Brick Store Museum

CPAA Winter Series: Visual Studies & Preview
2023-03-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA) Winter Series Presents: Visual Anthropology & Archaeology
The goal of this series is to elevate the discussion of local anthropology and archaeology to include current trends in the field that incorporate science and art. This series is created by the CPAA, a professionally led initiative focused on the Archipelago of Cape Porpoise, Maine. The partnership with the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and the Brick Store Museum supports documentation and contextualizing the archaeology of the islands and intertidal zone threatened by global sea level rise.
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This series will run in-person weekly on five Thursdays at 6PM starting February 23, 2023, at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME.
Parking is available on Main Street, Dane Street and in the Town Hall parking lot.
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Admission by donation is suggested to help support our speakers. Registration is optional and suggested. Attend one or all four!
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Schedule:
Session I – March 2 (6PM), Visual Anthropology Introduction, featuring highlights of the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Finland. Presenter: Tim Spahr (Registered Professional Archaeologist, CPAA)
Session 2 – March 9 (6PM), Visual Studies Presentation & Student Exhibit Preview. Presenter: Anelli Allard, (MA Nordic Visual Studies & Art Education, Finland)
Session 3 – March 16 (6PM), Introduction to Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching for scientific documentation, Presenters: Tim Spahr & Elizabeth Kelley (Artist CPAA)
Session 4 – March 23 (6PM), Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching, viewing of lithic artifacts recovered by the Cape Porpoise Archeological Team. Students can produce field drawings from artifact models (materials provided). Led by Elizabeth Kelley
Session 5 – March 30 (6PM), Anthropological film viewing and discussion.
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REGISTER HERE >>

Color My World - Student Art Class
2023-03-09 02:45 - 17:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
A beginner’s course for grades 1st-5th in drawing, acrylic painting, and collage. A final mixed media project will be created by utilizing all three skills learned. This will be a hands on course that requires students’ full participation.
Instructor: Elizabeth Winters
Thursdays in March: 2:45 – 5:00
SOLD OUT

Great Grief: Mourning & Remembrance in New England
2023-03-04 13:30 - 14:30 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
JOIN US to explore the changing experience of public and private grief in society over the past 200 years with Professor Libby Bischof (USM). Using local archives and artifacts, she will lead us in engaging discussion of the history of grief and mourning and what it means to each of one us over time. Participants will hear performances of historic letters and diaries while considering the importance of making room for grief in our community.
This program will take place on Zoom. ASL interpretation will be provided.
This lecture is a free program supported by the Maine Humanities Council’s MAINE SPEAKS program.
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Click HERE to register and receive the Zoom link.

CPAA Winter Series: Visual Anthropology Intro (Session 1)
2023-03-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Cape Porpoise Archaeological Alliance (CPAA) Winter Series Presents: Visual Anthropology & Archaeology
The goal of this series is to elevate the discussion of local anthropology and archaeology to include current trends in the field that incorporate science and art. This series is created by the CPAA, a professionally led initiative focused on the Archipelago of Cape Porpoise, Maine. The partnership with the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust and the Brick Store Museum supports documentation and contextualizing the archaeology of the islands and intertidal zone threatened by global sea level rise.
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This series will run in-person weekly on five Thursdays at 6PM starting February 23, 2023, at the Brick Store Museum’s Program Center, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME.
Parking is available on Main Street, Dane Street and in the Town Hall parking lot.
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Admission by donation is suggested to help support our speakers. Registration is optional and suggested. Attend one or all four!
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Session I – March 2 (6PM), Visual Anthropology Introduction, featuring highlights of the Indigenous Peoples Film Festival in Finland. Presenter: Tim Spahr (Registered Professional Archaeologist, CPAA)
Session 2 – March 9 (6PM), Visual Studies Presentation & Student Exhibit Preview. Presenter: Anelli Allard, (MA Nordic Visual Studies & Art Education, Finland)
Session 3 – March 16 (6PM), Introduction to Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching for scientific documentation, Presenters: Tim Spahr & Elizabeth Kelley (Artist CPAA)
Session 4 – March 23 (6PM), Archaeological Field Note Taking and Sketching, viewing of lithic artifacts recovered by the Cape Porpoise Archeological Team. Students can produce field drawings from artifact models (materials provided). Led by Elizabeth Kelley
Session 5 – March 30 (6PM), Anthropological film viewing and discussion.
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REGISTER HERE >>

