ELLSWORTH — Brooklin artist Robert Shillady will speak about his masterful historical trilogy — a series he has spent the past eight years creating — at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at Courthouse Gallery Fine Art. The talk is free and open to the public. Shillady recently completed the newly finished third painting in …
By Margie Patlak Every day I go on an insect safari in my backyard flower garden. Armed with my iPhone and an observant and patient eye, I trail whatever flying bug comes my way and snap a picture of it when it stops to rest or eat, or zoom in and take pictures of the …
Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, Oct. 7-8 and Oct. 14-15. Matinees are at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Oct. 9 and Oct. 16.
The end of the 2022 concert series will also represent the end of Myrwang’s tenure as executive director at Bagaduce Music.
Featured evening speakers will be best-selling novelist Lily King, whose 2021 story collection “Tuesdays in Winter” has received rapturous reviews, and Phuc Tran, Portland author of the celebrated 2020 memoir “Sigh, Gone.”
At the Sept. 25 event, Blackall will read her latest book and discuss its creation and her life as an author and illustrator.
Through September, Mike is showing a collection of his works at the Ellsworth Public Library — mostly small oil-on-linen portraits of local folks he likes and or admires or finds artistically interesting and several small landscapes.
Editor’s Note: Brooklin author/photographer Richard J. Leighton creates the popular “In the Right Place” posts online about life and nature in Maine. He will share a post the second Thursday of each month in The Ellsworth American. Have you noticed that many of those huge nests on man-made platforms and in the tops of large …
Speaking from his Boston home, Melendez talked about his literary career and latest book, “Chef’s Kiss” .
Each of the 39 poems has its own corresponding, and colorful illustration by Guin, who met White while working as a substitute teacher
ELLSWORTH — Deer Isle artist Jeffery Becton, whose photo montages explore the lines between dream and reality, is inspired by the tidal reaches and atmospheric weather and classic houses that stand out starkly in the coastal Maine landscape. His work is the focus of “Jeffery Becton: Meditations on Ambivalence” on view through Oct. 15 at …
The production’s 46-member cast is directed by Ashley Terwilliger. Music director is David Sheehy.
