Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington (WW&F) Railway in Alna will begin its summer schedule this Saturday, July 3.
The historic narrow gauge railway’s Sheepscot Valley Steam Train offers…
Culture
Ocean Point Inn is delighted to offer guests of the Inn and Boothbay region children two sea glass workshops for ages 7 and up by Ocean Point artist, Kim Kruger.…
Windjammer Days event Artists’ Alley will be in the Whale Park Friday, July 2 - rain or shine - from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are 12 artists coming from all over New England to participate. A…
The partnership between Tall Ships of America and Friends of Windjammer Days brought Spirit of Bermuda, Privateer Lynx, and Nao Santa Maria to Boothbay Harbor, June 25-27. …
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will kick off the 2021 summer season with a sale on July 9-11 featuring a splendorous collection of Old Master paintings, carousel figures, and decorative…
Eva McDermott’s “National Parks: A Photographic Journey” exhibit consists of color and black and white images featuring some of our western National Parks captured on film and digitally. The show…
Mushroom expert Greg Marley will present an online workshop titled “Bewildering Bolete Mushrooms: So many, and challenging to learn” on Thursday, July 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The boletes…
Studio 53 Fine Art
Belfast painter David Estey and Lincolnville painter/sculptor Jack Silverio have repeat solo exhibits at Studio 53 with 20 recent paintings and 20 paintings and 3 sculptures, respectively. The…
A fleet of majestic, historic windjammers will set sail for Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Sunday, June 27 through Saturday, July 3. This will follow the Tall Ships Festival June 25-27,…
This Friday, June 25, marks another step in our re-opening. While we will continue with our current pandemic procedures for matinees (masks required, advance tickets only, etc.) starting with…
The first Wiscasset Art Walk (WAW) of the 2021 season is set for Thursday, June 24, 5 - 8 p.m. Galleries…
“Where are the art classes?” Kathy Faass would ask every time she and husband Mike visited the Midcoast. The Georgia resident wanted to move to Maine for years. “I grew up on Long Island and my…
It has to be fun, or Kathleen Fox won’t do it.
This philosophy has defined the last few decades of Fox’s journey as an artist. She explained, “It seems the better time I have, the better…
Maggie Weiss from Bristol, Maine submitted the winning T-shirt design for this year’s Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta. This year’s festival will be Oct. 8-11. Her design was selected from…
After just over two weeks filming in the region, Christophe Herreros and his film crew returned to Paris June 3. They had wrapped up filming “After the Mist Clears” Sunday, May 27 at Hendrick’s…
Beginning now and running through Tuesday, July 13, "Kevin Beers: 25 Years and Counting," new landscapes of Midcoast Maine are offered for sale at Gleason Fine Art, 31 Townsend Ave. in downtown…
As a major component of the Educational Outreach program of the Friends of DaPonte String Quartet (FDSQ), four students of high school age will…
Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author Laurie Chandler at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 8.
Chandler's second book, “Through Woods & Waters, A Solo…
Don't miss the excitement this Windjammer Days! Boothbay's Got Talent is back in 2021 with an online platform for this year's competition. Participants will compete for one of three titles on June…
Damariscotta River Grill
Join us for dinner at “The Grill” Tuesday evening, June 22 for the opening night of our new exhibit showcasing the art of Sandra Crabree, Sandra Leinonen Dunn…
Water’s Edge Restaurant and Bar in Edgecomb is open for the season and Chef Michael Adams is offering up a menu bridging fresh Maine surf and turf and the gastropub setting. After two successful…
Lincoln Theater
The time has come for what may be the movie event of the summer, and you can catch it at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. From the creator of the Broadway hit musical “Hamilton,” comes his first…
Southport artist Ed Parker recent painting “The Beach Yacht Zephyr” was chosen to be included in the National juried show “Connected Land & Sea” at The Copley Society, Boston.
The…
On Saturday, July 10, the Second Congregational Church will host a non-juried Craft Show from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Local artisans will be displaying and selling their wares in the church parking area on…
“LCCT presents: Women in Jeopardy!” - In this riotous comedy, middle-aged mom Liz has a new man. And let’s face it … he’s just plain creepy. When a mysterious disappearance sets the community on…
A new feature for Wiscasset Art Walk 2021 is Picnics-To-Go, to stave off hunger while enjoying everything the evening’s event has to offer.
