The beauty of Maine is captured by four photographers at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. In this, the final show of the season, which runs through Saturday, Oct. 16, the visitor is presented…
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about creating winter holiday decorations from available natural materials,…
Hundreds of people headed for Boothbay Railway Village Museum Saturday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 10 for the 53rd Fall Foliage Festival.
Over 50 vendors guaranteed there were wares to tempt…
The evenings are drawing in all over Maine and autumn in New England is the perfect time to cozy up with a warm beverage in front of the fireplace and read that book you have been wanting to read…
He was a fan favorite when he landed on the big screen as Poe Dameron in Star Wars, and now Oscar Isaac takes on another “solitary man” character, seeking redemption in the long game. In Paul…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is having its popular "Art in the Square 2021" to open on Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. for Early Bird Sale Saturday. Great holiday gifts can be found among these 12” x…
As the 2021 season enters October, the region begins to quiet down until the trees begin showing their brilliant seasonal colors.
The attendance at the Oct. 1 First Friday galleries…
After going dark 18 months ago, the Boothbay Region’s Harbor Theater opened its doors once more. The number of theater goers was small, but they were enthusiastic about the theater being open, and…
Short stories by acclaimed Maine writers Monica Wood and Morgan Talty are coming to the stage! Midcoast Literacy, a non-profit organization that provides free literacy tutoring to people of all…
After some initial showers, the sky cleared for a successful final Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on Thursday evening, Sept. 30.
Artist Susan Perrine was creating a garden structure from…
“The Lost Leonardo” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 36 minutes) - The inside story behind the Salvator Mundi, the most expensive painting ever sold at $450 million, claimed to be a long-lost…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites photographers to submit work for the upcoming juried “Photo Show” open to original photographic works. Deadline for dropping off work at the gallery is Saturday…
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors to their campus during Maine Craft Weekend , Oct. 1-3. From a kiln opening and sale, to an exhibition, artist talks, and tours of their new…
Just in time for Halloween, Maine State Music Theatre will host its popular costume sale on Oct. 15 (3-8 p.m.) and 16 (9 a.m.-2 p.m.) at 22 Elm Street, Brunswick.
The sale benefits MSMT…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center gallery in Bath will feature artists Jennifer Goldfinger and Kathryn Geismar in a show titled “Transformation/Identity,” with an opening event at CCAC on Friday,…
Take a different route to work.
That’s one of the tips offered by photographers looking for inspiration for their work. And it worked this morning, Sept. 24.
Just after 7 a.m.,…
On display until Oct. 6 in the hall gallery at the Miles Hospital are 30 paintings by Waldoboro artist, Lisa Kyle. The paintings are in both oil and acrylic and explore the beauty of Midcoast…
The DaPonte String Quartet’s weekend concerts, ““Dissonant and Dissident,” featuring Mozart:’s String Quartet in C Major K. 465 and Shostakovich’s: String Quartet No. 8 are in two locations. On…
Learn to paint with wool with artist Kristen Walsh on Thursday, Oct. 7 from 1 to 4 p.m.at the Ocean Point Inn, Shore Road, East Boothbay.
Using wool felt as a base, learn needle felting…
In the Glenn Kenny review of The Lost Leonardo, a NYT Critic's Pick and opening this week at Lincoln Theater, he notes that “this documentary…
Wiscasset Art Walk
Twig artist Susy Perrine will build a garden structure…
New U.S. Junior National Scottish Fiddler Champion Owen Kennedy is among the musical performers at the Fall Foliage Festival Oct. 9 and 10 at Boothbay Railway Village Museum. He’ll be joined by…
Art at the Grill
Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists for their fall “Art at the Grill” show. Midcoast artists Cheryl DiCara, Elaine Hranich, and Cheryl Young share their varied styles, mediums and…
Noted mystery author Bruce Robert Coffin met with an enthusiastic group of about 30 guests who gathered on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Saturday, Sept. 18 to hear Coffin discuss…
Maine Art Gallery
For its final show of the season, the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset features four fine art photographers, each celebrating Maine through their own point of view and aesthetic. Works by Terry…
Welcome back to our newly renovated theater. We hope you enjoy the dark blue color scheme, new concession stand and state of the art acoustical surround sound system while watching some of the…
Where It’s At
I haven’t written about the art of Brad Betts for a very long time. I realized this when I was at his Down East Gallery to interview Cilla Alden about her featured show there.
