Literature

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'The Big Sick" - Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. The film tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring…

Paul Doiron

The Monhegan Memorial Library is delighted to announce a program by Maine mystery writer Paul Doiron to take place on Monhegan Island, Aug. 4-6.

A Murder Mystery Party will be held at the…

Norine Dworkin-McDaniel

Parents are counting the days till it’s time to the pack away the beach towels and bust out the backpacks. Celebrate that “most wonderful time of year” for parents - back to school…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Cheryl Blaydon

Cheryl Blaydon and Hilary Bartlett are the featured artists of the month of August at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, upstairs in the Community Room during normal library…

Morgan Callan Rogers credits Truman Capote as a major influence in her writing career, but probably not in the expected way. Capote was a brilliant writer, true, but when she was a teenager,…

A local book club is beginning a new chapter in its five-year history. The Barter’s Island Bookies will host Puerto Rican author and former actress Esmerelda Santiago, who will speak about her…

David Higgins

Dave Higgins returns to the Southport Memorial Library as artist of the month for July and August this summer. He is photographer who previously exhibited, lectured and held classes at the library…

Meet more than 30 of Maine’s best writers, adult and children’s authors, including international, national and state award winners at the 13th annual Books in Boothbay on Saturday, July 8 from 9 a…

Author Jonathan White was the guest speaker at a Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club event June 23. Following a cocktail hour and dinner, yacht club member and founder of the "Lunch/Dinner with the Author…

Artist of the Month
“Sunset Breeze” by Bruce MacDonald, ME

Bruce MacDonald is the July Artist of the Month at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. The show will be held  upstairs in the Community Room and features oil and acrylic paintings as well as…

Author Terry Webb showcased her “Louie” book series at Sherman’s Books and Stationery in Boothbay Harbor on Friday, June 23. There are four books in the series, all set on the fictional “Two Tree…

Lincoln Arts Festival

Poet Richard Blanco will be featured at the annual Lincoln Arts Festival Poetry Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 9 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.

The number of…

Terry Webb, a former Southport Island resident and author of “Manning the Light,” “Weathering the Storms,” “Mystery and Mishap,” and “Leaving the Lighthouse,” will be autographing her books on…

An elegant, yet informal Authors' Tea was held at the beautiful Newagen Seaside Inn on Southport Island on Thursday morning, June 1 for student writers from pre-k through sixth grades. Friends and…

Linda Greenlaw - Dennis Welsh photo

New York Times bestselling author Linda Greenlaw returns to the Skidompha Public Library as part of the Chats with Champions series on Wednesday, June 7 at 10 a.m. Greenlaw will discuss her newest…

The Harbor Theatre

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow.…

Steve Tanner photo

Do you do Meatless Monday as often as possible? Is Taco Tuesday a new family tradition? The Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta would like to encourage you to consider a different form of alliterative…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
RoseAnne Holladay

The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library is pleased to host an exhibit of the photography of RoseAnne Holladay during the month of June. Entitled “Maine Water and Sky,” the exhibit will feature…

The Harbor Theatre

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” -  Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow…

“Down Along the Cove,” a new work in progress by Heartwood Theater Artistic Director Griff Braley  will be presented as an open reading on June 7 at 7 p.m. in the…
Play Review

“Eurydice” … it’s all about love: the unconditional, unwavering love of a father for his daughter, the love of a daughter for her father, or the love of a woman for a man. It’s about the indelible…

“The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare is the spring theatre production at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, located at 804 Washington Street in Bath. This play…

Review: A Lie for a Lie by Robin MacCready

“People say that when you have a life-altering experience, your brain takes a picture, and that memory stays with you to retrieve again, and again, and again. Like an…

The Harbor Theatre 

"Fate of the Furious" is the latest installment of the "Fast and the Furious" film franchise, this time featuring two Oscar-winning…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company

Every now and then a piece comes along that just fits … perfectly.  That is most certainly the case with Heartwood Theater’s upcoming production of “Eurydice,” by…

Winning an Edgar Award is the mystery writer's equivalent of earning an Oscar or a Grammy. The awards, sponsored by Mystery Writers of America and named for Edgar Allan Poe, are given out each…

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Featured earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, “Get Out” is a comedy/horror film written, produced and directed by Jordan Peele,…

Mrs. Spaulding’s kindergarten class presented “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” to a packed classroom of family members and friends at Boothbay Region Elementary School on Friday, April 7.

The…

Ted Lawrence calls his family together one weekend at his Maine summer house on The Point to introduce a new family member into the fold. To say it goes badly would be an understatement. Mayhem…

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"Beauty and the Beast" - (PG) Based on Disney's 1991 animated classic with additional original music and several new songs, this is the fairy-…

“Twelfth Night” and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” by Tom Stoppard, performed by the National Theater Live, will be onscreen at the Lincoln Theater…

The reality of women in Iran, literally shrouded in myth and mystery for those outside its borders, is explored in “The Poets and the Assassin,” a play by Reza…

The Harbor Theatre

“Beauty and the Beast”    -  Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince,…

Skidompha Public Library

Everyone is invited to join the volunteer staff and friends of the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop as they celebrate the grand opening of their new shop, with a half-price sale…

The Harbor Theatre

"Beauty and the Beast" -   Disney's  new, live-action re-telling of the…

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

Shakespeare’s classic, The Tempest, comes to the…

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“Elle”  -   Michèle seems indestructible. Head of a leading video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in…

Hooray! Hooray! It's Dr. Seuss Day!

Now all of the readers and children can play!

Wake all the Sneetches, and foxes, and Sam!

Make breakfast for Horton, from green eggs and…

Local author Morgan Callan Rogers will be at the Wiscasset Public Library Wednesday, March 15 at 4:45 p.m. to discuss her debut novel, “Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea,” the…

(Isabelle Huppert)

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Lion” tells the story of 5-year-old Saroo, who gets lost on a train which takes him thousands of miles across India away…

This is National Reading Month and the Lincoln County Historical Association encourages young readers to engage in “historical” theme reading. Our…

Sally Giddings Smith is a native Mainer who left for 40 years, but returned in 2009. Her studio, Fortunate Chance, is in East Boothbay. She will be the Artist of the Months of March and…

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“La La Land” HELD OVER!  The story of Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress, and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz musician, struggling…

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Greetings From Hollywood!

The Harbor Theatre will present its February opera offering, "I Capuleteti e i Montecchi” at 2 p.m. today, Feb. 8.

An…

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“Hidden Figures” - The true story about three brilliant African-American…

At the Theaters

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“Manchester by the Sea” - Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is shocked to learn that his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) has died and made Lee sole…

Lincoln County Community Theater
Come join us for a tuneful adventure, “practically perfect in every way.” Following on four years of sold out Gilbert and Sullivan operetta concerts, LCCT, the resident theater company at…

Family dysfunction gets a murderous twist in this dark comedy. Portland Stage is pleased to present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring with previews Tuesday, Jan. 24 through Thursday, Jan…

At the Theaters

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“Manchester by the Sea” - Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. After the…

At the Theaters

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HELD OVER!  “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” The first of the Star Wars standalone films, prequels to the original Star Wars…