What happens when a Boothbay summer visitor writes a novel ... 15 years later ... filled with suspenseful, sexy, wild…
Literature
River Company Community Theater, the theater in residence at Skidompha Library, is presenting “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Library, July 26-27 and August 2-3 at 7…
A good speaker knows his subject. A great speaker turns information into experience, presenting it so memorably it stays with the listener.
On Wednesday, July 17, Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Thursday, July 25
Best selling author Douglas Preston will speak on his expedition to discover a lost city in Honduras, as told in his book “The Lost City of the Monkey God” at 7 p.m. at…
Those seeking to know more about local paranormal occurrences are invited to a presentation by author Greg Latimer on Thursday, Aug. 1 at the Windjammer Emporium in Boothbay Harbor. The…
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…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
It’s show time again at Heartwood, with the award-winning Broadway musical, “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” running July 12-20 in the Poe Theater on the Lincoln Academy campus at…
HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
“To Catch A Thief” - special free Member…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Paintings by W. Bruce MacDonald are on display in the upstairs community room of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) at 4 Oak Street. The show, sponsored by the Boothbay Region Art…
Lincoln Theater
Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater is please to bring the French classic, Edmond Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” to the big screen, Sunday, July 14 at 2 p.m. Come celebrate Bastille Day with this…
Book review
Scientific data states that oceans cover 70% of the surface of the planet and because of their depths provide 97% of the space on Earth for living organisms. To date, less than five percent of…
Growing up, Stephanie Noyes McSherry loved visiting her grandparents’ farm in Connecticut. The barn was where the family gathered for celebrations and dances. Little did she know then, those…
Barbara and Jeanne Lally’s mother-daughter art show at the Southport Memorial Library goes up in July and will continue through August. A public reception will be held at the library, 1032…
Local author Susan Schadler and illustrators Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer of Joy To The Wind Gallery have been awarded the Next Generation Indie Book Award for picture books for children six years…
After holding open auditions River Company, the community theater in residence at Skidompha Library, is pleased to announce the casting of its Summer Shakspeare in the Library show, “…
On Saturday, July 20 in Boothbay Harbor, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance (MWPA) presents a new fiction workshop focused on developing characters, led by Hollins University associate…
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…
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…
Nine workshops for writers, each focusing on a different topic, ranging from "What Are You Really Writing About?" to "Pathways to Publication,” at The Merry Barn Writers' Retreat, 417 River Rd.,…
Wells-based novelist Steve Burt, who pastored the Edgecomb Congregational Church 1998-99, is at it again — getting young adults and adults alike to not only accept the unbelievable, but to love it…
The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta is now open on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through August.
According to Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop, “We usually open…
Chocolate Church Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center in partnership with Shakespeare on the Kennebec present Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy of mistaken identity, “Twelfth Night” at the Chocolate Church Arts Center,…
Spring(?!!?) has arrived and with it extended hours at the Friends of the Library Used Book Store. The store opens Monday, May 6; hours: Monday through Saturday…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
When someone asks me, “What's a good mystery to read?” I would share that there are a variety of types and styles. Perhaps you might like a detective story by authors such as P.D. James, Jeffery…
Hilary E. Bartlett’s paintings will be on display at Southport Memorial Library during May and June. Her art covers a broad range of subjects in soft swirls of watercolor to bold…
The footlights will be shining on the stage in the Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) auditorium May 1 for a one-act version of Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream” at 6 p.m.
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Heartwood Theater is soon to present "Medea" as a dramatic staged reading, May 10 and 11. First produced in 431 BC, Euripides' “Medea” remains a classic of the dramatic …
Goose River Press
Goose River Press seeks selections of fine poetry, essays, and short stories (3,000 words or less—double-spaced). Book will be beautifully produced with full color cover in paperback and a full…
With budget season coming to an end and many nonprofits requesting funding from towns, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is busy showcasing its expanding services.
“We have a modest budget…
ROCKLAND — The Solon Center for Research and Publishing has announced a writing contest in conjunction with an exhibit at Gallery Fukurou, 20 Main Street, Rockland.
There are scores of…
Come enjoy Shakespeare and baseball with “Shakespeare in the Ballpark” at the Portland Sea Dogs game on Tuesday, April 23 at 6 p.m.
The Theater Project of Brunswick will be performing…
Local B&B owner Lee Swanson has just published his first novel entitled, “No Man’s Chattel.” It is available on Amazon (ISBN:978-0578444314) as well as on its world-wide distribution…
choose a photograph and write a story based on the image
ROCKLAND — The Solon Center for Research and Publishing has announced a writing contest in conjunction with an exhibit at Gallery Fukurou, 20 Main Street, Rockland.
There are scores of…
Calling all Harry Potter fans! Did you miss the films when they were on the big screen, or wish you could see them again? Now is your chance. Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater and the Stories to…
What books are stacked on your bedside table now during National Reading Month? And, yes, that includes both the Kindle stored and those checked out of your local library.
I’ve just started…
“Inherit the Wind” is on stage at The Theater Project through March 31. Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and directed by Christopher Price, this electrifying production is as timely…
Get rid of the winter weather blues by joining the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) at the annual Winter Read on March 19 at 6:30 p.m. and meet award-winning Maine author Lisa Margonelli. The…
Skidompha Library's and Chats with Champions Committee welcomes Bob Emmons Thursday, March 14 at 10 a.m. Emmons will speak about the cause of the potato famine in Ireland in the library…
If you walk too fast, you may miss it. The region’s newest library opened Friday, March 1 on the wall just left of the Community Center in the small mall.
Measuring about 2 feet by 1-1/2…
On Dr. Seuss' Birthday and Read Across America Day Friday, March 1 at Southport Central School three generations of the Thompson family came to read books to the children.
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Betsy Headley, photographer, artist and poet, resides in Swanville. Wildlife has always been a passion, but in recent years, birds have captured her heart.
Identifying and photographing…
How do we know if a film is well-written, above and beyond snappy dialogue? What constitutes a great screen…
Dresden poet Mark Melnicove and artist Abby Shahn are longtime friends. A few years ago, Shahn began sending Mark paintings with an invitation ... to write a response. And he would.…
Craig Lancaster and Elisa Lorello are authors fairly new to the Boothbay region and are celebrating a new first – co-authorship.
Elisa's main characters are predominantly women whereas…
The Theater Project presents “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the Tony Award winning play by Rick Elice, based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, beginning Friday, Feb. 1.
“Peter…
The Lincoln Theater is pleased to launch its next Stories to Screen series: Elementary Adventures, with a free book give-away beginning on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9:30 a.m. In “Stories to Screen,” the…
Imagine, if you will, Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library as Joanna Breen sees it — not just as a fixed location on terra firma, but as a living, breathing community organism that reaches patrons…
How’s this for a prop list: a big knife, a Magic 8-Ball, a chain saw, a bloody leg and a ... big plate of cookies? Intrigued? Of course you are!
Here’s the synopsis for the show these props…
Maine Authors Publishing
Maine Authors Publishing will be hosting an introduction class, Welcome to Cooperative Publishing with Maine Authors Publishing, on Friday, Feb. 1, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at their office in Thomaston…
