Community Events Calendar

The Festival offers a supportive atmosphere aimed at fostering a creative exchange of ideas, encouraging exploration of new ground and providing opportunities to experience a wide spectrum of dance/movement disciplines. Artists, students and audiences share their knowledge and inspiration through workshops, jams, discussions, informal showings and performances. The Bates Dance Festival is comprised of four interwoven programs: two professional training programs including the Young Dancers Workshop (YDW), a rigorous three-week program serving pre-professional dancers ages 14-18; the Professional Training Program (PTP) serving dancers ages 18 and up; a main-stage performances series featuring renowned contemporary dance artists from around the world: and community outreach activities including the Youth Arts Program serving local youth ages 6-17 with dance and music training, and the Community Dance Project that invites local residents to participate in an intensive creative collaboration with a choreographer and Festival dancers which occurs on alternate years. Commissioning and residency projects support new works by established companies, emerging choreographers and international artists. Beginning June 30 tickets may be purchased over the phone with a credit card. To order call our Box Office at (207) 786-6161. Box Office Hours: Open June 30-August 11, Monday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m.

Interior Visions: Selections from the Collection by Alex Katz - Colby Museum of Art. Interior Visions, the third installation of Rediscoveries, is curated by the artist Alex Katz. The Rediscoveries exhibition series invites members of the Colby College community to select and arrange artworks from the Museum's collection. For Interior Visions, Katz has selected a group of modern and contemporary paintings and works on paper that he describes as "relevant to our times and to each other." Free and Open to the Public Tuesday Saturday 10 am 5 pm, Sunday 12-5 pm and Closed Mondays. The Museum is closed during the following holidays Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.

New Film Camp at Johnson Hall in July. Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center in Gardiner is offering a new film camp to give teens (ages 13-18 or entering grades 7-12) hands-on experience using professional video cameras and producing their own short films. A typical day early in the week will have lessons such as cinematography and sound track planning and hands-on activities such as how to operate a camera and microphone, plan shots, and use color. Later days will focus more on hands-on activities, as the campers work on their films. Depending on camp size, either the whole camp will work on a single master project or individual groups of four or five will make their own short film. Kids will also learn about the film industry and festivals. Camp dates are July 30-August 3, with a showing of the films on Saturday, August 4 at 6 pm. The camp is offered for the first time at an exciting moment indie film company DiBacco Films will be shooting a thriller in Gardiner during the week of the camp, and campers will be able to observe a real film in the making. Registration brochures are available online at www.johnsonhall.org , at Johnson Hall, 280 Water Street, Gardiner, and at area libraries and schools. Call 582-7144 to have a brochure mailed. Film camp will be directed by Paul Ezzy. Paul is an Augusta native now living in Brighton, MA, working at BorisFX, a company that makes video editing software and special effects. Paul is an aspiring independent filmmaker, actor, and freelance videographer. He has a double-major in Psychology and Secondary Education in Chemistry from the University of Maine, and has taken workshops on Screenwriting, Filmmaking, and Acting from the New York Film Academy and Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport. He likes to make short comedic skits, play video games, and watch cartoons, and has had short films shown in festivals in Maine, Boston, Montreal, and London. Paul was a teen intern and Assistant Theater Director in Johnson Hall s Summer Shenanigans Camp program.

Nancy Perry, Food Resource Coordinator for Good Shepherd Food-Bank will be available to answer your questions about how the Food-Bank operates, the programs it helps to facilitate throughout the state, and how you can help the mission by feeding Maine's hungary. MOFGA certified and conventional growers offer a broad range of local produce. Free range meats and baked goods. Unique farmer's market CSA memberships available. The Augusta Farmers' Market runs from the third week in May to late October. It is held on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Whitten Road and Western Ave. (Turnpike Mall Parking Lot) For info phone (207) 549-5112,

