The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) announces watercolor artist Jean Kigel as its November Artist of the Month. The show runs Nov. 4-28, in the second floor community room.
A…
Literature
In November and December, Andrea Lani will be offering two great opportunities at Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) to show participants how keen observation,…
A Massachusetts native with a passion for books and Maine is the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s new assistant director. Joanna Breen began her new job in September. Her primary responsibility…
Sherman’s Books & Stationery Stores has entered into an agreement with Susan and Barnaby Porter…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Aida,” Verdi's dramatic tale of a royal romantic triangle, war, jealousy, and tragedy presented in four acts, is sung in Italian from the libretto by Antonio…
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s October Artist of the Month is Dana Groff Jr. of Jackson, Tennessee.
Groff was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and began drawing and sketching from…
The Poet’s Corner
Delve into plastic bags
stuffed with nouns
pronouns
verbs
adjectives
adverbs picked yesterday spill fat ripe
words like garden-fresh tomatoes and cucumbers
…
South Bristol artist Sally Loughridge has been awarded a project grant by the Maine Arts Commission in support of the recent publication of “Daniel and His Starry Night Blanket: A Story of Illness…
The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine is proud to be participating in The Big Draw, an international drawing festival based in the United Kingdom. The theme for this year’s Big Draw is “every…
“Food can make the world bigger. It can change lives.”
Award-winning chef and author Kerry Altiero made this statement in the introduction of his book, “Adventures in Comfort Food.” He…
Out of Our Past
This series of article covers the clash of age-old land-based transportation and the coming of the motorized age. The struggle in the region, in the form of tax money, culminated in about 1926 and…
Poet’s Corner
Despair is full-face, full-body
the reaching gesture –
name it in the eyes of migrant men
in holding pens of…
Poet’s Corner
Feast on pumpkin bread
found at the farmer’s market
…
‘Round Town
Just when we'd had a full week of fog and heat and rain and humidity, we got Saturday! What a gorgeous day.
Low humidity, cooler temperatures, nice breezes for the boating crowd — a welcomed…
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree released the following statement today to congratulate Maine author Stephen King on earning a National Medal for the Arts Citation from the White House. Receiving…
Quan Meyers of Walpole will launch her first children’s book, “Silly Pilly, Lilly and Mr. Wally” on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ames True Value in Wiscasset.
This charming…
Poet’s Corner
For long periods, I forget to look up
at the vastness of night. The ebony breadth
…
The date for the annual poetry workshop sponsored by the Lincoln Arts Festival, originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, has been rescheduled. The workshop, led by Maine poet Lee Sharkey, will…
“Death in A Dacron Sail” is Noelle Granger's second Rhe Brewster mystery novel, set in the fictional coastal Maine town of Pequod; part Boothbay Harbor, part Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The…
Before best-selling author Debbie Macomber wrote 136 books and 14 novels, she was a struggling writer raising four kids with her husband in Port Orchard, Washington. Macomber told 40 women at St.…
Theater Review
What will audiences love most about Heartwood's production of “Cyrano de Bergerac”?
The swordplay? The romance? The Renaissance time period? The poetic dialogue? The perfect cast? I say all…
Maine author Greg Latimer has been fascinated by mysteries since he first began his career as a newspaper reporter at the age of 16 in Los Angeles.
“A lot of the answers come from talking,”…
Audiobook Review
Audiobooks make for entertaining traveling companions, and the new Stephen King audio short story, “Drunken Fireworks,” is a must hear this summer. Listen to it for a change, and get a lot of…
All press releases for the “Dinging Out, Entertainment & Arts” section of the Boothbay Register and Wiscasset Newspaper must be submitted by 3 p.m. on the Friday preceding the next week's…
The Poet’s Corner
Following the flight of the blue heron
I can’t get to the pond soon enough…
“Shakespeare’s Stories,” a summer production by kids/for kids at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, brings the text and stories of William Shakespeare to life for young audiences. The…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Love & Mercy” is an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer/songwriter, and leader of The Beach Boys.
Set against the era defining…
Based on Edmond Rostand's immortal story of chivalry and wit, bravery, love and timeless romance, the classic drama “Cyrano de Bergerac” opens at Heartwood Theater July 23, in the Poe Theater at…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Ronald Salter is Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s (BHML) July Artist of the Month. Salters' beautiful paintings will be displayed July 1-30 in the library’s upstairs multi-purpose room.
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All tales have a beginning and an end, usually in that order. But, in the case of Stephen King's new audio short story, “Drunken Fireworks,” and Tim Sample's experience recording it, it is tale…
The Poet’s Corner
The tiny crab-like spider
crawls about my ceiling
forages for food.…
Prompted by the enthusiastic reception of the Mystery Writers' panel discussion last year, the Maine Coast Book Shop will host Maine's top crime and suspense novelists Tess Gerritsen and Julia…
Get to Know...
Walk into author Cheryl Blaydon's East Boothbay home and you might notice a few things.
You might notice the paintings done of water scenes and still life, painted by Blaydon herself. You…
At the Theaters
The Harbor Theatre
“Far From the Madding Crowd” is based on Thomas Hardy’s classic 1874 novel. This is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan…
Book artistRebecca Goodale will give an illustrated talk, “Threatened and Endangered: An Artist’s Books,” on Tuesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. at River Arts Gallery. This is the third in the Sheepscot…
During a special Skidompha Library Chats with Champions May 16, Boston Globe reporters and co-authors Jenna Russell and Scott Helman discussed their book “Long Mile…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s June Artist of the Month is Brad Betts of Down East Gallery, East Boothbay. His nautically themed artwork will be on display June 2-27.
Betts has been…
Local author, herbalist, and yoga instructor Amy Jirsa’s book, “Herbal Goddess: Discover the Amazing Spirit of 12 Healing Herbs,” was just released by Storey Publishing. It's full of beautiful…
Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Festival
A reading of three poems by Joseph Coleman, including “Alewives,” by one of Britain's most respected actresses, who also happen to be Coleman's wife, Janet McTeer.…
In an innovative and exciting collaboration, Simon & Schuster Audio and Play.it will share, in its entirety, a stream of Stephen King’s forthcoming audiobook short story “Drunken…
Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
The Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance announces the finalists for the 2015 Maine Literary Awards. The awards, which honor books published during 2014, as well as adult and youth…
When father and son filmmakers Sean and Jim Conant meet the public in Springfield, Illinois during the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s funeral train next…
The Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta will host a special children's event with three beloved Maine award-winning author/illustrators: Melissa Sweet, Jeannie Brett and Mary Beth Owens from 2…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will host a colorful variety of displayed quilts by Kwiltz 4 Kidz from May 1-29. The library invites the community to stop by and admire the…
“Do you hear the people sing?”
If you get your tickets to Heartwood's production of “Les Miserables” soon, you will be able to hear them sing in what is arguably the world’s most beloved…