Illustrators' Roundtable & Dinner
2023-02-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
New this year! The Museum launches its History at Work roundtable series, focusing on the shared (but often different) experiences of those working in similar career fields.
For our inaugural episode, Maine illustrators will join us at the table for a fun, free-flowing discussion of their careers, artwork, and everything in between. This program is in conjunction with the current exhibition, “The Great State of Illustration in Maine,” curated by Illustration Institute.
Guests include: Scott Nash, Melissa Sweet, Chris van Dusen, Marty Braun, Leticia Plate and Rebekah Lowell.
The discussion takes place virtually on Zoom. Join us for the live event (details below), or wait for the interview to premiere a week later as a podcast.
Live Show Details:
Friday, February 24th @ 6:00pm
Watch the discussion live (via Zoom), and add to the experience with a catered, take-out, 3-Course dinner by For the Love of Food and Drink (menu details below)
MENU:

1st Course: Waldorf Salad

2nd Course (Choice of):

Cast Iron Pork Chop with Mushrooms
Roasted Chicken with Rosemary
Quinoa Stuffed Red Peppers

3rd Course: Coconut Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Tickets:
$10 per person / $5 Members and Donors (either organization)
$30 Dinner included / $25 for Members and Donors (either organization)
This event is a dual fundraiser for the Museum and Maine’s Illustration Institute!
CLICK HERE to order your tickets!

Paper Marbling Student Workshop
2023-02-23 12:30 - 14:30 | ME
This February Vacation workshop is for children 7-12. Students will have the opportunity to make decorative papers for book covers, bookmarks, cards and other crafts. Students will learn to marble paper in the traditional manner, by floating water-based paints onto a liquid surface and lifting these images .In addition, students will create decorative papers employing “faux” marbling techniques, using sponges, and feathers with water based paints to create patterns.
Instructor: Gayle Fitzpatrick
If class is cancelled because of snow it will be made up the following day at the same time.

Toy Creations Student Workshop
2023-02-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This February Vacation workshop is for children 7-12. In this class students will have the joy of making a one of a kind necklace that will feature a mixture of beads and plastic animals. Make your necklace shine by adding paint, beads, glitter and yarn.
Instructor: Elizabeth Winters
If class is cancelled because of snow it will be made up the following day at the same time.

REGISTER HERE

Paper Bowls Student Workshop
2023-02-21 12:30 - 14:30 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This February vacation workshop is for students 7 – 12. In this two-hour class, children will learn how to make 3D projects with paper mache. They will be using decorative colored papers, scraps of handmade paper and tissue papers to create a paper bowl, which does not need to be painted at completion. Students should bring a small plastic bowl (size of a cereal bowl) to class to use as a form for building.
Instructor: Gayle Fitzpatrick
REGISTER HERE
If event is cancelled because of weather it will take place the following day (February 22) at the same time.

Gelli Printing Student Workshop
2023-02-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This is a February vacation workshop for students 7-12. Students will learn to use a Gelli print pad to explore the art of stamping and monoprinting. They will use recycled and everyday items to print along with the use of a roller and acrylic paints. In addition students will experiment with different materials such as fabric.
REGISTER HERE
If event is cancelled because of weather it will take place the following day (February 22) at the same time.

Illustrator and Author Stephen Costanza Museum Visit
2023-02-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join author and illustrator, Stephen Costanza, February 11th at 2:00pm. Stephen will be playing Joplin piano rags on his keyboard as well as a reading from his popular children’s book “King of Ragtime”. Stephen will show some current work and works in progress and host a Q&A.

Stephen’s work is currently featured in “The Great State of Illustration in Maine,” curated by Illustration Institute, currently on exhibit at the Brick Store Museum until the end of February.

This is a FREE program including admission to the museum.

