The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) announces a call for artists for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2023 season. The Pemaquid Gallery will open for Memorial Day…
Culture
“80 for Brady” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 38 minutes) - This film was inspired by the true story of four best friends living life to the fullest when they take a wild trip to the 2017…
On Saturday, April 8 at 2 p.m., just in time for Easter, the Harbor Theater presents “Peter Rabbit 2: the…
“Champions” - (PG13; 2 hours, 3 minutes) – One week only! - The story follows Marcus Markovich (Woody Harrelson), who coaches a minor-league basketball team in the hopes of one…
On March 22, Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) hosted Owls of Maine to a full room of land trust members at Oak Point Farm. The program was presented by Chewonki science educator, Colleen Moureaux…
River Arts in Damariscotta proudly presents the artwork of Christine Aston in a solo show in the River Room. With a public reception on April 8 from 2 to 4 p.m., this captivating display runs from…
The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime…
Waldo Theatre
The Waldo Theatre is excited to announce registration for our 2023 Summer Theatre Camp program for grades 3-6 in July. Campers will learn valuable theatre arts skills in acting, performance, and…
Forty years ago, the first Maine Maple Sunday was held celebrating a process and product colonists learned from Native Americans here in the Northeast. Before the colonists arrived with their iron…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Boothbay Region Art Foundation is hosting the first Maine Photographers Showcase exhibition running from Saturday, April 1 through Friday, May 5. This invitational show replaces the juried Maine…
“Maybe I Do” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 35 minutes) – Final shows - An award-winning cast - Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey and William H. Macy -…
The Merry Barn’s March Community Literacy Event, on Saturday, March 25, is a celebration of Maine Maple Weekend. Join us from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. as we take part in a beloved Maine tradition,…
“Emily” - (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) - The film imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother,…
The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime…
While Sheepscot Valley’s Narrow Gauge usually brings the passengers to the station, this month WW&F brought a station to the passengers.
The Railway is renovating its Sheepscot Station…
In the final talk of Lincoln County Historical Association’s winter lecture series, Vana Carmona, a descendent of early Maine slaveholders, will share stories of individual enslaved people and…
Sarah Gladu of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust and cellist Wilhelmina Smith of Salt Bay Chamberfest are offering an online program at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 to explore the…
The Merry Barn’s final Hygge of the season comes on the eve of spring, Sunday, March 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.
To usher this season forward we’ll be making spring fairies, to coax out the…
River Arts is pleased to announce the juror for the next show, “Storm,” will be Maine artist and educator Jillian Herrigel. Artists may submit works for selection to the Damariscotta gallery…
“Women Talking” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - Oscar winner: Best Adapted Screenplay - Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community…
The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), performs music by composers who are “Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew” in concert on March 18, 7 p.m., Lewiston at the Riverfront Performing Arts/…
After closing 10 months ago, acquiring a new owner and four months of improvements, the Thistle Inn restaurant will open its doors on March 31, according to owner Jenny Chen who said diners will…
“Emily” - (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) - Emily covers the years leading up to Brontë writing her novel, which is about cruel and haunted characters who play devastating games with…
Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Drama Club and student artists garnered several awards and recognitions at the 2023 Maine Drama Festival regional competition held March 10-11 at Camden Hills…
Lincoln Theater
A new documentary is hitting the big screen in recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History month. Exhibition on Screen presents “Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman,”…
The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime…
The Waldo Theatre
The Waldo Theatre is proud to announce registration for NOW More Than Ever: a day of films, conversations, learning, and opportunities for women of all ages. The goal is to create an opportunity…
The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) announces a call for new members for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2023 season.
The gallery has been in operation for 95…
The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and area businesses are promoting a St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration.
Starting on Friday, March 17, Robinson’s Wharf on Southport will…
In “Women Talking,” opening Friday at Lincoln Theater, writer and director Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews’s novel into a timely political parable with a stellar ensemble cast that includes…
All community friends are invited to a warm send off filled with extraordinary performances and a lot of laughs at a Concert and Roast at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 12 in the Sanctuary of the Boothbay…
The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee is delighted to honor the over 50 years of cumulative service of past presidents and members, Julie Babb and Carol Smith.
Both were honored…
“Women Talking” - (PG13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - It’s rare to see a film where dialogue is the centerpiece but “Women Talking,” adapted by writer-director Sarah Polley from Miriam…
Chats With Champions
Skidompha Library Chats with Champions is proud to present Attorney Jennifer Atkinson on Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. Atkinson will speak about…
Southport Memorial Library welcomes West Harbor-based artist Hilary Bartlett as its Artist of the Month in March and April.
Bartlett is an endlessly fascinating scientist-artist –…
Where It’s At
For the first time since the pandemic, the annual Mainely Nude show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (originally the What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor show established by Patricia Royall) fans of…
The Waldo and King Eider’s Pub are excited to announce the nation’s premier U2 tribute act, Massachusetts-based The Joshua Tree will be live at The Waldo on Saturday,March 11 at 7:30 p.m. just in…
A $1,000 check from the Webster Beal Student Music Fund was handed to Nataleigh Blackman on Wednesday, March 1 to help with her upcoming trip to compete in a national singing competition at Pigeon…
The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta on Monday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Theater, with a…
The plot of 1962’s “The Manchurian Candidate” revolved around a communist plan to assassinate the American President. When, a year later, after that event actually occurred, the film was pulled…
In spite of a snow storm every other day, community lunches were well attended on Feb. 20 and 27 and fell on days in between storms! Unfortunately, yours truly was…
Handbells, according to https://handbells.org.uk, originated in England during the 1700s. Moving forward a few centuries, many a young girl first heard…
“Community Writes with Kelsy could not have come at a better time for me. I needed playful, trustworthy, skilled and encouraging support to move me and my writing…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is presenting a line-up of music to chase away winter and welcome spring this March. From Ireland’s shores, to the best of the Midcoast, each upcoming weekend holds…
River Arts in Damariscotta presents “4 Perspectives” for the month of March in the River Room. A group of four artists, who create works in a variety of media including ink, assemblage,…
Before author Brandon Ying Kit Boey settled in Maine, he worked as a child actor, intern at Marvel, investment banker, and lawyer, with the one constant occupation being writing.…
In case you missed the January Mainebiz article, for the first time since summer 1974 in Boothbay Harbor, there will not be a schooner owned by Herb and Doris Smith or their son and…
This week: final shows for “The Whale;” opening Friday, “Women Talking;” Classic Film Series presents “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962); and the Exhibition On Screen: Mary Cassatt.
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