Saturday
Jan 21, 2012
9:30 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
This popular program is designed to develop both imagination and creativity. Each week, hands-on studio sessions will give students an opportunity to explore art mediums in a warm and nurturing environment.
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Saturday
Jan 21, 2012
9:30 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Natrue Centre
This popular program is designed to develop both imagination and creativity. Each week, hands-on studio sessions will give students an opportunity to explore drawing, painting, sculpture and mixed media. This course takes place on Saturday mornings once a week.
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Tuesday
Jan 24, 2012
6:30 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
In this course students will explore all facets of the art of felting in four evenings of workshops. This course takes place once a week on Tuesday evenings for four weeks.
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Tuesday
Jan 24, 2012
7:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
This is a course that was developed by Nicoladeo when he was teaching at the New York Art League. With a heavy emphasis on gesture drawing, one exercise builds on the last. The result is the participant develops a strong foundation in drawing. This course is good for beginners and more advanced artists who wish to keep their drawing skills honed. The course takes place once a week on Tuesday evenings for eight weeks.
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Thursday
Jan 26, 2012
6:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Experimenting with a number of different media including water colour, acrylics, water based oils and egg tempera, you choose your particular area of interest (image, landscape, portraiture) and we will work together to develop your work. A short group discussion of the work will end each session. This course takes place once a week on Thursday evenings for eight weeks.
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Thursday
Jan 26, 2012
6:30 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Learn the basic techniques of this intriguing art form, or continue with what you have learned in previous courses. You will have the opportunity to make one or more stained glass pieces to display in your window (or give as gifts!) This course takes place once a week on Thrusday evenings for five weeks.
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Friday
Jan 27, 2012
10:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of St. Andrews and Community Foundation. A variety of traditional art media will be explored in an open-ended, expressive environment. This is a terrific bonding experience for moms (or dads) and little ones to share time together. Max 10 parent/tot pairs. This course takes place once a week on Friday mornings for six weeks.
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Friday
Feb 3, 2012
Region-Wide
› Fredericton, NB
The Olympic Symphonium has organized three days of music in their hometown of Fredericton. Shivering Songs will feature Hot Toddy, Catherine Maclellan, Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon / Red House Painters), and many more talented musicians over the weekend of February 3 through February 5. See shiveringsongs.com for the full line up.
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Saturday
Feb 4, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
This workshop offers a unique opportunity for those interested in printmaking, to explore the magnificent technique of stone lithography. This particular technique is a new addition to our printshop. Our resident Master Printmaker Robert Van de Peer will guide participants through the process of grinding and preparing lithographic limestone, creating the image on stone, operation of the lithographic press and inking techniques as well as paper preparation. No previous experience necessary. This workshop runs for two consecutive weekends- First weekend Saturday, Feb. 4, Sunday Feb. 5 and second weekend Saturday Feb. 11. Each day will have an hour lunch break.
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Sunday
Feb 5, 2012
2:00 pm
Calais
› Calais High School
The Irish Descendants will perform a benefit concert at the Calais High School on Sunday, February 5, at 2 pm. The concert is a fundraising event for the newly formed Celtic series at the Knights of Columbus Hall and the proceeds will go towards the purchase of a new sound system that will handle the requirements of the many bands slated to play in the region.
K/C Program Director Tom MacDonald has teamed up with Phill McIntyre, director at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in So. Carthage to host upwards of 20 events in the Calais area in 2012. The Knights of Columbus Hall on Park Street will be home to the series. Because of the complexities of presenting live music, "a sound system, that will handle the needs of Celtic performers and be portable so we can move to different locations, is needed," said McIntyre. McIntyre approached long time friend Con O'Brien, founder of the Descendants at a Music Newfoundland conference in November and asked if he would be willing to help with the project. O'Brien jumped at the chance to "kick start" the new series.
Skye Theatre is in its eighth season and has developed a network of venues throughout Maine and New Hampshire to host Celtic based events ranging from duos and trios to large touring bands. Many of the bands come from Eastern Canada and Calais is a perfect stop over for the touring artists who were formerly driving through or around Maine. "I welcome the chance to have a presenter such at Tom MacDonald and his team at the Knights of Columbus Hall," said McIntyre. "MacDonald has agreed to pick up a Sunday slot, and we are going to give it a good try this year with top billed artists."
Formed in the spring of 1990, The Irish Descendants have been a mainstay in the Newfoundland and Canadian music industry for over two decades. In that time the band has performed over 4,000 shows across North America and beyond. With the founding members all hailing from various outpost fishing communities, the original goal for the group was to take the music that they all learned and performed home in their kitchens, to the festival stages, pubs and concert halls of their beloved Newfoundland. In a very short time, after the release of their first CD "Misty Morning Shore" (1991), the first CD ever released by a Newfoundland band, it was clear that they were on track to take their music on a worldwide journey. This tour is the launch of their 14th recording, "Rise Again," in the US and the start of their 2012 Winter Tour.
Over the years the line-up of the band has been led under the guidance of front man and founding member, Con O'Brien. One of Newfoundland's most recognized entertainers, his rich baritone voice, once described as "a voice that could wake the dead," has been performing Irish Newfoundland music for a quarter century.
The current line-up, for the winter and spring 2012 touring season, will see regulars, Robert Kelley (bass and vocals), and veteran St. John's musician Dave Panting (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin and vocals), joined by another icon and veteran traditional player Patrick Moran (fiddle and vocals).
Tickets are $15 and $5 for those 15 and under.
For more information and reservations call Tom MacDonald at 207-214-2067. More information is available at http://www.necelticarts.com.
Photo links and bios: http://www.irishdescendants.com/site/
For a play or review copy of “Rise Again" or to set up an interview with the group, contact Con O'Brien at (709) 697-2600 or condescendant@hotmail.com.
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Sunday
Feb 5, 2012
3:00 pm
Eastport
› Eastport Arts Center
On Sunday, February 5, the Sunday Afternoon at the Arts Center series will feature a poetry reading with Valerie Lawson and Michael Brown. The event is free; donations are appreciated.
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Sunday
Feb 5, 2012
7:30 pm
St. Andrews
› W.C. O'Neill Arena Theatre
Offbeat and original, this coming of age film set in Bloomington, Indiana, is much more: a romantic comedy, a deft and assured look at America's class structure, a masterful character piece, and a treatise on the powerlessness of the human condition against the grit of time. Young actors with fabulous chemistry portray four buddies finding their place in the world. The Oscar winning screenplay includes some nifty dialogue, and the film wraps up with the best bike race ever. A sweet film that ages like a fine old wine.
This 1979 gem will be screened by the St. Andrews Film Society on Sunday, February 5, at 7:30 pm at the W.C. O'Neill arena theatre in St. Andrews. The film is 101 minutes in length, with a rating of PG. (There will be English subtitles for the hearing impaired.)
