Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg, who attended Boothbay Region Elementary School and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 2015, recently received the Iain…
Culture
I was watching a junco and young blue jay vying for seed from the feeder (the jay won – big surprise) out my kitchen window the other morning. I started thinking about all of the local artists who…
Where it’s at
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the art of Tony van Hasselt and the man himself since I learned of his passing. I remember talking with Tony and his wife Jan at Studio 53 last fall. He’d…
The Windjammer Days Festival Committee invites Boothbay Region Student Artists to submit a design for this year’s official Windjammer Days T-shirt. Please consider what your artwork will look like…
Downsizing, moving, or just need to clean out? Donate to Maine State Music Theatre’s Amazing Technicolor Yard Sale! All proceeds benefit MSMT and donations are tax-deductible.
New or…
We are excited to be bringing “Drive My Car” to the big screen this Friday - Adapted from a short story by acclaimed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami for the screen by one of Japan’s most exciting…
Photographer Josh Howe has spent the last two years fulfilling a decade-long passion for photography by selling notecards featuring his work. His subjects include scenics, wildlife and rural life…
Twenty-four U.S. counties are named Lincoln, according to e-Reference Desk; 16 are named after the 16th President Abraham Lincoln. Maine is one of seven not named after the “Great Emancipator.”…
“The Velvet Queen” - (In French with English subtitles; NR, 1 hour, 32 minutes) - These cold winter days are a perfect time to sit in our warm theater and escape to another world…
The Harbor Theater in the Meadow Mall is closed today, Friday, Feb. 4 due to weather.
For a few decades, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine has been delivering messages of love from Brunswick to Bristol for Valentine’s Day. This year on Monday, Feb. 14 the Chorus…
Lincoln County Historical Association’s annual Winter Lecture Series features two talks in February that focus on Black people in the history of our state. On Feb. 10, Historian Bob Green will…
River Arts in Damariscotta re-opens on Saturday, Feb. 5 with a spectacular show of artwork created by some of the River Arts’ volunteers. This River Room show honors the dedication and hard work…
Lincoln Theater
The year’s most inventive animated adventure is coming to Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater this Friday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. “Flee,” from Danish writer and director, Jonas…
It takes a truly remarkable film to be considered a “triple threat” come Oscar season, and that’s just what we have this Friday with “FLEE” coming to the Lincoln Theater big screen. This unique…
Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum
There’s always a whole lot of work going on behind the scenes at Alna’s Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum, but over the past two years a replica of coach #3 has been taking…
“Spider Man: No Way Home” – (PG-13, 2 hours, 28 minutes) - For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed,…
It’s January in Maine. Along with winds off the water, icy sidewalks and the…
Harbor Theater will be closed Saturday because of a blizzard.
Driving conditions will be hazardous…
Here in the Boothbay Region when we hear “Mumbai to Maine,” we immediately think of Mumbai native Cherie Scott who has been our friend and neighbor these past 14 years. We recall the exciting…
The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine are taking orders for Singing Valentines for Monday, Feb. 14. The Nor’easters, clad in tuxedos, will appear at the designated location, to sing…
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing Brahms’ delightful “Liebeslieder Waltzes” (Love Song Waltzes). Published in 1870 and setting the poetry of…
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” - (PG-13, 2 hours 28 minutes) - For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed,…
Maine Arts Commission has awarded Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery $8,700 in support of the Commission’s goal of strengthening the state’s creative workforce. The matching grant will enable the…
A timeless classic is re-imagined this Friday in the new adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” written for the screen and directed by four-time Oscar winner Joel Coen. According to David Rooney…
Harbor Theater’s Classic Film Series
Harbor Theater’s Classic Film Series, ‘Hitchcock’s Best,” continues with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly playing cat and mouse on the French Riviera! What could be better to get in the mood for…
The monumental weekend dedicated to rewarding and celebrating student-driven musical theater programs happened online and in-person January 14-16, 2022, in Atlanta. At the festival, each…
Well, we’ve waited and waited, and now it’s finally here – “West Side Story” opens at Lincoln Theater this Friday! Director Steven Spielberg displays his natural talents in his first ever musical…
Heartwood Theater is casting roles for both new actors and performers who have already worked with Heartwood, for a springtime production of "Chalk Garden," by Enid Bagnold.
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“The Tragedy of Macbeth” - (R violence; 1 hour, 45 minutes) - Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand give Oscar-worthy performances in Joel Coen’s dark adaptation of Shakespeare’…
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and The Color Network (TCN) are partnering for a second year to offer an artist residency focused on mentor-mentee relationship building among artists of…
Salt Bay Chamberfest
Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), the highly regarded and popular chamber-music festival held annually in Damariscotta, has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive…
Join us in February for a three-day adventure exploring Stories and Games from Around the World. We’ll start with an up-close look at the storytelling tradition. Before moving across the world, we…
Boothbay and Boothbay Harbor sweep the vote. In conjunction with Gardens Aglow, in early November, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens invited Boothbay peninsula community members with a home or…
Goose River Press is pleased to announce the publication of the 19th annual Goose River Anthology on Dec 15, 2021.
Featuring over 80 talented writers, from all parts of the country, the …
Sheepscot Chorus begins rehearsals on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 28 High St. in Wiscasset. We'll be rehearsing in the sanctuary, so there will be ample room…
Harbor Theater
The Exhibition on Screen popular art film series continues in January with “The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gauguin.” The film shows on Friday, Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. (one show only). Tickets are $…
Maine is leading the pack in many areas of food innovation, and it’s no surprise there are some incredible women leading the charge. In our second season of “Talking Food…
Bob Crink’s photography show, ‘People and Places on the Peninsula,’ may be viewed from Jan. 11 through February in the…
This week we bring you an eye-opening documentary that peers into the state of American courage. “Truth Tellers,” playing for two screenings only is a film by Maine filmmaker Richard Kane focusing…
“Being the Ricardos” – (R – language; 2 hours 5 minutes) - Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking personal accusations, a political smear and…
River Arts in Damariscotta is temporarily closed. Because of the current pandemic surge in our region, the decision has been made that in order to protect the health of our artists, volunteers,…
The Maine Photography Show
Photographers across the state are submitting work they hope will be selected for the 17th Maine Photography Show slated for April 9 through May 2 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation and online at…
In anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater is pleased to bring “Truth Tellers,” to the big screen Thursday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 14 at 2 p.m. A…
Andre Benoit will begin the 2022 Artist of the Month series at the Southport Memorial Library with his abstract assemblages through the months of January and February.
Benoit creates wooden…
The day-to-day work of a Maine Forest Ranger can include dangling from a helicopter rescuing a hiker on a remote peak, using infrared technology to search for wildfires, or patrolling a large…
Did you know, if you happen to own a garlic press, you have Julia Child to thank? Following on her best-selling cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” and her popular series on public…
“West Side Story” – (PG-13; 2 hours, 36 minutes) - Steven Spielberg joined with writer Tony Kushner to produce a new script, keeping all the familiar songs (music by Leonard Bernstein,…
All of Boothbay Harbor’s finest society showed up for the third annual Southport New Year’s at Brady’s Friday night, Dec. 31 to celebrate the coming new year with the famed Lighted Lobster Trap…
Where It’s At
New Year’s Eve. Regardless of where you are or go, as the midnight hour approaches TVs will be tuned in to Times Square, New York City to watch the ball drop and raise their champagne (or other…
