Jennifer Claster, Architect as Artist, Artist as Architect, in Hallowell

August 5, noon, Don Campbell, Maine singer/songwriter, L/A Music in the Parks, free, Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch, 14 Great Falls Plaza, Auburn. FMI: 207.782.7228, www.laarts.org.
August 5, 6:30 p.m. Downeast Brass Quintet, offering a wide range of brass-driven musical styles, free, Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta. FMI: 207.626.2415, www.lithgow.lib.me.us.
 
August 5, 7 p.m. “Survivor: Belgrade Lakes,” talk by Dave Richards from Margaret Chase Smith Library, sponsored by the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, Union Church, Route 27, Belgrade Lakes. FMI: 207.495.6039, www.belgradelakes.org.
August 6, 2 & 7 p.m. Evergreen, a band with an eclectic style that blends elements of bluegrass, folk, blues, old-time, country and swing, free, Sawyer Memorial Auditorium, 371 Sawyer Road, Greene. FMI: 207.946.5311, www.sawyer-foundation.com.
 
August 6, 5-8 p.m. “Artist as Architect: Architect as Artist,” Opening Reception, Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell. FMI: 207.622.3813, www.harlowgallery.org.
August 6, 5-8 p.m. “Horizon Lines,” Opening Reception, featuring works by Suzanne Phillips, Ieva Tatarsky and Cynthia White, Downtown Gallery, Masons Corner, Route 220, Washington Village. FMI: 207.542.6492, www.downtownartgallery.com.
August 6-11, times vary, KahBang Film Festival, featuring over 50 films and showcasing work by a variety of up and coming filmmakers who represent the future of independent cinema, $5/single screening, $20/film pass, $50/VIP ultimate pass, various locations, Bangor. FMI: www.kahbang.com/film.
 
August 7-8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 40th Annual Mid-State Gem and Mineral Show, sponsored by the Water-Oak Gem & Mineral Society, free, dealers, gems, minerals, fossils, jewelry, specimens, demonstrations, lapidary arts, books, magazines and more, Mt. Merici School, 152 Western Avenue, Waterville. FMI: 207.547.3154, www.rockngem.com.
August 7, 11 a.m.m-7:30 p.m. Saddleback Mountain Bluegrass Festival, featuring the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience and the Del McCoury Band, along with Darol Anger, Scott Law and Sharon Gilchrist and the Infamous Stringdusters, beer gardens and Saddleback Country Style BBQ, prices vary, free/age 12 and under, Saddleback Maine, 976 Saddleback Mountain Road, Rangeley. FMI: 207.864.5671, www.saddlebackmaine.com.
August 10, 2 p.m. “Canterville Ghost,” by Oscar Wilde, directed by Liz Helitzer, the story of a frustrated ghost and a young girl who believes in his goodness, $12/adults, $9/children, Theater at Monmouth, 796 Main Street, Monmouth. FMI: 207.933.9999, www.theateratmonmouth.org.
August 10, 6:30 p.m. Maine Wildlife on the Move! presented by Maine Audubon Biologist Susan Gallow, how climate change impacts Maine’s wildlife and habitat and how Maine citizens can take action, free, Lithgow Public Library, 45 Winthrop Street, Augusta. FMI: 207.626.2415, www.lithgow.lib.me.us.
August 11, noon, Lisa Redfern, singer/songwriter, Lively Lunches at Johnson Hall Mini-Park, 280 Water Street, Gardiner. FMI: 207.582.7144, www.johnsonhall.org.