All are welcome. Admission to screenings is free, with a suggested donation of $3 for members ($4 for non-members).
For more information about our film selections and our film society: Call 506-529-4982, 529-3067 or go to www.standrewsartscentre.org/events.htm.
See you at the movies!
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Monday
Feb 6, 2012
7:00 pm
Region-Wide: Canada
› Various Locations
Canadian Conference of the Arts, based in Ottawa, is making a national tour and will be in Saint John on Tuesday, February 7.
The public is cordially invited to a meeting to hear Mr. Pineau discuss the National Arts Policy, the federal government's perspectives on the arts, and the future of the CCA. There will also be a session on the changes to the Charitable Status for nonprofit organizations, for those interested in staying.
Fredericton: February 6
Charlotte St. Arts Centre
7-9 pm
Bilingual Session
Contact: director@ charlottestreetarts.ca
Saint John: February 7
Common Council Board Room
Saint John City Hall
8th Floor, 15 Market Square
12-2 pm
Contact: info@artslinknb.com
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
10-12 pm.
French Session
Contact: jeanpierre.caissie@aaapnb.ca
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
2-4 pm.
English Session
Contact: tim_borlase@hotmail.com
Meeting space kindly arranged through the city's Cultural Affairs Office. Please RSVP by emailing the contact person for your location.
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Tuesday
Feb 7, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Cooking for Nutrition and getting the most for your dollar with instructor Brenda Gay will be held for six weeks on Tuesdays, 10 am to noon, January 17 to February 21.
Class I: Taking Stock, The Basics. This class will focus on the basics of stock making. Participants will learn to cut up a whole chicken, as well as make their own stock using the scraps from the chicken plus veggies, and herbs. With a portion of the stock we will make a good old fashioned homemade chicken soup. Class II: The Staff of Life, Bread.
This class will focus on basic bread making. We will make two types of bread, a dark and a light loaf. Class III: The One Dish Wonder. Using some of our chicken, we will each make a one dish meal incorporating beautiful, colorful veggies, as well as some of our basic stock. Class IV: Color Me Stir Fry, Pretty is the Answer! Using more of our chicken, we will work on a basic stir fry, incorporating lots of fresh, colorful veggies and talk about ways to encourage young help in the kitchen. Class V: Love: Throw Caution To the Wind! This class will focus on the basic techniques of candy making, we will make homemade "Killer Fudge," as well as other bon bons and chocolates. Class VI: Off the Cuff, Iron Chefs. This class will focus on using what we have to make a gorgeous, delicious, appetizing meal. Participants will bring in items almost ready for the compost heap from their refrigerators at home, or that can of mackerel you have been saving in the pantry, bring it in, we will use it. We will fill the table with our "cast offs," and team up for adventure in the kitchen. Improv cooking at its best.
All participants will take home goodies to feed their families or friends, after each class. Cost: $10 - $105, plus $45 for materials for all six classes. (Students will take food home after each class.)
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Tuesday
Feb 7, 2012
12:00 pm
Region-Wide: Canada
› Various Locations
Canadian Conference of the Arts, based in Ottawa, is making a national tour and will be in Saint John on Tuesday, February 7.
The public is cordially invited to a meeting to hear Mr. Pineau discuss the National Arts Policy, the federal government's perspectives on the arts, and the future of the CCA. There will also be a session on the changes to the Charitable Status for nonprofit organizations, for those interested in staying.
Fredericton: February 6
Charlotte St. Arts Centre
7-9 pm
Bilingual Session
Contact: director@ charlottestreetarts.ca
Saint John: February 7
Common Council Board Room
Saint John City Hall
8th Floor, 15 Market Square
12-2 pm
Contact: info@artslinknb.com
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
10-12 pm.
French Session
Contact: jeanpierre.caissie@aaapnb.ca
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
2-4 pm.
English Session
Contact: tim_borlase@hotmail.com
Meeting space kindly arranged through the city's Cultural Affairs Office. Please RSVP by emailing the contact person for your location.
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Tuesday
Feb 7, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bellydancing with Kessie Smith-Marengo, two sessions of four Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, January 17 through February 7, and February 14 through March 6.
Four weeks of exotic and fun dance for exercise and health will help participants get into shape and have a great time learning this ancient form of dance and self-expression. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring an exercise mat. Cost is $5-$40.
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Tuesday
Feb 7, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Pottery with Tim Christensen, eight Tuesdays, 6-9 pm, January 17 through March 6. This is a class devoted to the combining of hand-building and throwing. Various methods of producing forms in pottery can seem quite different, but by combining thrown elements with your hand-built work, you can create some unique pieces that take advantage of the limitless possibilities of clay. During the session we will be learning how to attach foot-rings, rims, spouts, handles, and decorations to pieces, also work on lids. Students will finish the class with a collection of fully-functional finished, glazed and fired pieces.
This class is for both beginners and experienced students. Those having previous pottery classes may concentrate on the method of choice.
Cost: $25 - $205, materials: $25, which will cover the first 25 pounds of clay, also glazes; additional clay is available for purchase at any time.
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Tuesday
Feb 7, 2012
7:00 pm
Region-Wide
› University of Maine at Machias, Powers Hall Art Gallery
Poet Jennifer Moxley will be reading new work at the University of Maine at Machias on Tuesday, February 7. The program will take place in the Powers Hall Art Gallery at 7 pm and is free and open to the public.
Moxley is the author of five books of poetry: "Clampdown" (Flood 2009), "The Line" (Post-Apollo 2007), "Often Capital" (Flood 2005), "The Sense Record" (Edge 2002; Salt 2003) and "Imagination Verses" (Tender Buttons 1996; Salt 2003). Her memoir, "The Middle Room," was published by Subpress in 2007. Her translation of the French poet Anne Portugal's "Absolute Bob" appeared in fall of 2010 from Burning Deck. In addition, she has translated two books by the French poet Jacqueline Risset, "The Translation Begins" (Burning Deck 1996) and "Sleep's Powers" (Ugly Duckling 2008).
Moxley is an associate professor of English at the University of Maine.
The talk is part of the ongoing Maine Writers Series at UMM, which features poetry, fiction, and nonfiction readings by Maine writers.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
10:00 am
Region-Wide: Canada
› Various Locations
Canadian Conference of the Arts, based in Ottawa, is making a national tour and will be in Saint John on Tuesday, February 7.
The public is cordially invited to a meeting to hear Mr. Pineau discuss the National Arts Policy, the federal government's perspectives on the arts, and the future of the CCA. There will also be a session on the changes to the Charitable Status for nonprofit organizations, for those interested in staying.
