Top Five Picks: Cheap Dates in the Five RIvers Region 
Pecha Kucha Brunswick is a fast-paced showcase of art and ideas. Join us at 6pm June 15 at Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery, 14 Maine St, Brunswick on June 15 for Brunswick's first Pecha Kucha Night. Started in Japan in 2003, Pecha Kucha is a visual and verbal “chit-chat” or “little conversation,” about design, art and innovation. Presenters will have exactly 6 minutes and 40 seconds to give the audience a glimpse of 20 of their strongest pieces of work. Each slide is viewed and discussed for exactly 20 seconds. Free for Five Rivers members/$5 general public. www.fiveriversartsalliance.org
ArtWalks|Visit artists in their studios, enjoy gallery openings and stroll our historic to discover what inspires so many artists who live and work here. In Brunswick & Topsham you’ll find 30 sites open on the 2nd Friday of the month, 5-8pm, May – November (May 8, June 12, July 10, Aug 14, Sept 11, Oct 9, Nov 13, 2009. Visit studios, galleries and businesses in historic downtown Bath and in Bath’s North End & South End neighborhoods on 3rd Friday of the month, 5-8pm, June – September (June 19, July 17, August 21, Sept 19, 2009). www.fiveriversartsalliance.org
Take a Hike| Lower Kennebec Land Trust (www.lkrlt.org/) offers monthly guided hikes. In Brunswick & Topsham: Androscoggin Bike Path (www.brunswickme.org/parkrec/androscogginriverbp.htm ) and the Swinging Bridge (www.saveourbridge.org) offer easy paved hiking along the Androscoggin River. The Giant Steps on Bailey's Island is a great place to walk as are the mile-long beaches at Popham State Park in Phippsburg and Reid State Park in Georgetown.
Listen up| Outdoor community concerts are a summer time favorite.
Music on the Mall, Wed eves in Brunswick (www.brunswickdowntown.com). Bath Gazebo Concerts Friday evenings at Library Park (www.visitbath.com). Bowdoinham Sunday Concerts, June 21-Aug 16, 6:30-8pm, Mailly Waterfront Park. (www.bowdoinham.com)
Celebrate our Towns June 20| Taste of Brunswick. 12-6pm on the town Green. 20 restaurants, 3 bands; beer & wine pavilion. www.tasteofbrunswick.com
Aug 15| Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival| 9-5pm Maine Street Brunswick, 60 plus artists, street performers, bands & foods. www.brunswickdowntown.com
'The 5' 2008
Friday Art Walks¦ Self-guided tour of studios and galleries. 2nd Fridays in downtown Brunswick & Topsham. 3rd Friday in Bath. Free. Contact: 798-6964, www.fiveriversartsalliance.org.
09/13/08| Celebrate Bowdoinham| Everything Bowdoinham in honor of the town’s 246th Birthday. 10am-9pm. Parade at 10, huge Farmer’s Market, “Bowdoinham Best” Exhibition, New Fiddle Fest. Waterfront Park will be busting at its seams with arts, craft and great live music. Stay for fire juggling by Poistar. Mailly Waterfront Park, and Main St, Bowdoinham. Contact: www.bowdoinham.com or 666-5531.
Family Arts Festival¦Date: 9/20, 10-4, Brunswick Town Mall. 11th annual “arts free for all.” Art making for all ages, plus music, dance, drumming and “Our Town” intergenerational workshops-plein air watercolor, photography and 3-D collage! Free. Contact: 798-6964, www.fiveriversartsalliance.org.
Cemetery Walk through History¦ Take a nightime stroll through history and art at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, with guide Allison Hepler, associate professor of history at the University of Maine, Farmington. Cemeteries are intriguing places to learn about families, communities, epidemics, war, technology, and art. Dr. Hepler introduces us to these topics through fascinating stories of events and people locally as well as how they connect to the larger world. September 25, October 2, and October 10. 7:30-9 pm. Tickets $13, required in advance and available at the library. Includes refreshments. FMI 443-5141. Sponsored by Friends of Patten Free Library.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art ¦ Ongoing ¦www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
