Courageous Steps Project Back-to-School Drive with Bangor Federal Credit Union

In 2014, the Courageous Steps Project started the Back-To-School Drive with the goal of supporting children in need as they geared up to return to the classroom. They believe that no family or child should have to choose between food and school supplies, and they endeav......More

In 2014, the Courageous Steps Project started the Back-To-School Drive with the goal of supporting children in need as they geared up to return to the classroom. They believe that no family or child should have to choose between food and school supplies, and they endeavor to eliminate that choice altogether. To accomplish that goal, the Courageous Steps Project works directly with area educators to ensure that students' needs are met to help support each child's education. Over a decade later, the supply drive is one of the longest running back-to-school programs in the region supporting thousands of children in dozens of schools. This year, Bangor Federal Credit Union aims to help them in this mission. Starting this summer, Bangor Federal is partnering with the Courageous Steps Project's Back-To-School-Drive, aiming to help the organization meet new contribution goals and expand aid to even more schools, and students, in our area. Starting Monday, August 4th and running until Friday, August 22nd, all Bangor Federal locations will act as drop-off points to aid the Courageous Steps Project in collecting, organizing, and distributing back-to-school supplies to area schools. We encourage our members, and our community, to help us set our area students up for success as they return to the classroom by donating much needed school supplies to any one of our locations in Bangor, Brewer, or Ellsworth.

All Bangor Federal Credit Union Locations - 339 Hogan Rd., Bangor - 10 Venture Way, Bangor - 6 Dirigo Dr., Brewer - 175 High St., Ellsworth

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Dine for a Cause at Hero's Sports Grill and Entertainment Center

Westgate Center for Rehabilitation and Alzheimer's Care is raising money for the Eastern Maine Walk to End Alzheimer's.  On 8/20/25 from 4:00 PM -8:00 PM Hero's will be donating 10% of all food sales to our efforts.  Please support us by ordering Dinner from their delic......More

Westgate Center for Rehabilitation and Alzheimer's Care is raising money for the Eastern Maine Walk to End Alzheimer's.  On 8/20/25 from 4:00 PM -8:00 PM Hero's will be donating 10% of all food sales to our efforts.  Please support us by ordering Dinner from their delicious menu.  

Hero's Sports Grill & Entertainment Center is at 41 Washington St. Bangor, ME 04401, T 207-974-3033

Maine Through the Seasons - Photography Workshop

Get ready to capture the breathtaking beauty of Maine through your camera lens! We are thrilled to welcome the talented naturalist and photographer Sandra Mitchell to Fields Pond for a hands-on workshop that will inspire your creativity and deepen your appreciation for ......More

Get ready to capture the breathtaking beauty of Maine through your camera lens! We are thrilled to welcome the talented naturalist and photographer Sandra Mitchell to Fields Pond for a hands-on workshop that will inspire your creativity and deepen your appreciation for Maine’s stunning natural wonders. Sandra, a Registered Maine Guide and Maine Master Naturalist, will guide us on an immersive journey, blending photography with the fascinating natural history of some of Maine’s most captivating phenomena. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or just starting out, this workshop is perfect for anyone who loves nature and wants to explore the outdoors in a new and exciting way.

Fields Pond Audubon Center 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden 04429

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Victory Lane Quick Oil Change - Open House & Ribbon Cutting

157 Park Street, Orono, ME 04473

FUSION First: Professionals at Play

Join FUSION: Bangor on August 21st for Professionals at Play - an after-hours networking event at the Maine Discovery Museum where creativity and connection come to life. We're talking interactive exhibits, a playful scavenger hunt, and the chance to meet other profe......More

Join FUSION: Bangor on August 21st for Professionals at Play - an after-hours networking event at the Maine Discovery Museum where creativity and connection come to life. We're talking interactive exhibits, a playful scavenger hunt, and the chance to meet other professionals who know that curiosity doesn't have an age limit. Sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank & Trust

Maine Discovery Museum 74 Main St, Bangor

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Free Saturday Paddles at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge

Ready to trade your to-do list for a paddle? Every Saturday, explore Pushaw Stream with free canoe and kayak rentals at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. Glide through wetlands, watch wildlife up close, and experience the peace of being on the water. How to join: Si......More

Ready to trade your to-do list for a paddle? Every Saturday, explore Pushaw Stream with free canoe and kayak rentals at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge. Glide through wetlands, watch wildlife up close, and experience the peace of being on the water. How to join: Sign up through our quick online form, here. Rentals are first come, first served Perfect for all ages and abilities Make Saturdays your nature day—paddle, unwind, and let the refuge show you something new. *Please note the schedule is subject to change and cancellations can occur due to weather conditions and staff availability. Please see the website for updated information.

The boat launch is located on the beautiful Pushaw Stream at 35 Hudson Dr. Alton ME 04468

The Penobscot Passage: Honoring the Brave

52 miles. Tides, currents, wind. It’s going to hurt. On purpose. We race to support Beyond The Brotherhood the Brotherhood, a nonprofit helping Navy SEALs and other special operations veterans find purpose after service.

64 Front Street, Waterfront, Bangor, ME 04401 Start and Finish: Joshua Chamberlain Bridge

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Hirundo Wildlife Refuge hosts a guided August Sunrise Paddle

Join us for a guided sunrise paddle outing, and watch the natural world start the day. Wildlife are particularly active in the dawn hours, so we may see beaver, muskrat, eagles, and deer on our journey. This is a great paddle for birders! This paddle will be held fl......More

Join us for a guided sunrise paddle outing, and watch the natural world start the day. Wildlife are particularly active in the dawn hours, so we may see beaver, muskrat, eagles, and deer on our journey. This is a great paddle for birders! This paddle will be held flotilla-style with canoes and kayaks. You may use one of our boats, or bring your own. We will move slowly as a group, allowing time for photos, viewing with binoculars, and generally admiring the view. Beginners welcome.

Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Gate 3, 35 Hudson Road, Alton, Maine 04468

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401

Summer Exhibitions at the Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his firs......More

JOHN MARIN: VISIONARY MOMENTS MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Visionary Moments features over 30 works by modern art master John Marin (1870-1953). Marin is revered internationally, but also has inextricable ties to Maine’s rich artistic history. Beginning with his first visit in 1914, and continuing until his death in 1953, the artist spent significant time in Maine. His longest residency was at his home and studio in Cape Split on the rugged Downeast Maine coast. In this exhibition we see the evolution of Marin’s creative process and approach to art-making.   Beginning with detailed depictions of dramatic European architecture in etchings from 1906 through 1909, and extending to spirited landscapes that border on abstraction, the artist’s transformation is evident. Brimming with expressive brushstrokes, the show features paintings in which he captured locations in Maine, New Jersey, and Tyrol, Austria, in both oil and watercolor.   The Marin family has been dedicated and longstanding supporters of the visual arts in Maine for decades. This exhibition specifically celebrates the Marin family’s relationship with the Zillman Art Museum (ZAM) and the University of Maine Machias. The Marin’s generous gift to ZAM numbers over 20 works of art and includes drawings, etchings, and watercolors. Visionary Moments showcases an enticing assortment of works that offers a window into the soul of this American modernist luminary. ###   O’NEIL SCOTT: A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MEMORIES MAY 16 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The Zillman Art Museum is pleased to present A Journey to Distant Memories, a solo-exhibition of works by Pennsylvania-based painter O’Neil Scott. The exhibition features numerous never-before-seen paintings and several of the artist’s largest compositions created to date. Scott was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and the majority of these works are inspired by memories of locations and events experienced during his youth. They are a way for the artist to capture fleeting moments from childhood that seem “hazy, foggy and hard to distinguish” with each passing year. The paintings are contemplations of people, some familiar and others distant, and environments filtered through the disjointed lens of time and memory. In Scott’s first major museum exhibition, he debuts the large-scale painting In Case of Emergency, in which he recalls feelings of support and community found within the walls of the black church. These memories are like a warm embrace, which radiate from the vibrant congregants who occupy the wooden pews. Incorporated within the work is an image of a blue heron emerging as a symbol of ascendance, a beacon of beauty and hope. In Fading Promises, a new painting from 2025, the artist addresses the complexities surrounding migration and relocation while in search of opportunities and a better life. The painting is a tribute to Scott’s mother who journeyed to America to build a future for her family. The artist states that Fading Promises “captures the tension between the bright lights of ambition and the shadows of sacrifice that are often hidden within the pursuit of a dream.” Strong highlights define the gentle face of the young woman, as her fractured form seems to meld into a background of glimmering cruise ship lights and buildings that emerge from the darkened night sky. ###   PETER WALLS:  MEMORY PALACE MAY 16 - AUGUST 16, 2025 Maine-based artist Peter Walls has created a stunning assortment of never-before exhibited shaped paintings for his solo-exhibition Memory Palace. While the artist has traversed woodlands around New York’s Lake Ontario, Louisiana, New Hampshire and Vermont, the Maine environment inspires this new body of work. Memories of the artist’s experiences exploring varied landscapes infuse these works-—the wonderment of the terrain and its flora, along with emotions stirred by each of the various locations. Walls states, “My relationship with the Maine landscape through these 20 paintings is meant to slowly invite you into my world. We live a meandering existence, never a straight line, and I want to evoke both the winding paths we take through the forest and life itself.” These paintings are not traditional depictions of specific Maine locations, but rather composite creations informed by the visual memories of information encountered in places that, as the artist suggests, are “personal memory palaces”. The focal point of the show is a large-scale, multi-paneled composition titled Bulwark (Schoodic Peninsula) which spans 17 feet and was created in response to ZAM’s gallery. The viewer is immersed in a vibrant landscape brimming with moss, lichen covered rocks and strategically placed fallen trees that seem to lure one into the scene. The artist’s skill as a painter and muralist is clearly evident in the exhibition, by the scale in which he works and the utility of creating multiple panels that join in a seamless composition. Walls accentuates the spirit of these imagined locations through the heightened color used to depict the natural details and the silhouettes created by the shaped supports. “My use of color is intuitive, yet grounded in my journeys in the woods and waters of Maine. I am not in any way photo-realistically rendering what I experience but letting my emotion of place and the magic it reveals come forward; I want you to feel my landscapes through my high-spirited palette, like a memory of a journey one has once made themselves.” says Walls. The exhibition offers two viewing experiences. In one gallery the large compositions predominate our vision, while in another 16 small-sized compositions—some of which are 12” tall—enliven the gallery with singular moments of contemplation. ###   Other exhibitions on display this summer:   WHAT DO YOU DO? OCCUPATION & IDENTITY Selections from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025 Curated by Julianna Day, 2024-25 Curatorial Intern   CREATURES & DEITIES Works from the Collection May 16 - August 23, 2025   NO BODY Clothing Inspired Works from the Collection May 16 - September 6, 2025

40 Harlow Street, Bangor ME 04401