Fredericton: February 6
Charlotte St. Arts Centre
7-9 pm
Bilingual Session
Contact: director@ charlottestreetarts.ca
Saint John: February 7
Common Council Board Room
Saint John City Hall
8th Floor, 15 Market Square
12-2 pm
Contact: info@artslinknb.com
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
10-12 pm.
French Session
Contact: jeanpierre.caissie@aaapnb.ca
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
2-4 pm.
English Session
Contact: tim_borlase@hotmail.com
Meeting space kindly arranged through the city's Cultural Affairs Office. Please RSVP by emailing the contact person for your location.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
2:00 pm
Region-Wide: Canada
› Various Locations
Canadian Conference of the Arts, based in Ottawa, is making a national tour and will be in Saint John on Tuesday, February 7.
The public is cordially invited to a meeting to hear Mr. Pineau discuss the National Arts Policy, the federal government's perspectives on the arts, and the future of the CCA. There will also be a session on the changes to the Charitable Status for nonprofit organizations, for those interested in staying.
Fredericton: February 6
Charlotte St. Arts Centre
7-9 pm
Bilingual Session
Contact: director@ charlottestreetarts.ca
Saint John: February 7
Common Council Board Room
Saint John City Hall
8th Floor, 15 Market Square
12-2 pm
Contact: info@artslinknb.com
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
10-12 pm.
French Session
Contact: jeanpierre.caissie@aaapnb.ca
Moncton: February 8
6th Floor- Moncton City Hall
2-4 pm.
English Session
Contact: tim_borlase@hotmail.com
Meeting space kindly arranged through the city's Cultural Affairs Office. Please RSVP by emailing the contact person for your location.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn to Read Music, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, January 18 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. John Newell will help you learn the basics of music, how to read the notes, how they are put together in scales, chords and rhythms to make songs and instrumental pieces. The class is suitable for ages 12 to 102. We will learn by doing, so your active participation is the only requirement. Cost is $10 - $105.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Fitting in Fitness will be held Wednesdays, 6 to 7 pm, January 18 through February 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Thirty to 45 minutes a day for exercise can seem daunting. Breaking it into two or three 15-minute sessions can help fitness fit into daily life. Demonstrations and instructions for several sessions. Participants will learn to find their own most effective exercise routines. For ages 16 and over. Instructor is Samantha Williams. Cost: $5-$40.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
7:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Poetry Slams will continue in the new year at the Cobscook Community Learning Center beginning on Wednesday, January 11, and continuing every second Wednesday. The evening will feature an open mic, where everyone in the audience is invited to read a poem. After a brief break for refreshment and fellowship, the slam will begin. In a poetry slam, poets read a work of their own authorship. They may use no props, costumes or musical accompaniment. The poem and performance are then judged Olympic-style by members of the audience. Though ostensibly competitive, poetry slams are designed for fun. Hosts Valerie Lawson and Michael Brown are veteran slammasters and have been emceeing poetry events for years. The slams are held up the hill in Rice Hall at the Cobscook Community Learning Center.
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Wednesday
Feb 8, 2012
8:00 pm
Region-Wide
› University of Maine at Machias, Kimball Hall, Portside
A proposed national park in northern Maine will take center stage at the University of Maine at Machias, where two upcoming speakers will advocate for and against the park proposal.
State Senator Cynthia Dill (D-Cape Elizabeth) will speak in favor of the Maine Woods National Park during a presentation at UMM on Wednesday, January 25. Millinocket Town Manager Eugene Conlogue, an opponent of the national park proposal, will speak on Wednesday, February 8. Both events will take place at 7 pm in the Portside room of Kimball Hall.
Senator Dill is the founder of Friends of the Maine Woods, an advocacy group formed with the purpose of educating communities about the economic, environmental, and social benefits of public land stewardship, and to support the study and creation of the Maine Woods National Park.
Conlogue is a member of the Maine Woods Coalition, a public interest group concerned with the prospect of sudden and substantial changes to the current use patterns of the North Maine Woods. The group promotes the current relationship between private owners of large tracts of land and the access allowed to the general public.
The talks are free and open to the public and will also be streamed live on the UMM Web site at www.machias.edu. There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion following each presentation.
The presentations for and against the proposed Maine Woods National Park are part of UMM's ongoing efforts as New England's only public Environmental Liberal Arts institution.
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Thursday
Feb 9, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn New or Enhance Existing Computer Skills, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm, eight weeks, January 19 through March 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Lisa Thompson shares in-depth knowledge and hands-on exploration of hardware and software, PC health and maintenance, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access Database, viruses and spam and website development. Excellent for small business owners. Use PCs on-site or bring your personal laptop. Cost: $15-$140 (sliding scale).
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Thursday
Feb 9, 2012
6:30 pm
Lubec
› Lubec Memorial Library
"The Station" will be screened at the Lubec Memorial Library on February 9 at 6:30 pm. This historical drama illustrates Russian Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. Germany, 112 min.
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Friday
Feb 10, 2012
St. Andrews
St. Andrews will host the Winter Warmer Festival February 10 and 11. Owen Steel, Babette Hayward, Jamie Junger, Roland Gauvin, The Olympic Symphonium, Debbie Adshade and more will perform. Sponsored by Picaroons, individual concerts cost $20, and a weekend pass is $50. A complete schedule will be available on Tuesday, January 31.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
9:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Women and Art in Plains Indian Society, Saturdays, 9-11 am, January 21 through February 25, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This seminar course will examine women's roles in traditional Plains Indian societies, focusing particularly on their roles as artists and craftswomen. We will use articles from scholarly journals, ethnographies, and primary documents to learn the functions of women's art relative to social and religious symbolism, commerce, trade, and individual self-expression. Instructor: Lew Richards. Cost: $10 - $110
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Why not let your loved ones, family, friends and significant others know you care for them this Valentine's Day by giving them homemade chocolates? Show them you care at the Cobscook Community Learning Center on Saturday, February 11, with "Won't You Be Mine? Chocolate/Candy Making Workshop" from 10 am to 2 pm, and a "Homemade Valentine Workshop" from 2 to 5 pm.
The candy-making workshop will cover basic cand-making techniques while making Killer Kahlua Fudge, Bon-Bons, Barks and Brittle. In the valentine making workshop, materials will be available to make your own valentines for the special people in your life, as well as decorations for your containers to hold chocolates. Items that would be helpful for you to bring if you have them: candy thermometer, cupcake liners in pretty colors, decorated or plain boxes or tins, baskets or baggies.
