Art Center Launches 2025 Art Classes and Workshops Online Catalog

The Art Center Launches 2025 Art Classes and Workshops Online Catalog

The Art Center is thrilled to announce the launch of its 2025 Art Classes and Workshops online catalog. This carefully curated selection of classes and workshops is designed to inspire and educate artists of all levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals. Registration is now open, offering diverse artistic opportunities led by professional instructors.

Participants can explore various techniques, mediums, and creative disciplines, including oil painting, abstract painting, printmaking, screen printing, bookbinding, watercolor, collage, and egg tempera. Additionally, an exciting new pottery studio is set to open soon, expanding the creative possibilities for our community. The Art Center regularly adds classes to ensure a dynamic and evolving curriculum.

The Art Center offers a variety of classes, providing opportunities for adults to enhance their artistic skills in a supportive and creative environment.

Classes will be held at The Art Center’s newly expanded space, The Loft, a beautiful and spacious studio with a dedicated printmaking studio and artist workspaces. The first session of classes will begin in April 2025.

The Art Center also seeks passionate and skilled art instructors to join our team. We offer one of the best compensation plans for instructors, providing a supportive environment for educators to share their expertise and creativity. Artists interested in teaching at The Art Center are encouraged to contact Rebecca Proctor for more information.
 Register today and support the Arts and your local artists.

For details on class offerings, registration, and instructor opportunities, please visit The Art Center at 1 Washington Street, Suite 1177, Dover, NH, or contact us directly.

Check out our online catalog – visit www.theartcenteronlinegallery.com. Like us on Facebook and Instagram.

Historian Brad Fletcher Explores: Lafayette, Maine, and America

Historian Brad Fletcher Explores: Lafayette, Maine, and America

SOUTH BERWICK, ME—The Old Berwick Historical Society and its “Let’s Talk History” lecture series are thrilled to present Lafayette, Maine, and America, a dynamic presentation by historian Brad Fletcher, exploring the excitement of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824-1825 tour of America and his visit to Maine. From South Berwick to Portland, Lafayette’s visit was not just a trip down memory lane—it was a full-blown national event.

As one of the last living heroes of the American Revolution, Lafayette sparked an outpouring of patriotic fervor upon his return to the United States. When his ship arrived in New York Harbor, a staggering 60,000 to 80,000 people turned out to welcome him—an audience that dwarfed even the Beatles’ iconic 1964 debut. Fletcher will explore how this “Nation’s Guest” was more than just a celebrated figure from the past; he was a living bridge to 1776, rallying a young republic still defining its future.

Join us for an evening of history and spectacle as we revisit Lafayette’s whirlwind tour of America, including his memorable stop in South Berwick, Maine and the enduring legacy he left behind. This free public event takes place on Wednesday, February 26th, from 7:00 to 8:00 PM at The First Parish Federated Church, 150 Main Street, South Berwick, Maine. For more information, visit oldberwick.org

Garrison Players Arts Center presents The Ghost Train

Garrison Players Arts Center presents The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley

Directed by: Elaine St. Jean

 

Six passengers find themselves stranded late at night in the waiting-room of an isolated Cornish railway station. Ignoring the ghostly tales and dire warnings of the stationmaster, they decide to stay where they are until morning—with terrifying consequences.

 

Garrison Players Arts Center, Corner of Roberts Road and Portland Ave (Rte 4), Rollinsford.

Show dates: February 28, March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 2025. Fridays at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 4pm, Sundays at 2pm.

Tickets: www.garrisonplayers.org/the-ghost-train       Adults $22, Seniors $18, Students $15

 

Garrison Players Arts Center (GPAC) is a nonprofit, volunteer-based community theatre group dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the area by presenting high-quality theatrical performances geared for family audiences. Established in 1953, the Players encourage people of all ages to enjoy and participate in the many facets of the performing arts, and to help maintain the Garrison Players Arts Center. For more information about auditions, shows, volunteering, sponsorship, or GPAC, visit the website at www.garrisonplayers.org.

