Community Events Calendar

Currents, the Colby College Museum of Art's annual emerging artist series, takes place every fall in the Museum. The series presents solo-exhibitions by artists with a connection to the state of Maine in the Museum's Davis Gallery with an accompanying publication and public lecture by the artist. Each exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view cutting-edge art by some of today's most exciting emerging artists. In an effort to broaden the exposure of our audiences to artists pushing the boundaries of traditional art forms, special attention is given, but not limited, to artists working in art forms such as video, installation, performance, and site-specific works. Curated by Sharon Corwin, Carolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator and Gregory Williams, Assistant Director for Operations Lihua Lei's work explores the sense of bounty and loss inherent to our bodily condition. Working in the gap between the figurative and the abstract, Lei uses diverse materials to allude to the body: a pool of carnelian colored thread suggests blood; a tube of cloth winds through the landscape like an esophagus or a birthing canal; a tree's knotty irregularities imply scars, burns, or tumors upon a torso. For currents3, Lei explores memory as a bodily phenomenon, exemplified by the phantom limb. How does our body remember, or feel, what it has lost? Lei's installation invites the viewer to reflect upon the vulnerabilities and transformations of the body. 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.

Currents, the Colby College Museum of Art's annual emerging artist series, takes place every fall in the Museum. The series presents solo-exhibitions by artists with a connection to the state of Maine in the Museum's Davis Gallery with an accompanying publication and public lecture by the artist. Each exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view cutting-edge art by some of today's most exciting emerging artists. In an effort to broaden the exposure of our audiences to artists pushing the boundaries of traditional art forms, special attention is given, but not limited, to artists working in art forms such as video, installation, performance, and site-specific works. October 9, 2008 - February 1, 2009. 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. In the fifth installment of currents, an annual solo exhibition dedicated to the work of an emerging artist with connections to Maine, the Colby College Museum of Art presents Here Be Dragons (2008), a new video installation by t s Beall, an American artist living in Glasgow who attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2003. The exhibition consists of a single watchtower surmounted by a rotating platform outfitted with video projectors. From it, circular, scope-like video sequences of landscape imagery drawn from desolate outposts and contested areas are projected onto the walls of the gallery.

The ARBORETUM JAM at Viles...and Pot luck at the Viles Arboretum in Augusta. All are welcomed, players and listeners. Come on out and enjoy the afternoon(3-6) there will be fun for everyone! Viles Arboretum IN Augusta will be dedicating the second Sunday of every month to traditional fiddle music. We ll be hosting the ARBORETUM JAM and pot luck every month at the Arboretum at 153 Hospital Street in Augusta from 3-6pm, the second Sunday of every month. The session is open to everyone, at any level of playing, and all listeners are welcomed. Lead instruments as well as rhythm instruments will be welcome to join in. We ll start the first hour with a slow jam and after that hang on to your seats. We ll be playing mostly traditional New England Contra Dance tunes. Come share your favorite tunes and learn some new ones. Call 626-7989 for more info.

A New Place to Skate this winter! There's a new place for ice skating this winter -- down by the Kennebec River in Waterfront Park! There's benches useful for changing shoes and a great area for a pick up hockey game, figure skating, or a quick break from work. Come on down and try it! Gardiner Main Street's own Jennifer Polley, of The Therapy Zone, helped to bring together the outreach committees at Grace Community Chapel and Church in Life to make this dream a reality. These groups worked with the City of Gardiner to create a wonderful skating area open to the public. Joe Gould with Church in Life was a leading force in construction and organizing, and is helping to keep up maintenance of the ice along with Gardiner Youth Hockey. This weekend the ice conditions will be varied with the warmer weather, but it looks like it will firm up again next week! Get out and enjoy the winter in Downtown Gardiner.

New England's Longest Continuously Running Motorsports Trade Show To Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary. With track and series displays, industry vendors, driver autograph sessions, seminars and more, the Northeast Motorsports Expo returns to the Augusta Civic Center from Jan. 11-13, 2013. Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Ricky Craven and Steve Park are both scheduled to make appearances during the weekend. We are fortunate to have the continued support of Peter Prescott and his family and employees at Team EJP, said Expo promoter Steve Perry, owner of the Mainely Motorsports television show, who took over the show for founders Tim and Kathy Attaya in 2009. I felt honored to be first approached a few years ago by Tim, who called the show his 'baby,' and we continue to add to the Expo's success. SILENT AUCTIONS throughout the weekend * Proceeds to Benefit American Cancer Society ~~ EXPO WIDE AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS with DRIVERS at most booths! PASS Autograph Schedule: Friday Jan. 11 - 6 PM to 8 PM - TBD Saturday Jan. 12 - 1 PM to 3 PM - TBD and 6 PM to 8 PM - TBD Sunday Jan. 13 - 11 AM to 1 PM - TBD ~ Adults: $9.00 Seniors: $7.50 Children: 6-12 - $5.00 5 and under - FREE -- 3 Day Passes -- Available Friday Night for Adults: $20.00. Bring your Adult ticket stub from Friday or Saturday and save $3 OFF your admission to the show on Sunday.