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SUMMARY:Mud Resist Indigo Dye Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Discover the magic of mud resist and indigo in this hands-on workshop! Participants will design and paint a resist pattern onto a cotton bandana using traditional mud paste\, then dip their piece into an indigo vat to reveal a one-of-a-kind design.\nNo experience is needed—this class is perfect for beginners and seasoned makers alike. You’ll learn about resist-dyeing techniques\, experiment with pattern-making\, and leave with a unique hand-dyed bandana to wear or display.\nAll materials are provided. Just bring your creativity and a willingness to get a little messy!\n\n\nInstructor: Sarah Soleau
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/dyeworkshop/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T123000
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SUMMARY:Gift Card Basket Workshop
DESCRIPTION:In this beginner-friendly workshop\, participants will create a Gift Card Basket — a charming and reusable way to present a gift card that can also be used later to hold holiday greens. \nThe basket is crafted with various widths of reed splint\, and each student will choose two colors of dyed reed to accent their design. Measuring approximately 5” x 5” x 3” at the top (8” with handle)\, the finished basket will be completed with a festive Christmas ribbon. \nSkills you’ll learn: \n\n\nTwining a base \n\n\nWeaving up the sides with a continuous weave \n\n\nFinishing off the top \n\n\nInserting a handle \n\n\nLashing on a rim \n\n\nEach participant will leave with a finished basket and a pattern to make more at home. \nPlease bring: \n\n\nBasin for water \n\n\nPencil \n\n\nScissors \n\n\nAwl or knitting needle \n\n\nTape measure or ruler \n\n\n8 spring clothespins \n\n\nTowel \n\n\nAll other materials will be provided. \nInstructor: Kathy Polletto
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/gift-card-basket-workshop/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Just History Walk
DESCRIPTION:The Just History Walk: Stories Between the Mousam and Kennebunk Rivers\nSaturday\, November 8\, 2025 | 12:30 – 6:00 pm \nBeginning at Rogers Pond Park\, 49 Water St\, Kennebunk \nEnding at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church\, 114 Main St\, Kennebunk \nThe lower Kennebunk and Mousam River watershed region has provided people with homes and sustenance for more than ten thousand years. We know something about them from over 400 years of written history\, and through oral traditions and artifacts that date back much farther. But the historical narratives\, signs\, and portraits that we most commonly encounter represent only a small glimpse of the tapestry woven here in this place over the centuries. While the lives of sea captains and soldiers\, farmers and factory owners\, bankers and builders are made visible throughout town\, those of many others remain hidden from view. \nThe Just History Walk is not about the men traditionally credited with building the wealth reflected in the homes and businesses along Main Street and Summer Street. Rather\, it’s about bringing stories of people who also shaped this community but whose contributions have been erased to the foreground\, including: \n\nWabanaki people who inhabited this land for millennia \nPeople of African heritage who were kidnapped and transported here\nEnslaved people throughout the “New World” whose labor was the basis for much of the town’s wealth\n\nIn walking together\, we’ll meet: \nRamanascho ✭ Shepard Bourn ✭ Richard Hill ✭ Phillis ✭ Tom Bassett ✭ Lucy Nicolar ✭  Primus Goodale ✭ Salem Bourne ✭ Scipio Black ✭ Joseph Ranco ✭ and others \nAlong the route\, selected stories shared by presenters—together with performances\, artwork\, crafts\, and artifacts—will offer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds to reflect on both what we now know about the diverse community that lived here and what remains unknown. What do these gaps and silences tell us about how history has been told? \nAt the conclusion\, we will gather to collectively weave what we have gleaned and build connections over a meal that celebrates the ancient Indigenous roots of this community. Together\, we will confront the suffering created when land and people are treated as property\, and celebrate the resilience that persists when we honor our ties to land\, waterways\, wildlife\, and each other. \n  \nThis event is a collaboration between The Just History Project\, The Brick Store Museum\, and the Walks for Historical & Ecological Recovery (WHERE)\, a series convened by Atlantic Black Box. Other sponsors include First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Kennebunk and Octopus Books. This initiative is funded in part by the Mellon Foundation\, Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust\, Maine Humanities Council\, Maine Community Foundation\, Sewall Foundation\, and by generous donors. \n++ \nTO REGISTER\, please visit the WHERE WALKS website HERE>>\n  \n++ \n  \nSpecial Note on Museum Programs: \nThis program is not a place for intolerance or personal statement-making. The Museum is a space to listen\, explore\, and understand experiences other than our own. Participants who are unable to uphold these values are asked to simply refrain from attending.
