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Image right: "Seated Woman" by Henry Moore, On view at Bowdoin College Museum of Art through October 3, 2010,
Sept 3. Jazz at Solo Bistro. Latin Jazz Duo: Gary Wittner (Guitar) & Raphael Freyre (Bass & Cuban 3-String Guitar/Vocals) Every Friday evening, 6:30-9:30. 128 Front St, Bath. www.solobistro.com
Sept 4. Labor Day Craft Show @ the Center for Maine Craft. The Center's second annual Labor Day Craft Show! Free & Open to the Public. Exhibitors, Demonstrations & Music! 9am-2pm. The Center for Maine Craft, 24 Service Plaza Drive Gardiner. 588-0021, mainecrafts.org
Sept 4. JONATHAN EDWARDS opens the season for CCAC, with notable singer/songwriter Craig Bickhardt opening. 7:30 pm. Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St, Bath. http://chocolatechurcharts.org/
Sept 4. Improv Combo: The Escapists and Paper Dolls. An evening of original, on-the-spot comedy at The Theater Project. The Escapists perform high energy “Whose Line Is It Anyway” style games. The Paper Dolls create an entirely improvised story based on a single audience suggestion. See what happens when these two groups come together 7:30 pm at the Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick. $10. www.theescapists.net
Sept 4. Tom Porter & Friends. A former professional jazz pianist in his native UK Tom has played with some of the top recording artists on both sides of the pond. 7pm | $8/$10. Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. $10/$12. www.explorefrontier.com
Sept 5. SUNSET KAYAK TOUR of Merrymeeting Bay. Summer 2010 is quickly drawing to a close. Explore the incredible nature of Merrymeeting Bay on MMM's Sunday sunset kayak tour. No experience necessary. 243 Washington St, Bath. Details: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/
Through Sept 6. "Interference with Life/Light: Works by Frankie Dailey." Gallery at 11 Pleasant Street: VSA Arts of Maine, 11 Pleasant St. A bold collection of art from one of Maine's most original artists. Paintings are abstract and mercurial; sculpture is inventive, often irreverent. On view August 3-Sept 6. 607-4016, www.vsartsmaine.org, www.ArtVanProgram.org
Image: Untitled 89 by Frankie Dailey on view at 11 Pleasant St
Sept 8. “The Eventful Life of Al Hawkes” w/ Special Live performance by Al Hawkes. In 1956, Westbrook, Maine resident and television repair man Al Hawkes founded the Event Records label. This film tells the story of Event Records, and Al's own story as an accomplished musician and officially designated "First Generation Bluegrass Music Pioneer," Frontier, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. $10/$12. www.explorefrontier.com
Sept 9. Haunted History Tour of Bath. You’re invited to explore “the other side” of Bath during this guided walking tour of ghostly haunts & historic sights led by “ The Lady in the Red Cloak.” 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Reservations required. www.redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com
Sept 9. Musical Cure for the "Spectator Blues"with ImproVox at North Star Music Café, 225 Congress St, Portland. 8pm. Suggested: $10 Contact: (207) 699-2994, www.improvox.com
Sept 10. 2nd Friday ArtWalk, Brunswick & Topsham. Brunswick & Topsham’s 2nd Friday ArtWalk, September 10, 5-8pm features 10 new exhibits Ten new exhibits open on Friday night 5-8pm. In Topsham, Maine Fiberarts opens " Thread by Thread: Woven Works by Sarah Haskell." Across the street, first time ArtWalk participant Spectrum Generations offers an artist reception for photographer John Bald and "The Mid Coast in Photography.” Fort Andross and downtown Brunswick galleries offer receptions for new exhibits. Don’t miss it!. Complete listings at http://www.fiveriversartsalliance.org/events/artwalk2ndfriday.aspx Images above: "Sunrise Pemaquid Point" by John Bald, on view at Spectrum Generations, 12 Main St, Topsham and 2nd Friday ArtWalk participants at Connie Lundquist studio, 98 Maine St, Brunswick.
Sept 10 – 12. “MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE” From the writings of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman and Katherine Viner and "SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN" by Caryl Churchill. Two plays followed by discussion. Fri & Sat at 7:30; Sun 3:30pm. The Theater Project, 14 School St, Brunswick. 443-2899 $10 suggested donation to benefit MECA’S MAIA (Arabic for water) Project. (mecaforpeace.org)
Sept 11. Original Art Fundraiser at the Maine Art Gallery,Wiscasset! Sale of artworks by Maine artists who are committed to sustaining the nonprofit Maine Art Gallery. 882-7511. www.maineartgallery.org
Sept 15. Fireball Marketing FREE intro class. There are still 6 slots left for the ten-week Fireball Marketing class in Bath. If you're considering it, the window is closing soon. The intro class Sept. 15th will be free, and open to the public. If you're hip to integrated, community-based contemporary marketing, it'll be worth your time. We'll have Twitter expert and business accelerator Keith Spiro on hand as well as the Director of The Maine Small Business Development Center, David Hill. 7-9 pm at BRCTC, 800 High St. in Bath. www.fireballmarketing.org. Call instructor Randall Williams at 207 370 8764 or email him: burn@fireballmarketing.org.
Sept 17. 3rd Friday ArtWalk. Mark your calendars. Details: www.fiveriversartsalliance.org/events/artwalk3rdfriday.aspx
Through September. TWO VISIONS, featuring the work of Natasha Kempers-Cullen and Susan Mills. The Chocolate Church Arts Center Gallery, 804 Washington St, Bath.
MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM. Exhibits honor Maine’s Maritime history and Bath’s early shipyards. With 18 cruises offered weekly (at least two daily) and six different cruises, there are many boat rides, ranging from 1-hour to 4.5-hours. 243 Washington St, Bath. Details: www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/
BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART. Summer exhibitions, including Henry Moore The Drawings and Masterpieces from the Wadsworth Atheneum. Park Row, Brunswick. www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum
Through Oct 3. “No Cakewalk: Legacies of an African American Place. Photographs by William Anderson.” 4-7pm. “Photographer William Anderson, Jr. is to the rural South what Zora Neale Houston was to Black folklore –the keeper of its secrets, the champion of its unheralded ways.” On view through Oct 3. Harbor Works Gallery, Holbrook's Wharf, Holbrook-Trufant House, 944C Cundy's Harbor Rd, Harpswell. 841.9812, www.harborworksgallery.org/
Through Nov 29. "Some Burdensome: Big Ships, Big Cargo." Celebrating the centennial of the launch of the largest wooden ship ever built - the six-mast schooner WYOMING, a bulk coal carrier built at Bath’s Percy & Small shipyard (the site now preserved and interpreted by Maine Maritime Museum) - Some Burdensome will pay homage to the big ones, past and present, and the folks that filled them. From shovels, and coal grabs to standardized steel containers and wind turbine blades, it’s all about humping the goods, and moving big weight. Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Ave., Bath. Contact: http://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
Always more to do: Check Five Rivers' calendar (http://www.fiveriversartsalliance.org/calendar/events/index.php) for more information
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