On Tuesday evening, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m., Jackie Mundy will share her compelling writing about “thin places,” places where the presence of God is experienced, perhaps unexpectedly. Mundy’s…
Lectures and Conferences
On Thursday, Aug 22, Talking Trash!, a project created by Mark Ward and Michael Uhl, will present “A Community Forum on Recycling and Trash Disposal in Lincoln County” at 6 p.m. at the Round Top…
The Popham Beach Library is pleased to present Cyndy Carney, executive director of the Friends of Seguin Island Light at the library on Thursday, Aug. 22…
Discover the tiny and impressive organisms that can be found in the billions floating in our coastal waters! Join experts from the Bigelow Laboratory and the Maine Department of Marine Resources…
Maine’s First Ship (MFS) hosts Ken Hamilton for an evening of discussion of the earliest European and Native interactions, from 16th century Jacques Cartier and Basque fishermen to early 17th…
On Monday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Jan Howell Memorial Lecture Series, The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will host an evening program entitled, “The Story of the…
On Monday, Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Jan Howell Memorial Lecture Series, The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will host an evening program entitled, “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What…
Model builder Jon Dunsford will give a talk on the history of building large four-masted schooners at the Windjammer Emporium, 14 Wharf Street, Pier 1, Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m…
When those of us who weren’t yet born think about Apollo 11’s Moon landing on July 20, 1969, I think we imagine a nation waiting with bated breath for Neil Armstrong to emerge from the lunar…
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered animals on the planet, with only around 400 individuals remaining. In the Gulf of Maine, climate change is rapidly reorganizing the…
June 6, 2019 marked the 75th Anniversary of the largest and most successful amphibious landing in history. 156,000 American, British, Canadian and other Allied soldiers landed on the beaches or…
Friends of Colonial Pemaquid
The Monhegan Memorial Library is proud to welcome Lois Lowry in its fourth annual Distinguished Writers Series on Monhegan Island. A two-time Newberry Award Winner, Ms. Lowry is best known for the…
The Specter of Change on the Pemaquid Peninsula: “What the Heart Loved It Keeps” is the programming at The Lincoln Home Monday, July 29 from 3-4 p.m.
Taylor Beattie…
Southport Memorial Library
Douglas Preston worked as a writer and editor for the American Museum of Natural History and taught writing at Princeton University. He has written for The New Yorker, Natural History, National…
The Human Genome Project forever changed the field of biology when it published the first genetic blueprint of a human being in 2000. Today, scientists have expanded upon those methods and are…
Rick Wahle will present “The American Lobster – Poster Child of a Changing Marine Ecosystem” at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 19 in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center.
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The Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and the Midcoast Conservancy invite the public to discover the fascinating lives of the most widespread heron in North America, the great blue heron. Join Danielle…
The good news is that these beautiful summer days are perfect for being outdoors. The bad news is that the Boothbay area has become an epicenter of tick-borne disease. Not just Lyme disease, but…
In May, scientists recorded the highest atmospheric carbon levels in human history. In response to this type of sustained disruption to global climate, scientists around the world are working to…
On Monday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m., The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid begin its 2019 Jan Howell Memorial Lecture Series with an evening program entitled, “The French and Indian Wars: Survival on the…
Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature Arlie Russell Hochschild on Thursday, July 11 at 10 a.m. in the library’s Porter Meeting Hall. Please allow time for parking.
