This week at the Lincoln Theater

Tue, 05/09/2023 - 4:15pm

Story Location:
2 Theater Street
Damariscotta, ME 04543
United States

MacGillivray Freeman’s IMAX Experience - (Double Feature - NR; 84 minutes) - The world’s leading creator of IMAX films has released their incredible library to be played on standard movie theater screens! And these world-famous films are available only in theaters. Join us at Lincoln Theater for a double feature: “Everest” (1998; 44 minutes), narrated by Liam Neeson, is the dramatic true story of a team of climbers who found hope, strength and triumph in the wake of tragedy. Their successful ascent of Mount Everest just days after fellow mountaineers and friends died there, is a compelling story about the human spirit and a mountain they love, respect and sometimes fear. In “America’s Musical Journey” (2018; 40 minutes), narrated by Morgan Freeman, musical stories come together to create a soundtrack that showcases the nation’s diversity and its collision of cultures, culminating in a unique blend of sound, music and innovation unlike anywhere else in the world. Final showtime Thursday, May 11 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $15 Adult, $13 LT Member, and $5 Youth 18 and under.

“AIR” - (R; 1 hour, 52 minutes) - From Academy Award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time. Playing Friday, May 12 at 2 and 7 p.m,, Saturday, May 13 at 7 p.m., Sunday, May 14 at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 17 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Thursday, May 18 at 2 p.m.

The Met Live in HD: “Champion” - (Encore; 3 hours, 20 minutes - one intermission) - Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones triumphantly premiered with the company to universal acclaim in 2021. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for Blanchard’s second Met premiere, also reuniting the director-and-choreographer team of James Robinson and Camille A. Brown. This is an encore screening, Sat May 13 at 1 PM. Tickets: $25 Adult, $23 LT Members, and $5 Youth 18 and under.

“Turn Every Page” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 52 minutes) - A free screening of this documentary feature about the remarkable 50-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, “The Years of Lyndon Johnson,” Gottlieb, 90, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. “Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb” is an intimate look into artistry, mortality, antagonism, and the transformative power of creative collaboration. We invite you to stay following the screening for a talk-back with guest Chloe Deblois of Skidompha Public Library. One screening only Tuesday, May 16 at 2 p.m.

Talking Food in Maine: Intimate Conversations - Free - Host Cherie Scott welcomes Christian Hayes, a seventh generation Mainer and Food Network Chopped Champion, balanced the parallels between professional musician and full-time cook for close to two decades before his wife and business partner, Christine, launched Dandelion Catering Co. and a thoughtfully refined approach to handmade cuisine. In 2019 they opened The Garrison, an intimate restaurant and bar, to critical acclaim. It was open for 8 months before the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close its dining room doors for an unseeable amount of time, and every day quickly became an exercise in survival and ingenuity. Thursday, May 18 at 7 p.m. Free event. No tickets or reservations required.

Tickets are available at the door beginning 30 minutes before showtime or in advance through the theater’s online box office at www.LincolnTheater.net. Movie tickets are $9 adult, $6 members and youth 18 and under. Event ticket prices vary. The Lincoln Theater is located at 2 Theater St. in downtown Damariscotta. Curtain going up!