Thursdays through Sept 5

WILTON — Opening Minds through Art, Thursdays August 1 – September 5, 1 pm – 2 pm at Education Center of SeniorsPlus at 284 Main St., Suite 100, Wilton

Through a series of classes, OMA engages adults with dementia in creating free-wheeling art. Contact SeniorsPlus, at 207-795-4010, edcenter@seniorsplus.org.

Thursdays starting Sept 5

LEWISTON — Baby Sensory Playtime in the Lewiston Public Library’s Children’s Department every Thursday morning from 10am to 12pm, starting September 5th, 2024.

Drop-in and join us for Baby Sensory Playtime! Babies and their caregivers will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of sensory toys and socialize with other families with young children. Playtime with sensory toys contributes to a baby’s cognitive development, fine motor skills, social and emotional development, creativity, and language development. 

Recommended for babies ages birth-18 months and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. This program is free, open to the public and no registration is required.

Sept 8, 14

Join the DaPonte String Quartet with new violinist, Philipp Ellsner in a performance of Mozart’s Quartet in Bb Major, K. 589 and Beethoven’s epic Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 127

Sunday September 8 at 7:00 Old Walpole Meetinghouse Candlelight Concert, State Rt. 129, Walpole

(https://oldwalpolemeetinghouse.org/ for tickets)

Saturday September 14 at 4:00 Great Cranberry Island Church

Tickets and additional information at dapontequartet.org

Sept 11, 17, 25

LEWISTON — The Oasis of Music begins its 2024-25 season on Wednesday September 4 with a performance by Denny Breau.  Doors open at noon for a 12:30 start.

9/4. Denny Breau, songs and guitar stylings

9/11 John Smedley, jazz guitar, bass

9/17 (Tuesday!) Chris Lansley, flute and piano

9/25 Barry Lawson, mandolin and guitar

The Oasis of Music is a weekly music series held at Trinity Commons, 247 Bates Street in Lewiston.  Music begins at 12:30 and continues for 30 or 40 minutes.  Admission is free, with donations accepted.  For more information call 344-3106.

Sept 13

ONLINE — The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Summer Equine Speaker Series. Three events, all of which will start at 6 p.m., will be held on the following days:

Sept. 13: Elissa Ballman will review various insect pests, ways to mitigate bugs and new research.

 Registration is required to receive the webinar links for this free series. For more information and to register, visit the program webpage. 

Sept 14

LEWISTON — From 12 noon to 3 PM 4th Annual Rally for Recovery hosted by the Lewiston Area Public Health Committee in Kennedy Park

Sept 14

STANDISH — The Standish Community Dog Park will be hosting their Pups in the Park event to benefit the dog park.  The event is free and fun for all, well-behaved dogs on a leash,  and will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 (rain date 9/15).  It will be at 670 Ossipee Trail West, Standish on the multi-purpose fields at Memorial Park.  The event is from 10 am-1 pm. The Fun Dog Show registration starts at 10 am and the show will start at 10:30 am.  Trooper Hinck and K9 Berry will do a demonstration at noon.  Raffle prize drawings will be at 1 pm.  We will have Sponsors and give-a-ways, vendors, non profits,  a chill zone, fun agility area and more!  

Standish Parks and Recreation operates the dog park with support from volunteers.  The money raised with help add benches and a shade structure.

Sept 18

LEWISTON — The Ladies of St Anne Sodality , Prince of Peace Parish will be holding their General Membership Meeting September 18,2024 at the Holy Family Parish Hall. A Casserole Supper will be served at 6PM. Tickets are $5.00 and are available by contacting any of the officers or by calling 782-4516. The Meal ticket must be purchased by September 9, 2024.

Installations of Officers, Counselors and Honorary Members will take place.

Sept 20

LEWISTON — Friday, September 20th at 10am the Lewiston Public Library Children’s Department will be offering the program Baby Footprints Keepsakes. Caregivers and their infants will be able to create a baby footprints keepsake using the imprints of their children’s feet on salt dough.

This activity is recommended for caregivers with children ages 0-24 months old. This program will take place in the Children’s Department on the third floor of the library. The activity is free and there is no registration required.