Janoah the Jester (aka Janoah Bailin) will bring “mAyHeM,” an interactive performance of juggling, unicycling, and feats of balance, to the Strand Theatre’s "Family Sunshine Series" on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. The show will take place outdoors at the Safe Harbor Gazebo, 60 Ocean St., in Rockland, and admission is on a $0-20 sliding scale.  

Bailin invites audiences of all ages to participate in entertaining yet caring ways, facilitating comfort for everyone on stage.

Holdfast! A Seaweed Exhibition will open August 1, at 20 Winter Street in Rockland, across from CMCA and one block from the Farnsworth Art Museum. The exhibition includes a diverse group of 30 artists who live in a geographic area from Kennebunk to Eastport, and whose works will showcase seaweed as an experimental and sustainable material that resonates with Maine environmental concerns.

The exhibition will be the largest contemporary art display of its kind in Maine that is focused on seaweed, according to a news releases.

Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a talk and book signing by Cara Benson on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m., at the bookshop. Benson will be discussing her new memoir, An Armsfull of Birds: A Personal Field Guide to Love, Loss, and Commitment. Joining Benson in conversation will be journalist and Maine author Kathryn Miles.

"Jacob McCurdy and His Large Adult Sons" will perform in a lawn concert at the Rockland Public Library, on Thursday, July 30, at 6 p.m. 

Teens aged 11-17 are invited to create their own button on Thursday, July 30, from 3 - 4 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.

Draw a design or pick from supplied and recycled images, all supplies will be provided. 

Local Color Gallery will host a reading by Alice Hotopp, author of Atlas of Kinship: Stories of Connection between Seabirds, People & Place, and Leslie Moore, poet/illustrator of What Rough Beasts and Grackledom, on Saturday, July 25, from 3 - 4 p.m. They’ll read about seabirds, particularly puffins; artists will showcase bird art throughout the gallery. 

ST. GEORGE —Members of the St. George Grange came up with the whimsical idea to have 17 local artists paint some of their vintage wooden chairs. In turn, those chairs will be auctioned off, with Zero to School being the recipient of this CHAIR-ITY fundraiser.

A "Summer Salad Supper and Live Music" event will be held Saturday, Aug. 1, at 5 p.m., at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Saint George Lodge 132, at 7 Elementary School Road, Tenants Harbor, Maine 04860.

"Escape the heat and enjoy a summer salad supper," said a news release.

Live Music by the Cat’s Pajamas.

Salad menu items: Shrimp, Chicken, Pasta, Potato, Jello Mold, Rice, 3 Bean, Cole Slaw, plus dinner rolls, desserts, coffee, hot tea, iced tea.

Take-out available. BYOB.

Suggested minimum donation of $15.  

Greg Mort and his son Jon Mort will both hold open studios on August 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a special Artist Discussion on Saturday at 1 p.m., at Fieldstone Castle, 129 Marshall Pt Rd, Port Clyde, Maine. 

In "Illuminations II", Greg Mort displays a new collection of twelve oil paintings focusing on his fascination with an interrelated themed series of small-scale images that capture the ever-changing sea, sky and landscapes of Maine. 

The Riley School and Penobscot Bay Language School will hold an inaugural Multicultural Festival, a vibrant community celebration of cultures from around the world. The free event will take place Saturday, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., on the Riley School campus.

Judy’s concert for the whole family is titled “Digging in My Garden” and invites families to explore the wonders of gardening and working in the natural world. 

The concert will take place Thursday, July 30, from 11 a.m. - noon, the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast.

Local Color Gallery welcomes guest artist Sally Stanton from July 21 through August 23. She will talk about her work at the July Art Walk reception on Friday, July 24, from 4-7 p.m. Stanton will speak at 5:30 p.m.

Salt Pond Studio celebrates "Friendship Artists 2026."  As part of the 2026 Friendship Day events, Salt Pond Studio will display the works of Friendship artists.

Join the artists in celebration on Friday afternoon, July 17, from 4 - 8 p.m., at the opening of this exhibition. Participating artists include photographer Jeremy Barnard, painter Joanie Betterley, artist/ illustrator Andrea Boff, painter extraordinaire Sam Cady, as well as works by Pam Cabañas, Cecily Khan, Ralf Feyl, sculptor Stephen Hensel, and painters Jamie Spooner and Brian Woods.

Many music-loving hearts broke when Gordon Lightfoot died unexpectedly in May of 2023. A singer-songwriter of extraordinary talent, his songs were the soundtrack of his fans’ lives for over 60 years. Bereft, but believing that his music needed to live on, his bandmates rallied in their grief to reconstitute as The Lightfoot Band and set about establishing themselves as his legacy. The band will play the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, July 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Arts In The Barn/Cushing Historical Society presents "The Wildlife Show”, July 24 -26, and opens with a celebration on Friday, July 24, from 5- 7 p.m.; refreshments will be served. This is a pop up weekend show. The hours are Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

“The Wildlife Show” is a community event where all ages, skill levels, and medium are invited to portray what “wildlife” means to them. This is a non-juried event that will feature various fine arts and crafts that showcase local talent. 

THOMASTON — Equestrian and multi-horse endurance racer Jessie Dowling is passionate about horses and the bond that can be forged between rider and horse. Dowling will describe her adventures in the Gaucho Derby, her latest long distance race, on Thursday, July 23, at 6:30 p.m., at the Thomaston Public Library. This collaborative community event, co-sponsored by Cushing and Thomaston public libraries, is free and open to the public.

The public is invited to a special one-evening exhibition showcasing the work of artists from Carol L. Douglas's Advanced Painting Workshop on Friday, July 17, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Richards Hill Gallery, in Rockport. According to Douglas, in a news release, this annual student show offers visitors the opportunity to view an exceptional collection of contemporary landscape and representational paintings created by some of the region's most accomplished painters. 

Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine presents "Dismantling Democracy: 53 Days in Nazi Germany" in the Rockland Public Library's Community Room on Thursday, July 23, at 6 p.m. This one-hour presentation and Q&A explores how Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power and, once in office, legally dismantled Germany’s democratic system.

"The talk and accompanying slideshow draws on primary sources and historical context to reveal the fragility of democratic institutions," said a Rockland Public Library news release.