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/the-just-history-walk/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Events,Programs,Special Events,Walking Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T170000
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SUMMARY:Hildaland | Concerts in West K with Mousam River Music
DESCRIPTION:This Concert has been Cancelled due to performer illness. Thank you for your understanding! \nIf you ordered your tickets online\, you will see a refund to your account within the next two business days. Questions? Call us at (207)985-4802. \n__ \nThe Museum’s Concert Partner Mousam River Music Presents: \nHildaland\, featuring Orkney (Scotland) -born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds. A path steeped in the fiddle traditions of their respective sides of the Atlantic\, the journey taken wends through Scottish\, oldtime\, and Swedish inspired music intertwined with contemporary compositions. Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic foil to Setiawan’s counterpoint and harmonic depth\, and the two weave in and out seamlessly. \nJoin us in the Museum’s Dane Street Program Center for a great evening of traditional Irish music! \n+++ \nTickets: $20 per person \nPre-purchase online by Saturday\, November 8 at 1pm! After that time\, tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Questions or want to reserve cash seats? Email: paul.wells@mousamrivermusic.net 
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/hildaland-concert/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Partner Events
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SUMMARY:Seminar: “Moving Forward\, Past and Future: The LGBTQ+ Community”
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will examine the differing ideas of government that have troubled democracy in the United States through time\, and how we have landed where we are in the present\, as members of a marginalized community. It will identify root causes of our current trajectory\, and why it’s happened. It will also offer pragmatic examples of what can be done to safeguard democratic principles and practices\, how individuals can detect ideas and practices of authoritarianism\, and protect LGBTQ+ people. \nThe seminar is about an hour and a half\, and the last half-hour (time allowing) will be reserved for discussion. This is a learning opportunity\, and reasoned\, civil participation is an expectation. \n  \nThis presentation is free and open to the public. Please register below so we know you’re coming! \n  \n++ \nSpecial Note on Museum Programs: \nThis program is not a place for intolerance or personal statement-making. The Museum is a space to listen\, explore\, and understand experiences other than our own. Participants who are unable to uphold these values are asked to simply refrain from attending. \n  \n++ \nAbout the Presenter: \nChristine Caulfield retired from teaching public high school after twenty-four years\, having taught American Studies\, World History\, AP European History\, and an elective titled Power and Privilege\, a course examining the roots of the same in American society. She is a veteran\, having served five years active duty in the United States’ Marine Corps\, and seven in the reserves. She a proud parent of two daughters\, and grandparent of four wonderful grandkids\, a world traveler\, and ardent reader and researcher of a variety of topics related to current issues and politics. Her most recent volunteer experience was as a volunteer at Maine Transgender Network for over seven years\, facilitating support groups for transgender individuals over 35\, running workshops and training in a variety of public and professional settings\, and acting as board treasurer. In 2022\, her testimony was key in the passage of a name change bill into law\, protecting the identities of Maine citizens from discrimination and harassment when seeking to change their name. This law protects not only transgender citizens\, but also those seeking refuge from domestic violence and stalkers. Additionally\, she is the board secretary for Greater Portland Health\, a major Portland area health provider dedicated to providing care for marginalized communities of the unhoused/homeless\, immigrants and asylum seekers\, and the queer community\,  with a staff of over two hundred providers and practitioners serving over 16\,000 patients. She believes in the transformative power of education and critical analysis\, and welcomes every opportunity for these presentations and discussions.