Downtown Augusta has been transformed into an outdoor museum with the installation of 31 signs in "The Museum in the Streets" Program. The signs, years in the planning and making, are written in both French and English, and tell the history of the building of Augusta, the city from 1625 to the present. All 29 signs and two large maps are within walking distance of each other on both sides of the Kennebec river. Another 9 Museum in the Streets signs have been installed along Canal Street in Mill Park. They tell the story of Edwards Mill, Edwards dam and industrial Augusta. The tour begins at City Center, proceeds behind Old Fort Western, moves down to Willow Street's W.H.Gannett's Comfort magazine printing house. On to a 10th sign at the east end of Calumet Bridge, then cross to the west side of the river, the 11th panel as at the corner of Bridge and Water Street. It's called "Seeing the Elephants" and shows a parade of elephants marching down Water Street. Proceed south on Water Street to Panel 13 that recounts the Great Augusta Bank robbery of New Year's weekend in 1850. On to the Great Augusta Fire of 1865 that destroyed 81 buildings on both sides of Water Street. Continue on and follow the tour to the end at Canal Street in Mill Park! The signs will be removed each November and replaced each spring. Maps of Augusta's Musuem in the Streets will be availalbe at Augusta City Center. Patrick Cardon, originally of France and now of Cushing, originated the idea in France.

The Maine State Museum to Host Girl Scout Centennial Exhibit and Special Event. Girl Scouts: Celebrating One Hundred Years!! Exhibit: June 23 through August 31, 2012. The Maine State Museum in Augusta in partnership with the Girl Scouts of Maine opens a new special exhibit Girl Scouts: Celebrating One Hundred Years, on Saturday, June 23, 2012 from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. with a day filled with fun activities. On display will be vintage period uniforms, pins, patches, ephemeras, cookie merchandise, camping gear, and many other novelty items. In celebration of the new exhibit and the opening day festivities, Maine State Museum admission is free all day! On-going activities throughout the day include: the museum s Natural History and History Touch Carts Old Fashion Games Fish Printing - Scavenger Hunt. The Maine State Museum is open Tuesday through Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 10am-4pm, open on Sundays 1-4 pm from June 24-Nov. 25, 2012. Admission is $2 for adults; $1 for senior adults over age 62 and children 6-18 years of age; children under 6 free. Maximum charge for families is $6. Cask and checks only. For more information please call 207-287-2301, or visit the Maine State Museum website: www.mainestatemuseum.org

Details: Oral histories and portraits richly explore the stories of the people who helped put Auburn "on the map" as one of the largest producers of shoes in the nation at one time. These people built an industry that continues to produce world-famous shoes today. A timeline begins in the year 1824 and documents the history of shoemaking in the Twin Cities. Through photos and text learn the steps of making a shoe, welt-boot making, and about the "cottage industry" of shoemaking at home. Videos show the shoemaking process and techniques of handsewing a shoe. Cost/Cover: $5.00 adults; $4.00 seniors and students 6 and up; Free - children 5 and under accompanied by an adult.

Wednesday Bailey Yoga Night. Free Yoga Night, first Wednesday of each month. All ages!

Eddie Money, Song Artist of: "Take Me Home Tonight," "Two Tickets To Paradise," "Baby Hold On," & More. 1000 Seats Available. $25 advanced purchase only. Must be 21+ to enter. Budweiser Clydesdales ~ Children's Activities ~ tiger slide, balloons, face painting, jugglers, Miss Maine & more! Street-Side Dining - many popular local restaurants will be serving up great meals. Food Vendors - lunches, snacks and beverages on Common Street. Street-Side Dining - Beer Garden (21+)- beer, wine & entertainment! Live Music - The School Street Band, JT lockwood, Al Corey Band & more!

Akron Aeros vs. Portland Sea Dogs. l 31 thru Aug 02, 2012. Maine's minor league baseball team the Portland Sea Dogs take on the Akron Aeros (Indians) in a 3-game series. Tuesday & Wednesday games at 7 p.m. and Thursday game at noon. For info and tickets phone (207 879-9500.