Lincoln Memorial Library Art Show coordinator Janice McCafferty invites amateur and professional artists to submit original art for the third annual event, which runs from Monday, Aug. 18, through Saturday, Aug. 23.

“The packets are ready to be picked up, and registration forms must be submitted by Thursday, July 31,” McCafferty said.

Those packets are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday or 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays at the library, 21 West Broadway in Lincoln.

Artists can call McCafferty or library director Lisa Auriemma, 794-2765, for more information.

The show features three categories: professional, amateur and youth age 18 and under.

Prizes of $30 gift certificates for use in Lincoln will be offered.

The response to previous shows has been very good, McCafferty said, and she is looking for that trend to continue.

McCafferty expects that this year’s theme, “Life at the Lake,” will be one that area artists will enjoy.

The artwork, she suggested, “could reflect the life and beauty of Maine lakes, be it your favorite fishing area, boating at camp, or the study of a dragonfly.”

Artists are allowed to enter two pieces, but neither can exceed 30 inches in height or width.

McCafferty mentioned that, this year, planners found it necessary “to increase the size of the works to allow for more freedom of expression,” and added that while “Life at the Lake” is the theme, “any creative ideas, or subjects, are welcome, as long as they are original.

“We want area artists to have fun and express themselves in their own personal style,” she emphasized.

Entries can be of any medium, including prints, sculpture, photographs, or digital art, “but all must be original, and all must be framed, matted and ready to hang,” she said.

An art show reception, which includes a buffet, is planned for 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.

In the meantime, get those packets, and get your work ready for the show!

What a treat awaits all who attend The Kingfield Pops at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 5, when the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, with guest conductor David Katz, entertains at 7:30 p.m. at the Kingfield Flower Farm.

You are invited to bring low-back chairs or blankets, purchase food and beverages from vendors, and enjoy the music of the Western Mountain Trash Can Band when the grounds open at 6:30 p.m.

For the youngsters, there will be clowns, face painting, and an “Instrument Petting Zoo.”

Schrader & Friends will provide intermission music.

Advance tickets, purchased through today, are $20 for adults and $10 for young people age 6-17. Children age 5 and under will be admitted free. Tickets at the event are $25 for adults.

Tickets are available at UnitedKingfield Bank branches, Camden National Bank branches, www.bangorsymphony.com and www.mainemusicevents.com or by calling (800) 639-3221 or 942-5555.

The rain date is 3 p.m. Sunday, July 6. If it rains Sunday, the concert will be at Mt. Abram High School in Salem.

June Jaworski reminds you that the Stewart Free Library Summer Concert Series continues with the music of the Bar-B-Q Blues Boys at 7 tonight at the library in Corinna.

The concerts are 7 p.m. each Thursday, at the library, through Aug. 14.

Proceeds from the Third Annual Bar Harbor Masonic Lodge Antique Show and Sale benefit the Mount Desert Island YMCA in Bar Harbor.

The show is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, July 4, in the YMCA parking lot.

Admission is $3.50 per person or $3 for those with a discount coupon available at area stores, restaurants, motels and inns.

Early birds will be admitted, for an additional fee, at 8:30 a.m. that day.

Several activities, from a blueberry pancake breakfast to a parade, band concert and evening fireworks, will keep people busy on the Fourth in Bar Harbor.

Congratulations to members of the Maine Credit Union League, which recently surpassed the $1 million mark in its Campaign for Ending Hunger when it awarded a $3,000 grant to the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn.

Ending Hunger Week originated in 1990, reports directors of communications Jon Paradise, and helps about 100 Maine hunger organizations raise money during a 10-day period each November.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.