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Global Dempsey Challenge 2021 to run in September

LEWISTON — This year’s Dempsey Challenge is set for Sept. 25 and 26, and sees the introduction of the event’s first, global challenge. Presented by Amgen Oncology and founded by Patrick Dempsey, the Dempsey Challenge is the primary fundraising event for the Dempsey Center. Since its inception in 2009, the event has raised more than […]

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Audubon invites artists to ‘Brush with Nature’

FALMOUTH — In place of Maine Audubon’s annual “Nature of Craft” show, the organization invites plein air painters to be inspired at the aububon’s sanctuaries and create art outdoors to engage visitors in the artistic process. Juried artists can paint at the eight Maine Audubon sanctuaries from Sept. 9 to 12, with an auction Sept. […]

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Foundation seeks applications for traditional handcrafts

ELLSWORTH — The Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation seeks applications. The fund supports projects and organizations that promote Maine traditional handcrafts. Only nonprofit and municipal organizations are eligible; MaineCF cannot make grants to individual artists. New this year, because of the pandemic, the fund will offer general operating support grants only […]