Village restaurants – Sarah’s Café, Treats and…
Wiscasset Art Walk’s pop-up Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., will be hosting emerging artist Seth Bond Perry during the Thursday, June 24 evening, from 5-8 p.m. The artist will be in the gallery…
The parade of sails at Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor is a wonderful event to photograph and this year it will be on the early afternoon of Wednesday, June 30. Seeing the majestic Maine…
All of the artists in this Maine Art Gallery show that opens on June 12 have a connection with well-known Maine artist John Lorence. The show, originally scheduled for 2020, evolved during a…
“Anybody who comes to the Maine coast I think falls in love immediately.”
After almost four decades in western New York, photographer Lois Glaser and her husband thought they were done when…
Shasta. Airstream. Teardrop. Serro Scotty.
The Vintage Camper Jamboree drew them all – and more - to Shore Hills Campground on Route 27 in Boothbay for a seventh year.
The campers,…
Hundreds upon hundreds of flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs were donated by 24 local gardeners to support the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library through the biannual plant sale held June 5. It…
Carlo Albucci was a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He painted ironic, iconic, surreal and comic events sometimes all together, sometimes one at a time. In all ways they are fun to look…
Maine Art Gallery
Now the fun begins! There are just a few days left in which to browse the Maine Art Gallery’s online auction and make bids. The art has been donated by artists and collectors for the purpose of…
Spruce Point Inn Resort and Spa has been freshening up all the digs ahead of the 2021 season. New restaurant Whiteclover in particular will be a draw for guests and locals said General Manager Gil…
The Tall Ships Festival in Boothbay Harbor June 25-27 is happening through a partnership between Friends of Windjammer Days and Tall Ships of America.
It had been scheduled for 2020 by Mark…
Mushroom expert Greg Marley will present an online workshop titled “Bewildering Bolete Mushrooms: So many, and challenging to learn” on Thursday, July 22, from 6:30-8 p.m.
The boletes are…
Maine State Music Theatre’s (MSMT) collaboration with Portland Stage continues with two co-productions this season – “The Everly Brothers” on July 23-25 at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin…
Live on stage this June
Live performances are continuing to ramp up at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor as summer approaches. Early June sees Portland’s Seth Warner take to the stage, while national touring…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s newly-installed Members’ Show is now on display at One Townsend Avenue; Boothbay Harbor. In this particular exhibit, our area artists have created artwork that…
Nonprofit Action for Animals teamed up with Farm 23 and Footbridge Brewery to raise $1,000 May 29. AFA has only had a pawful of opportunities to have large fundraisers and none until Farm 23 where…
Two classes offered by the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset in June and July are filling up, but a few spaces are still available.
Adeline Godminc-Tronzo will teach a drawing workshop with…
Boothbay's Got Talent is returning for its fifth year with an added competition for our older local youth! Interested in competing in this fun and friendly competition? Come join the fun in this…
Kathleen Thornton and Linda Healy share the spotlight in a two-person show at the River Room at River Arts in Damariscotta on June 3-23. The artists are long-time friends, scientists by training…
The Maine Art Gallery’s first show of the season offers a fine exhibition of 103 works by 33 very talented artists living in Midcoast Maine. Curators Jorge Pena and Colleen Kearney-Graffam asked…
Pemaquid Art Gallery
The Pemaquid Group of Artists has juried nine new artists into membership. John Butke, a Boothbay resident is a locally known oil painter. Gwendolyn Evans of Walpole excels at watercolor painting…
The annual Boothbay Region Y Arts Dance Recital was held in the Boothbay Region YMCA gym Sunday afternoon, May 30. It was a festive, hour-long show put on by 32 young people under the direction of…
A storm builds over the hills. The wind is moving the dark mass over the hills towards the viewer. There are three small structures capped in a bright orange in the meadow. One can imagine a…
“Limbo” - (R; 1 hour, 43 minutes) - A wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their…
