Lectures and Conferences

Chats With Champions
Jen Atkinson

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…

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…
Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) presents a talk by author Amy Truesdell at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta on March 2 at 6 p.m. Truesdell will discuss her new book, “From…
Lincoln Theater
“Talking Food in Maine: Intimate Conversations,” is back Thursday, Feb. 16 with special guest Mary Allen Lindemann, co-founder of Coffee By Design. Join host Cherie…

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” - (NR; 1 hour, 57 minutes) - Oscar Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Laura Poitras, “All the…

Lincoln County’s history is full of stories of valor, civic leaders, and enterprising community builders. But the area’s history was also shaped by thieves, murderers, ladies of the night, and…

“Getting Onboard,” a collaboration between Midcoast Conservancy and ecologist Janet McMahon, will be held at the Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro on…

A common thread that binds the three talks selected for this year’s LCHA Winter Lecture Series is that each speaker has delved deeply into Maine history to learn about certain communities of its…

New Hope Midcoast, Midcoast Maine’s only comprehensive domestic violence resource center, will host a free Domestic Violence Roundtable Discussion from 9 a.m.to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at the…

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors to their campus during Maine Craft Weekend from Sept. 30 through Oct. 2. Guests will have the opportunity to meet Watershed artists-in-…

Rob Dumas
Lincoln Theater is pleased to be kicking off its third season of Talking Food in Maine: Intimate Conversations, with their first guest of the 2022-23 season, Thursday Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. This…
Camden Conference
Sara Rademaker

The Camden Conference, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, presents Sara Rademaker, founder of American Unagi, LLC on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.

The global eel business can…

Join us Wednesday, Sept. 7 for an exclusive look at Villard Studios’ latest educational tool, “The Art Cart.” Through this creation, we continue to work towards the preservation of the…
Harbor Theater

Phil Grabsky, director of the popular Exhibition on Screen art films shown at Harbor Theater, and his co-director Shoaib Sharifi, have just won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (…

Join us on the library lawn at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 to hear author Gerry Hawes discuss his book, “The Albatross.”

As a boy, Hawes dreamed that he…

This week we bring you a special one night only presentation of the documentary film “Art is Not A Solace,” welcoming artist Alan Magee and filmmaker David Berez to our stage for a talkback…

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There’s something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…

Salt Bay Chamberfest
Jennifer Koh

A concert starring Grammy-winning violinist Jennifer Koh will highlight the final week of this year’s Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), an annual chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta. The…

Harbor Theater

Several of us from Harbor Theater went to see the iconic “Chinatown” (1974) at the recent Maine International Film Festival (MIFF) in Waterville and were “blown away” by what a great…

Kefauver Studio & Gallery
Food journalist Kathy Gunst

Round Table Productions presents the second in its series of “Writers’ Workshops” with a presentation by award-winning food journalist Kathy Gunst. The workshop will be held in the Barn Loft…

ORONO —The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how forest management practices may affect ticks and tick-borne disease on…

This year’s classes at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset are surely a call…

We hope you will join us this week as we welcome Kate McAleer, owner and founder of Bixby Chocolate, a women-owned family business located in Rockland. Bixby Chocolate is creating confections with…

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…

Amber Lambke
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…
Harbor Theater

For “Rear Window,” our second film in this year’s classic “Best of Hitchcock” movie series, we are fortunate to have Jonathan J. Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen…

Boothbay Railway Village Museum

Unlike during Prohibition, whiskey - and history - lovers attending Boothbay Railway Village Museum’s first Speakeasy Night at the Museum Nov. 13 won’t need to know a special knock or password to…

Wiscasset Public Library

Horror author Greg Smith will present a lighthearted, interactive discussion of how and why horror literature thrills, provokes and entertains at Wiscasset Public Library on Wednesday, Oct. 27…

“When I’m in the mountains, life is so incredibly simple. After a big climb you appreciate everything,” says climber Marc-André Leclerc. “The Alpinist,” opening at Lincoln Theater this Friday, is…

“The Lost Leonardo” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 36 minutes) - The inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost…

Jane Dahmen and Cherie Scott

“Talking Art in Maine” and “Talking Food in Maine,” both part of Lincoln Theater’s Intimate Conversations series, return this September live on stage.  These one…

Lincoln County Historical Association

Susan Jerome’s talk “my fingers on the canvas move….” will explore how samplers are an expression of American culture and folklore

Lincoln County Historical…

Buzz Masters

In “Lost and Found,” the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, three Maine artists express their joys and frustrations with the world about them. The results are intricate…

There’s a fascinating story behind the current exhibit of early 20th century photos at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Old Jail in Wiscasset, and Kevin Johnson is a key figure in it.…

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…

Laurie Chandler

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…

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…

Historian Heather Cox Richardson

Historian Heather Cox Richardson, a summer visitor, whose roots in Bristol date back to colonial days, will participate in an online  Community Conversation on "To Filibuster or Not to…

The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust is pleased to welcome Professor Aram Calhoun from the University of Maine for an online lecture on Thursday, May 20 at 6 p.m. Join us to learn about vernal pools,…

Spring has arrived on the Boothbay peninsula and our local vernal pools are a flurry of activity. These seasonal bodies of water are a desirable place for some species of frogs, salamanders and…

Discover fascinating facts about the spiders in your backyard! The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) welcomes Dana Wilde, author of A Backyard Book of Spiders in Maine, to speak about Maine’s…

Protecting and understanding the remarkable birds that live in our state is increasingly important in a changing climate. On Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m., the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT)…

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature author D. Dauphinee at 10 a.m., Monday, April 12. Dauphinee, author of “When You Find My Body, The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay…

The Frances Perkins Center (FPC) in Newcastle will present its seventh annual Public Policy Forum, Conscience and Courage: Frances Perkins and Dr. Feng Shan Ho, focusing on immigration and refugee…

Kennebec Estuary Land Trust

With warmer temperatures on the way and more time spent outdoors, it is important to think about protecting yourself against ticks! On Thursday, April 1 at 6 p.m., Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (…

Camden Conference

The Camden Conference and Belfast Free Library will present “Frozen Obsession” Monday, March 15 at 6 p.m. before it airs on PBS later this year.

This film documents the 18-day, 2,000-mile…

Been seeing lots of unusual finches this winter? Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom presentation about our northern finch winter visitors on Thursday, March…

Louise Nevelson

On Thursday, March 25, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present an online lecture by writer, art historian, and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson entitled “Empress of the Environment: Louise Nevelson at a…

Author Lara Tupper always starts with place when beginning a new novel or short story. Coming up in real life, the place will be Print: A Book Store in Portland, virtually on Zoom on March 25 at 7…