ROCKLAND — The Center for Maine Contemporary Art invites artists of all ages to join ArtLab educator Alexis Iammarino for hands-on projects to can try at home as part of ArtLab April Vacation Week. Taking inspiration from the 2020 CMCA Biennial, the video workshops will explore the works of artists Henry Austin and Richard Van […]
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Talk covers alternative seafood networks, fishing community resilience
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how alternative seafood networks can support resilient fishing communities at 3 p.m. Monday, April 19. Global seafood trade is at an all-time high, with an estimated 36% of seafood worldwide traded across international borders […]
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Cattlemen’s College to begin April 19
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Beef Producers Association will offer the fourth annual Cattlemen’s College online, with presentations available for viewing April 19 to May 3. Workshop topics include adequate beef cattle nutrition and conditioning, selecting quality bulls, processing yields and processor expectations, selling beef in Maine, cooking with home-ground […]
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Virtual Maine Impact Week begins April 12
ORONO — Maine Impact Week, an annual showcase of the research, creativity and public service from the University of Maine community, returns with free virtual events throughout the week of April 12. The series of online programs — to be viewed daily from Monday through Friday, April 12-16, on the Maine Impact Week website umaine.edu/impactweek […]
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Results from COVID-related workshops to be shared
ORONO — Two Maine music therapists and a Maine-based theater producer and director will present the results of their pandemic-related workshops at 7 p.m. on April 16 and April 23 on Zoom. The presentations will be made as part of the Jack Pine Project, a community arts endeavor organized by the Maine Folklife Center, Maine […]
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Waldo extension to give talk about rural Maine living
BELFAST — The Waldo County Extension Association will offer two virtual presentations about rural living in Maine from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. The event is in lieu of the annual Rural Living Day, canceled this year because of the pandemic. “Rural Living Night 2021” opens with “Grandmother’s Gift — Skomon (corn)” with […]
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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom
HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we […]
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April 12 book talk to focus on 1918 influenza epidemic
Lois Lowry and Brother Arnold Hadd will discuss Lowry’s book “Like the Willow Tree.”
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Zoom talk delves into Maine-built research vessel
Camden Public Library will host maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, for a slideshow talk about the wooden research vessel “Hero.” To request a link to join in this presentation via Zoom, email [email protected]. Hero was built by Harvey Gamage in 1968 for the National Science Foundation. It played a […]
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Maine, Wabanaki shellfisheries to be discussed April 12
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about learning, equity and collaboration in Maine and Wabanaki wild shellfisheries from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 12. The future of shellfishing across Maine and Wabanaki homelands is uncertain, as wild clam and mussel […]