Upcoming

The Gem received a 2025 Science on Screen Grant and we are partnering with BAAM to bring you five S.T.E.A.M. events centered around the senses: Taste, Smell, Sound, Sight, and Touch. In our third event in the series, we focus on the sense of touch, exploring how our relation with clay utilizes it. There is a strong connection between clay and touch - remember being a child and how mud called out to be played with or a puddle to be jumped in? Touch is the primary sense employed when a potter works. Making pots, with its focus on tactile exploration and the shaping of clay, offers a unique sensory experience that can be both therapeutic and meditative, promoting a sense of grounding and connection.  We will begin our exploration of the clay/touch connection with a social hour where kids and adults can get their hands dirty in clay and try their hand at sculpting with this seductive material. Then, Martha Grover, local potter, clay teacher and internationally known artist, will share her thoughts on touch and clay, while demonstrating throwing on the potters wheel. We will follow that with a screening of Chicken Run, a fun claymation movie.

Something else is out there.

Do you like puzzles?

BAAM at The Gem Presents The Rock and Roll Playhouse: Music of The Beatles + More for Kids on Saturday, April 26th at 1:00 pm. 

Everyone deserves a second shot.

In 1976 Argentina, on the eve of a political revolution, a teacher and his students at an exclusive boys school are enlightened by an unusual guest.

He's getting the band back together.

BAAM at The Gem is proud to be a part of the Full Speed Ahead Statewide Festival of Train Movies and Events. Join us at 6:00 pm on Friday, May 9th for a screening of Stand By Me with an introduction by Michael Koryta, novelist and screenwriter (Those Who Wish Me Dead).

Join us at The Gem on Saturday, May 10th, for the Women's Adventure Film Tour 2025 at 6:30pm. Maine Adaptive's Roll & Stroll at Valentine Farm at 3:30. Gem doors will open at 5:30pm for food & drink. It's the day before Mother's Day and so we encourage you to make this an outing with your mom! We are so excited to host this event and welcome you! How many women can we get to gather in one place to share their love of the outdoors and adventure?

BAAM at The Gem welcomes country musician Denitia to Bethel on Friday, May 16th at 7:00 pm.

Our lives are the sum of our choices.

Nobody wished for this.

When masters unite a new legacy begins.

Join BAAM at The Gem on Saturday, September 13th at 7:00 pm for a performance from Griffin William Sherry.