Culture

Tickets are now available online for the May 20 “Downton Abbey” Opening Night Gala.  Go to www.boothbaycinema.org for the link to purchase tickets.…

Isabella Corwin

River Arts in Damariscotta showcases a mixed media exhibition by Isabella Corwin of Bristol. Featuring paintings, cloisonné jewelry, and enamel works, this show opens in the River Room on April 28…

Damariscotta River Grill
Rebecca Yates Shorb
The Art at Damariscotta River Grill show opens Monday, May 16 showcasing the diverse styles of Sandra Crabtree, Rebecca Shorb and Sherrie York. The “Art at the Grill” opening reception is…

Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery on Warren Street is a busy place these days. This season’s calendar is filled with exhibits and classes designed to fulfill the artistic interests of the local…

Women on the Waterfront
Barbara Scully

On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…

Where It’s At

Ah, spring is here … trees are budding, daffodils, tulips, crocus and hyacinth, Mother Nature’s spirit-lifting spot color on her canvas of greening earth. This weekend, April 30-May 1, is a time…

Press release

Carl and Veda Ferris of Woolwich are going on a trip of a lifetime, thanks to the Maine Lottery. Carl entered a non-winning Big Country Cash ticket into the “I’m With the Band” promotion, and his…

Southport Memorial Library
Suzi Thayer/SThayerART

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to announce a show featuring the art of Suzi Thayer  will run from May 3 through June 30. 

Thayer will include paintings spanning 20 years, most…

Cal Hancock of Hancock Gourmet Lobster Co.

This Friday we begin the final preparations for Lincoln County Community Theater’s spring musical production, the Maine Premiere of the Tony nominated musical “Bright Star!” The theater will…

Les Fossel sees Jon Luoma’s new watercolor aerial scene of Alna Meetinghouse as iconic to the town, just like the meetinghouse is, Fossel said. “So the people of Alna should be able to see it,” he…

“Fantastic Beasts - The Secrets of Dumbledore” – (PG-13: fantasy, action violence; 2 hours, 23 minutes) – Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert…

Harbor Theater

When I was growing up in Texas, I went to the Broadway Theater every Saturday for the “Six to Sixty Matinee.” My parents would drop me off at Luby’s Cafeteria next door to the…

Wiscasset selectmen

Hours after Wiscasset selectmen got proposed changes to Maine Art Gallery’s would-be 20-year lease of the former Wiscasset Academy, the board put off voting on it. Some members said they needed…

The Maine Art Gallery
Dianna Oliver

The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset heralds its 2022 season with “Time Shift,” an exhibit by the artists at Spindleworks, a well established non profit project for working artists. For almost 50…

Maine Art Gallery
Sam Cady

This is a last call for submissions to the Maine Art Gallery Members Show, June 4-25. Works will be exhibited in the Maine Art Gallery’s historic Old Academy Building at 15 Warren St. in Wiscasset…

Jennifer Bechard - Hallowell, ME

“It’s definitely a day I’ll never forget,” said Jennifer Bechard, the Hallowell-based photographer whose image of a snowy owl, entitled “Arctic Visitor,” is Best of Show in the 17th Maine…

Women on the Waterfront
Linda Greenlaw

On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage…

Two exciting new events will join the line-up alongside many…

Skidompha Library will host two award-winning fiction authors on Wednesday, May 4 at 2 p.m. in their Porter Hall meeting room.

Maine writer Bruce Robert Coffin, author…

The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) announces a call for new members for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2022 season.

The gallery has been in operation for 94…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus

Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2022 Student Music Awards are  Evan Strong from Wiscasset High School and Emerson Harris from Boothbay Region High School, and…

Mark Rylance

“Uncharted” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 56 minutes) - Street-smart thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to…

Harbor Theater has updated its COVID policy. Proof of vaccination is no longer required. Masks are not required, but highly recommended. Masks and hand sanitation are still available in the lobby…

Bayville resident Alina Blakesley has been painting Ukranian eggs at Easter for decades. This year, the parallels between what is happening to the people of Ukraine and their country, and what her…

Storytree Theatre will hold auditions for the original play, “The Only Woman in the Room,” which tells the story of Newcastle resident Frances Perkins on Saturday, May 21 from noon to 4 p.m…
Tammy Ackerman

River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for “Wild Things.” Participants are invited to respond to the theme to reflect their own interpretation.

Work may be representational…

Goose River Press seeks selections of fine poetry, essays, and short stories (3,000 words or fewer, double‐spaced). Book will be beautifully produced with full color cover in paperback and…

Tickets go on sale online starting Friday, April 22 at 8 a.m. for the Gala Opening of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” on Friday, May 20, 6 p.m. at the Harbor Theater.

General seating tickets…

Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & RegattaTM invites Maine artists to submit a design for this year's official festival T-shirt. The deadline to submit a design entry is Thursday, May 19.

In accordance with CDC guidelines, Harbor Theater no longer requires proof of vaccination. Masks are not required, but still highly recommended. Theater capacity is now 100%, 

but…

The Maine Art Gallery is happy to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the Davis Family Foundation for restorative work on the 1807 “Old Academy Building” at 15 Warren St. in Wiscasset…

Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) will be hosting a free movie…

Maine Photography Show

Hallowell photographer Jennifer Bechard was awarded Best of Show for her stunning photograph of a Snowy Owl in flight entitled, “Arctic Visitor.” Bechard is a professional photographer…

“Dog” - (PG-13; 1 hour 41 minutes) - A buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger…

“Infinite Storm” – (R; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - An experienced climber (Naomi Watts) ascends New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington, but turns back before she reaches the summit as a huge…

Easter is right around the corner and is considered by many to be the greatest story ever painted. Exhibition on Screen brings a stunning documentary film presenting one of the most…

Tickets are now on sale at Maine State Music Theatre for a full summer season at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus for the first time since 2019.

The 2022 mainstage…

Maine State Music Theater

Maine State Music Theatre is committed to helping young audiences experience the magic of theatre by providing Theatre for Young Audiences performances each season. However, a standard theatrical…

Kathleen Earle Fox

Author and artist Kathleen Earle Fox’s new book, “An Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars & Timothy Pickering” published by Arcadia Publishing, will be available…

If you couldn’t make it to London or Broadway to catch the high-kicking cast of Cole Porter's “Anything Goes,” never fear! You can still see this ‘show of the year’ (The Telegraph) on the…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

JigJam are a multi-award winning quintet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with Bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded…

A sale of original artworks by Maine artists to benefit the Ukrainian people will take place on April 29 and 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust at the Round Top Farm, 3…

Mountainfilm on Tour is back in the Midcoast. Over the two nights of more than 20 films will be shown Tuesday, April 12 at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta and Wednesday, April…

Allison Jornlin and brother Michael Huberty of American Ghost Walks are preparing for a first season in Maine after buying Red Cloak History Tours last month.

Jornlin and husband Scott…

Dogs … the perfect companion. They are loyal. They love, support, protect and defend. Human beings have relationships with dogs that they simply can’t have with other humans. With all that being…

“The Outfit” – (R; some bloody violence, crude language - 1 hour, 46 minutes) - Leonard (Mark Rylance) is a tailor caught up in the crosshairs of gangster rivalry and dangerous…

Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House Stewardship Committee offers a unique opportunity to observe fashion styles for women and men from 1750 to the late 1820s in “Dressing…

River Arts
Christine Covert

River Arts in Damariscotta presents all new work by Christine Covert of Warren, Maine April 8 through 27. This one woman, multi-media show, “Bound by Yellow,” is a vibrant show of painting and…