Culture

The day-to-day work of a Maine Forest Ranger can include dangling from a helicopter rescuing a hiker on a remote peak, using infrared technology to search for wildfires, or patrolling a large…

Did you know, if you happen to own a garlic press, you have Julia Child to thank? Following on her best-selling cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” and her popular series on public…

West Side Story” – (PG-13; 2 hours, 36 minutes) - Steven Spielberg joined with writer Tony Kushner to produce a new script, keeping all the familiar songs (music by Leonard Bernstein,…

Where It’s At

New Year’s Eve. Regardless of where you are or go, as the midnight hour approaches TVs will be tuned in to Times Square, New York City to watch the ball drop and raise their champagne (or other…

Before Carla Warren became the gingerbread architect and building contractor she is today, she was a mother of two young children who decided it might be a fun project to do together: Make a…

As part of its ongoing effort to improve accessibility, Maine Maritime…

Wiscasset selectmen and Maine’s Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations will keep in touch on plans to honor James Weldon Johnson. After hearing from the…

In the mood for a film that covers all the bases; love, adultery, jealousy, revenge, and to top it all off, murder? Never fear, “House of Gucci” is here! And if that wasn’t enough reason to run to…

Join us at the Harbor Theater, Thursday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m. for the third movie, “Strangers on a Train,” in our Best of Hitchcock winter Classic Film Series.

Even though it does not star one…

Where It’s At

I just can’t seem to resist a story trail and Boothbay Region Land Trust’s one-mile, family reading trail is just the right length – when it’s 20F!

This read is about a cardinals couple “…

Harbor Theater

Happy Holidays to all...we have a couple of great movies lined up for your holiday viewing. Make us your celebration site for New Year’s Eve...we’ll be open both Friday and Saturday nights with…

Wiscasset Parks and Recreation
On Wednesday, Dec. 15, our After School Adventures program enjoyed an early release day from school by getting into the Christmas spirit! Our ASA kids got their own gingerbread houses to…

Happy Holidays to all! We have a couple of great movies lined up for your holiday viewing. Join us Christmas Eve for the opening of “House of Gucci” with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver in a wildly…

All of us at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater wish you a very Happy Holiday. As a holiday treat, we hope you will join us for “A Christmas Story,” the 1983 Christmas classic, playing on the big…

The youth of Boothbay Region Y Arts have been very busy this month. In addition to “Seussical Jr” at Lincoln Theater, caroling on Boothbay Common, and the recent Christmas Spectacular show, they’…

Gingerbread Spectacular fans fell in love with the inventive 27 gingerbreads of 2021, 12 of which received…

A few hours before the snow fell on Saturday, Dec. 18, making it look a little more like Christmas, the Y Arts dancers put on a show, Christmas Spectacular, that entertained around 200 happy…

Gingerbread Spectacular

What a difference a year makes.

In 2020, Gingerbread Spectacular judges created an “Almost Most Spectacular” award for Carla Warren. This year, Warren won the big one: Most Spectacular,…

Boothbay Region Y Arts invites the community to the Christmas Spectacular! Join the Y Arts youth performers on Saturday, Dec/ 18 at 1 p.m. in the YMCA gymnasium. The performance features the Y…

With five Academy Award nominations to his name, Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” just might be the film to finally win him that coveted Oscar statue. The…

Boothbay Harbor summer resident Jill Harrison and her mother Ann were reunited with family heirlooms at the Boothbay Harbor Police Station Dec. 10. The battle and ceremonial swords of Civil War…

Mary Sullivan

Sheepscot Valley Chorus and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir’s ever-popular Holiday Concert is now available for viewing online!

Presented live on Dec. 5 before a limited-seating audience, the…

“The Hidden Life of Trees” – (PG-13; 1 hour, 40 minutes) - A walk in the woods will never be the same. Based on his best-selling book that has profoundly changed our understanding…

Jack Silverio

River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit work for the next juried show, “Black & White.” This show is open to members and non-members. All mediums are welcome. The deadline for…

Lincoln Theater
The cherished holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” is coming back to the big screen Sunday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m., kicking off the 2021-22 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series…
Heartwood Regional Theater Company
Open auditions for Heartwood’s returning Winter Drama Adventure are scheduled in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy, on Monday, Dec 13 from 3-4:30 p.m. 
 
Auditions are…

“The French Dispatch,” opening Dec. 10, is the latest film from acclaimed director Wes Anderson. In this comedic fantasy, based on the history of The New Yorker magazine, writers are sent out in…

Seussical Jr. was an entertaining, in-between-holidays show performed by 28 Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts youth in three performances at Lincoln Theater Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-5. …

Give the gift of Art this Holiday season! Twenty of Pemaquid Art Gallery’s talented artists share their varied styles, mediums and views of the beauty in Maine landscape and wildlife at the…

Over Thanksgiving weekend, Tugboat Inn, 80 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor, began offering igloo dining on the Marina Lounge Deck. Twelve feet in diameter, the two igloos are adorned with white…

Where It’s At

Another December has arrived. The month of Hanukkah, Yule, the Winter Solstice; Christmas, New Year’s Eve ... and shopping. Lots of shopping. And eating – lots of that, too. 

And that’s…

Maine Authors Publishing will be hosting their second Virtual Holiday Book Fair Dec. 1-3 as a thank you for shopping local and supporting local authors this holiday season.

All orders…

No Time To Die”- (PG-13; 2 hours, 43 minutes) - Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-…

“Rear Window” - One show only Thursday, Dec. 2, 2 p.m. - Speaker Jonathan J. Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies at Bates College, who had planned…

Harbor Theater

“The Polar Express” is Harbor Theater’s free holiday show for families Get into the holiday spirit with our free community family event at Harbor Theater on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m.

The…

Kefauver Studio & Gallery

The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, announces the opening of “The Little Holiday” art show. The show opened Nov. 28 and will runs until Jan. 3. The show features new work by oil…

Earlier this month, Harbor Theater installed a new Christie RGBe laser projector to replace its outdated and increasingly unreliable…

Start your Christmas fun with a visit to Historic New England’s 1807 Nickels-…

Andre Benoit

A special “Holiday Show” decks the halls at River Arts in Damariscotta. The galleries are filled with fine art and fine craft by Maine artists. For this season of giving, everything in this show…

Gardens Aglow, brought to us by the holiday elves at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) and Boothbay Lights, officially opened last week. 

Here are a few photos from this year’s…

Happy Holidays from all of us at Lincoln Theater! We will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 24 and Thursday, Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving so the staff may enjoy the holiday. After you’ve slept off that turkey…

Horton the Elephant (Spencer Pottle), the Cat in the Hat (Sophia Mansfield) and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical Junior, a…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation gallery manager June Rose once said of its annual Art in the Square show and sale, “It’s hip to be square!” And, given it’s year 16 for this fundraiser, Rose is spot…

“The French Dispatch” – (R; 1 hour, 47 minutes) - Wes Anderson’s latest romp is a love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in…

Harbor Theater

For “Rear Window,” our second film in this year’s classic “Best of Hitchcock” movie series, we are fortunate to have Jonathan J. Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen…

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has captivated imaginations for millennia, and now you can experience it through The Met Live in HD’s premiere broadcast of “Eurydice,” coming to the big screen…