Brenda Gay, program manager at the Labor of Love Food Pantry will lead the chocolate-making workshop. Brenda's love for cooking and food procuring and production was inspired by her Nanna's cooking in the back kitchen at the farm. It was in that back kitchen she learned to use a hand separator, to take the cream and churn it into butter, how yeast worked, and how to make treats like peanut brittle, and homemade fudge, how to pickle and preserve, and most importantly, how to use the best, whole foods available to create foods for the ones you love. "That was a long time ago, and I have read a myriad of cookbooks since then being always curious to learn new and different skills. I do not tout myself as a teacher but as a guide because I often learn from those who say, 'I don't know how to cook.' In the kitchen we are all students."
The valentine-making workshop will be conducted by Kat Robertson, Dawn Gooch, Roberta Lichtenger and Carrie Callahan. There will be a vast array of card-making materials for you to make one special, or many smaller, personally-designed valentines for the beloved people in your life. We'll also have "tin-tie" bags available to decorate for your homemade chocolates.
The candy/chocolate making workshop and the valentine workshop will both be at the Cobscook Community Learning Center, 10 Commissary Point Road in Trescott. Cost for the candy-making workshop is $5-$40 with $25 for materials. The valentine workshop is $5-30 with $5 for materials. If signing up for both workshops, take $10 off the cost of each.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Punch Needle Rug Hooking, Saturday, February 11, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Students will learn to prepare their backing, draw a pattern, hook and bind off. All materials will be supplied. Instructors: Beth Roy and Helen Newell. Cost: $5 - $40, materials: $15.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
10:00 am
Perry
› Pottle Tree Farm
The 10th Annual Winter Sports and Fun Day at the Pottle Tree Farm in Perry. The event is free. Come hike, sled, ice fish, snow shoe, ski, walk the labyrinth, skate, or race! Event held snow, ice, rain or shine. Fireside potluck. Proceeds benefit Stronghearts, a foundation supporting families caring for children with congenital heart defects.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Wildlife Tracking Walk and Identification is planned for Saturdays, January 14, and February 11 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Footprints in the snow reveal aspects of the otherwise hidden lives of the forest’s creatures. Join us to learn about animal track identification and how our wildlife manage to survive Maine's harsh winters. Children over seven years old are welcome with an adult. Please dress appropriately for the weather. Cost: $5 - $30 for each class.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Won't You Be Mine? Chocolate Candy Making Workshop, Saturday, February 11, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center, covers basic candy-making techniques while making killer Kahlua fudge, bon bons, barks and brittle. Materials will be available to make your own valentines for those special people in your life, as well as decorations for your containers to hold chocolates. Instructor: Brenda Gay. Cost: $5 - $40, materials: $25.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Saturdays, 11 am to 2 pm, January 21 through March 10 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Classes will cover drawing from still life, photographs, models and mirrors. Students will use charcoal and graphite, practice siting and proportion, composition, light/shadow and textures, foreshortening, line and cross-hatching and may include wash-drawing and/or painting toward the end of the series. Instructor: Kathryn Robertson, local art educator. Cost is $25 - $200, materials, $TBD.
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Saturday
Feb 11, 2012
7:00 pm
Lubec
› Crow Town Gallery
A Valentine's Day dance is planned for February 11 at 7 pm with UMM's Ukulele Band at the Crow Town Gallery. Wear your dancing shoes and bring your friends.
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Sunday
Feb 12, 2012
2:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Anglican Church Hall
The days are getting longer, the sun is getting stronger. It's time for Seedy Sunday. Come to the ninth annual Community Seed Exchange in St. Andrews on Sunday, February 12, from 2 to 4 pm at the Anglican Church Hall. All are welcome. No charge for attendance or for seeds. If you have seeds to share, or would like seeds (vegetables, flowers, trees or herbs) from fellow gardeners, please join us. Please bring seeds that have produced good crops and healthy plants for you and that you are reasonably sure are viable.
You can also bring favourite seed catalogs, information about local seed and plant sources, photos of your garden, and seed-saving tips that you can share (in writing or just by talking with folks about them).
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Tuesday
Feb 14, 2012
Eastport
› Downtown
It's time to start thinking about Eastport's Annual Hearts Warming Hearts Bikini and Speedo Run held each year on Valentine's Day. This fun run in the dead of winter clad only in a bikini, Speedo or other bathing attire has raised thousands of dollars over the years to help keep neighbors warm. Sponsored by Jeff and Lesley Starling, owners of the Happy Crab Restaurant, runners and spectators alike are treated to free hot chocolate and pizza at the finish-line. The festive Valentine's Day finish line atmosphere is is a fun way to address a very serious problem.
"Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans -- nearly one in two -- have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income," says Eastport City Councilman John Miller. "The latest census data depict a middle class that's shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government's safety net frays. The new numbers follow years of stagnating wages for the middle class that have hurt millions of workers and families. Safety net programs such as food stamps and tax credits kept poverty from rising even higher in 2010, but for many low-income families with work-related and medical expenses, they are considered too 'rich' to qualify. The reality is that prospects for the poor and the near poor are dismal. If Congress and the states make further cuts, we can expect the number of poor and low-income families to rise for the next several years. It is really important that we make the effort to look out for our neighbors."
No doubt about it, 2011 has been tough for most families here in Maine and across America. Our domestic needs are so immense, experts have even coined a term for that What-can-I-do feeling: compassion fatigue. As the unseasonably warm days of November fold into December and the winter ahead, our poor and especially elderly poor, will face hunger and the painful cold of the months ahead.
"Over the years the Eastport Hearts Warming Hearts-Bikini and Speedo Run has provided additional funding to our often almost depleted home heating assistance funds here in Downeast, Maine," say organizer Jeff Starling. "I can't think of a better way to say I love you on Valentine's Day than by helping your neighbors stay warm."
Every penny raised from the Eastport event has gone directly to providing fuel assistance for the elderly poor. Each year, a brave cadre of men and women of all ages, from nine-years old to seniors, have made the mad dash from Post Office Square to the Happy Crab. In some of the runs pets have participated with their own pledges and wearing a bikini.
Participating in the annual Eastport Bikini and Speedo Run as a runner, team organizer, sponsor or a person that makes a pledge to those that make the mad dash will provide everyone the opportunity to make a warm difference at the local level.
In light of the fact that President Obama has cut Maine's allotment for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by $32.6 million dollars, our truly needy and most vulnerable citizens will be very cold. This event born in Eastport could easily be repeated in every town in Maine on Valentine's Day.
According to Dale McCormick, director of Maine State Housing, the average beneficiary of LIHEAP has an annual income of $16,500, and 54 percent of the people are elderly or disabled. McCormick also said, "People will freeze in their homes at this level" and "they will have to choose between food, medicine, fuel and rent."
There are bills before both the US House and US Senate to increase LIHEAP funding, one with special provisions for cold weather states on the Senate side. Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are working tirelessly to access desperately needed funding, but winter is here, now.
If you want to participate as an individual you can run the dash and get sponsors. Or, you can pledge for a person that is running. If you are part of a large organization or owner of a business you can organize a team and recruit people to pledge from your cadre of workers, family and friends.
