Arts & Leisure

OPENING RECEPTION SEPT. 16 AT GEORGE MARSHALL STORE
George Marshall Store Gallery Curator Mary Harding will present the "Libby Delano for the Love of Art Award" at the opening reception of Connie Hayes' exhibition on Saturday, Sept. 16. The reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. with the award at 6 p.m. Hayes is known for capturing a sense of place in her colorful oil paintings. Her self-made, artist-in-residence program, which she calls "Borrowed Views," has taken her up and down the coast of her home state of Maine as well as many other special places including Florida, New Orleans, California, New York, France and Italy. Pictured is Hayes' oil-on-canvas painting "Up and Down, Portsmouth."
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DeWitt Hardy retrospective at the York Public Library

Many years ago, when I visited DeWitt Hardy's home in South Berwick, I chatted with Pat Hardy, who is also an artist.

Sept. 11: Art interpretations of trauma and disaster at Haley Farm Gallery

I recently dropped in at the Haley Farm Gallery, which is an attractive well-lit relatively new gallery showing both global art and art by area residents.

Enter Old York Garden Club's "A Tribute to Maine Authors" today

The Old York Garden Club is hosting a standard flower show, "A Tribute to Maine Authors," at the York Public Library this Friday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon.

OYHS Harvest Ball to be held Sept. 29

While preliminary talks continue about Old York Historical Society's new educational center with the Planning Board this week, the community at large can join in the fun - and fundraising - later this month.

Performing Arts Night set for Sept. 26

Gather at the Wells Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m., for a musical evening that will match the dazzling colors of the fall.

Thursday nights now support YHS Music Boosters at Inn on the Blues

Are you looking for a great night out while helping a good cause?

Join Sentry Hill for music, memories and golf in the days ahead

Sentry Hill at York Harbor is busy with activities this month, and in ways involving the public at large.

Ongoing

Art in the Park promises fun for all on Sept. 16

Every September, two Saturdays after Labor Day, a lovely, quiet, sheltered greensward in York Harbor called Moulton Park (many think it's Harmon Park, but it's not) suddenly sprouts dozens of tents, canvas flies and pavilions where scores of artists present an amazing assortment of works of art and craftsmanship for a single day.

Entries sought for upcoming Old York Garden Club show

The Old York Garden Club is hosting a standard flower show, "A Tribute to Maine Authors," at the York Public Library on Sept. 15 and 16.

Bossov Ballet to perform Sept. 17

The Bossov Ballet Troup's rendition of "The Red Shoes "is coming to Ogunquit.

YAA "Impressions of York" continues through Sept. 17

The York Art Association is having a busy year, celebrating its 50th anniversary with a succession of shows, the latest of which, "Impressions of York," is continuing through Sept. 17.

No pause in "Menopause, the Musical" at the Ogunquit Playhouse

"I'm having a hot flash/A tropical hot flash/My personal summer/Is really a bummer./I'm having a hot flash/Comes on like a car crash/No warning just hot flash./Outside it is nippy/But I'm hot and drippy./I'm having a hot flash." (To the tune of Irving Berlin's "We're Having a Heat Wave" of 1933.)

Ogunquit Heritage Museum announces new season, new exhibits

The fifth season of the Ogunquit Heritage Museum at the Captain James Winn House is off to an exciting start.

Ogunquit Performing Arts presents "The Red Shoes"

Bossov Ballet Theatre's production of "The Red Shoes" will be performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse on Sept. 17 at 3 p.m., the culminating event of this year's Capriccio festival of the arts.

Fall exhibitions at Barn Gallery

Barn Gallery will host its fall exhibitions from Sept. 7 through Oct. 1.

Register now for York Art Association watercolor classes

The York Art Association, celebrating its 50th year, is issuing a call for artists in watercolor to attend a two-day class in watercolor techniques at the YAA headquarters in York Harbor on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13 and 14.

Late 19th-century Paris and the countryside by way of Portland

Every year, the Portland Museum of Art mounts a major show designed to interest Maine tourists and residents.

Interesting historical and naval artifacts in Kittery museum

Just north of the Kittery traffic circle, on the easterly side of Route 1 at its junction with Rogers Road is the Kittery Historical and Naval Museum, a seasonal non-profit museum honoring Kittery's past as a naval vessel building center during the American Revolution.

Splendid variety in contemporary figurative art at OMAA

The artist Craig Hood, a University of New Hampshire professor who is represented in the current Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) exhibition, commented to museum director and exhibit curator Mike Culver that he would try to bring his students to our beautiful oceanfront museum to broaden their exposure to contemporary art, in particular to the many ways in which the figure can dominate and/or send a message.