BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Ugly History of Beautiful Things’ and ‘Just East of Nowhere’

Essays on desire and consumption by Katy Kelleher, and a complex and provocative story by Scot Lehigh

Four hearts collide in ‘Sam & Kate’

Next Wiscasset Art Walk set for Aug. 31

716 Candles Project plans to offer insight, knowledge and stories from addiction.

Newcastle’s Frances Perkins Center holds celebration, awards ceremony

Motor Booty Affair still going strong after 28 years

Group to take Somerset Abbey stage in Madison Aug. 26.

Waterville Rotary Club volunteers help fill backpacks

Backpacks are for the Waterville Elks Lodge 905 Tools to Thrive Backpack Giveaway program.

Porch Party Mamas to perform at Vienna Union Hall

Association to host Preservation Party in Dresden Sept. 10

Open Book Players to hold children’s program auditions in Wales Aug. 27

‘Frantick Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales’ will be presented Sept. 29 and Oct. 1.

Socks in the Frying Pan concert planned for Boothbay Harbor