In past years the students at the Eastport Boat School have raised thousands of dollars with a team of runners, as have the local banks. Individual runners have also crossed the finish line with pledges that tipped the $600 mark. With the short distance and rules allowing a fast run, jog or even a walk as long as you are in your bikini, Speedo or favorite swimming attire, there is no reason not to fill the streets for this most worthy cause. Rules and pledge sheets are available from the Happy Crab restaurant in Eastport. You can stop in and pick them up or they would be happy to mail them if you call 207-853-9400.
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Tuesday
Feb 14, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Cooking for Nutrition and getting the most for your dollar with instructor Brenda Gay will be held for six weeks on Tuesdays, 10 am to noon, January 17 to February 21.
Class I: Taking Stock, The Basics. This class will focus on the basics of stock making. Participants will learn to cut up a whole chicken, as well as make their own stock using the scraps from the chicken plus veggies, and herbs. With a portion of the stock we will make a good old fashioned homemade chicken soup. Class II: The Staff of Life, Bread.
This class will focus on basic bread making. We will make two types of bread, a dark and a light loaf. Class III: The One Dish Wonder. Using some of our chicken, we will each make a one dish meal incorporating beautiful, colorful veggies, as well as some of our basic stock. Class IV: Color Me Stir Fry, Pretty is the Answer! Using more of our chicken, we will work on a basic stir fry, incorporating lots of fresh, colorful veggies and talk about ways to encourage young help in the kitchen. Class V: Love: Throw Caution To the Wind! This class will focus on the basic techniques of candy making, we will make homemade "Killer Fudge," as well as other bon bons and chocolates. Class VI: Off the Cuff, Iron Chefs. This class will focus on using what we have to make a gorgeous, delicious, appetizing meal. Participants will bring in items almost ready for the compost heap from their refrigerators at home, or that can of mackerel you have been saving in the pantry, bring it in, we will use it. We will fill the table with our "cast offs," and team up for adventure in the kitchen. Improv cooking at its best.
All participants will take home goodies to feed their families or friends, after each class. Cost: $10 - $105, plus $45 for materials for all six classes. (Students will take food home after each class.)
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Tuesday
Feb 14, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bellydancing with Kessie Smith-Marengo, two sessions of four Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, January 17 through February 7, and February 14 through March 6.
Four weeks of exotic and fun dance for exercise and health will help participants get into shape and have a great time learning this ancient form of dance and self-expression. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring an exercise mat. Cost is $5-$40.
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Tuesday
Feb 14, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Pottery with Tim Christensen, eight Tuesdays, 6-9 pm, January 17 through March 6. This is a class devoted to the combining of hand-building and throwing. Various methods of producing forms in pottery can seem quite different, but by combining thrown elements with your hand-built work, you can create some unique pieces that take advantage of the limitless possibilities of clay. During the session we will be learning how to attach foot-rings, rims, spouts, handles, and decorations to pieces, also work on lids. Students will finish the class with a collection of fully-functional finished, glazed and fired pieces.
This class is for both beginners and experienced students. Those having previous pottery classes may concentrate on the method of choice.
Cost: $25 - $205, materials: $25, which will cover the first 25 pounds of clay, also glazes; additional clay is available for purchase at any time.
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Wednesday
Feb 15, 2012
3:00 pm
Region-Wide: United States
› University of Maine at Machias, Science Building, Room 102
If you have ever thought of starting a business or own one and want to take it to the next level, this afternoon program can prove very valuable to your success. The event will take place from 3 to 6 pm on Wednesday, February 15, at the University of Maine at Machias in the Science Building in Room 102.
Beginning at 3 p.m., the first hour showcases a panel of experienced local business owners who will share their tips for success; in addition, attendees will receive a useful guide to local and state business resources geared for entrepreneurs of all levels. From 4 pm to 5 pm a panel of lenders will share their views about what they seek from loan applicants, followed by a question and answer session. Then from 5 pm to 6 pm some participants will have the opportunity for 20 minute one-on-one coaching sessions to get feedback and advice on the next steps in their entrepreneurial journeys.
While this is a free event open to the general public, advance registration is required. To reserve your space, call 255-1439 or e-mail blfrey@maine.edu before February 10. If you are interested in booking a coaching session, please note there will be a maximum of only 15 slots available so early sign-ups are advised.
This E-Week event is sponsored by University of Maine at Machias, Women's Business Center at Coastal Enterprises Inc., Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and MDOL/Washington County CareerCenters, with participating partners including Sunrise County Economic Council, Maine Small Business Development Center, Down East Business Alliance, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Four Directions Development Corporation, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Finance Authority of Maine.
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Wednesday
Feb 15, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn to Read Music, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, January 18 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. John Newell will help you learn the basics of music, how to read the notes, how they are put together in scales, chords and rhythms to make songs and instrumental pieces. The class is suitable for ages 12 to 102. We will learn by doing, so your active participation is the only requirement. Cost is $10 - $105.
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Wednesday
Feb 15, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
BYOB (Body!), Wednesdays, 6-7pm, February 15 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This No Gym Needed Take-Home Exercise program for ages 16 and up will offer discussion and demonstration of strength-building exercises that utilize body weight. Participants will learn various exercises to strengthen and tone without needing gym access or equipment. A journal recommended for participants to record exercises. Instructor is Samantha Williams, ACE certified personal trainer. Cost is $5 - $40; please bring an exercise mat, water bottle, and small towel.
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Thursday
Feb 16, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn New or Enhance Existing Computer Skills, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm, eight weeks, January 19 through March 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Lisa Thompson shares in-depth knowledge and hands-on exploration of hardware and software, PC health and maintenance, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access Database, viruses and spam and website development. Excellent for small business owners. Use PCs on-site or bring your personal laptop. Cost: $15-$140 (sliding scale).
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Friday
Feb 17, 2012
7:00 pm
St. Stephen
› Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 48
St. Croix Theatre Company presents "Noir Suspicions," a dessert theatre written by David Landau and directed by Joanna Nicholson. In this sequel to last year's sold out "Murder at Cafe Noir," ex-private eye Rick Archer is now the confused manager of the Cafe Noir on the island of Mustique. He is confronted with a corpse on the dock, a mysterious femme fatale, a French blackmailer and a wealthy businessman who wants both the cafe and the woman. Rick has been accused of murder and he hopes the audience can convince the magistrate of his innocence.
Audience members do not need to have seen last year's show to enjoy this one.
Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30. Tickets price includes a selection of delicious desserts and coffee/tea.
