Connect with friends for a creative experience. Bring your own drink and snacks. All materials included to create a 16 x 20 painting on canvas. All tickets must be purchased in advance of the event. Materials include: 16 x 20 canvas paint and needed supplies $25 per person Payment Options as follows: Venmo @CoverMeInArt PayPal […]

Kick off the Labor Day weekend with a joyful evening of social connection at the Flying Shoes community dance & contra dance on Friday, September 1. The First Friday series features participatory traditional social dance for all ages and experience levels! The dance shoes start flying at 6:30 pm, with an easy-to-learn community dance called […]

Come join the Little River Church and fly kites at Steamboat Landing in Belfast, ME! We will have free kite kits you can build and decorate, or bring your own kite down.

Hold your horses, Punxsutawney Phil! People across New England are enjoying a record-breaking summer right now, and in the scenic coastal community of Belfast, Maine, a lobster named Passy Pete is prepared for his annual ritual of predicting if summer will last 6 more weeks. The clairvoyant crustacean has come out of pristine Belfast Harbor […]

The installation of a new public art piece on the Waterfall Arts’ building is a way for the community arts center to offer something beautiful and thought-provoking to the public while highlighting our mission of connecting people with the power of art whether they choose to enter our building or not. The mural’s theme is […]

SECOND SATURDAY STITCH SOCIAL September 9 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am EDT FREE Second Saturday Stitch Social is a monthly gathering for people to get together and stitch with other needlework enthusiasts. This group is for anyone interested in hand embroidery, cross stitch, needlepoint, quilting, knitting, crocheting, rug hooking—ALL fiber crafts are welcome. Whether […]

Belfast Flying Shoes and Bagaduce Music jointly present the second annual Scandinavian Dance Party, featuring Andrea Larson and the Belfast Spelmanslag, on Sunday, September 10 at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Belfast. Award-winning musician and dance leader, Andrea Larson is thrilled to return to Belfast to teach easy- to-learn Scandi dancing, including slängpolska, schottis, and […]

Unfortunately, this event has been canceled. Left Bank Books hopes to reschedule in the future.

** Please note, the OTB newsletter on September 8 incorrectly stated the time as p.m. The event is 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Belfast Senior College Kick-off Sept. 14 Features News, Food, Special Speakers Belfast Senior College kicks off its fall semester of 14 classes with a special “kickoff” event on Thursday, Sept.14, 9:30 a.m. to […]

ART GONE WILD: PETER WALLS AND ALLEGRA KUHN September 17 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT FREEIn collaboration with Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Art Gone Wild hosts artists at the Head of Tide Preserve for performances and installations of their work free to the community. During our third micro-residency, artwork by artists Peter Walls […]

In the mid-1980s, Melanie writes in her new memoir A Hard Silence, "catastrophic mismanagement by the Canadian Red Cross. . .allowed blood containing HIV to be knowingly distributed nationwide, causing close to 2,000 Canadians to contract HIV." Melanie's father was among those victims. At that time, public perception of HIV/AIDS was widely misunderstood and shaped by fear, prejudice, and homophobia. […]

Using book illustrations and a piece of Karen Jelenfy’s original work, students will reflect on artists’ use of abstraction as a response to the landscape. Artists to be explored include Andrew Wyeth, Emily Carr, Joan Mitchell, and John Walker. An original painting by the instructor will then be viewed. Participants will discuss the influence of […]

Join Abby Gilchrist & Julie Letowski for an evening of throw pillows and breaking in Fiddlehead's new classroom! Students in this class need to be flexible as we'll be testing out not only the best way to fit a larger number of students into the classroom but also making sure the space is prepared to […]

Local Color Gallery will be part of Belfast’s 4th Friday Art Walk on Friday, September 22, 4-7pm. Come meet some of the member artists, and enjoy refreshments and conversation.  Liz Prescott is our guest artist for September and October. Prescott’s art is driven by a love of process and color. Her work often focuses on […]

BELFAST CHALK WALK 2023 @ Heritage Park Belfast, ME September 23 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Stroll downtown Belfast and Heritage Park to see artists at work during our seventh annual chalk drawing festival! Be sure to stop by the community-draw area where all are welcomed to make their mark! This is a […]

Author conversation, Q&A, and signing. Reserve your spot at grumpandsunshine.com

Join Annie Chavez in Fiddlehead's sunny new classroom space to make a simple quilt top using a small fat quarter bundle. Annie's Step Quilt Ever wonder what can be made from a fat quarter bundle? Annie has your answer! Utilizing simple piecing and clever construction, the Step Quilt will come together simply to create a […]