Events - Apr 30 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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It’s back! The Maine State Music Theatre Yard Sale is returning for a second year after its successful 2022 inaugural event. Directly benefiting the MSMT Turn up the Limelight Campaign, the second annual sale is an all-volunteer produced event geared to raise funds for increasing production costs. The two-day sale will take place rain or shine in the MSMT Production Center on 22 Elm Street in Brunswick on Saturday, April 29th from 9 AM – 2 PM and Sunday, April 20th from 9 AM – 12 PM. A special Preview Sale will be held on Thursday, April 27th from 5 PM – 7 PM with a $20 admission fee payable at the door.

Have something that you want to donate to MSMT to sell for this cause? MSMT is gratefully accepting all gently-used items every Wednesday and Saturday from 10 AM – 12 PM through April 15th, also at the Production Center on Elm Street.

The MSMT Turn up the Limelight Campaign needs to raise $500,000 this year to cover increasing production, supplies and labor costs. For instance, every year MSMT hires over 200 seasonal staff members, 95% of which receive housing in Brunswick as part of their contract. The cost of lighting equipment alone can run $20,000 per show alone; royalties to secure the rights for the musicals is generally $115,000 per show. MSMT is fortunate to have the support of individuals, corporations, governmental entities and granting organizations alike, while also relying on year-round fundraisers such as the 2nd Annual Yard Sale to meet the budget.

For more information on the Yard Sale, or make a gift to MSMT, please email gifts@msmt.org or call 207-725-0150.

Bowdoin Professor To Speak on Near Future Presidential Policymaking – Sunday, April 30, 2023.

First Parish Church of Brunswick Maine is inviting the general public
hear Dr. Andrew Rudalevige, Chair of the Bowdoin College Government and Legal Studies Department on Sunday, April 30, 2023. He will be discussing the topic entitled Chief Executive: Presidential Policy-making in an Age of Polarization. This event will begin at 11:30 a.m. in the church’s sanctuary located at 217 Maine Street in Brunswick.
“We are very fortunate to have a person of Andy’s caliber and experience level speak on this very timely topic,” Rev, John Allen, Senior Pastor of First Parish,” and we are delighted to be able to share this opportunity with the mid-coast communities.”

Since 2012, Dr. Rudalevige has served as the Thomas Brackett Reed Professor of
Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin. His most recent book, By Executive Order:
Bureaucratic Management and the Limits of Presidential Power (Princeton University Press),
tracks the role of the wider executive branch in the formulation of directives normally thought
of as “unilateral.”  By Executive Order won the Richard E. Neustadt Prize from the American
Political Science Association honoring the best book on the presidency as well as the Louis
Brownlow Prize as best book in public administration from the National Academy of Public
Administration. 

He is the author of four other books and scores of journal articles and essays. He has also
been a featured speaker at various conferences, and has collaborated with organizations
such as Maine Public Broadcasting on a fifteen part video series entitles “Founding
Principles.” He holds a BA degree from the University of Chicago, and MA and PhD degrees
from Harvard University.

This annual event honors the Adams Society membership made up of friends who have made
gifts to First Parish Church through their estate plans.

“Through her smart and resplendent exploration of age-old musical formulas, Snider’s eco-inspired Mass for the Endangered is a blast from the past that resonates profoundly in the present” ~ All Things Considered (NPR)

A polyphonic plea for the Earth written by one of today’s most compelling composers, Mass for the Endangered is a luminous and arresting work that carries its urgent ecological message with power and beauty. Before the concert, join our environmental partners for activities and resources that protect our environment, and after the concert, come chat with the composer.

This performance will include video projections and will be livestreamed at www.bowdoin.edu/live/.

Date – Sunday, April 30, 2023

Time – 5:00 p.m. (doors open at 4:00 p.m.)

Location – Studzinski Hall – 12 Campus Rd S, Brunswick, ME 04011

Tickets – This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Registration closes 12 hours before the scheduled start of the event, or when capacity is reached. Walk-ins will be admitted if space allows.

Register now at www.eventbrite.com/e/mass-for-the-endangered-brunswick-tickets-579323250437

COVID protocols – At this time, we will not require proof of vaccination for this event, but do recommend attendees wear a mask. Our concert protocols may vary over the course of the season in response to the rise and fall of local COVID rates and corresponding CDC recommendations.

Presented in collaboration with the Bowdoin College Chorus.

For more information, please visit www.oratoriochorale.org.