Tickets in ADVANCE only - $25 - available at Stuarts Cards & Candy - St. Stephen and Cockburn's Corner Drug Store - St. Andrews
**This is a licensed event, no one under the age of 19 permitted
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Saturday
Feb 18, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Do you find working with pastels daunting? Let local artist Anne Johnston dispel those fears as she shows students various pastel techniques with which to create amazing art. This class runs for two days from 9 am to 4 pm with an hour lunch break.
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Saturday
Feb 18, 2012
9:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bread 102 will take place on Saturday, February 18, 2012, from 9 am to 1 pm, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Bread 102 will cover using whole grains in breadmaking and also additional additives such as dairy and other grains. Students will develop their own recipe and make a loaf of bread to take home. Cost is $5-$40 (sliding scale), materials: $5.
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Saturday
Feb 18, 2012
9:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Women and Art in Plains Indian Society, Saturdays, 9-11 am, January 21 through February 25, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This seminar course will examine women's roles in traditional Plains Indian societies, focusing particularly on their roles as artists and craftswomen. We will use articles from scholarly journals, ethnographies, and primary documents to learn the functions of women's art relative to social and religious symbolism, commerce, trade, and individual self-expression. Instructor: Lew Richards. Cost: $10 - $110
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Saturday
Feb 18, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Saturdays, 11 am to 2 pm, January 21 through March 10 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Classes will cover drawing from still life, photographs, models and mirrors. Students will use charcoal and graphite, practice siting and proportion, composition, light/shadow and textures, foreshortening, line and cross-hatching and may include wash-drawing and/or painting toward the end of the series. Instructor: Kathryn Robertson, local art educator. Cost is $25 - $200, materials, $TBD.
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Sunday
Feb 19, 2012
2:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Join Sunbury Shores Executive Director and Naturalist Jamie Steel on an excursion between high tide and low tide and learn the Language of the Shore. Every environment has many elements that can be put together to tell a story. Come and learn this wonderful natural language that will help you understand the world around you.
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Sunday
Feb 19, 2012
3:00 pm
Eastport
› Eastport Arts Center
Stage East will perform a staged reading of "Sea Marks," written by Gardner McKay, on February 19 at 3 pm at the Eastport Art Center as part of the Sunday Afternoons at the EAC.
Sea marks are the lines left on the cliffs when the tide is down. The play depicts the life of a fisherman from an isolated island in Ireland who attempts to change his life for the love of a woman.
Come see our own Richard and Mindy Gullen from the coffee shop perform this atmospheric and poignant story.
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Tuesday
Feb 21, 2012
10:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Cooking for Nutrition and getting the most for your dollar with instructor Brenda Gay will be held for six weeks on Tuesdays, 10 am to noon, January 17 to February 21.
Class I: Taking Stock, The Basics. This class will focus on the basics of stock making. Participants will learn to cut up a whole chicken, as well as make their own stock using the scraps from the chicken plus veggies, and herbs. With a portion of the stock we will make a good old fashioned homemade chicken soup. Class II: The Staff of Life, Bread.
This class will focus on basic bread making. We will make two types of bread, a dark and a light loaf. Class III: The One Dish Wonder. Using some of our chicken, we will each make a one dish meal incorporating beautiful, colorful veggies, as well as some of our basic stock. Class IV: Color Me Stir Fry, Pretty is the Answer! Using more of our chicken, we will work on a basic stir fry, incorporating lots of fresh, colorful veggies and talk about ways to encourage young help in the kitchen. Class V: Love: Throw Caution To the Wind! This class will focus on the basic techniques of candy making, we will make homemade "Killer Fudge," as well as other bon bons and chocolates. Class VI: Off the Cuff, Iron Chefs. This class will focus on using what we have to make a gorgeous, delicious, appetizing meal. Participants will bring in items almost ready for the compost heap from their refrigerators at home, or that can of mackerel you have been saving in the pantry, bring it in, we will use it. We will fill the table with our "cast offs," and team up for adventure in the kitchen. Improv cooking at its best.
All participants will take home goodies to feed their families or friends, after each class. Cost: $10 - $105, plus $45 for materials for all six classes. (Students will take food home after each class.)
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Tuesday
Feb 21, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bellydancing with Kessie Smith-Marengo, two sessions of four Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, January 17 through February 7, and February 14 through March 6.
Four weeks of exotic and fun dance for exercise and health will help participants get into shape and have a great time learning this ancient form of dance and self-expression. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring an exercise mat. Cost is $5-$40.
Click for more details.
Tuesday
Feb 21, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Pottery with Tim Christensen, eight Tuesdays, 6-9 pm, January 17 through March 6. This is a class devoted to the combining of hand-building and throwing. Various methods of producing forms in pottery can seem quite different, but by combining thrown elements with your hand-built work, you can create some unique pieces that take advantage of the limitless possibilities of clay. During the session we will be learning how to attach foot-rings, rims, spouts, handles, and decorations to pieces, also work on lids. Students will finish the class with a collection of fully-functional finished, glazed and fired pieces.
This class is for both beginners and experienced students. Those having previous pottery classes may concentrate on the method of choice.
Cost: $25 - $205, materials: $25, which will cover the first 25 pounds of clay, also glazes; additional clay is available for purchase at any time.
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Tuesday
Feb 21, 2012
6:30 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
This fun and relaxing course is an introduction to hand building and glazing techniques. Participants will learn basic clay construction methods including coil, slab, pinch and a combination of techniques. You will also have a chance to try your hand at the potter's wheel as you create fun and functional pieces. This course takes place once a week on Tuesday evenings for six weeks.
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Wednesday
Feb 22, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn to Read Music, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, January 18 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. John Newell will help you learn the basics of music, how to read the notes, how they are put together in scales, chords and rhythms to make songs and instrumental pieces. The class is suitable for ages 12 to 102. We will learn by doing, so your active participation is the only requirement. Cost is $10 - $105.
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Wednesday
Feb 22, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
BYOB (Body!), Wednesdays, 6-7pm, February 15 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This No Gym Needed Take-Home Exercise program for ages 16 and up will offer discussion and demonstration of strength-building exercises that utilize body weight. Participants will learn various exercises to strengthen and tone without needing gym access or equipment. A journal recommended for participants to record exercises. Instructor is Samantha Williams, ACE certified personal trainer. Cost is $5 - $40; please bring an exercise mat, water bottle, and small towel.
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Thursday
Feb 23, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn New or Enhance Existing Computer Skills, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm, eight weeks, January 19 through March 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Lisa Thompson shares in-depth knowledge and hands-on exploration of hardware and software, PC health and maintenance, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access Database, viruses and spam and website development. Excellent for small business owners. Use PCs on-site or bring your personal laptop. Cost: $15-$140 (sliding scale).
