Literature

Bruce John Riddell, landscape architect and author, has just released his second book entitled: “Seal Rock.” This book is his first foray into the Science Fiction Genre. In 2023 Riddell penned and…

Southport Memorial Library is pleased to display the photography of Bruce Burnham during the months of July and August. 

Bruce is a Boothbay native whose family roots date back to the 1700s…

Camden Shakespeare Festival

“The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare’s hilarious farce about two sets of twins who end up in the same town, each unaware of the other. This show will have a lot of music,…

I recently discovered something I would like to share with people of the Midcoast region. During the previous winter my project was to translate an ancient document. The one chosen is called the “…

Wells author and former Edgecomb Congregational Church pastor Steve Burt is at it again, in yet another age group. He’s already the award-winning author of the Sebago Lake FreeKs teen detective…
Southport Memorial Library

Barbara Ross is the author of 12 Maine Clambake mysteries and six novellas.  Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary…

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Crisscrossing France from Auvergne to Provence, Brittany to Paris and beyond, Tapestry and friends will bring together a rich blend of Impressionism, folk roots, and a touch of jazz when they…

Boothbay Harbor author Alfred Kildow’s fourth novel, “Chandelle,” published by Maine Authors Publishing, is being released this month. On Saturday, June 29, Kildow will sign copies of the novel at…

Southport Memorial Library

Southport Memorial Library welcomes author Jerry Farnham  on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about his debut novel, “Red At Night” and its sequel, “Red in the Morning!” Refreshments will be…

Kay Hardy Campbell

Kay Hardy Campbell will be the featured author at The Sounding Board, on Thursday,…

Jorge Pena
Welcome painter Jorge Pena as his show opens at Bremen Maine Library Thursday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. Join us for light refreshments and conversation on this very special afternoon!
Finding Our Voices
Sailor, activist, and author Heidi Love will join the online discussion of her best-selling new book Laughing at the Sky in the Finding Our Voices book club Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m.
Merry Barn

The Merry Barn has…

Southport Memorial Library

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to show case the paintings of the late Tony van Hasselt in May and June. Known as a plein air artist and teacher of art, his works are brought to the…

Snowlion Rep continues its work developing new and newly imagined works for the stage with a workshop reading of a new play by Al D'Andrea, “Faust in the Anthropocene,” performing…

All children’s books are on sale at half price from now through Thursday, May 16 at the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.

The…

Southport Memorial Library
Leah Chyten

”Soul of the Mountain” is Leah Chyten's third novel. The Southport Memorial Library welcome Leah Chyten for an author talk at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14. 

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Michelle Horton's “Dear Sister” documents how blindness to domestic abuse led to her sister’s wrongful incarceration for killing her abuser. 
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the Academy Award winning film adaptation of Harper Lee’s beloved classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This is the third film in a new film series – Screen…
Timothée Chalamet

“Bob Marley: One Love” -  (PG-13; 1 hour, 40 minutes) - Celebrating the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen…

Merry Barn

Ellen Baker, author of the recently published “The Hidden Life of Cicely Larson,” spoke with Sounding Board Facilitator Kelsy Hartley last Thursday about the new…

Celebrating 100 years

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) celebrates a major milestone this year, 100 years of serving our community. The Register plans a series on the library’s offerings and the people, place,…

The Midcoast region has a newly published first time author in Ruth Monsell of Damariscotta and Camden. Her book, “Frances Perkins: Champion of American Workers,” published by Histria Books,…

There is nothing that demonstrates an actor’s skill and versatility like a one person show. Andrew Scott, best known for “Fleabag,” delivers a tour de…
Southport Memorial Library
André Benoit

Through the months of March and April, artist André Benoit’s assemblage/mixed media art will be on exhibit (and for sale) at the Southport Memorial Library. 

Once an artist using paints as…

Please welcome painter Daisy Greene in the gallery at Bremen Library, 204 Waldoboro Road, on Thursday, March 7 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Ms. Greene, a professional artist and educator, has work…

George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” is a song about having a direct relationship with God, specifically, at the time, the Hindu God…

In 2018, when Charlie Britton stopped working as the full-time head of school in an independent Maryland school and returned home to Southport, he did what many people talk of doing but few…

"How would you describe your career path?" the Register asked author Kathleen Collins in a recent phone interview about "Study in Hysteria," her fourth book and first work of fiction, published…

Kathryn Miles

The author of a chronicle of the murder of a Unity College student and her girlfriend hiking the Appalachian Trail is joining the online discussion of the book with the Finding Our Voices book…

“In honor of the victims, survivors, and families of the Lewiston mass shooting that occurred on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.” So reads the dedication of a new anthology of Maine short…

RICK DICKINSON

“A Year in the Gut” art show, consisting of 365 paintings of Townsend Gut as seen from the dock and studio of Southport artist Rick Dickinson, has opened at the Southport Memorial Library, 1032…

Join us on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library for a fascinating Author Talk with Boothbay Harbor native Jerry Farnham. Farnham will talk about his hit…

Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 13, Community Literacy Events return to the Merry Barn, celebrating the power…

Wells writer and former Edgecomb Congregational pastor Steve Burt’s Maine thriller, “Protect the Queen,” ended year with a win at the 2023 New England Book Festival. 

“It won Best Adult…

Skidompha Public Library

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by joining Skidompha Library and Leigh Anne Keichline for free in-person and virtual discussions of some of Dr. King's works. 

These facilitated…

Merry Barn

Midcoast writers interested in reading their work for an audience are welcome to submit a work-in-progress of any genre, up to 750 words, to

I love a mystery!

Hard to believe now, but It was way back in 2017 when the “I love a mystery column” first started.  The response from locals and online readers…

Merry Barn

Prolific Round Pond poet, Elizabeth Potter, will be the featured author at The Sounding Board, on Friday,…

All cookbooks at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will be on sale at half price from Tuesday, Dec. 5 through Monday, Dec. 18.

Skidompha Public Library

Chats with Champions is proud to present local author, Kay Tobler Liss, on Thursday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. This Chat serves as the launch of Kay’s new…

Boothbay Harbor native Arend Thibodeau translated his passion for photography into a fascinating book series on forgotten buildings and the stories contained within them.

When the Rev. Steve Burt was pastor at Edgecomb Congregational Church in the late 1990s, he penned a few Halloween tales that appeared in the Lincoln County Weekly.

“Captain James’s Bones…

The Everyman Repertory Radio Theatre will bring a radio dramatization of “Dracula” to the Strand Theatre stage in Rockland on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. This live show will feature a cast of 10…

A Heartwood Theater - Lincoln Academy production

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy present their 21st collaborative production in LA’s Poe…

Thirteen students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb had their writing published in the most recent issue of Epoch, a creative magazine developed by Skidompha Library and edited…

Theater at Monmouth

Theater at Monmouth On Tour will bring their innovative approach to Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” to the Strand Theatre stage with a performance on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The show is suitable for…

Jerry Farnham returns for another book signing of “Red Sky at Night” at Sherman’s Book Store, 5 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Sue Goard grew up in upstate New York, and was brought up by parents with a really strong work ethic. “My dad was born in 1928 and was selling magazines on the street by the time he was five! “…