Center, 426 Bridge St. in Westbrook.  F of FF is a nonprofit supporting abandoned cats in southern Maine with veterinary care, food, and housing.  Sales help both the homeless cats and the community by reducing the numbers through trapping, neutering, and homing. fmi…..   www.feralfelines.net  

Sept 21

GORHAM — Bean Supper featuring “George’s Baked Beans” at Cressey Road Christian Church, 81 Cressey Road, Gorham, Maine on September 21 at 5 PM. Adults $10, Ages  5-12  $5, Under 5  FREE. Come early to secure your seat at this delicious dinner.

Sept 25

WINTHROP – Award-winning author Sarah Braunstein will discuss her latest novel “Bad Animals” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 25 at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. The New York Times described the book as a “sharp-witted, ravishing novel.”

Sept 28

GRAY — First Congregational Church of Gray Saturday Night Church Supper held on Saturday, September 28,2024 @ 5:00 at the Parish House, 5 Brown Street, Gray. Handicapped Accessible.

Meals are Single-sized and are $10.OO each. Please pay at the door. The Menu includes: variety of casseroles & salads, baked pea beans & red kidney, red hot dogs, breads & assortment of desserts & beverages

Sept 28

LISBON FALLS — Dine In/Take Out Bean Supper, Saturday, September 28th from 4:30pm – 5:30pm or SOLD OUT at Lisbon United Methodist Church, 14 School Street, Lisbon Falls, ME. Sponsored by the Methodist Women. Adults $9.00

Menu: Pea Beans, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, dinner roll and a slice of pie! FMI-Gwen Rioux 353-6814

 Oct 19

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt – Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

For decades, Sally and Claudia have been playing at prestigious folk venues around the world and were regulars on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion. They are well-known for beautiful harmonies, dulcimer & guitar duets, and a wide repertoire of originals and traditional songs.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $10 students/children. Tickets are available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at  https://ticketstripe.com/sallyrogers.

Nov 23

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Novel Jazz Septet – Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

Novel Jazz Septet, one of Maine’s premiere jazz groups, is now in their 20th year of keeping the musical legacy of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn alive and swinging. The band embarked on a project to go through the massive archives at the Smithsonian Museum of American History as well as the Strayhorn Collection at the Library of Congress. finding compositions by Ellington and Strayhorn, transcribing some lesser-known gems for the band and reinterpreting them with a 21st century sound.

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and $10 for students/children and will be available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at ticketstripe.com/noveljazz7.

Jan 11

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

David Mallett – Sat, January 11, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

Maine’s own singer-songwriter David Mallet is one of America’s true troubadours. In a career that spans four decades, David Mallett has recorded 17 albums and has performed in clubs, concert halls and festivals across the US, Canada and Europe. He has appeared on numerous broadcasts, including National Public Radio’s A Prairie Home Companion. Known for his carefully written, poetic offerings, his body of work has provided material for more than 150 artists , including Alison Krauss, Pete Seeger, Hal Ketchum, Emmylou Harris, John Denver and even the Muppets, and his “Garden Song” has become an American folk classic.

Tickets:  $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 Students/Children.  Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at https://ticketstripe.com/pousette.

Mar 15

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Women in Harmony – Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm. Tickets:  $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 Students/Children

Women in Harmony is a Portland-based chorus of 60 women’s voices, which has been singing for social justice for over 20 years. It is a diverse group of gay and straight, musically sophisticated and musically untrained women who unite in song and a spirit of fairness. Women in Harmony is dedicated both to musical excellence and social justice.

Tickets:  $15 in advance, $20 at the door, $10 Students/Children. Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at  https://ticketstripe.com/womenharmony

Apr 12

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Guy Davis – Sat, April 12, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Rap, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address, the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $10 for students/children.  Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or at ticketstripe.com/guydavis.

May 17

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

House of Hamill – Sat, May 17, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

The upcycled Celtic folk trio, House of Hamill, features Brian Buchanan and Rose Baldino of the Celtic folk-rock band Enter the Haggis.  They are both accomplished traditional fiddle players and classical violinists, with over 25 years of writing and performance experience between them. They write unusual new fiddle tunes and exciting, unpredictable original songs while breathing new life into traditional and contemporary songs. A third full-time member, Caroline Browning, recently joined the duo, playing bass, mandolin, and vocals. Their music occupies a space between traditional Irish and sophisticated indie folk.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $10 for students/children.  Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at ticketstripe.com/house.

June 14

BRUNSWICK — The 2024-25 UUCB Concerts for a Cause Series season will include folk, jazz, blues, celtic, and choral singing for justice.   This season’s charities receiving 100% of the profits from the concert are Brunswick Area Teen Center and Maine Family Planning.  For further details about the concerts, go to https://www.uubrunswick.org/events/.

Susan Werner – Sat, June 14, 2025 at 7:30 pm. Doors open 7:00 pm.

Susan Werner is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, and pianist who has built a reputation as one of the country’s most compelling live performers. She has been playing to sold-out audiences across the country for 27 years. Renowned as a charismatic performer, she’s known above all for challenging herself to conquer new styles every few years.  She writes ambitious concept albums with subject matter and sounds to match.  She has produced 18 albums of songs that effortlessly slide between folk/rock, jazz, Tin Pan Alley to gospel, country, and pop, all delivered with sassy wit and classic Midwestern charm.

Tickets:  $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 Students/Children.  Available at the church office, Gulf of Maine Books, or online at https://ticketstripe.com/swerner