Wool Wrapped Heart Garland Workshop
2023-02-07 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join Beth Crowe at the Brick Store Museum on Tuesday, February 7th from 10 am – 12:00 pm. Participants will learn how to make wool wrapped hearts and create a Valentine’s Day garland to use for décor or to give as a gift.
Adults (ages 16+)
Minimum 5 participants/Maximum 12

REGISTER HERE

Valentine's Heart Garland Workshop
2023-01-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join Beth Crowe at the Brick Store Museum on Tuesday January 24th from 10:00 – 12:00. Participants will learn how to make wool wrapped hearts and create a Valentine’s Day garland to use for décor or to give as a gift. $35/$30 for Museum Members.

REGISTER HERE

Museum Open House
2022-12-16 16:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
On Friday, December 16, the Museum will invite the community to visit and enjoy the season with friends and neighbors. This annual Open House at the Museum serves up sweet treats, last-minute gift shopping at the Holiday Showcase, tours of current exhibitions, and NEW THIS YEAR: live music by String Equinox!
This Open House is a special one: it celebrates the Museum’s decade-long work to be reaccredited by the American Alliance of Museums, recently announced in November. Help us say “Three Cheers!” to our wonderful support team (volunteers, members, supporters, staff and Trustees). Join us for the Open House and take part in special behind-the-scenes tours of working spaces at the Museum during the Open House, running at 5:00pm, 5:30pm, and 6:00pm.
Free admission to all – RSVP appreciated to info@brickstoremuseum.org.

Needle Felt Holiday Ball Workshop
2022-12-13 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 10:00am-12:00pm
Adult Workshop
Instructor: Beth Crowe
Location: The Brick Store Museum
Fee: $25/$20 for Members

Join Beth Crowe at the Brick Store Museum for a relaxing morning of learning the art of needle felting. No experience necessary! Each student will create their own Holiday ball ornament to keep of gift. Class size is limited to 10.

*Deadline to sign up is December 6, 2022!
REGISTER HERE

Holiday Candlelight Stroll: 20th Century Tour
2022-12-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Brick Store Museum’s annual Holiday Candlelight Stroll explores the stories and traditions of Kennebunk’s immigrant families in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The program runs on Saturday, December 10 and Sunday, December 11, featuring vignettes of each family as participants tour through the Museum spaces. Tours conclude in the Museum’s Program Center with holiday treats, activities and live fiddle music by Paul and Sally Wells. The indoor tour departs every 15 minutes and lasts about 45 minutes.
This year, different stories will be told on Saturday and Sunday evenings:

Saturday, December 10 will feature the stories of five families who immigrated in the 19th century from Portugal, Ireland, Syria, Norway, and Russia
Sunday, December 11 will feature the stories of those who immigrated to town in the 20th century from Canada, Italy, Greece, Austro-Hungary, and England

The program concludes in the Museum’s Program Center, where participants can enjoy live fiddle music by local duo Sally and Paul Wells, activities highlighting traditions from the tour; and holiday treats to taste.
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Representatives (reenactors) from each family tell visitors about their personal stories and their holiday traditions, many of whom came to Kennebunk to work in the mill industry. The tour is $10 per person; free under the age of 12. Tickets can be purchased for one or both days. Want tickets for both days? Get $5 off by entering CODE: TWODAYS at checkout.

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS:

Saturday, December 10 (19th Century)>>

Sunday, December 11 (20th Century)>>

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We are also offering this program virtually. The live event will be filmed and the video will be sent to your inbox by Saturday, December 17th.
Click HERE to purchase a virtual ticket ($5).
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THANK YOU:
The Holiday Candlelight Stroll is presented by Mari Mattuchio Bookkeeping with additional support by BBsquared. H.M. Payson is proud to underwrite the Museum’s Holiday Season of programming.

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Holiday Candlelight Stroll: 19th Century Tour
2022-12-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States

Polar Express Storytime
2022-12-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join us for a reading of the Polar Express by the conductor himself!

Come in your coziest set of PJs and enjoy hot chocolate while listening to a reading of a Christmas classic. We will have a craft for the kids after the story.

Free admission for everyone to enjoy! Stay and check out our exhibit “The Great State of Illustration in Maine” and the Holiday Showcase after the story!

