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Calendar of Local Events
This page includes current local events for southern Maine, from Kittery to Scarborough.
Visual arts, clases and workshops, activities for kids and more.
Listings are updated after every issue goes to press, every two weeks, year-round.
More events listed in our online issues as well as in print!
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Going on Now through December 31
The Twelve Days of Christmas, 7 PM
Sponsored by the Graves Library, the holiday story will be posted nightly, read by members of the staff, volunteers, and Board. Please tune in to the library's Facebook Page every night until the 31st to listen to some our favorite stories of the season.
Wednesday, December 30
Holiday Candlelight Stroll, Volume 2
Sponsored by the Brick Store Museum, discover the holiday traditions of Kennebunk’s residents at the turn of the 20th Century – with a virtual tour and holiday dinner! Immigrants from Norway, Sweden, Scotland, Ireland, Syria and Russia lived downtown in 1910, all contributing to the labor industry. Learn about these families and their holiday traditions as you virtually stroll from one vignette to the next via candlelight. Take-out holiday dinner will include traditional foods served in Kennebunk homes for the holidays. Tickets will include activities to try at home. Visit www.brickstoremuseum.org to reserve tour-only tickets or Tour & Dinner packages.
Thursday, December 31
New Year’s Eve Kennebunk, 9 PM-12 AM
Sponsored by the Brick Store Museum, come celebrate a Kennebunk tradition with the Blueberry Ball Drop from the Unitarian Church steeple! Tune in via Face-book or YouTube to watch the blueberry ring in 2021. In between, hear from Brick Store Museum staff talk about historic happenings during New Years of the past. Free! FMI www.brickstoremuseum.org
Thursday, January 7
Ticketed Preview and Sale, Captain Lord Mansion Estate Sale, 2-4 PMCaptain Lord Mansion, 6 Pleasant Street, Kennebunkport.FMI see page 13 of the Dec. 24th issue or visit www.anti quesandestatesalesme.com
Friday, January 8 - Sunday, January 10
Captain Lord Mansion Estate Sale, 9 AM-3 PM dailyFMI see page 18 of the december 24th issue or visit www.antiquesand-estatesalesme.com. Snow date the following weekend.
Friday, January 8 (Also January 15, 22 and 29)
Community Class at The Daily Sweat, 65 Portland Road, Unit D, Kennebunk, 6 PM. Class is $5. FMI www.thedailysweatkennebunk.com.
Here is a selection of activites hosted by local libraries. Please check their websites for updates.
Nonfiction Book Group, Zoom meeting, hosted by Wells Public Library, 4:30 PM Wednesdays. Email Cindy at [email protected] for the Zoom invitation. FMI 646-8181.
Fiber Arts, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 10:30 AM. Every Friday via Zoom. Email Stefanie Claydon at [email protected] for Zoom invitation. All ages and levels of ability are encouraged to join. FMI 646-8181.
Friday Afternoon Virtual Gaming, hosted by Kennebunk Free Library, every Friday, 3 PM. Jackbox is a fun multiplayer game that you can play from a distance. All you need is a device with internet access and before the game begins you will be given a code to log in and play along. The library occasionally dabbles in Minecraft as well. Zoom link: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/88980582413 or check library's calendar for the Zoom link. Open to ages 10 and up. FMI www.KennebunkLibrary.org or 985-2173.
Friday Afternoon Virtual Gaming, hosted by Kennebunk Free Library, every Friday, 3 PM. Jackbox is a fun multiplayer game that you can play from a distance. All you need is a device with internet access and before the game begins you will be given a code to log in and play along. The library occasionally dabbles in Minecraft as well. Zoom link: https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/88980582413 or check library's calendar for the Zoom link. Open to ages 10 and up. FMI www.KennebunkLibrary.org or 985-2173.
Fiber Arts, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Road, Wells, 10:30 AM. Every Friday via Zoom. Email Stefanie Claydon at [email protected] for Zoom invitation. All ages and levels of ability are encouraged to join. FMI 646-8181.
Write Now, Right Now, hosted by Graves Memorial Public Library, 4 PM Tuesdays. A new and different kind of writing group. Creative writing prompts will be given at the end of each meeting. If interested, call 967-2778 or send an email to [email protected].
Morning Book Group via Zoom, sponsored by the Graves Library, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, 9:45 AM. This group meets the second Thursday of every month. A variety of books are chosen. New members are always welcome. Please call Mary-Lou Boucouvalas at the Graves Library to be added to the Zoom Link. 967-2778.
MSK Book Group via Zoom, hosted by the Graves Memorial Public Library and Kennebunk Free Library, Wednesdays, 2:15-3:30 PM. Open to teens in the 6th to 8th grades. Stop by either library to pick up a copy of the book. Please sign up in advance by calling either the Graves Library 967-2778 or Kennebunk Library 985-2173. Please read the book in advance of the meeting. If you have any questions, call Graves Library at 967-2778 or Kennebunk Free Library at 985-2173.
Conversational French Language Group, hosted by Wells Public Library, 6:30 PM. This is an informal approach to practicing or re-learning French. FMI and for Zoom invitation email [email protected]. FMI call 646-8181.
Evening Book Group, hosted by Graves Memorial Public Library, 6 PM. (This group usually meets the last Thursday of every month.) If interested, please call the Library at 967-2778.
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Calendar of Events in Southern MaineThere is no charge to publicize events on www.touristandtown.com or
Tourist & Town in print. The calendar deadline is 14 days before the issue date.
With so many wonderful calendar items coming our way, our goal is to publicize as many as possible while staying true to our standards for submissions. Following is our Calendar/Activities policy:
Only events submitted by non-profit organizations will be considered for publication in Tourist & Town's Calendar and Activities sections. Events submitted by for-profit organizations and businesses will only be published in conjunction with paid advertising.
Listings must include title, date/time, location, host/sponsor, description and contact information, and website if possible. Examples of appropriate Calendar/Activities submissions include, but are not limited to, community fundraisers, festivals, arts events, cultural events, educational offerings, community service events, and information sessions. Submissions are considered carefully, in terms of suitability for publication. We may edit information for consistency.
If you want your event to be considered for a feature story, send info EARLY and include a contact name and phone number/e-mail address. Please send a schedule of all, or at least, your major events, for the entire year (or as far ahead as you have them planned). It helps with editorial planning and ensures that your event has maximum exposure. We go to press Monday afternoon. Delivery begins Monday night and is completed by Wednesday. Issue dates are always Thursday.
Link here for 2020 issue dates.
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with ad rates, ad and calendar deadlines and specifications.
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• Download or view our 2020 ad rates page in PDF format.
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