Events - Apr 14 23

Click Here for: Ellis Paul 30th Anniversary Tour with Radoslav Lorkovic details.

 

 

Poetry Stroll:

This April, in honor of National Poetry Month, the Brunswick High School Library and the Brunswick High School Art Department, along with Spindleworks, People Plus, and participating Brunswick businesses, have created a Poetry Stroll through downtown Brunswick. Enjoy classic poems displayed along Maine Street featuring poetry-inspired BHS student artwork, along with original poetry and artwork created by Spindleworks and People Plus. 

 

Trevor Campbell with his artwork inspired by the poem “The Garden by Moonlight”

 

Maia Pietraho with her artwork inspired by the poem “Flowers in the Dark”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participating businesses include:

Aki Japanese Cuisine
Animal House

Bank of America

Berries

Big Top Deli

Broadway Deli
CMG Home Loans
Cool as a Moose
Enoteca Athena
The Fabric Den Quilt Shop

Fleet Feet Maine Running
Gulf of Maine Books
Hatch on Maine
Hatch Home
The Mix
M&T Bank
Moderation Brewing
Morning Glory Natural Foods
The Nest
Portland Pie
Pura Vida Day Spa
Riley Insurance Agency
Sotheby’s International Realty
Wilbur’s of Maine

 

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Mark your calendars! The 21st annual Music in April silent auction and live auction Gala – two premier happenings in the Brunswick community are coming this April!

This year’s fundraiser will include the popular month-long online “silent auction,” which runs April 1 through the 28th, and the “live auction”

Gala event on April 28th, from 5-8 pm at the St. John’s Community Center.

Tickets are on sale now for our gala event with live music, delicious food and auction items. Seats are $50 each or two for $90. Contact People Plus at 729-0757 to reserve your seat! Get ready to bid!

The 21st annual People Plus Music in April online auction is now OPEN, launched on April 1, and features over 300 items! It will run the whole month of April, closing on April 28 at 10:00 pm.

The online auction will feature a variety of items including local gift certificates, jewelry, private dinners, variety baskets, clothing, paintings, vintage treasures, hand-made items, adventures and much more – there is something for everyone – in every price range! Visit www.peopleplusmaine.org, and click on the link for the auction to view the catalog of amazing items. New items will be added every Thursday afternoon so check back often and place your bids (you’ll be notified if someone outbids you so you can bid again!). The auction closes April 28 at 10 pm so watch your bids!

Music in April is THE signature fundraiser for People Plus. It enables us to serve over 1300 People Plus members who represent an ever-increasing population of retirees and elders on the Mid Coast. This non-profit could NOT do it without the income from Music in April – which has become a signature event in our community. The Center has raised over $650,000 from the event over the last 20 years. These last few years have demonstrated exactly how vital People Plus is to the lives of the older adult populations. In addition to hundreds of classes, clubs and meals held safely at the Center, we made over four thousand deliveries of groceries, food pantry boxes, meals and prescriptions – and provided over 30,000 miles of transportation – just last year, keeping seniors safe!

People Plus serves the greater Brunswick community by offering a variety of activities to support engaged, healthy and independent lives for older adults, as well as hosting the Teen Center where young people can meet safely to explore creative outlets, eat a healthy meal, and develop into well-rounded adults. People Plus also provides outreach and transportation services, and offers many volunteer opportunities.

People Plus wishes to thank Lead Sponsors Coastal Landing Retirement Community, Mid Coast-Parkview Health Maine Health, Bill Dodge Auto Group, Rusty Lantern Market, Bowdoin College, Priority Real Estate Group, Bangor Savings Bank, Bath Savings Institution, and Maine State Credit Union. Also sponsors Brackett Funeral Home, Off Their Rockers, Spectrum Generations, Norway Savings Bank, Maine State Music Theatre, Goodwin Motor Group, The Times Record, Darling’s Ford, Dead River Company, Kennebec Savings Bank, The Highlands, Thornton Oaks, Avita of Brunswick/Sunnybrook, Atlantic Federal Credit Union, Flight Deck Brewing, Brunswick Instant Print, Maine Community Bank, Insurance and Retirement Solutions, Developers Collaborative, Edward Jones Brunswick & Topsham, and Topsham Tractor & Manchester Motors.

FMI visit “www.peopleplusmaine.org”

Bowdoin College is celebrating 50 years of Environmental Studies at the College with a Symposium
Thursday, April 13-Friday, April 14, 2023.
All events are open to the public free of charge.

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Keynote address by Teona Williams ‘12
“‘We’re Gonna Be Okay Now’: Lessons Learned from a Bowdoin
Environmental Studies Alumna”
7:30 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center

Teona Williams is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University and will be Assistant Professor of Geography beginning in Fall 2024. Her work revolves around Black Geographies, 20th century African American and environmental history, and Black feminist theory. She completed her doctoral degree at Yale University in the Departments of African American Studies and History and a master’s degree in Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

Friday, April 14, 2023

50th Anniversary Alumni Panels
9:00 a.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Smith Auditorium, Sills Hall

Environmental Storytelling | 9:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Moderators: Eileen Johnson Senior Lecturer of Environmental Studies & Paul Wang ’24

Climate Change and Sustainability | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Moderators: Phil Camill, Rusack Professor of Environmental Studies
and Earth and Oceanographic Science & Sophie Burchell ‘23

Environmental Design and Planning | 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Moderators: Jill Pearlman, Senior Lecturer of Environmental Studies & Leif Maynard ‘23

Works by Points of View artist Barbara Bean will be on display from April 1-30 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick.  Barbara’s solo show demonstrates how she is mixing media to express new directions with old materials, telling a story of a journey that is still in progress. Visit the gallery Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.  Press the intercom button to be buzzed in or call 207-712-8343. 

To see more of Barbara’s work visit http://povartistsmaine.com/.

These classes will include a music-themed art activity followed by a group sing-along where we use our bodies and instruments (including any we create) to make rhythms, play games, and perform with and for peers.

FREE and open to people of all abilities, high school-aged and older!

CLICK HERE to Register

CLICK HERE for more information

These classes will include a music-themed art activity followed by a group sing-along where we use our bodies and instruments (including any we create) to make rhythms, play games, and perform with and for peers.

FREE and open to people of all abilities, high school-aged and older!

CLICK HERE to Register

CLICK HERE for more information

Welcoming the sounds of the Danny Fox Trio into the historic and intimate Lemont Hall for their only performance in Mid-Coast Maine!

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Danny Fox Trio, featuring pianist Danny Fox, bassist Chris van Voorst van Beest, and drummer Max Goldman, is a true working band hailed for reinventing the classic piano trio format with genre-defying, uniquely personal original music. Whether holed up in a Brooklyn basement rehearsing or touring around the country crammed into a sedan, the trio has spent countless hours developing a rapport that’s immediately palpable in their music. Described as a modern-day Ahmad Jamal Trio, the band mixes tight ensemble playing with interactive, attuned improvisation. Drawing on influences as varied as Ellington, Bartok, and The Meters, the music can switch gears at any moment yet remains cohesive thanks to strong motivic development and rigorous arrangements that challenge the traditional roles of the piano trio instruments. Hailed as “changing the sound and expectation of a jazz piano trio” (WNYC) and “cool but not modish” (NY Times), the band is set to release its fourth album “Time Took Care of It” in April 2023.

BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE HERE: www.LemontBlock.com/events