Wreath Making Workshop
2022-11-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join the Brick Store Museum this holiday season in our wreath making workshop. This will be a workshop dedicated to the creation of all-natural foraged wreaths. All participants will leave with a finished classic green holiday wreath that is adorned with natural locally sourced materials. Workshop will be taught by local artist and wreath maker Elizabeth Winter.
We’re asking all participants bring their own clippers/handheld pruners for this workshop. If you are unable to do so please contact the Brick Store museum prior to class date. All other materials will be provided.
Gather some friends and feel free to bring a beverage of you choice to enjoy while you create. We expect this event to sell out so register quickly.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wreath-making-workshop-tickets-450753805767

Holiday Showcase
2022-11-29 - 2022-12-21 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Brick Store Museum’s annual Holiday Showcase pays special homage to the region’s independent artists and creators. The Museum’s Holiday Showcase is a month-long event inside the Museum’s galleries that will feature the works of artists and fine crafters. The Holiday Showcase will open on Saturday, November 26, and end on Tuesday, December 21.

During the entire month, admission to the Museum will be free courtesy of sponsor H.M. Payson, as a holiday gift to our communities. Visitors will be able to visit the Museum’s newest exhibitions and shop for locally-made gifts and artwork supporting both individual artists in York County and the Brick Store Museum’s educational mission in the community.

The Museum also has an option for those not comfortable coming indoors during the pandemic – artwork and special pieces will be featured on the Museum’s social media feeds and via its new online store, the Museum Mercantile, which can be found at www.brickstoremuseum.org.

The Holiday Showcase is open anytime the Museum is open (closed only Mondays). Over twenty regional artists have joined the showcase to show off paper art; jewelry; basketry; custom drawings; sculpture; fiber and textile works; photography, handmade soaps and sachets; candles; accessories; wood carvings; and more.

Wreath Workshop
2022-11-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Join the Brick Store Museum this holiday season in our wreath making workshop. This will be a workshop dedicated to the creation of all-natural foraged wreaths. All participants will leave with a finished classic green holiday wreath that is adorned with natural locally sourced materials. Workshop will be taught by local artist and wreath maker Elizabeth Winter.
We’re asking all participants bring their own clippers/handheld pruners for this workshop. If you are unable to do so please contact the Brick Store museum prior to class date. All other materials will be provided.
Gather some friends and feel free to bring a beverage of you choice to enjoy while you create. We expect this event to sell out so register quickly.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/450529324337

Holiday Open House and Showcase
2022-11-26 10:00 - 17:00 | ME
Join the Museum for our Holiday Open House and Showcase, kicking off on Saturday, November 26th!
The Museum’s beloved Holiday Showcase, which features local artists and makers in an expanded Museum Store (just for the holidays!), premieres during our Holiday Open House on Main Street on Saturday, November 26th, just in time for local shopping during Thanksgiving Weekend.
The Museum is open, with FREE ADMISSION, to view exhibits and the Holiday Showcase, from 10am – 5pm. Within walking distance of our wonderful local shops, restaurants, ice skating and holiday decorations on Main Street!

Illustrator Matt Tavares Visit and Book Signing
2022-11-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
Meet local author and illustrator Matt Tavares of the popular holiday book Dasher! Matt will be doing a reading, drawing, question and answer session as well as a book signing.
This event kicks off our Holiday Showcase to find out more about our showcase or if you’re an interested artist of crafter CLICK HERE
This is a FREE event and admission to the museum will also be free this day.

The Great State of Illustration in Maine Opening Reception
2022-11-10 16:00 - 19:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
We are excited to announce our new exhibition, The Great State of Illustration in Maine at the Brick Store Museum.
Illustration is an art form with an ancestral home in Maine. We have a rich legacy of attracting notable illustrators to our state such as Dahlov Ipcar, Ashley Bryan, Barbara Cooney, NC Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Francis Hamabe.
Fortunately, this legacy continues. In fact, we’d like to make the case that we’re currently living in a Golden Age of Illustration in Maine. Illustration Institute believes that there are more illustrators living in our state, either year round or seasonally, than in any other time in history.
An opening reception on Thursday, November 10 from 4pm – 7pm invites exhibiting illustrators, friends of Illustration Institute and Museum Members to enjoy the incredible artworks with snacks and beverages. Please RSVP to info@brickstoremuseum.org or call (207)985-4802.
The exhibition is generously supported by the Davis Family Foundation, The Onion Foundation and the Perloff Family Foundation.

