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Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Contemplative Dance Practice (CDP) is a meditative movement form that combines sitting meditation with free-form, improvisational dance. Developed by Barbara Dilley at Naropa University in the 1970s, it functions as a "dancer's meditation hall," allowing practitioners to explore inner sensations and present-moment awareness, alone or in a group.  Open to all, no experience or dance background necessary.

If new to CDP, please arrive promptly by 12:30 to get oriented to the practice.  You can read more about CDP here: https://www.naropa.edu/magazine/contemplative-dance-practice/

Cost to attend: $10-15 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

FMI Contact:
Frances Idlebrook
rootedsea@gmail.com

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday
A for-fun ukulele get-together! Using the big screen to pull up songs, we'll sing and strum some tunes. This will not be a "class", but ukes are easy to play together at different skill levels, so beginners are definitely welcome.
$2/person goes to The Gatherings. 

FMI Contact Elizabeth Young: 
elizabethgimpel@gmail.com
207-610-2963

Tango practice for those with some experience. RSVP required. If interested contact Tim Allen at tallen@panax.com. By donation.

Every 1st Friday
This popular monthly community potluck has returned to The Gatherings, every First Friday of the month at 6pm. Bring a dish or drink to share while spending time with your neighbors, make new friends, catch up with old ones, and fill up on a variety of home cooked dishes. We look forward to seeing you and trying out some of your favorite recipes! Donations to the community center are welcome.

For more information contact Flo: flo.l.reed@gmail.com 

Shape note singing is a system originally devised to teach sight-reading and singing in harmony to folks with no musical background. From its beginnings in colonial America, it now has an international following. Non-performance singing, in four parts, for the joy of the activity alone is a beautiful example of community-based art. No experience or talent is required. We sing for one another; everyone is welcome.Our afternoon of Shape-note singing would include a brief history and description of the music and then simply singing from The Sacred Harp, the tune book most commonly used for this. We will bring loaner books. 
Cost: $2/person
FMI Contact: Maine Shape Note Singing Community 
Alan Cohen
 biopestman@gmail.com 
(202) 669-6363
or
Stephen Chace
perniciousanemia115@gmail.com
(207) 610-2357

Every Sunday
We play awesome modern board games, card games, dice games, tile games, team games... bring your favorites! Everyone welcome.
$2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Joe Greely
shallop1621@gmail.com
207-460-0515

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Tango practice for those with some experience. RSVP required. If interested contact Tim Allen at tallen@panax.com. By donation.

Every Sunday
We play awesome modern board games, card games, dice games, tile games, team games... bring your favorites! Everyone welcome.
$2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Joe Greely
shallop1621@gmail.com
207-460-0515

Every Wednesday
Artists, age 18+, of any skill level are encouraged to attend, and may use any media. These 2-hour uninstructed sessions are every Wednesday, 10-Noon. Bring a mask. Cost is $17.
We are always looking for new models. Experience is not necessary, but models are expected to hold a pose for up to 20 minutes. All shapes, ages and sizes are welcome. Models are paid $60 per class.
If you are interested in attending Life Drawing as a participant or model, you can call Greg at 207-374-7224 or email gregory.payne@mac.com

Every Wednesday
This is a friendly way to challenge your vocabulary and build your listening skills. All levels are invited. ¡Bienvenidos! $2/person goes to the community center.
Contact: Sharon Minogue 757-515-0409 al_bustan@yahoo.com

Tango practice for those with some experience. RSVP required. If interested contact Tim Allen at tallen@panax.com. By donation.

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion evolving from modern life — far beyond physical, but cognitive. Emotional. Existential. This Sonic Yoga Nidra practice gently supports remembering: reconnecting with awareness and the sense of inner space that comes with it.

Peter Hile will guide a live Yoga Nidra journey — a practice of conscious rest that gently leads you into the space between waking and sleeping, where the body unwinds and awareness becomes simple again. Peter’s facilitation centers presence over performance, depth over theatrics, and the quiet remembering that peaceful stillness persists beyond experience.

As the Nidra unfolds, integral sound healing practitioner Sen Wilde weaves a live soundscape of crystal and Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, and layered instrumentation. Drawing on formal training in sound healing and nervous system regulation, Sen’s trauma-informed approach creates sonic containers that are spacious, immersive, and thoughtfully held. Together, this collaboration helps participants settle from surface overwhelm into a steadier, more regulated inner field.

You won’t be asked to move.
You won’t be guided to effort.
You won’t be urged to fix yourself.
You’ll lie down.
You’ll listen.
You’ll be guided back to awareness itself; invited to remember. 

Bring whatever helps you feel supported and warm: We recommend you bring your favorite blanket and any other props to help you feel comfortable, such as a mat, pillow or eye mask.

Rest is where we reconnect with ourselves, so that we can meaningfully and lovingly be present in the lives and communities which we are a part of. 

Third Saturday of each month from 7-8:30pm

All are welcome: please no pets or children under 12.

Cost: $25-50 Sliding Scale Donation

FMI about Yoga Nidra Contact:
Peter Hile
peter.hile@gmail.com

FMI about Immersive Soundscape Contact:
Sen Wilde
acadia.rising@gmail.com