Culture

Taylor Beattie guest speaker at The Lincoln Home

Popham Circle announces July 20 quilt show

The Popham Circle, an organization of women dedicated to assisting those in need in local communities, is hosting a Quilt Show on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held in...
An Evening of Jazz For Children’s Programs

The Boothbay Sea and Science Center (BSSC) and the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) invite you to join them and their sponsors at the Bristol Marine Shipyard (aka The Shipyard in Boothbay...
Behind Closed Doors Tour of Castle Tucker

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker - 2 Lee Street, Wiscasset - an 1807 mansion overlooking the Sheepscot River, Saturday, July 20 from 10-11:30 a.m. There’s something new to see...
Lincoln Arts Festival

Classical pianist Stephen Porter in concert

Lincoln Arts Festival presents Stephen Porter at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 at the Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Classical pianist Stephen Porter...
Visitors invited to make art at Wiscasset Art Walk

Colorful ribbons, buttons, tulle, and gorgeous fabric remnants are the art supplies on-hand for visitors who want to take part in the community Weaving Project during the Wiscasset Art Walk (WAW) on...
Black River Gallery welcomes Elisabeth Ladwig July 20

Elisabeth Ladwig, an award-winning photographic artist whose current work has appeared on magazine covers and gallery walls from Arizona to Rome; and her digital displays in Times Square and at the...
Kennebec Early Music Festival next month

The Kennebec Early Music Festival will be held Aug. 11-18 in the Long Reach Hall, Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath, and the intimate Linden Tree Meeting House, 10 Church Lane, in...
Lincoln Theater launches Maine’s newest film festival

Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta is pleased to announce the launch of Maine’s newest film festival, the MidCoast Film Fest. The 2019 inaugural festival, taking place the last weekend of...
Fiddle and banjo duo to perform in Round Pond

The Little Brown Church in Round Pond will feature a concert by fiddler Alden Robinson and Miles Isacke on banjo and guitar on Wednesday, July 17 at 7:30 p.m. These two fixtures of the Portland area...
Artist Lisa Kyle exhibition at Newcastle Realty

Cheney Financial Group is hosting three summer events to support local artists, local musicians, local food, brews and wine. The first event will be held Thursday, July 11, from 4:30-6 p.m. at...
Painting party fundraiser

A painting party, led by gifted artist Selina Reid, will be held Wednesday, July 10 from 5:30-8 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 25 Industrial Park Rd. in Boothbay. This month, the painting will be...
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

MacDonald exhibition through August at BHML

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 Foundation...
Renowned sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild at Skidompha

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature Arlie Russell Hochschild on Thursday, July 11 at 10 a.m. in the library’s Porter Meeting Hall. Please allow time for parking.Hochschild is a...
‘An Evening of Baroque Keyboard Music’ in Edgecomb

Mitch Boucher will be holding two benefit concerts this summer. The concert, “An Evening of Baroque Keyboard Music,” will consist of common forms of dance music for keyboard as well as Boucher’s own...
Local Flavors Summer Series at Newcastle Realty

Cheney Financial Group is hosting three fun summer events to support and showcase local artists, local musicians, local food, brews and wine. The first event will be held Thursday, July 11, from 4:...
Salad Days Celebration July 13

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts invites visitors to their 54-acre campus for the 25th annual Salad Days, a celebration of local food and handcrafted ceramics. This art-and-craft-filled festival...
Halcyon String Quartet to perform at St. Andrews

The Halcyon String Quartet will perform on July 9 at St. Andrews Village at 1 p.m. Halcyon quartet includes local violinists Josie and Sophie Davis, violist Colin Wheatley and cellist Ju Young Lee....
‘Kevin Beers: Points of Light’ at Gleason Fine Art

On First Friday, July 5, from 5 to 7 pm, Gleason Fine Art will host an artist reception for the gallery’s July show: “Kevin Beers: Points of Light II.” The gallery invites Kevin’s many fans as well...
Eben Blaney Fine Furniture

Open Studio & Sale features five contemporary makers

Furniture designer/maker Eben Blaney has gathered five fine craftspeople for a three-day show at his Edgecomb Studio and Showroom at 96 Eddy Road, July 12-14. The Opening Night Reception is on...
First Friday Art Tour this week!

A self-guided journey led by the art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Open houses. Live demos. Refreshments. ...
Artists Prycel and Traina – new to the Pemaquid Art Gallery

New artists showing their work at the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Bristol include Belva Ann Prycel of Damariscotta and Kimberly Skillin Traina of Edgecomb. Although they paint in different mediums, these...
Gold/Smith Gallery

John Wissemann’s ‘Small Miracles’ opening July 4

In a more than 70 year career as an artist, John Wissemann has explored many varied themes. “My subject is the history of art,” he says. But if it is art history it is seen with a working artist’s...
Historical Society a pleasant visit during Windjammer Days

Boothbay Region Historical Society presented a photo exhibit during Windjammer Days called “The Age of Fishing Under Sail.” The photos highlighted the Nickerson family of Boothbay and the Nunan...
Open House at the Merry Barn

Come celebrate! The renovations are complete, and the historic Merry Barn in Edgecomb is opening its doors Saturday, June 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stephanie Noyes McSherry, a literacy educator,...
Local watercolor artists at Pemaquid Art Gallery

Two watercolor artists currently showing at Pemaquid Gallery in New Harbor are Cindy Spencer of Wiscasset and Peggy Farrell of New Harbor. They both are inspired by the light and colors of Maine...
Wiscasset Bay Gallery

‘Sears Gallagher, William Thon and 20th Century Maine Art’

While the coast of Maine provides a consistent backdrop for the subject matter of the exhibition, the diversity of artists brings a uniqueness and freshness to the show. Many works from the estate...
Alana LaCourse is Miss Windjammer 2019

Alana LaCourse, 9, won the Boothbay’s Got Talent competition and was crowned Miss Windjammer 2019 on Monday night, June 24 at Boothbay Region YMCA. LaCourse did a tap dance routine for her talent...
Schadler and Seitzers awarded for children’s picture book

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 and...

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