Culture

Presenting the historical and hilarious: Comedy by ‘Welcome to Maine’

Artists return to ‘Paint Wiscasset and Beyond’ in annual plein air event

Artists from all over Maine will create paintings in Wiscasset and throughout Lincoln County in Maine Art Gallery’s annual plein air event. The artists will begin to create paintings on Monday, June...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” - (NR; 2 hours, 22 minutes) - Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s...
River Arts of Damariscotta

Call to artists for ‘New Works’ show

River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried show, “New Works.” This exhibition will showcase artists’ recent fresh and contemporary works. Pieces that have been...
BBH Opera House: Newfoundland’s Rum Ragged

JUNO Award nominees, Newfoundland’s Rum Ragged, take a bold approach to the distinct folk music of their home on the rocky, far eastern reaches of the Canadian Maritimes. Thanks to support from the...
BBH Opera House: Vance Gilbert

Can something be wry, aching, hysterical, evocative, provocative, fun, beautifully sung and consummately played all at once? That would be Vance Gilbert. While he has released 13 albums thus far,...
Art show at Bremen Library

Please join summer resident Valerie Borgal as she hangs her beautifully detailed collection of bird paintings in the Bremen Library Art Gallery on Thursday, June 8 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Come meet...
Music at the Merry Barn returns

The tradition of music returns to the Merry Barn with a beautiful series beginning Saturday, June 10. Beloved jazz and blues inspired duo, Sorcha Cribben-Merrill and Emilia Dahlin, join us for their...
First Friday Art Tour

Self-guided journeys ... led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Paintings ... sculpture ... mixed media ... assemblage art ... photography ... pottery ... weaving ... fiber...
Boothbay Region Art Foundation

BRAF’s new May/June show: ‘Something for Everyone’

BRAF’s May/June Show celebrates the diverse nature of life in Maine This first members’ exhibit of the season represents 95 regional artists and includes a wide range of mediums and styles. We are...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 14 minutes) - A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go...
Blockbuster action-adventure summer on the way

While the Harbor Theater is known for its range and variety of film offerings from the classics to the arts to indie films and documentaries, when summer hits there’s nothing like a run of...
Community Day at the Museums: Free admission to LCHA historic sites June 3

Lincoln County Historical Association’s Community Day will offer free admission at the Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta, The Old Jail & Museum in Wiscasset, and the Pownalborough Court House in...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” - (PG13; 1 hour, 46 minutes) - Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence. She...
Gaelic Storm headed for the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor

It’s hard to imagine a band just coming into their own after 20 years of success, but Gaelic Storm, a multi-national, Celtic juggernaut grows stronger with each live performance. After two, and over...
Maritime Explorers: Nat Wilson and his three sons

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers....
“The Christmas Bride” in concert

Tuesday, July 11 Snowlion Repertory Company will present a “Christmas In July” celebration by bringing “The Christmas Bride” in concert at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor (86 Townsend Ave.)....
Fishin For Fashion fun is back!

On Saturday, June 17 the Fishin For Fashion show returns to the Shipyard at Boothbay Hartbor/Bristol Marine at 120 Commercial St. in Boothbay Harbor. Designers are tasked with taking marine industry...
BRHS senior Grace Campbell and her Boston Cane research

I sat down with Boothbay Region High School senior Grace Campbell to talk with her about researching the history of The Boston Cane and those from Boothbay Harbor, who were recipients. Where did...
10th Claw Down coming on June 15

The Boothbay Harbor Shipyard/Bristol Marine (120 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor) is the perfect location for the 10th annual Claw Down on Thursday, June 15 at 6 p.m. This competition showcases our...
Maine state historian remembers Maine Art Gallery founder

“This was one of the best historic talks I’ve ever heard,” said one of the 50 attendees at the Maine Art Gallery’s event on May 18 featuring reminiscences of the gallery’s founder, Mildred Burrage,...
Free tours at Historic New England Houses, June 3 open house

