Events - Jun 1 24

Points of View Artists open their 2024 season with TWENTY! – a celebration of POV’s 20^th anniversary. 14 current members and 10 former members share our diverse work.  Exhibit: May 28-June 28.  Reception: Friday, June 14; 5-7 pm. 

Gallery location and hours: 18 Pleasant Street; 9 am – 5 pm Monday through Friday.   FMI: povartistsmaine.com;   207-373-9300

All tickets are Pay-What-You-Want for more information please contact our box office at boxoffice@theaterproject.com or 207-729-8584 to reserve your seats. Online tickets available: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36005/production/1172974

Registration is now open for the 13th annual People Plus Senior Health Expo to be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at the Brunswick Recreation Center in Brunswick from 9 am – 1 pm. Both sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are available.

Thank you to our current lead Partners for this year: Bill Dodge Auto Group, Bowdoin College, Coastal Landing Retirement Community, Gateway Retirement Solutions, Live + Work in Maine, Mid Coast-Parkview Health, Maine Health, Islebrook Village at Wiscasset, Priority Real Estate Group, Riley Insurance Agency, Rusty Lantern Market, Aetna Medicare, Highland Green, and Spectrum Generations, plus Sponsors Avita of Brunswick & Sunnybrook, Brackett Funeral Home, Maine Community Bank, and Bath-Brunswick Respite Care, Bath Savings, Maine Pines Racquet & Fitness, Norway Savings Bank, and Reform Physical Therapy

Maine has the highest percentage of older adults in the country; and the Mid Coast is where this population is growing the fastest. The People Plus Senior Health brings together a variety of resources for this increasingly important segment of our community. The Expo provides an excellent opportunity to learn about products and services in the categories of medical services, fitness and health, technology, legal, community services, housing/respite care, and finance. In addition to providing a link between consumers and providers, this gathering also encourages networking within the community, thereby strengthening the value of products and service.

Registration deadline is September 6, 2024 (Sponsor deadline to “be on the bag” is August 23)! Visit www.peopleplusmaine.org for more information including registration form and sponsorship opportunities or call 729-0757.

Get your gardening started with us at the Taking Root Plant Sale!

Tom Settlemire Community Garden. Cash, checks and credit cards are accepted.

Each year, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust’s Tom Settlemire Community Garden (TSCG) hosts a plant sale thanks to the effort of dozens of volunteers. The proceeds benefit the TSCG’s Common Good Garden, which enriches hundreds of lives each year, providing local food, gardening education, produce for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, a therapeutic environment for those with physical disabilities, volunteer opportunities for people of all ages, and above all a tremendous community of friends that will welcome you!

There are an array of perennials, biennials, herbs, vegetable seedlings, annual seedlings, heirloom variety plants, shrubs, small trees and vines available. There will be Master Gardeners, who will be on hand to help you choose the best options for your garden.

It’s not just about the plants you’ll find – it’s a wonderful day of celebration and meeting your community of local gardeners.

If you’re interested in volunteering for the sale, please email plantsale@btlt.org.

Join Spindleworks during the month of June for our ROYGBIV Art Exhibit.
Open until 7 PM during BDA’s 2nd Friday Brunswick ArtWalk.

Located at 7 Lincoln Street, Spindleworks envisions a community where artists of all abilities are valued and inspired to do their best work.

Our Values:
Inclusion– We believe in participation in the arts for all members of the community.
Collaboration-We create new opportunities for participation in the arts by collaborating with other community organizations and artists.
Equality-We believe that artists of all abilities make meaningful contribution to the arts.
Leadership-We believe that mentors foster creative growth through a shared skill building approach. All artists share ownership of the studio through planning exhibits, workshops, community events and contributions to a cooperative studio and gallery.
Dream- to learn, to explore and to expand our creative abilities through immersion in new shared experiences.

Come explore stream invertebrates in the Cathance River with scientists from SWCA, an environmental consulting firm.

This hands-on workshop will begin at the Ecology Center in Topsham, to learn the hows and whys of invertebrate sampling. All participants will then head outdoors with nets and buckets to collect stream invertebrates along the Cathance River.

Registration is required > www.btlt.org/events/stream-invertebrates-sample-the-cathance-river-with-swca

Portland Pie is now serving BRUNCH every Saturday and Sunday!

It’s a new day at the Pie. Pizza, sandwiches, pastries, cocktails, coffee, tea, and much more.

We Are Open For Dine In!

Come Hang Out With Us and Your Friends For….

Happy Hour @ OTTO daily from 3 pm-5 pm

Free Slice with your first adult beverage!

-$2.50 High Life Drafts

-$5.50 Allagash White Drafts

-$5.00 House Wine Pours

-$7.00 House Margaritas

Feel Free To Call For More Details @ 1-207-406-2784

Open Sunday- Thursday 11-8, Friday and Saturday 11-9

UUCB Concerts for a Cause presents John Gorka
June 1, 2024 at 7:30 pm

The UUCB Concerts for a Cause series will host world-renowned singer-songwriter, John Gorka, at the Brunswick UU Church on June 1, 2024 at 7:30 to raise money for Midcoast New Mainers and Oasis Free Clinics.

 John Gorka is an honored icon of folk tradition, known for his stunningly soulful baritone voice and his uncanny ability to work every nuance of language. He captures a wide array of topics and experiences and weaves them into memorable melodies. His versatility on guitar and piano keeps his sets musically interesting and he’s never short of the sly comment or clever joke that invariably ignites his audience.

Hailed by Rolling Stone as “the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement,” John Gorka is perhaps the quintessential singer-songwriter of the 90’s folk scene.  The old songs ring as true today as they ever did, and the new ones are just as good.

With 14 critically acclaimed albums and countless national and international tours, he has collaborated with the likes of Nanci Griffith, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Ani DiFranco, Lucy Kaplansky, Patty Larkin and many more. The Boston Globe extols, “Gorka is widely heralded for the sophisticated intelligence and provocative originality of his songs.”

 Many well-known artists have recorded and/or performed John Gorka songs, including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith, Mary Black and Maura O’Connell. John has graced the stage of Austin City Limits, Mountain Stage, etown and has appeared on CNN. His song “Where No Monuments Stand” was featured in the documentary Every War Has Two Losers.

Examples of Gorka’s Music:
Love is Our Cross to Bear
Gypsy Life

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