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October 2018
Life Drawing Workshop
The Eastport Arts Center's Life Drawing workshop is ongoing. It meets each Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 on the first floor of the Arts Center. Students and artists may sign up for four weeks at a time; however drop-ins are also welcome. Participants in this two hour weekly workshop will approach drawing the figure through a series of short exercises that lead to an hour long study, using the drawing medium of their choice. Learning to draw the figure has long…
Find out more »KinderArts presents Tiny Yogis
The Eastport Arts Center’s KinderArts program’s popular Tiny Yogis sessions have been extended, and will run weekly on Thursdays from 9:30-10:15 am, through November 15. Instructor Caroline DiLio will teach yoga through music, dance and storybooks, and young participants will even learn meditation. Owner of Maine Moon Kids Yoga, DiLio is a certified children’s yoga teacher and a mother of three. She takes a creative approach to teaching children, including games, crafts and sometimes even Minecraft poses. Learn more about…
Find out more »International Dance
All Eastern European countries have at least some tradition of music and dance, usually celebrated by a Sunday Afternoon "Hora" (or dance) in the town square. Come learn these dances to exciting Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian and Israeli music. Everyone, including beginners, is welcome to come and explore this great tradition. By donation. For more information, please email info@eastportartscenter.org.
Find out more »UMaine Big Band Jazz Ensemble in Concert
Students and faculty from the University of Maine at Orono’s School of Performing Arts will visit Eastport on Friday, October 19 to work with local students and give a concert. During the day, UMaine jazz faculty Dan Barrett and Philip Edelman, along with their students, will give a combination presentation/performance at EAC for instrumental students from Calais High School, Machias High School, Washington Academy and Shead High School. At 6:30 pm, the UMaine Big Band Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of…
Find out more »Yoga with Katie Wilson
Katie Wilson will offer Gentle Flow yoga class on Saturday mornings from 8:30-9:30 am. Wilson is originally from New York, and began her yoga practice there, then received her RYT-200 certification while living in Florida. She has returned to Maine to be close to family and writes “The knowledge and tools that I’ve gained through my experience in yoga teacher training is something that I’m very passionate about sharing with each of my students. Yoga can bring such balance into…
Find out more »BRUNDIBÁR Public Performance
Following the success of Peter and the Wolf in 2014 and Hansel and Gretel in 2016, the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra (PBSO) is ready to present its third Music for Children project: Brundibár! Well-known Czechoslovakian Jewish composer Hans Krása wrote this prize-winning opera for children in 1938—early in the Nazi period of control in Czechoslovakia. During World War II, Nazis established a “City for the Jews” (Theresienstadt, or ‘Terezin,’ concentration camp) to convince the Red Cross that the camps were acceptable places. In…
Find out more »Octobris Natus Rap & Hip Hop Show
Eastport Arts Center will host Octobris Natus, a live rap show, on October 26 at 7 pm. The organizers are planning a Halloween-themed event with costumes encouraged; the concert is dedicated to raising awareness of suicide in memory of Cedric Altvater, cousin of Ashton Altvater (AKA Undeniable) and good friend to Sebastian Francis of Savage Music. Headlining the event will be Portland, ME-based hip hop artist Undeniable; co-headlining artists include Tre Se7en from Belfast, ME; Young Swagg from Salem, MA;…
Find out more »November 2018
St Andrews Arts Council’s New Moon Theatre presents ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES
New Moon Theatre, under the auspices of the St. Andrews Arts Council, will bring their production of Michael Tremblay’s Albertine in Five Times to Eastport Arts Center for performances at 7 pm on Thursday, November 8 and Friday, November 9. These shows conclude the production’s three-city tour, which included performances in St. Andrews and Fredericton, NB. In Albertine in Five Times, a woman at 70 faces her past. Canadian playwright, Michel Tremblay, hits on a painful reality that an older…
Find out more »Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert Series
PBSO will perform the 2018 Fall Concert Series on Friday, November 30 in Eastport; Saturday, December 1 in Machias; and Sunday, December 2 in Calais. The program will be a classical pops concert featuring masterworks made popular through motion pictures and other media.
Find out more »December 2018
Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert Series
PBSO will perform the 2018 Fall Concert Series on Friday, November 30 in Eastport; Saturday, December 1 in Machias; and Sunday, December 2 in Calais. The program will be a classical pops concert featuring masterworks made popular through motion pictures and other media.
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