On Thursday, June 2, join our nonprofit partner Spurwink for the 2022 Humanitarian Awards, celebrating leaders whose work exemplifies Spurwink’s mission and values. Founder of MaineWorks and co-founder of the Maine Recovery Fund Margo Walsh is being honored as the 2022 Humanitarian of the Year for her commitment to reducing barriers and providing employment opportunities for individuals impacted by substance use disorder and felony convictions. Join for mocktails, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, an auction, and an interactive mosaic art project.

Link: www.spurwink.org/humanitarian

You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960’s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world? Featuring the beloved score of hit songs including “Welcome to the 60’s,” “Good Morning Baltimore” and “You Can’t Stop the Beat,” HAIRSPRAY is “fresh, winning, and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York Times). 

Join us for a festival centered around supporting small businesses and the local community! Shop from a wide variety of Maine & New England’s small businesses and food trucks, discover local community resources and enjoy a variety of great family friendly entertainment!

Friday 4-7 PM

Saturday 9-6

Sunday 9-3

Open Garden Days, the Belfast Garden Club’s signature summer event series, kick off Friday, June 24, with the spectacular garden of Sally and Charlie Lewis-LaMonica, two masters in the culinary arts.

The Lewis-LaMonica garden at 2 Northport Ave. in Belfast will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is $5. It is the first of 10 private gardens the club will showcase this season on most Fridays from June 24 to August 26. Highlights include lavish residential displays as well as the striking gardens at the Penobscot Shores oceanfront retirement community in Belfast and at Oak Hall estate in Bayside.

The museum continues celebrating the Art in Bloom weekend Sunday afternoon with the Garden Party in the Sculpture Garden. There will be live music, cocktails, and light fare all afternoon and the visitor’s choice for best floral interpretation will be announced. Visitors also have the chance of winning the best decorated summer hat and winning a prize at the party.

Tickets: $50

Featured Photo: The Garden Party – Winner of Best Party Hat, Courtesy of the Ogunquit Museum of American Art

Meet and greet two Maine Literary Award winners at this year’s Books in Boothbay! It is the largest single-day annual literary event in Maine. This free, family-friendly fair brings together Maine authors and book lovers of all ages for an annual celebration at the Boothbay Harbor Railway Village Museum. With an ever-changing lineup of more than 40 writers spanning all genres, authors showcase their most recent publications, meet fans, and sign books. Proceeds from on-site book sales are shared between Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Boothbay Harbor Railway Village Museum.

Join us for a night of music, conversation, and community!

We are thrilled to once again have the opportunity to gather close friends and supporters of the Center for an evening of live music, conversation, and community! This summer, on July 19th, we invite you to join us at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre as we celebrate 35 years of the Center’s love and support for grieving families throughout Maine.

Event Program

·         Cocktail hour: 6 – 7pm

·         Program: 7 – 7:15pm

·         Live music & dancing: 7:15 – 9:00pm

As we kick off our anniversary year, we are so grateful to all of you in our community who have stood by the Center and continued to support our work, ensuring that children and families have a safe, loving place to grieve together and grow in hope and resiliency.

The Camden Garden Club’s 74^th Annual Garden Tour will be held July 21, 2022 from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm. This year, this major fundraising event will include several special activities throughout the day, including plein aire artist Holly Smith, who will be in one of the gardens to paint a scene that will be raffled off at the end of the day.

The funds raised by the annual Tour supports the Club’s mission to provide public gardens, horticultural programming and educational scholarships.  The Tour is always held on the third Thursday in July.