ELLSWORTH — “I love exploring all kinds of art and kind of just going for it,” says 23-year-old Grace Young. The young artist with her grandfather, Ken Minier, designed and built the sculpture “From the Sea” installed earlier this summer at Ellsworth Harbor Park and Marina. The colorful, towering structure — like a marine totem …
By Merry Post Special to The Ellsworth American In 1829, women from Hallowell, Maine, signed a letter petitioning Congress to vote against the Indian Removal Act. This was the first time a group of American women organized to lobby the federal government on a policy issue. President Andrew Jackson fully supported the removal of Indian …
Chocolate binds together the “Death by Chocolate” series’ five volumes to date. The series succeeds Graves’ long-running “Home Repair Is Homicide”
EASTPORT — The 34th Annual Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival will be held Sept. 3 and 4 in the historic downtown district. Seafood Saturday’s fare will feature crab rolls and clam chowder under the tent in the Fisherman Statue parking lot. There will be live music and craft vendors. The Border Historical Society will hold …
BLUE HILL — Sedgwick painter Leslie Anderson and Surry potter Vivian Pyle are the featured artists in “Painter/Potter,” an exhibit of 2-D and 3-D pieces, opening Friday, Sept. 2, at the Blue Hill Public Library. That day, a reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. In the …
Since making Maine her permanent home a decade ago, Kyle has also channeled much of her creativity into her passion for music.
In-person reservations as well as streaming are available at www.winterharbormusicfestival.org/events.
“Maine is just like a big chowder with people from all over.” — Peter Brown, Surry General Store
Reviewed by Nan Lincoln Special to The Ellsworth American BLUE HILL — It has been a challenging season for New Surry Theatre. The recent death of its founder, former artistic director and motivational guru Bill Raiten, was an incalculable loss. For more than 50 years, this excellent little community theater has entertained, intrigued, provoked and …
WINTER HARBOR — Rossini’s comic opera “The Barber of Seville,” about a cunning, sharp-scissored barber, Figaro, who helps Count Almaviva woo a beautiful orphan away from her pompous guardian, will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 18-20, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Hammond Hall as part of the 2022 Winter Harbor …
The human condition Dawn Potter captures people of all walks of life and moments Special to The Ellsworth American In some collections of contemporary poetry, the book will start off strong, then lose a little staying power as one proceeds, the lesser work stashed toward the end. With Portland poet Dawn Potter’s “Accidental Hymn,” you …
Her personal summer migration brings her to a charming, light-filled converted barn on Sargent’s Cove, a narrow inlet on Somes Sound. A stone’s throw away is her more contemporary studio where she spends much of her time editing and organizing a lifetime of photographs.