Celebrate the start of summer at Bowman House in Dresden, Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset on Historic New England’s annual Open House, Saturday, June 3. Free guided tours will...
Reconnecting to your creative genius- A daylong retreat

We are all capable of creativity, and when we create space for it in our lives we are rewarded with vibrancy, connection, joy, and resource. Creativity, Community, and Curiosity is the mission of the...
Midcoast choral groups to combine for spectacular concerts

On Saturday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 11 at 4 p.m. Tapestry Singers and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will share the concert stage at Damariscotta Baptist Church. The choirs will perform two...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

Looking for a fun outing to the movies? An afternoon of special effects, humor, action and adventure? Well you’re in luck because “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” opens Friday! From a...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

It’s the Hot Sardines June 3

These mischief-makers of hot jazz started out playing underground neo-speakeasies in Brooklyn a decade ago. These days they tour worldwide and have recorded a string of albums that have racked up...
Harbor Theater

Special family event for ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

The Harbor Theater and Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library have joined forces to bring your family together over a classic book adapted to the big screen after 50 controversial years on the library...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Book Club: The Next Chapter” - (PG13; 1 hour, 27 minutes) - This highly anticipated sequel follows our four best friends - Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen - as they...
Snowlion Repertory Company

‘The Christmas Bride’ in concert

Based on 'The Battle of Life” by Charles Dickens, “The Christmas Bride” (here presented as a concert) is a musical romance with a lively score, unforgettable characters, and a beautiful story of...
Maritime Explorer: Captain Cameron McLellan

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers....
LCHA hosts online talk on Civil War

Lincoln County Historical Association presents an online talk by author Amy Truesdell on Thursday, May 25 at 5:30 p.m. Truesdell will discuss her new book, “From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The...
Boothbay Region Y-Arts Spring Concert shows energy, talent of youth

It started with “L.O.V.E.” and, before taking their final bows, the entertainers provided lots of love, talent and fun at the Y-Art Spring Concert held Wednesday, May 17 in the Boothbay Region YMCA...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

The Clements Brothers in concert – May 26

The Clements Brothers are George (guitar) and Charles (upright bass), identical twins from the heart of New England. The two have been playing and writing music together for as long as they can...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“AIR” - (R; 1 hour, 52 minutes) - From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball...
St. Philip’s welcomes crafters to 69th Strawberry Festival

St. Philip’s Church, 12 Hodge St., Wiscasset, invites craftspeople to join with the likes of basket weavers, hand stenciled items, or wood turned goods at its Strawberry Festival 69 on Saturday, June...
Karla Bonoff May 20 at the Opera House

Karla Bonoff is described as one of the finest singer/songwriters of her generation – she’s enjoyed critical acclaim, commercial success, enduring popularity and the unwavering respect of her peers....
Damariscotta River Grill

New show: Three Maine artists and Lincoln Academy art students

A colorful new show opens at Damariscotta River Grill showcasing three talented Maine women artists, Pamela Browne, Sandra Crabtree and Elaine Hranich. Celebrate the artists while enjoying a...
Lincoln County Historical Society

Calling all book clubs

Last summer’s exhibition at The Old Jail Museum in Wiscasset — featuring Madam Sally Wood, Maine’s first woman novelist and an early-19th century resident of Wiscasset, along with over 30 other...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Book Club: The Next Chapter” - (PG13; 1 hour, 27 minutes) - HELD OVER by popular demand! - The original “Book Club” centered on four older women (played by Hollywood legends Diane Keaton,...
BRAF’s annual Student Show marks its 58th anniversary

The Art Foundation’s Gallery at One Townsend Avenue is displaying the art of the Boothbay Region’s youth – from Pre-K through grade 12 beginning Friday, May 12 through Sunday, May 14 and Thursday,...
Chef and ‘Chopped’ champion Christian Hayes comes to Lincoln Theater

Talking Food in Maine is back with an exciting guest, Chef Christian Hayes! Hayes is a seventh generation Mainer, Food Network’s Chopped champion, and co-owner of The Garrison restaurant in Yarmouth...

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Presenting British humorist and master storyteller Simon Brooks

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