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Friday
Feb 24, 2012
7:30 pm
St. Andrews
› Heather Curling Club
St. Croix Theatre Company presents "Noir Suspicions," a dessert theatre written by David Landau and directed by Joanna Nicholson. In this sequel to last year's sold out "Murder at Cafe Noir," ex-private eye Rick Archer is now the confused manager of the Cafe Noir on the island of Mustique. He is confronted with a corpse on the dock, a mysterious femme fatale, a French blackmailer and a wealthy businessman who wants both the cafe and the woman. Rick has been accused of murder and he hopes the audience can convince the magistrate of his innocence.
Audience members do not need to have seen last year's show to enjoy this one.
Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30. Tickets price includes a selection of delicious desserts and coffee/tea.
Tickets in ADVANCE only - $25 - available at Stuarts Cards & Candy - St. Stephen and Cockburn's Corner Drug Store - St. Andrews
**This is a licensed event, no one under the age of 19 permitted
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Saturday
Feb 25, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
During this workshop, participants will create a medallion, using the traditional method of porcupine quill insertion on birch bark. Participants will also learn the meanings behind Mik'maq motifs and symbols. This is a one day workshop with an hour lunch break.
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Saturday
Feb 25, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Natrue Centre
Learn to identify the major constellations and the mythology associated with them. Become familiar with the Sun, Moon, planets, comets, meteors and how to observe them. Learn about the formation and life cycle of stars and where to locate star clusters and nebulae with a telescope or binoculars. Learn to use star maps, binoculars, telescopes and accessories and your eyes to observe the night sky. Evening observation included. Also an optional session on celestial navigation. This course runs for two days from 9 am to 4 pm with an hour lunch break. As noted there will also be evening observation weather permitting.
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Saturday
Feb 25, 2012
9:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Women and Art in Plains Indian Society, Saturdays, 9-11 am, January 21 through February 25, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This seminar course will examine women's roles in traditional Plains Indian societies, focusing particularly on their roles as artists and craftswomen. We will use articles from scholarly journals, ethnographies, and primary documents to learn the functions of women's art relative to social and religious symbolism, commerce, trade, and individual self-expression. Instructor: Lew Richards. Cost: $10 - $110
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Saturday
Feb 25, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Saturdays, 11 am to 2 pm, January 21 through March 10 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Classes will cover drawing from still life, photographs, models and mirrors. Students will use charcoal and graphite, practice siting and proportion, composition, light/shadow and textures, foreshortening, line and cross-hatching and may include wash-drawing and/or painting toward the end of the series. Instructor: Kathryn Robertson, local art educator. Cost is $25 - $200, materials, $TBD.
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Saturday
Feb 25, 2012
7:30 pm
St. Stephen
› St. Stephen Curing Club
St. Croix Theatre Company presents "Noir Suspicions," a dessert theatre written by David Landau and directed by Joanna Nicholson. In this sequel to last year's sold out "Murder at Cafe Noir," ex-private eye Rick Archer is now the confused manager of the Cafe Noir on the island of Mustique. He is confronted with a corpse on the dock, a mysterious femme fatale, a French blackmailer and a wealthy businessman who wants both the cafe and the woman. Rick has been accused of murder and he hopes the audience can convince the magistrate of his innocence.
Audience members do not need to have seen last year's show to enjoy this one.
Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30. Tickets price includes a selection of delicious desserts and coffee/tea.
Tickets in ADVANCE only - $25 - available at Stuarts Cards & Candy - St. Stephen and Cockburn's Corner Drug Store - St. Andrews
**This is a licensed event, no one under the age of 19 permitted
Click for more details.
Tuesday
Feb 28, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bellydancing with Kessie Smith-Marengo, two sessions of four Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, January 17 through February 7, and February 14 through March 6.
Four weeks of exotic and fun dance for exercise and health will help participants get into shape and have a great time learning this ancient form of dance and self-expression. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring an exercise mat. Cost is $5-$40.
Click for more details.
Tuesday
Feb 28, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Pottery with Tim Christensen, eight Tuesdays, 6-9 pm, January 17 through March 6. This is a class devoted to the combining of hand-building and throwing. Various methods of producing forms in pottery can seem quite different, but by combining thrown elements with your hand-built work, you can create some unique pieces that take advantage of the limitless possibilities of clay. During the session we will be learning how to attach foot-rings, rims, spouts, handles, and decorations to pieces, also work on lids. Students will finish the class with a collection of fully-functional finished, glazed and fired pieces.
This class is for both beginners and experienced students. Those having previous pottery classes may concentrate on the method of choice.
Cost: $25 - $205, materials: $25, which will cover the first 25 pounds of clay, also glazes; additional clay is available for purchase at any time.
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Wednesday
Feb 29, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn to Read Music, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, January 18 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. John Newell will help you learn the basics of music, how to read the notes, how they are put together in scales, chords and rhythms to make songs and instrumental pieces. The class is suitable for ages 12 to 102. We will learn by doing, so your active participation is the only requirement. Cost is $10 - $105.
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Wednesday
Feb 29, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
BYOB (Body!), Wednesdays, 6-7pm, February 15 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This No Gym Needed Take-Home Exercise program for ages 16 and up will offer discussion and demonstration of strength-building exercises that utilize body weight. Participants will learn various exercises to strengthen and tone without needing gym access or equipment. A journal recommended for participants to record exercises. Instructor is Samantha Williams, ACE certified personal trainer. Cost is $5 - $40; please bring an exercise mat, water bottle, and small towel.
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Thursday
Mar 1, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn New or Enhance Existing Computer Skills, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm, eight weeks, January 19 through March 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Lisa Thompson shares in-depth knowledge and hands-on exploration of hardware and software, PC health and maintenance, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access Database, viruses and spam and website development. Excellent for small business owners. Use PCs on-site or bring your personal laptop. Cost: $15-$140 (sliding scale).
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Friday
Mar 2, 2012
7:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Sarah Murphy is a multi-faceted artist best known for her award winning performance monologues and innovative novels and short stories. She will work with participants to develop their creative writing abilities. This course runs for two days starting Friday evening from 7 to 9 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm with a lunch break.
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Saturday
Mar 3, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Saturdays, 11 am to 2 pm, January 21 through March 10 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Classes will cover drawing from still life, photographs, models and mirrors. Students will use charcoal and graphite, practice siting and proportion, composition, light/shadow and textures, foreshortening, line and cross-hatching and may include wash-drawing and/or painting toward the end of the series. Instructor: Kathryn Robertson, local art educator. Cost is $25 - $200, materials, $TBD.
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Saturday
Mar 3, 2012
1:00 pm
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
The natural world around us has a Language all its own. Join Sunbury Shores Exectuive Director and Naturalist Jamie Steel for a walk on the beach and learn to read the stories that you can find on the shore.
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Tuesday
Mar 6, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bellydancing with Kessie Smith-Marengo, two sessions of four Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 pm, January 17 through February 7, and February 14 through March 6.
