Stage East is preparing for the first production of 2020, jointly with The Magnificent Liars, Sarah Ruhl's Dear Elizabeth. A play about an extraordinary 30 year friendship between two of the greatest American literary figures of the 20th century, Dear Elizabeth is composed entirely from the correspondence between the ... [Read More]
A night of contra dance with The Moose Island House Players will be held on Saturday, February 29 from 6:30-9:30 pm at Eastport Arts Center. No contra dance experience is required to participate, and caller Eustacia Landrum will guide participants. The band formed late last year and hope to ... [Read More]
The Sunday Afternoons at the EAC series, a winter offering of informal and interactive programs every Sunday at 3 pm at Eastport Arts Center, continues with Leslie Bowman’s presentation, Why Paint. Bowman will discuss her lifetime of painting, and show a range of paintings produced over the last several ... [Read More]
Rehearsals will resume for Quoddy Voices' spring concerts on Monday, March 2, at Eastport Arts Center. This season the chorus will celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood with a program that is all about Maine. The program will will feature a variety of works, including the late 18th century ... [Read More]
Eastport Arts Center’s Life Drawing workshop, led by Anne Shields Hopkins, resumes with a session on Wednesday, January 22 from 4-6 pm. Subsequently, the group will meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 4-6 pm, though April. The workshop aims to create an engaging space where ... [Read More]
The Sunday Afternoons at the EAC series, a winter offering of informal and interactive programs every Sunday at 3 pm at Eastport Arts Center, continues with Stage East’s Stay Carl Stay by Peter Tolan, a staged reading, on March 8. Featuring Brian Schuth, Kim Vogel, Manuela Brice and newcomer ... [Read More]
Come split your sides at Stage East’s LAUGH LAB at the Eastport Arts Center, resuming on January 14, 6:30-8 pm, and continuing weekly on Tuesdays. Island Institute fellow Mark Macey leads this recurring class which incorporate improv, sketch comedy, and clowning. Participants will work to develop a sense of ... [Read More]
Eastport Arts Center’s Children’s Theater Workshop (CTW) will begin a new session on Saturday, January 11. The group will meet from 10-11:30 am, and be held weekly on Saturdays. Led by Mark Macey with assistance from Chris Grannis, the group will introduce young people to theater arts, including an ... [Read More]
Inspired by a letter Anne Stanley shared from The Timberjay, a paper published in Ely, Minnesota, Quoddy Voices are calling for community members to join in on a Downeast “Full Moon Howl.” “It’s an opportunity for people to release, in a very healthy way, all the pent-up emotion they’re feeling ... [Read More]
Healthy Acadia is once again partnering with Maine folk band GoldenOak to raise funds for the Downeast Gleaning Initiative, specifically we are trying to raise $30,000 for a Harvest Truck.A dedicated Harvest Truck, with greater reliability and space, will significantly increase the amount of produce available to families in ... [Read More]
EAC is excited to host the PRIDE edition of the monthly Multi-Generational Craft Time, an activity of the Downeast Rainbow Alliance which has been meeting on Zoom. "This will be a virtual time for LGBTQ+ Community & Allies to get together, make, giggle and support one another," said organizer, ... [Read More]
The Eastport Gallery will host the first of its literary talks for the season as a virtual experience on its social media page on Thursday, June 25. Katherine Stanley, a writer living in Costa Rica with family ties to Eastport, will talk with gallery member Lora Whelan, diving into ... [Read More]
EAC's next monthly Draw-a-Thon, a virtual program hosted by Anne Shields Hopkins, EAC's life drawing workshop organizer, is Saturday, June 26, from 7:30-9:30. All are welcome to participate in the "pay if you are able event", which uses the Zoom platform to create an evening both festive and intimate. Each ... [Read More]
Dress up your garden with a fun fairy house that you have made with the help of local artist and art teacher Sara Myrick. Since this is a Zoom workshop, you can join us from anywhere! If you are local, we will provide you with a bag of materials* ... [Read More]
EAC’s drawing group, led by Anne Hopkins, has moved online! For portrait Wednesdays, participating artists take turns holding 5-20 minute poses for each other. Each artist—whether amateur or experienced—will have a turn to draw. The group would be interested in having a musician to participate by performing for the artists ... [Read More]
Island Fellow Mark Macey’s educational romp through the history and practice of sketch comedy, which began with a 5-part series on YouTube, will now center around a weekly writing group on Zoom. Classes are held every Thursday at 7 pm, and may be joined via this link: https://islandinstitute.zoom.us/j/91385707270 You can ... [Read More]
Share your works in progress, work on a still life, create a graphic phrase! Participating Artists, Dreamers & Doers zoom in to share, visit & listen.Class links may be found at https://www.patreon.com/anneshields; email anneshieldshopkins@gmail.com for more information.
Katie Wilson, leader of EAC’s Gentle Flow Yoga, has brought her weekly session online at her usual time—Saturdays from 8:30-9:30 am. Please contact Katie—anchorandbalanceyoga@gmail.com—for information about how to participate.
Lilli Danae, RYT, will offer her usual Tuesday morning class—Mindfulness & Yoga—via Zoom, from 8:30 to 9:45 am. For more information or to join the class, please contact Lilli at lillireally@gmail.com.
Session One of EAC's Summer Arts Camp, for ages 6-13, is all about watercolors. Ann Cannizzaro, an educator and artist who'll lead the camp asks: "Do you wonder what to do when you take out your paint box and brushes? Are you curious about how watercolors work?"Campers will learn about ... [Read More]
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