August 5, 2015

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Music on the Mall TONIGHT - 6 PM

Jimmy & The Soul Cats bring their hard driving blues and roots music to the Music on the Mall summer concert series tonight! Concerts run from June 24 - Aug. 26 and are free! Grab a blanket, bring your family and friends, order a picnic dinner or dine at a local Brunswick restaurant, then relax and enjoy great music. Click here for the concert schedule or download the schedule here.

Brunswick Outdoor Arts Festival  - August 15th!
BDA's 9th Annual festival is just over a week away and takes place on the sidewalks of Maine Street and on the Town Mall from 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday, August 15! 
This juried, fine arts and crafts exhibit represents a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, mixed media, graphics and drawing, photography and fine crafts. A true family event, there will be live music on two stages, performance artists, face painting and craft projects and activities for kids and families. FREE admission! For details visit: www.brunswickdowntown.org

 

Simply Social at Thornton Oaks - August 18, 5 to 7 PM

Join us for a fun and social evening of networking with local business & community members, the BDA board & staff. Lite bites and refreshments will be served. Thornton Oaks Retirement Community, 25 Thornton Way. Register here.

Brunswick 2nd Friday ArtWalk - August 14

Downtown Brunswick's 2nd Friday ArtWalk is Friday, August 14! Sponsored by Five Rivers Arts Alliance & the BDA. Over 10 galleries and churches in the Maine Street area will be participating from 5 to 8 PM.
Free transportation on Brunswick Explorer buses!  Find more information at:  www.fiveriversart.orgDownload the brochure here
Boost Brunswick! and join the Brunswick Downtown Association! Businesses and residents are invited to join our organization. Click here for more information about BDA membership benefits.
Downtown Brunswick Events

Summer Organ Concerts at First Parish Church

Guest artists perform on our 1883 Hutchings/Plaisted organ in our sanctuary at First Parish Church each Tuesday at 12:10. Come and enjoy some quiet time during a busy day.   Read more

 

MSA presents Songwriters on Stage at Frontier August 8
Maine Songwriters Association kicks off their Songwriters on Stage series with a show featuring Caroline Cotter, Heather Hardy, and Peter Alexander, all past winners of MSA's songwriting contest ... Read more

Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein at Maine State Music Theatre - through Aug. 22

Tickets on sale for Young Frankenstein at www.msmt.org or 207-725-8769. 

 

Chamberlain Days 2015! -  August 7 to 9

Pejepscot Historical Society presents Chamberlain Days 2015! From Friday, August 7 - Sunday, August 9, celebrate Brunswick's Civil War history with an encampment of Civil War ... Read more

 

Tour Fort Andross/Cabot Mill with Scott Hanson - August 8

This tour, offers a rare glimpse at the onetime Cabot Mill. Guided by architectural historian Scott Hanson. The tour meets at 3:30 pm at Fort Andross, cash admission will be collected ...  Read more

 

Open House at the Highlands - August 11 & 27

Don't spend another winter season worrying about heating costs, shoveling, plowing and treacherous roads. Find your perfect home at The Highlands. Stop at the Welcome Center to pick up a map.  more

Paws for a Cause 5K + 1-Mile Walk - August 22

Join us for a fun and exciting event that celebrates the Dog Days of Summer!  Now in its 10th year, Paws for a Cause raises money and awareness for homeless and neglected animals ... Read more

 

Beer vs. Wine Dinner - August 27

We're thrilled to welcome Breakwater Vineyards and Boothbay Craft Brewery to our next Beer vs. Wine Dinner in the Tavern. Guests will be treated to four courses prepared by Chef David .... Read more

 

The Big Swing Charity Golf Tournament - September 11

TEAMS ARE NEEDED- Friday, September 11th, 9:00 AM Shotgun Start at Brunswick Golf Club for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick's annual charity golf tournament, "The Big Swing". Enjoy 18 holes of golf with cart, lunch, contests, prizes, silent/live auction. Read more

 

