Brent McHale, horticulturist and lighting designer for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG), gave a lecture on lighting design, installation and safety at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library…
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Dozens of community members gathered Saturday, Nov. 4, at pier one to construct Boothbay Harbor’s 900-plus buoy tree.
Eric Gimbel, Jay Quinn and Ren Jones began installation of the wood…

Rick Dickinson is the featured artist at the Southport Memorial Library in November and December.
Dickinson grew up in West Sand Lake, a small town in upstate New York, where he first…

The Pemaquid Art Gallery is closed for the season in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, but the Gallery has a new website. Selections of the work of all…

“My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories,” playing Nov 10, 11 and 12 at The Public Theatre in Lewiston, is the amazing tale of the brains, heart and courage it took for a gentle kindergarten…

Boothbay Region High School drama students will present four performances of “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9, 10 and 11 in the BRHS auditorium.
Directed by…
Calling all Midcoast writers! Join us at the Merry Barn for the Nov. 9 Sounding Board featuring Matt Cost. 5:30 p.m. - Gathering and refreshments; 6-8 p.m. - Readings and feedback
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For nearly two decades Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House has been transformed each December with a display of dozens of gingerbread houses and castles, cabins and camps and more. The exhibit…

For the second year, the Mini-Seahawks have had an outstanding football season with it all coming to an end on Saturday for their championship game. To celebrate the little bruisers, Brady’s…

The Waldo Theatre proudly presents the Maine Premiere of “FULL CIRCLE,” the spinal cord injury documentary spotlighting snowboarder Trevor Kennison and Alpinist Barry Corbet on Friday,…

The holiday season is upon us! Don’t miss out on grabbing a gift card at 10% off during Damariscotta’s annual Early Bird Sale. And the ’stache is back in an Italian murder mystery and Agatha…

A local favorite in the region, The School Street Band which hails from Augusta, will rock the Boothbay Playhouse, Saturday, Nov. 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. The performance is part of the Fall Starlight…
River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta will be filling its rooms with original art and fine craft for a special holiday year-end show. All artists are invited to submit their work in person until the…

“Killers of the Flower Moon” - (R; 3 hours, 26 minutes) - Already being touted as an Oscar front runner in all categories- cinematography, directing (Scorsese) acting (Di Caprio…

When our favorite Bates College professor and classic film consultant, Dr. Jon Cavallero and I began talking about the theme of this year’s classic series, “The Great Directors,” we, of course,…

Paul Lorrain, who grew up in Boothbay Harbor, was an outstanding high school basketball player, served in the Army during the Vietnam War, and once was involved with a marijuana smuggling business…

The Everyman Repertory Radio Theatre will bring a radio dramatization of “Dracula” to the Strand Theatre stage in Rockland on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. This live show will feature a cast of 10…

It just may be time to settle down with a magical or frightening book or film, or two, in the comfort of home. With the week before Halloween, or Samhain for we pagans out there, upon us the time…

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy present their 21st collaborative production in LA’s Poe…

“Joan Baez I Am A Noise” - (NR; 1 hour, 49 minutes) - Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, but a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer…

Lincoln County Television is pleased to announce a new Special titled “Soccer Memories” featuring the Lincoln Academy 1987 State Championship soccer team who were lauded at this year’s Homecoming…




Waldoboro fiber artist Laura McNelly will be showing her work in the River Room at River Arts Gallery beginning Thursday, Oct 26. There will be an opening reception Saturday, Oct. 28 from 2 to 4 p…

“Killers of the Flower Moon” - (R; 3 hours, 26 minutes) - At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the…
What does a Welsh slate mine in World War II have to do with home antiques? More than many might think, according to museum collections expert Barbara Moore. Moore gave a talk at Boothbay Region…

Join Morgan Mitchell, Creatress and Flowcilitator, at The Merry Barn for a series of Creative Flow Circles, this fall and winter.
Creative Flow Circles provide a supportive and imaginative…


In 1998, Dan and Mary Kaler opened Kaler's Restaurant in the Maine Trading Post building in Boothbay Harbor. It quickly became a favorite and well-known restaurant for locals and tourists alike…
Thirteen students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb had their writing published in the most recent issue of Epoch, a creative magazine developed by Skidompha Library and edited…

River Arts presents an exciting new show, “Artist’s Choice” in the main gallery. Juror, Melanie Essex, selected the artworks in this varied and engaging exhibition. “Artist’s Choice” runs Oct. 17…

Maine native Scott Moreau brings his hit one-man musical “Late and Alone: An Intimate Evening with Johnny Cash” to the Lincoln Theater on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m…

It’s that time of year ... time for spine-tingling occurrences that stop you in your tracks ... the sudden cry of a raven, the call of a barred owl in the dark of night ... the howl of a…

“The Origin of Evil” - (R; 2 hours, 3 minutes, In French w/ English subtitles) - When Stéphane gets in touch with wealthy Serge, announcing that she is his long-abandoned…

Harbor Theater’s new season of the much-admired Exhibition on Screen art series opens this Friday. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit (on screen) the most significant recent exhibitions of world-…

Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery is featuring paintings and collages by Alna artist Jon Luoma, through Nov. 3 in a show entitled “Lands and Waters.”
Luoma is well known for his stunning…

“She Came To Me” - (R; 1 hour, 42 minutes) - This film is a truly modern romantic comedy, a multi-generational love story set against the iconic backdrop of New York: A composer…

Boston’s Berklee College of Music was on Sophia Scott’s short list of post-secondary possibilities before she attended its five-week intensive summer program, Music Aspire, July 8-Aug. 12. And on…

Theater at Monmouth On Tour will bring their innovative approach to Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” to the Strand Theatre stage with a performance on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The show is suitable for…

As we are moving into the cooler season, gallery hours are changing. Until Oct.15 Mathias Fine Art is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. and by appointment.…

Jerry Farnham returns for another book signing of “Red Sky at Night” at Sherman’s Book Store, 5 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Portland-based singer-songwriter Jenny Van West will take the stage on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. as part of “Music at the Merry Barn: Celebrating the Intersection of Story and Song.”…

Diana Kerr of Kerr-Jones Gallery in East Boothbay was ARTinME juror for the first "large format" show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation. Kerr chose Carol Wiley’s abstract, “E=Mc2” as Best In Show…

This weekend brings us Friday the 13th. What better film to hit the big screen than “The Origin of Evil,” a delicious family-fortune thriller from award winning French director, Sébastien Marnier…

On Saturday, Oct. 21, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus will perform their annual public concert at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road in Brunswick.
That concert will feature the…

“Golda” - (PG13; 1 hour, 40 minutes) - “Golda” is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen…

Sue Goard grew up in upstate New York, and was brought up by parents with a really strong work ethic. “My dad was born in 1928 and was selling magazines on the street by the time he was five! “…

The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is thrilled to announce The Sounding Board, a monthly gathering for writers of all abilities to celebrate the creativity inspired by the Midcoast and share work in…