Personal Art Journal
2022-11-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2022-10-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2022-10-18 09:30 - 12:00, 2022-10-11 09:30 - 12:00 | ME
The Personal Art Journal workshop offers senior residents the opportunity to become part of a creative community and learn new art skills/techniques. No art experience is necessary. Six weekly workshops will take place each Tuesday September 27 to November 1, 2022. The classes run from 9:30 to noon at the Brick Store Museum Education Center in Kennebunk. The Maine Commission of the Arts has awarded the Brick Store a Creative Aging Grant so the program is able to run at a low cost of $60 per participant ($50 for museum members) which includes materials.

This class is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be on our mailing list to learn of future classes, please email Mary Delehanty, Museum Educator, at mdelehanty@brickstoremuseum.org.

All Souls' Walk & Fall Fair
2022-10-29 12:00 - 15:00 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Brick Store Museum’s All Souls’ Walk began its annual Hallowmas season tradition in 2004, with a guided walk through neighboring Hope Cemetery. Now, in its 19th year, the event’s popularity continues!
The All Souls’ Walk invites participants into Hope Cemetery & Woods, led by a knowledgeable tour guide, to “meet” the ghosts of Kennebunk’s past and learn about the lives of residents that came before us.
Stories and experiences range from funny, to sad, to passionate, to mystifying. Not too spooky, it’s the perfect Halloween activity for the whole family. The tour lasts about 75 minutes, and covers roughly a 1/2 mile through the cemetery.
This event is now SOLD OUT.

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This event features the All Souls’ Fall Fair!
As participants are waiting to depart on their tours and return to the Museum afterward, there is an opportunity for local artisans to exhibit and sell their works in an Autumn-themed fair that could become another Halloween staple for the community! Email Jeannine McCoy at jmccoy@brickstoremuseum.org to register, or print the application form HERE>
Click HERE to pre-purchase All Souls’ Walk tickets!

PLEASE NOTE:

Refunds on pre-sale tickets will NOT be available after 10/20/2022 due to the difficulty of re-selling the ticket at that point. If you are unable to use the ticket, the Museum will be happy to consider the ticket cost a donation, which is tax-deductible. Please contact info@brickstoremuseum.org if you would like a letter confirming this.
If you request a refund prior to 10/20/2022, the Museum will refund your ticket. HOWEVER, Eventbrite does NOT refund its portion of the balance, which is generally a fee of $2.19 per ticket. This means that every ticket you purchase, $7.81 will be refunded to you. The Museum cannot change this.

Panel Discussion: The Legacy of the '47 Fire
2022-10-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
The Fire of ’47 was a collection of over 200 fires that burned in the State of Maine from October 13th through October 27th in 1947. Together, the fires consumed a quarter of a million acres of forest, and wiped out nine entire towns, making it one of the worst natural disasters in state history. The fires burned from Bar Harbor (which was almost completely destroyed) to Kennebunkport and Goose Rocks Beach. 1947 became known as “The Year Maine Burned.”
The panel discussion “The Legacy of the ’47 Fire,” will be presented on Tuesday, October 18 at 6pm via Zoom.
The panel includes representatives from the Maine Forest Service, Kennebunk Fire-Rescue, and local historians, who will discuss various perspectives on the fire and its effects on today’s fire control and technology.
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The Museum is offering an accompanying take-out dinner as part of its Take Out Learning Dinners, catered by For the Love of Food & Drink in Wells.
Menu Selections:
Seasonal Garden Salad
Pot Roast OR Farmhouse Pie (Veggie Pot Pie)
Peas with Pearl Onions
Mashed Potatoes
Gingerbread with Fresh Whipped Cream
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TICKETS:
Tickets for the presentation (only) are $5 per person ($3 for Museum Members); tickets for the Take-Out Dinner & Program are $30 ($25 for Museum Members).
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS>>

Harvest Fest
2022-10-15 | Brick Store Museum, 117 Main Street, Kennebunk, ME, 04043, United States
This years Harvest Fest takes place on Saturday, October 15 throughout Downtown Kennebunk. The event will be full of fun family-friendly activities for all to enjoy! Activities will include bounce houses, games, live music, a parade and more!
While you’re downtown stop by the museum. We will have a scarecrow activity for children and everyone will be able check out the new “The Great State of Illustration in Maine” exhibit.
Admission will be FREE during Harvest Fest.