Atlantic Regional has announced the "Hundred Hole Challenge" - October 5 

This is an opportunity for those who love to golf to try to play 100 holes, in one day and raise money for the Maine Credit Unions' Campaign for Ending Hunger.  The event will be at the  ....  Read more

Beatles For Sale - November 6
The hugely-popular Beatles tribute band committed to re-creating the sounds of the Beatles live, is returning to Maine. Sponsored by the Fairfield Inn, where band members will be staying ...Read more

 

Jason St. Pierre Jazz Trio at The Tavern - Monday Nights

Enjoy the smooth sounds of jazz in the Tavern with the Jason St. Pierre Jazz Trio. The trio has been a Tavern favorite for five years, incorporating jazz and pop standards into each performance.


Live in the Lounge at Frontier - Wednesdays

Join us Frontier Wednesday nights for live music in our lounge.  Featured acts include Micromasse, Dos Canosos, RJ Miller, v i n y l j u n k y, and OC & the Offbeats and others. Sit back, unwind and enjoy the best in food, drink and live music. 8 PM

 

Live Music! at The Coast Bar & Bistro - Thursday & Friday Evenings

Thursdays: 6 to 9 PM, Fridays: 7 to 10 PM. FMIwww.thedanielhotel.com 

 

Lee Sykes in The Tavern - Tuesday & Thursday Nights

Lee Sykes has been singing and playing guitar professionally since 1990. Specializing in Easy Listening music of many genres, he has entertained ... Read more


Katie Daggett in The Tavern - Friday Nights

Singer/songwriter Katie Daggett, a Maine native, has been performing her unique blend of adult contemporary music in coffeehouses, clubs , House concerts and restaurants...  Read more

Art & Culture

Free tours at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum 

This summer the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum will offer free guided tours of the museum galleries on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1 PM, beginning June 24th. Tour participants will  ... Read more  

 

Time/Space/Collage at Points of View Art Gallery - August 3 to 28
Art by Carolyn Judson, Beth Heron, Middy Thomas and Kathleen Boldt - a mixture of media combined with the excitement of collage. Reception: Friday, August 14  Read more

Gallery Conversation: "Gilbert Stuart from Boston to Brunswick" - August 6
Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear, Co-Directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art lead a lively discussion of the exhibition Gilbert Stuart: From Boston to Brunswick. Free   Read more

"A Peek Behind the Curtain" Young Frankenstein - August 12

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT), in partnership with the Curtis Memorial Library, will hold a panel discussions throughout the 2015 season in the Morrell Meeting Room in Brunswick.  Read more


Brunswick 2nd Friday ArtWalk - August 14
Change in Venue. The Five Rivers artists will be moving to a new venue for the August 14 ArtWalk. They are moving from St. Pauls Episcopal Church to the Morrell Meeting Room at the Curtis Memorial Library.

An Evening with Robert Freson at Frontier - August 15
Come join us for an evening with Robert Freson. Our current exhibition features photographic work of Freson's documentation of nomadic cultures from around the world. Freson will be ...  Read more

Dress Exhibit at Pejepscot Historical Museum - through October 2

DRESS: a selection of 19th- and early-20th-century dresses from the Pejepscot collection. View a gorgeous display of women's dresses from the second half of the nineteenth century ... Read more

 

10x10 Benefit Art Exhibit & Sale - September 25

At Curtis Memorial Library and St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Street, Brunswick. 300 works of art by 150 Maine artists. All artwork priced at $200. Public Previews: September 24 ... Read more

Health & Fitness

Midcoast Lyme Disease Support & Education (MLDSE) - August 5
A nonprofit organization, is pleased to host their Brunswick, Maine Lyme Disease support group, which meets at Midcoast Hospital in conference rooms 1 & 2 from ...  Read more

Ounce of Prevention - Oh, My Aching Bones! - August 11

As part of the ongoing Ounce of Prevention series, Mid Coast Senior Health Center will host a presentation by Peter H. Hutchinson, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon with Mid Coast Medical ... Read more