Four weeks of exotic and fun dance for exercise and health will help participants get into shape and have a great time learning this ancient form of dance and self-expression. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring an exercise mat. Cost is $5-$40.
Click for more details.
Tuesday
Mar 6, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Pottery with Tim Christensen, eight Tuesdays, 6-9 pm, January 17 through March 6. This is a class devoted to the combining of hand-building and throwing. Various methods of producing forms in pottery can seem quite different, but by combining thrown elements with your hand-built work, you can create some unique pieces that take advantage of the limitless possibilities of clay. During the session we will be learning how to attach foot-rings, rims, spouts, handles, and decorations to pieces, also work on lids. Students will finish the class with a collection of fully-functional finished, glazed and fired pieces.
This class is for both beginners and experienced students. Those having previous pottery classes may concentrate on the method of choice.
Cost: $25 - $205, materials: $25, which will cover the first 25 pounds of clay, also glazes; additional clay is available for purchase at any time.
Click for more details.
Wednesday
Mar 7, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn to Read Music, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00 pm, January 18 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. John Newell will help you learn the basics of music, how to read the notes, how they are put together in scales, chords and rhythms to make songs and instrumental pieces. The class is suitable for ages 12 to 102. We will learn by doing, so your active participation is the only requirement. Cost is $10 - $105.
Click for more details.
Wednesday
Mar 7, 2012
6:00 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
BYOB (Body!), Wednesdays, 6-7pm, February 15 - March 7, 2012, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. This No Gym Needed Take-Home Exercise program for ages 16 and up will offer discussion and demonstration of strength-building exercises that utilize body weight. Participants will learn various exercises to strengthen and tone without needing gym access or equipment. A journal recommended for participants to record exercises. Instructor is Samantha Williams, ACE certified personal trainer. Cost is $5 - $40; please bring an exercise mat, water bottle, and small towel.
Click for more details.
Thursday
Mar 8, 2012
5:30 pm
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Learn New or Enhance Existing Computer Skills, Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm, eight weeks, January 19 through March 8, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Lisa Thompson shares in-depth knowledge and hands-on exploration of hardware and software, PC health and maintenance, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, Access Database, viruses and spam and website development. Excellent for small business owners. Use PCs on-site or bring your personal laptop. Cost: $15-$140 (sliding scale).
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Saturday
Mar 10, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Once you have taken photographs learn how to use computer applications to tweak your results, or manipulatee a photograph completely. Instructor Karen Ruet is a faculty member at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and acknowledged as a wonderful teacher. This course runs for two days from 9 am to 4 pm with an hour lunch break.
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Saturday
Mar 10, 2012
11:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Art Studio, Drawing and Painting, Saturdays, 11 am to 2 pm, January 21 through March 10 at the Cobscook Community Learning Center. Classes will cover drawing from still life, photographs, models and mirrors. Students will use charcoal and graphite, practice siting and proportion, composition, light/shadow and textures, foreshortening, line and cross-hatching and may include wash-drawing and/or painting toward the end of the series. Instructor: Kathryn Robertson, local art educator. Cost is $25 - $200, materials, $TBD.
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Saturday
Mar 17, 2012
9:00 am
Trescott
› Cobscook Community Learning Center
Bread 103, Saturday, March 17, at the Cobscook Community Learning Center, will focus on artisan breads, especially how to shape and bake free form loaves with thick crusts. Students will make a loaf of their choice, which they can bring home. Cost: $5-$40 (sliding scale), materials: $5.
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Saturday
Mar 17, 2012
9:00 am
St. Andrews
› Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre
Photographing your 2D and 3D artwork proving to be a challenge? High quality photographs are important to furthering your artistic career. Learn how to get professional results at home with photographer Oliver Flecknell. He will show you how to manipulate light, your camera, and your computer to get results that will win you awards! Bring an example of your work and a camera if you have one. This is a one day course with an hour lunch break.
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Saturday
Mar 24, 2012
1:00 pm
Eastport
› Eastport Arts Center
Auditions for Stage East's 2012 Summer and Fall plays will be held at the Eastport Arts Center on Saturday, March 24. Auditions are open to everyone; no preparation or experience necessary.
In the summer, Elaine Abbott will direct the winner of the Drama Desk Award, "Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney.
Casting needs include the following. Sylvia, 20s; Greg, 40 to 50s; Kate, 40 to 50s; and a male, any age, to play three parts
Auditions for "Sylvia" will be held from 1 to 3 pm and by appointment with elaine.abbott@zoho.com.
In the fall, Lou Esposito will direct the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning play, "Proof" by David Auburn. Casting needs include Catherine, 20s; Hal, 30s; Claire, 30 to 40s; Robert, 55 or older.
Auditions for "Proof" will be held from 3 to 5 pm and by appointment with lesposito@roadrunner.com.
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Saturday
Apr 21, 2012
9:00 am
St. Stephen
› Ganong Nature Park
Since Ancient Egypt, people have used geometric figures to achieve their goals, reach for their dreams, and create new reality. This ancient practice, called Sacred Geometry, combined with the modern science of vibration, forms the basis for the most powerful and influential dowsing tools.
During these two fascinating days, participants will learn how to use the world of shapes to balance health and infuse life with the highest possible vibrations.
Those attending will discover: how to manipulate (positively) energy using pendulums based on Sacred Geometry; how to influence well-being and prosperity through some of the most powerful universal shapes; and how these shapes relate to the physical body.
The cost to attend is $220 (plus HST) for both days.
Early bird price (if paid before April 1, 2012): $180 (plus HST). At the door: $250 (plus HST) (lunch and snacks provided for an additional $35).
Payment: Visa, MC, cheque (payable to Alicja Centre of Well-Being).
To register call Ganong Nature Park: 1-506-467-9905 or 1-506-466-7431 or cathyhalstead@gnb.ca
To learn more about Alicja's private sessions and seminars, visit:
www.intuitivedowsing.com and www.vibrationaljewellery.com.
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Thursday
Jul 19, 2012
St. Andrews
› Anglican, United Churches and New Brunswick Community College
Vocal Techniques Workshop is now open for applications. Materials must be received by April 4, 2012. Limited to eight students pursuing voice training in classical music, opera.
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Monday
Jul 23, 2012
St. Andrews
› St. Andrews United, Anglican Churches and New Brunswick Community College
Applications are now open for the 2012 St. Andrews Arts Council Opera Workshop.
Limited to 18 students. Deadline for materials is April 4.
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Thursday
Aug 2, 2012
Region-Wide
Six artists have been chosen to participate in Saint John's International Sculpture Symposium August 2 through September 15, 2012. Six large sculpture pieces will be created at the Coast Guard site on the Saint John waterfront.
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