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/movingforward/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251113T120000
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SUMMARY:Foraged Wreath Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the beauty of the season with a wreath made from nature’s own materials. In this hands-on workshop\, participants will learn the basics of wreath-making and explore how to work with foraged elements from the forest and field.\nGuided step-by-step\, you’ll create a unique\, sustainable wreath using branches\, greens\, berries\, and other natural finds—perfect for seasonal décor that reflects the landscape around us.\nNo prior experience is needed\, and all tools and materials will be provided. Come ready to get creative\, connect with nature\, and leave with a one-of-a-kind wreath to take home.\n\n\nInstructor: Sarah Soleau
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/foraged-wreath-workshop/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T190000
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SUMMARY:Stonewall Comes to Maine: A Conversation with Steve Bull & Susie R. Bock
DESCRIPTION:Kennebunk native Steve Bull shares The Story of the Wilde-Stein Club and the Maine Gay Task Force\, exploring how a student movement at the University of Maine in the 1970s sparked conversation about LGBTQ+ rights across Maine. Joining him is Susie R. Bock\, Director of the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine\, who will highlight Maine’s LGBTQ+ history and archives. This free event takes place Friday\, November 21\, 5:30–7:00 PM at the Brick Store Museum Auditorium; RSVP is encouraged. \n++ \nSpecial Note on Museum Programs: \nThis program is not a place for intolerance or personal statement-making. The Museum is a space to listen\, explore\, and understand experiences other than our own. Participants who are unable to uphold these values are asked to simply refrain from attending.
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/lecture/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T170000
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SUMMARY:A Christmas Carol
DESCRIPTION:This holiday season\, immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Charles Dickens’s beloved tale\, “A Christmas Carol\,” as it comes to the historic Brick Store Museum on Sunday\, November 23\, 2025\, at 5:00 PM.  With its rich history and classic charm\, this timeless production promises to kindle the festive spirit and touch your heart with its powerful message of redemption and goodwill. \nVeteran actor Johnny Kinsman will perform an elaborate reading of Dickens’s cherished story featuring the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge\, his spirited encounters with the Ghosts of Christmas Past\, Present\, and Yet to Come\, and the heartwarming transformation that follows. The story will come alive with the musical talents of violinist Justin Ouellet and soprano Ann Moss to enhance the magical experience. \nBring your loved ones to share in the joy and wonder of a Dickens Christmas\, and enjoy a heartwarming evening that will become a cherished holiday tradition. \n(Recommended for ages 6+) \n+ \nIf you are a Museum Member\, your tickets are discounted! Use your Member Code for $5 off each ticket. You can find your your code in the Member Portal.
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/a-christmas-carol/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Programs,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T130000
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SUMMARY:Needle-Felted Seasonal Gnome Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bring a little whimsy to the season with your very own needle-felted gnome! In this workshop\, participants will learn the basics of needle felting while creating a cheerful gnome complete with a tall hat and fluffy beard.\n\nPerfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike\, this project is a fun introduction to the art of felting. Step-by-step instruction and all materials will be provided\, and each participant will leave with a charming handmade gnome—ideal for holiday décor or as a thoughtful gift.\n\nCome enjoy a cozy\, creative session and add some handmade magic to your season!\n\n\nInstructor: Sarah Soleau
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/needle-felted-seasonal-gnome-workshop/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251129T113000
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SUMMARY:Holiday Storytime with Author-Illustrator Matt Tavares
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Brick Store Museum for a special holiday storytime with New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Matt Tavares! Matt will share his brand-new picture book\, Dasher and the Polar Bear\, with a reading\, live drawing demonstration\, Q&A\, and book signing. Families will also enjoy festive touches\, including fun antler headbands provided for the event. \nDon’t miss this chance to meet a beloved Maine author and kick off the holiday season with a magical story of friendship\, wonder\, and Christmas cheer. \n📚 Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.✨ RSVP is appreciated but not required.
URL:https://www.brickstoremuseum.org/calendar/holiday-storytime-with-author-illustrator-matt-tavares/
LOCATION:Brick Store Museum\, 117 Main Street\, Kennebunk\, ME\, 04043\, United States
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