Craig Ferguson will perform in his only Maine appearance at The Waldo Theatre on Friday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m.

Ferguson is a multiple Grammy nominee, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director, and comedian with a diverse career that encompasses film, television and the stage. He is a New York Times bestselling author and has recorded numerous standup specials for Netflix, Epix, Comedy Central and Amazon.

"Two singer-songwriters sit on the edge of a cliff…” With these words, we are drawn into the world of "Both Sides Now" - a theatrical concert that explores the music and lives of long-time friends and one-time lovers, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen - being staged at the Waldo on Oct. 11.

Kerr+Jones Gallery in East Boothbay is honored to present an exhibition of paintings, "Oil Paint & Brine" by iconic Maine artist Philip Barter and recent works by son, Matt Barter. The gallery will host a reception on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. All are welcome. 

Richard Wiggin Johnson, a long-time resident of Southport Island, was the first artist to exhibit his paintings at the Southport Memorial Library in 1999. The current retrospective exhibition of his work there will run throught Oct. 31.

Local author Kay Tobler Liss will sign copies of her second novel, “Coming Home,” at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Store, 5 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Lincoln Arts Festival presents Krista River, mezzo-soprano and Stephen Porter, piano on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor at 125 Townsend Avenue.

1  – Early Bird Sale!  – In Damariscotta and Bath. Businesses offer holiday discounts beginning in the early morning hours.

7 – Phaeton Piano Trio – 7 p.m. Advance tickets $25 through the box office at 86 Townsend Ave. Wednesday–Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or call 633-5159. Buy regularly priced $30 tickets at: https://boothbayoperahouse.com and night of.

1-31, Jan. 1-3  –  Gardens Aglow  – Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens. 4-9 p.m. Thursday - Sunday. Exceptions: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day. Weekend shuttles run continuously from 3:45 to 9 p.m. from the Boothbay Harbor Town Office right to the doors of Gardens Aglow. Courtersy of Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce. Gardens Aglow FMI/tickets: www.mainegardens.org/

The art on this new panel will include a collection of different art styles and mediums by members. It will rotate weekly giving visitors an opportunity to view multiple artists on a single panel.

Paintings will be smaller sizes, no more than 14” x 18” including frame. The attached example is a watercolor, "Wave Energy," by Paul Sherman.

Maine’s Novel Jazz Septet features the talents of musicians with over two centuries of collective musical experience performing swinging jazz from the Great American Songbook. They are celebrating their 21st year together this season, and bring the music of the great Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn to the historic Boothbay Harbor Opera House on Friday, Sept. 12.

Boothbay Harbor's self-guided tour of galleries in the region.  Led by an art lover’s desire to entreat their imagination. Paintings … sculpture … mixed media … assemblage art … photography … pottery … weaving ... fiber art.  New art, demos, refreshments ...Take a walk, or a drive, on the creative side! 

Boothbay Harbor galleries

BLACK RIVER GALLERY

16 McKown St.

There’s a poem I love called “The Hermit Thrush” by Amy Clampitt. Recalling a picnic of cucumber sandwiches and “sea-air-sanctified” Fig Newtons™, eaten on the longest day of the year, the poet says: “Little is certain, other than the tide that circumscribes us that still sets its term to every picnic -- today we stayed too long again, and got our feet wet.”

Historic New England’s 1762 Bowman House in Dresden is set in a landscape that has seen many changes over the past 263 years. The only constant is the Kennebec River. Experience the beautiful setting and hear stories of the people whose lives and work made history here. Join Site Manager Peggy Konitzky on a walk around the grounds of this historic estate on Sept. 11 from 10 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $15/Historic New England members, $25/nonmembers Buy at https://my.historicnewengland.org/23829/life-along-river.

Lincoln Arts Festival’s 30th Art For Art’s Sake event held Aug. 22-24 brought a unique exhibition of local and regional artists and artisans to the region. Held at the Hodgdon Yachts yard on Southport Island, 25 creatives set up their spaces, some of whom held demos for attendees on Saturday, Art Interaction Day.

There were five new talented people this year: Jewelry designer and maker Janet Brennan; Brittney Honisch, a handcarving print maker; photographer Jim LaMorder; artist Cecelia Ludwig; and Betsey Nessmith, who creates mirror-stove assemblages.

Crimsons, ochres, burnt umbers, cadmium reds and cerulean blues make up the palette for the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) Fall Member’s Show, which is also the final member’s show of the 2025 summer season. Featuring works by more than 100 BRAF member artists the Fall Member’s Show will be on view through Sunday, Sept. 21.

Artists are being sought for the 3rd annual juried, Large Format exhibition by the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF), ARTinME. The show, which will be on view from Oct. 1 until Nov. 8 will be held at the BRAF Gallery located at 1 Towsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor.

The ARTinME exhibition is open to all full or part-time Maine artists working in large 2D format in various mediums and styles. Small sculptures are also welcome.

Prizes will be awarded during the Opening Reception which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.

A moody oil painting of a double-masted schooner at rest near a wharf under a sunset sky of orange and yellows broken up by dark clouds ... Another takes the viewer into a lighter scene, perhaps from the viewpoint of the sailor(s) just behind the rocks being sprayed by ocean water. You can hear the soft sound of the water lazily lapping against the sides of the sailboat as your eyes drift across the ocean to the homes on the island beyond …

The Waldo presents the retrospective exhibit “Multiples of Three: Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures” by the late Suzanne Cooney Phillips (August 1943 - March 2025), opening on Sept. 7.  The exhibit is in the theatre’s Alfond Gallery at 916 Main St. in Waldoboro and runs through Sept. 30.