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Laurie LeBar is the curator of history and decorative arts at the Maine State Museum. Join us on Monday, July 15 at The Lincoln Home from 3 to 4 p.m., for Laurie’s PowerPoint presentation showing…
“Maine Creatures Great & Small” lecture series is a collaboration between Kennebec Estuary Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy. The four-part series looks at four organisms important to our…
Boothbay resident Tom Dewey will give a talk, “If Walls Could Talk,” as part of the series, Sweet Stories of Truth and Grace, at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor on Tuesday, June 25 at…
Southport Memorial Library
“The Year Mrs. Cooper Got out More” is the first book in a series of contemporary commercial fiction being written by seasonal Maine resident Meredith Marple. Each book is set in Great Wharf, a…
Join Jean Lawrence at The Lincoln Home on Monday, June 24, from 3 to 4 p.m. to learn about the history of Waldoboro. This midcoast town was settled largely by German emigrants, and their cultural…
Chats With Champions
Noted poet and author Richard Blanco will appear at Lincoln Theater to read from and talk about his newest book of poems, “How to Love a Country,” Tuesday, July 9 at 7 p.m. This special…
On Thursday, June 13 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library and Chats with Champions will have as its speaker, Alex Myers who will speak about his book, “Revolutionary.” It is a fascinating retelling of…
Jeffrey Miller, a master blacksmith and historian from Waldoboro, will demonstrate his trade at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta on Sunday, June 16 from…
HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
“Aladdin” - A thrilling and vibrant live-…
To live in the Boothbay region is to know and appreciate the ocean and waterways that surround our peninsula. These waters sustain our economy, provide recreation and enrichment, and are at the…
Peggy Konitzky, Historic New England’s Midcoast Maine site manager, will take you on a virtual tour of Castle Tucker during a presentation Tuesday, May 28 at 1 p.m. at the Schooner Cove Retirement…
Indivisible-Boothbay
Indivisible-Boothbay, a nonpartisan progressive group, will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 21, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Rotary Building at 66 Montgomery Road in Boothbay Harbor. All…
Friends of Colonial Pemaquid
The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid (FOCP) has announced its summer lineup of events at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor, one of New England’s earliest European…
On Thursday, May 23 at 3 p.m., author Mark Biscoe will present excerpts from his book “No Pluckier Set of Men Anywhere” – families and ships of Damariscotta/Newcastle -- for a portion of an…
Local historian Jerry Wiles will present the first of a two-part history of the Berlin Wall on Monday, May 20, from 2 to 3 p.m. at The Lincoln Home. For almost thirty years the Berlin Wall stood…
On Thursday, May 23 at 4:30 p.m., Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth will present “The Camera Discovers Monhegan: Island Photography from 1859 to 1900” at the Boothbay Region Historical…
The Lincoln Home
The Lincoln Home is strongly motivated to teach others how to improve the lives of people with dementia.
Lincoln Theater
The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta is closing out the current season of “Talking Art in Maine, Intimate Conversations”, a series made up of one on one conversations between local artist, Jane…
Lincoln Theater
“There isn't an artist that's painting today in the science fiction fantasy field who didn't start with Chesley Bonestell…
In recognition of National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12, Sorrel King, a nationally renowned patient safety advocate and author of “Josie’s Story,” will present at the Lincoln Theater on Tuesday, May 7…
The Lincoln Home in Newcastle is pleased to welcome Jean Vose of Nobleboro to speak about Backyard Honey Bees and Pollinators on Monday, April 29 beginning at 3 p.m.
A beehive in or near…
Chats With Champions
Dean Rock of Cumberland, Maine, will speak at Skidompha Library’s Porter Meeting Hall Tuesday, April 30 at 10 a.m. The topic of his lecture: 3-D printed prosthetic limbs, which he designs and…
Maine Photography Show
Join Ron Rosenstock, juror of the 14th Annual Maine Photography Show (MPS), at Boothbay Region Art Foundation Saturday, April 27 from 1-3 p.m.
Rosenstock will shed light on his criteria…
Indivisible-Boothbay is pleased to sponsor a panel discussion exploring freedom of the press in America today. A group of journalists from around the state will join members of Indivisible-…
Mainers on the Titanic will be the subject of a Chats with Champions talk by Mac Smith at Skidompha Library on Tuesday, April 16, just a day after the 107th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. The…
Due to high interest, the Browntail moth information session has been moved from Rising Tide to the Edgecomb Eddy School, 175 Boothbay Road in Edgecomb, from 5-6:30 p.m. on April 4.
The…
On Wednesday, April 10, the Frances Perkins Center welcomes the public to attend a premiere showing of the recently completed documentary, “Highlights of the Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins.”…
Chats with Champions April 2
Local author Lisa Steele-Maley will be speaking at Skidompha’s Chats with Champions at 10 a.m. on April 2, in the library’s Porter Meeting Hall. She will discuss her book, “Without a Map: A…
