Wiscasset’s Le Garage will join restaurants across the state for the seventh annual Maine Restaurant Week, taking place March 1-14.
Le Garage is set to serve a three course meal during…
Culture
Boothbay Harbor Fest will celebrate its fourth annual celebration this September with a long list of exciting additions, beginning with the first ever poster competition. The contest is free to…
Third Annual
For the third year running, the FARMS Community Kitchen will host a free weekly showing of a baker’s dozen of documentary films that compellingly make the case that all of us should pay a lot more…
The Harbor Theatre
“American Sniper,” is the story of Chris Kyle, U.S. Navy SEAL and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history. Kyle serves four tours of Iraq with only one mission:…
On Saturday, Feb. 28, Lincoln County Spark is hosting its third annual SnowBall and Silent Auction to raise funds and awareness for Lincoln County Animal Shelter.
This semi-formal event will…
Future editions of Paul Betit's mystery-suspense series, featuring U.S. Army CID investigator John Murphy, will carry a distinctive logo on its copyright page and back cover, that of imprint…
River Arts in Damariscotta, is inviting artists to submit work for its upcoming “Artists’ Choice” exhibition. Submissions in any media, sculpture and fine crafts are welcome. Work can be…
Alison Evans and Chris Fritz have entered their new ceramics business in a contest being offered by FedEx Corp. The global shipping company will award grants, valued at from $5,000 to the grand…
Resurgence Dance Company
Dancers have to dance.
The challenge for dancers ages 18 and older is finding a studio or company to dance with.
Ashley Steeves loves to dance, to create and to dream.
Although…
With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…
It was standing room only by 7 p.m. for the Feb. 10 Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools concert, which took place in the BRHS auditorium.
Performing was the BRES 6thgrade band, the…
On Sunday, Feb. 15, Peter Cook, a spinner, weaver and college professor, will examine the cultural significance of handspinning and spinning wheels throughout…
Savory Maine in Damariscotta announces its February music line up composed of musicians playing every Thursday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
On Feb. 12, singer-songwriter Gary…
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Feb. 20 kicks off the winter Open Mic series at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor.
New to the Opera House board of directors, high school student Sam Betts will be organizing this year's…
Maine institutions and individuals are getting on the bandwagon to divest their portfolios from fossil fuels. To join with others around the world and celebrate Global Divestment Day “Vittles and…
Call for Artists
The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust (CELT) announced on Feb. 4 that it has begun accepting artist submissions for Paint for Preservation 2015, the organization’s eighth annual juried Wet Paint Auction…
The second talk in the Lincoln County Historical Association’s Winter Lecture Series, originally scheduled for Feb. 8, was postponed due to predictions of snow. Don…
Bob Ludwig, owner of Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, won three Grammys at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday night.
Ludwig, who previously had won seven Grammys during his 46-year…
Film Review
The sound of gunfire, shouting, exploding grenades — this is the soundtrack of the soldier. It is a soundtrack that accompanies them home, ingrained in memory, along with visuals they may wish…
Call for Artists
The Harlow Gallery and Johnson Hall invite Maine artists to submit work for an art exhibition opening Friday, April 10 at Johnson Hall, located at 280 Water Street in Gardiner.
The…
Monhegan Residencies
Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency. The submission guidelines have been significantly changed recently to be more inclusive, according to a news release.
The…
“Ladies and Gentlemen — The Beatles!”
It was Feb. 9, 1964, and Ed Sullivan barely got the Fab Four’s name out before the audience went into a screaming frenzy.
Millions of Americans…
Nick Erickson is doing something many have dreamed about, but for any number of reasons, never did.
Eri…
On Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m., the Boothbay Railway Village will host an illustrated talk about the 38th voyage of the Charles W. Morgan. …
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) announced Feb. 4 that due to a burst pipe, the Round Top Coffee House for February and March has been canceled.
For more information: 207-563-1393,…
At The Harbor Theatre
“The Imitation Game”: In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to crack Nazi…
Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. in Friendship
Kat Logan of Friendship will be offering a workshop on Saturday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on creating art using your intuition.
“Creating with Spirit,” will introduce participants to a…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is hosting pastel artist Jan Roberson at The First, N.A. bank, now through March.
Roberson lives nestled in the woods on the shores of Quahog Bay in…
Violinist Ronald Lantz and pianist Laura Kargul return for another Valentine’s Day concert at the Opera House with music of the Romantic period. Their focus will be on great composers who harbored…
Come Tuesday, June 23, we'll be seeing visiting SchoonersAmerican Eagle, Heritage, Alert and Bowdoin, along with local schooners Eastwind, Lazy Jack sailing in Linekin…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Corinne McIntyre, a professional plein air and studio painter based in East Boothbay, finds her happiness painting by the sea.
McIntyre originally studied and…
Thirty Midcoast youths (grades 3-8) will perform “The Neverending Story” this weekend.
This Heartwood/AOS93 collaboration will be presented at the Parker B. Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“The Imitation Game” is an historical thriller about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing, portrayed by Benedict…
It’s January and the time of The Boneheads and The Holy Mackerels midwinter reunion at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor is on the horizon.
Throughout the evening the two groups are…
From its beginning in 2007, when 10 founders used their homes for collateral to purchase 128 acres of pristine coastal land in Boothbay, the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has…
The Poet’s Corner
It is midwinter and a luminous full moon rises above the forest and clearing a short distance from where I’m sitting.
Looking out into the misty quiet of the frost-filled forest, a wolf’s…
The Poet’s Corner
After the poetry reading,
they smile,
flirt,
turn away from each other
as the left sleeve of
his brown leather jacket
and the right sleeve of
her…
Live Theater
Thirty Midcoast students, grades three through eight, are spending their winter afternoons in rehearsal for a one-act version of “The Neverending Story,” based on the novel by Michael Ende,…
Bright, bold statements of color enliven the walls of the restaurant as part of The Art at The Damariscotta River Grill series. The exhibit, opening Tuesday, Jan. 27, is the culmination of “The…
Call to Artists
River Arts in Damariscotta seeks artists to submit work for its upcoming “Black, White & Tones of Grey” exhibition by Saturday, Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. The opening reception is scheduled for Friday…
River Arts
River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting the public to the opening reception for “Black, White and Tones of Grey” exhibition on Friday, Jan. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. The show includes 100 artworks by…
‘Round Town
There is a mural in the old school house (Lions Club) on Lakeview Road painted by Lonny Sisson.
Lion Harry Pinkham said the building was purchased from the local school system in 1960, and…
The Harbor Theatre
“Into the Woods” is a modern twist on several of the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales, the film intertwines the plots of a few choice stories and exploring the…
Maine State Music Theater (MSMT) is thrilled to announce “Sister Act” as the second show of the much-anticipated 57th season.
The show run will be June 24 to July 11.
“‘Sister Act’…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center and Studio Theatre of Bath (STB) present a 35th anniversary production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” by Tennessee Williams. Performances are April 10-12 and 17-19…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will accept artwork from member artists via email chocolatechurchartscenter@gmail.com before Jan. 26. Work…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Beginning Feb. 1, the Lincoln County Historical Association will sponsor a series of lectures about Mainers and their relationship to their land in Colonial times. The presentations begin at 1 p.m…
Noel Arrington and Gabe Tonon sing the songs of country greats including Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Billy Joe Shaver, Hal Ketchum, Leroy Parnell, Marty Stuart and Mark Collie.
Songs of…
The Kennebec Valley Art Association invites artists to submit artwork to Art2015, the 20th annual juried show at the Harlow Gallery in Hallowell. Art2015 is open to all Maine artists and to any…
