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Culture
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the slate of feature and short films for its 17th edition, which will take place in person, from Sept. 16-19, at venues in Camden and…
Lincoln County Historical Association
Susan Jerome’s talk “my fingers on the canvas move….” will explore how samplers are an expression of American culture and folklore
Lincoln County Historical…
As we move into September, movies return and we gallop towards resuming many of our favorite series, including broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera whose tickets go on sale in the upcoming week…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s upcoming 2021 fall exhibit, ARTinME is open to all full and part time Maine residents. …
Southport Memorial Library
“Breathing salt air is where I flourish, and for over 30 years, Southport Island has been home.” - Artist Fran Scannell
Scannell and Boothbay-based artist Wendy Bellows are the featured…
Along Main Street, Wiscasset Thursday night, dancers’ feet were leaving the ground and coming back down, and a towering bird was walking around without touching the ground.
Dance Maineia…
While Maine State Music Theatre has made the decision to end its season early, it will produce “Jersey Boys” on Sept. 1 – 19 at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
“Jersey…
THE POWER OF LIVE PERFORMANCE TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC
ROCKLAND — Never Leaving This Boat—Fragments of a Blues Opera, a provocative and challenging new work by Maine-based playwright Michael Gorman will premiere during National Recovery Month…
River Arts in Damariscotta is hosting a solo show of Brunswick artist Renuka O’Connell’s work in the River Room. The show runs from Aug. 26 – Sept. 15. O’Connell’s work in paint, assembly, and…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit original work for the juried show “Artist’s Choice.” Deadline for dropping off work is Saturday, Sept. 11 at 4 p.m. Artists may choose works…
Wiscasset Bay Gallery
“Impressionism, Modernism & Realism Across the Atlantic” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery in Wiscasset Saturday, Sept. 4. The exhibition will feature works by artists from the United…
Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 28 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Castle Tucker, at 2 Lee St. in Wiscasset, is a Maine…
This week: cooking, music, dance and ... auditions! Now that’s entertainment.
“Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” - (R; 1 hour, 59 minutes) - It’s not where you go. It’s what you…
The Windgate Charitable Foundation has awarded Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts with a $3 million endowment to support the organization’s programs and operations. Watershed serves artists…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The summer of 2021 on the Coast of Maine has been a busy one for almost everyone, including the crew at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. While performances will continue year round, as long as…
Wiscasset Art Walk
Trifles I, an art and antique gallery at 55 Main St. in Wiscasset Village, will be hosting abstract painter Tom Flanagan during Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 26, 5-8 p.m. An exhibit of…
Burnt Island’s bicentennial celebration honored former keepers and their families; recognized the donors, volunteers over the last two decades, the Keepers of Burnt Island Light - a nonprofit…
Boothbay Region Y Arts
The Boothbay Region Y Arts group entertained good crowds at it two-performance (2 and 5 p.m.) production of “Shrek Jr. The Musical” on Saturday, Aug. 21. The story of the ogre, Shrek, his pal,…
On Sept. 18 a cast of singers who worked with the late musical director and pianist Dominic Garvey will perform a tribute concert in his honor at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor.
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Wiscasset Art Walk
The new sidewalks in Wiscasset Village are finally getting the workout they deserve. In 2019, the sidewalks were under construction during an MDOT project and underused during the Covid shutdown…
Maine Art Gallery
“Contemporary Realism,” the upcoming show of painting and sculpture at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset is a turnabout from the gallery’s most recent show, “Lost and Found,” which featured…
Bands for Books is less than one month away! Have you reserved your tickets? We hope you will join us on Labor Day, Sept. 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Seafield Farm in Wiscasset. This annual fundraiser…
Where It’s At
Summer reading. There’s something about that phrase that immediately moves the corners of your mouth into the beginnings of a smile. Fond memories of reading in a favorite beach chair, maybe at…
Jeff Kowalski’s art work may be viewed from Aug. 28 though October in the Great Room of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) during…
Y Arts presents SHREK Junior! Saturday, Aug. 21 at 2 and 5 p.m. in the Boothbay Region YMCA gymnasium.
It's a "big bright beautiful world" as everyone's favorite ogre, Shrek, leads a cast…
If you’re a history buff or just plain curious about landmarks and about centuries gone by, then this is your week. The…
We are so pleased to have live music continue this week from the Lincoln Theater stage with our friends at the Salt Bay Chamberfest. And on Friday, we open an intriguing - and controversial - film…
The Saltwater Artists Gallery is featuring Sue Heil Kibbe this week, showcasing her pastels and oil pictures.
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Maine State Music Theatre collaborates with Portland Stage to present “Ring of Fire,” a musical revue featuring the timeless music of Johnny Cash starring Scott Moreau.
All performances of…
When U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D - Massachusetts, ran for President in 2019, the podium she toured with had wood from Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle. “I love Frances Perkins,” Warren…
Down East Magazine
The results of the annual Down East Magazine poll, Best In Maine, are in! Here are the winners and finalists in the Boothbay Region, Wiscasset, Bath, Damariscotta, Waldoboro, Camden, Rockport,…
John Wissemann can find his inspiration almost anywhere. In the working waterfront of small towns of the Maine Coast, in the traditional Japanese color woodblock prints…
Selected pieces from Jonathan Waldo’s 42-year career in making musical instruments, furniture, and art will be on display in the Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., during Wiscasset Art Walk on…
Ocean Point Inn & Resort is pleased to exhibit and promote the works of local artists and sculptors who share their unique interpretations of the natural beauty that is present here in the…
Horror fiction author Steve Burt’s latest collection of short stories, “New England - Seaside, Roadside, Graveside, Darkside,” was published in early April. Many around the peninsula know, or…
Ocean Point Inn & Resort is pleased to exhibit and promote the works of local artists and sculptors who share their unique interpretations of the natural beauty that is present here in the…
DaPonte String Quartet’s concert dates, between Aug. 14 and Sept. 25, will feature by Mozart’s “String Quartet in C Major K. 465 (“Dissonance”); and “String…
Lincoln Academy (LA) and Heartwood Regional Theater Company announce their 19th Annual Student Collaboration, the musical “Oklahoma!” scheduled for fall 2021.
Auditions are open to high…
“The Loneliest Whale” - (PG; 1 hour, 30 minutes) - A cinematic quest to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its entire life in solitude calling out at a…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) recently installed its August exhibit contains the new works of 100 local artists covering a variety of styles, subjects and media.
Reflecting the…
In “Lost and Found,” the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset, three Maine artists express their joys and frustrations with the world about them. The results are intricate…
Book review
Change does not always come easily.
That’s the lesson Massachusetts native Vivien Kindler has to learn in Ham Martin’s…
He’s been called “the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement,” by Rolling Stone, and this summer John Gorka will perform at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Days later…
River Arts Gallery’s 2021 “Abstract” show is full of powerful color and emotional expression, demonstrating that abstract art is alive and vibrant in Maine. This year’s show was selected by artist…
Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick has won Best Theatre of the Decade – as well as nine other awards – from the Maine Broadway World Equity…
The Maine Arts Commission has awarded two grants to Wiscasset Creative Alliance to support community-building activities in and around Wiscasset Village.
The Alliance is an ‘umbrella’ non-…
Soon the marquee above Harbor Theater will be advertising the first film to screen since mid-March 2020: “On Broadway.” Plans are set for reopening on or around Sept. 17. The date will depend on…
“Gee, it’s starting to look like a real railroad yard,” Jerry Steinke said at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum. Wiscasset Newspaper was asking the Durham man’s and other…