Casino Night Celebrates 15 Years of Education Grants

Casino Night Celebrates 15 Years of Education Grants

Eliot, Maine- The Marshwood Education Foundation invites the public to join them for a special Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, March 1st. The foundation, which provides grants to educators, administrators, and community members in the Marshwood school district for projects which normally would not be funded through the school budget, is celebrating fifteen years of grantmaking.


Guests are invited to play games and win prizes, while raising money and supporting a great cause. Guests purchase tickets to attend the event and play various casino games using casino chips. At the end of the night, guests exchange their winnings for raffle tickets to win prizes. Prizes so far include Red Sox tickets, braces from Atlantic Orthodontic Associates, a two-night stay with dinner for two at York Harbor Inn, a spa gift basket from Skin Health Medi Spa, and various food and beverage baskets.


Casino Night takes place at the Regatta Banquet and Conference Center in Eliot, Maine, from 6pm-10:30pm. Tickets cost $30 per person and come with $50 in starter chips. More chips can be purchased by donation throughout the night. Guests that purchase their tickets by February 20th will get a bonus $25 in chips to play with when they check in. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.


The Marshwood Education Foundation has granted over $300,000 in funds to projects in the Marshwood school district in the past fifteen years. More information can be found at www.marshwood-education-foundation.org.

Cornerstone VNA Achieves 5-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating

Cornerstone VNA Achieves 5-Star Patient Satisfaction Rating

 

Rochester, NH – Cornerstone VNA, a trusted local nonprofit home health and hospice provider, is pleased to share that the agency’s Home Care program has achieved a 5-star rating for patient satisfaction by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The survey asks patients (or their family or friends) about their home health care, and if they would recommend Cornerstone VNA to someone else. The patient satisfaction survey is one of two ratings CMS shares on their Medicare Compare website that allows patients and families to research local home health providers based on quality and patient satisfaction ratings.

Cornerstone VNA is one of five home health care agencies in the State of New Hampshire that has received a 5-star patient satisfaction rating. Quality and Education Director, Lisa Romanovitz, RN, BSN, shares, “Our team is dedicated to providing an outstanding patient experience, and they have worked so hard to ensure our patients feel supported in their care, every step of the way. I am extremely proud of their amazing work.” Home Care Director, Stacey Genest, RN, MSN, WCC, adds, “We are honored to achieve this important distinction, and it motivates our team to continue delivering high-quality, compassionate care.”

An important contributor to a high patient satisfaction rating is the number of specialized services provided by the Cornerstone VNA team. Many clinicians have received certifications in a variety of specialty care services, such as wound care, lymphedema, vestibular, IV therapy, chronic care management, and more. By offering a high level of care in the home, Cornerstone VNA is well-prepared to meet the complex care needs of its most vulnerable patients. Jennifer Ufkin, RN, MSN, President/CEO, shares, “A 5-star patient satisfaction rating is a significant achievement, and is a testament to the work of our incredible team to ensure our patients and their family members receive the best, and most advanced care, at home.”

Cornerstone VNA currently serves Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap and Carroll Counties in New Hampshire and York County in Maine. The team at Cornerstone VNA provides award-winning care and support through five distinct programs: Home Care, Hospice Care, Palliative Care, Life Care-Private Duty, and Community Care. For 112 years, Cornerstone VNA has been committed to bringing services to people of all ages so that families can stay together at home, even when facing the challenges of aging, surgical recovery, chronic or life-threatening illnesses or end-of-life care. To learn more about Cornerstone VNA, visit www.cornerstonevna.org or call 800-691-1133.

Caregiver Café

Caregiver Café on Wednesday, February 19th at 10:30am, at the McConnell Center, Rm 323. Join Cornerstone VNA for a morning of support, education and conversation. No registration is required.

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