New Sidewalks Offer Big Space for Safe Celebrating

WISCASSET, MAINE – A hand-made carillon, with 49 bronze bells, will ring out on the new Village sidewalks during the Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday, August 27, 5-6:30pm. The carillon will be played by Mike Everett of Dresden who designed and fashioned the instrument about 30 years ago.

Wiscasset Joins National Centennial Celebration

WISCASSET, MAINE – Wear White! is the fashion theme for the upcoming Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday, August 27, from 5 to 6:30pm, as Wiscasset joins the national initiative commemorating100 years of women’s suffrage during August 2020, National Women’s Suffrage Month.

Walk Around Wiscasset on July 30 Replaces Wiscasset Art Walk

Safety Measures Recommended for Evening Stroll

WISCASSET, MAINE – Hats On! is the theme of the summer’s first Walk Around Wiscasset on Thursday, July 30, from 5-6:30pm. A replacement for Wiscasset Art Walk, this strolling event gives friends, neighbors, and visitors, a chance to socialize safely while still enjoying the sights and sounds of this beautiful Village setting.

The sun glistens on the Sheepscot River, the lines at Red’s Eats and Sprague’s lobster shack on the pier look hungry and expectant, and the galleries and shops entice visitors to the final Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on Thursday, September 26, 5-8pm.  And, for a special end-of-season surprise, professional juggler Andrew Silver offers proof that all the Village is but a stage!  

Art students at Wiscasset Middle High School will be exhibiting their creations in the Weaving Project, 64 Main St., during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, September 26, 5-8pm. The students, from various grades and working in a variety of mediums, take part in a choice-based art curriculum which encourages them to experiment, take creative risks, learn basic skills, and develop as creative people.   

Wiscasset Village is poised to inhabit the new and grand sidewalks that are slowly taking form from the months-long construction project in the heart of the Village.  A cluster of civic groups and local creatives will be taking part in the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, August 29, 5 to 8pm, to test the public spaces that will become active community places in the years ahead!

If art is your passion, then Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, August 29, from 5 to 8pm, is the place for you! Wiscasset Village will be humming with exceptional exhibitions and accomplished artists painting live during the evening.  

Wiscasset Village galleries are hung with stunning art. The boutique shops are stocked with carefully chosen items for home and self. Restaurants and specialty food shops beckon with tasty delights. Music is woven through the Village.  And yet, there’s more! A colorful and compelling community presence greets visitors who stroll the sidewalks during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 25, 5-8pm. 

Colorful ribbons, buttons, tulle, and gorgeous fabric remnants are the art supplies on-hand for visitors who want to take part in the community Weaving Project during the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, July 25, 5-8pm.

Striking a pose in his kilt on the rustic floorboards of the Creamery Pier, award-winning bagpiper Peter Campbell will pipe in the beginning of the 2019 Wiscasset Art Walk season on June 27, 5-8pm. Some say it’s a good bet that even the orange barrels will dance in the street!