Brad’s…
The Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome audiences back into its historic theater for its fall 2021 season, beginning on Friday, Sept. 17 with a performance from Maine folk icons, Schooner…
Where it’s at
The autumn equinox is Sept. 22, at approximately 3:21 p.m. We will welcome a new season and bid farewell to summer. And with summer’s passing, we will also be saying goodbye to a few of our…
Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her stunning portrayal of Effie in the movie musical, “Dreamgirls.” Aretha Franklin hand-picked Hudson, to play her in “Respect.”
“The Green Knight…
Espionage, historical fiction, murder mysteries, science fiction, poetry, books for young children, teens and young adults — all were at the Books In Boothbay event at Boothbay Railway Village…
Shortly after 5 p.m. Labor Day, the skies opened and it poured for about 15 minutes. Friends of Wiscasset Library’s annual fundraiser, Bands for Books, had just begun at Seafield Farm in Wiscasset…
Almost 90 people came out to Kermess at Pownalborough Court House in Dresden to raise money for Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA). The beautiful fall evening featured a pig roast and…
“Talking Art in Maine” and “Talking Food in Maine,” both part of Lincoln Theater’s Intimate Conversations series, return this September live on stage. These one…
How many times have you looked around the rooms in your house, apartment, or condo and thought how bored you were with how they look? The paint, the furniture, the artsy pieces ... boring!
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“Solace,” a show of limited edition, original linocut and woodcut prints by Deborah Kozak, will run from Thursday, Sept. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 6 in the River Room at River Arts Gallery in…
To hear live music from the British Isles you only needed to travel as far as the Opera House over Labor Day.
It was…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) final members’ show for the summer of ’21 is providing a seasonal theme with fall colors predominating, along with the “perennial” last blooms of summer. As…
Maine Art Gallery
The current show of work by established Maine artists at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset is yet another fine collection of talent brought together by the non-profit organization this year.…
The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is hosting its second in a series of new movie nights with a screening of the adventure-comedy “Back to the Future” Friday, Sept. 17 at 7 p…
River Arts of Damariscotta will host a reading by local author Kay Tobler Liss on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 3-4:30 p.m. Her novel, “The Last Resort,” published by Plain View Press, explores themes of…
You are invited to join members of the Sheepscot Chorus as we begin preparations for our Dec. 5 holiday concert. This ever-popular concert will feature the…
Authors attending Books In Boothbay at Boothbay Railway Village Museum Sept. 11 will be divided into two sessions. Check out the session your favorite author(s) will be in the Town Hall.
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Seacoast Community Orchestras invites local string musicians of all ages and levels to join our community orchestra program for the 2021-2022 season. The first rehearsal will be on Tuesday, Sept…
Where It’s At
I’ve written about the tapestries of Priscilla May Alden a few times over the past nine or 10 years. And there’s a reason for that: I love her art and I love to write about it. All that warp (…
His breakout role was in the Oscar winning film “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008). In May 2012, he played Sonny Kapoor in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (2011). In March 2015, he had a leading role…
This month’s First Friday Art Tour in Boothbay Harbor was held Sept. 3.
Gallery owners, mostly artists, talked art with the people stopping by and most often it was about a particular…
The Railway Village Museum will partner with several non- profit organizations this fall season, offering a collection of festive events with Covid safety protocols as top priority.
“Fall…
A view down Back River, refreshments and conversations about two recently donated 19th century bayonets, Fort McDonough, and the current History Center exhibit started off the Aug. 29 annual…