Our Health Film & Discussion Series: The Connection - August 18
The Our Health: Film and Discussion Series continues on August 18 at Frontier Cinema and Café in Brunswick. Offered jointly by Mid Coast Hospital and Access Health, the next film, "The .. " Read more

Adult Tennis 123

Summer is a great time to learn the lifetime sport of tennis! Tennis 123 includes 3 lessons, free weekend court time, free use of fitness and yoga classes/rooms, free. Read more

Presentation & Instruction

Exposed: USDA's Secret War on Wildlife - August 13
Screening of film "Exposed. USDA's Secret War on Wildlife" followed by question and answer session  with film co-producer/director Brooks Fahy. Film was produced by the nonprofit ... Read more

Maine Maritime Lobster Lecture Series - August 13
Holden Frost House at The Highlands; Science, Lobstering and Lobstermen with Robin Alden. Read more

Community Conversation with Randee Reynolds & Lois Skillings - August 18 
Topsham Public Library invites you to a Community Conversation with Randee Reynolds, President of Parkview Adventist Medical Center and Lois Skillings, President and CEO of Mid Coast  ... Read more

Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber Small Business Success Seminar - August 19

The Brunswick Sewer District is a monoploly - what does it have to worry about! Being a monopoly is not all it is cracked up to be. A business is a business and must be managed and operated .... Read more

 

Mystery Author Series: Kathy Lynn Emerson - September 6 

Once again, Curtis Friends, Sisters in Crime, and Maine Crime Writers are working together to bring some very talented mystery authors to Curtis Memorial Library on Tuesdays this fall. Each talk ... Read more

 

For Kids

Candy Art at Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections 

Every Tuesday this summer from 11 AM - 2 PM.  Come down and enjoy some delicious fun only $3 per person. For more info call or stop by 143 Maine Street, Brunswick 207-729-4462


Kid's Tennis at Maine Pines!

Maine Pines is offering Tennis for Kids throughout the summer! It's a great time to learn this lifetime sport! Kids ages 4-7 meet on Mon and/or Wed from 4-5. Kids ages 8-11 meet on  ... Read more

Learn to Rally Tennis Camp Maine Pines: 

Maine Pines is offering an Orange Ball Learn to Rally Tennis Camp for kids ages 8-10 from August 3 - 6! Kids will play tennis through game situations and fun drills, following USTA ...  Read more

Business News

FREE Sample Day at Edible Arrangements - Wednesdays
oin us each Wednesday during August for our in-store free sample days.  We will be offering a different free sample each Wednesday.  In addition to the free sample, we will have an in-store-only..  Read more

Together we diverted more than 25 tons away from the landfill this month, in Brunswick alone! Thanks to all of the residents and commercial partners who are helping make this happen ... Read more

 

5th annual silent auction to benefit Embrace a Vet - August 1 to 15
At Last... Salon & Day Spa is hosting our 5th annual silent auction, which will run from August 1st - 15th. This year all proceeds will benefit Embrace a Vet. All money raised will go to support ...  Read more

Come see Cabot Mill Antiques Booth at the Coastal Maine Antiques Show - Aug 19

Sponsored by the MADA and DRR. Round Top Farm, Business Route 1, Damariscotta. Wednesday August 19, 9 AM to 4 PM, FMI www.maineantiques.org. Visit Cabot Mill Antiques  .. Read more

Public Notice

Solarize Brunswick is here! 

On Monday 7/20/15, the Town Council approved an easy and affordable way for Brunswick residents and businesses to get their electricity from solar energy. In essence, Solarize Brunswick is a ... Read more
 

Notice!

For non-emergent medical needs, Parkview Adventist Medical Center's Walk-In Clinic is available to treat common, non-life-threatening conditions. Open daily 8 AM - 8 PM, the Walk-In Clinic at Parkview Adventist Medical Center is located at 329 Maine Street in Brunswick. Call (207) 373-2220 for more information. If you have a medical emergency, please call 9-1-1 or visit Mid Coast Hospital immediately. Mid Coast Hospital is located at 123 Medical Center Drive, near Cooks Corner in Brunswick.


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