Culture

The First Congregational Church of Wiscasset invites the community to a traditional Christmas Eve service with carols, reading of the birth narrative and the giving of thanks for the gift of Jesus…

The Lincoln Theater is pleased to announce its next Stories to Screen program — this time focusing on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien with “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Following on…

Tuesday, Dec. 17

Wiscasset Middle High School

Winter Gallery of the Arts/Art opening: 5 p.m. Art Opening

Grades 4-12

Holiday Concert - 6:30 p.m.…

Mark Osborn and Buzz Makarewicz bought the Topside Inn in Boothbay Harbor in 2014. Since then, guests have been raving about the savory and sweet breakfast recipes they’ve created. Every year,…

The public is invited to a family contradance at the Damariscotta Baptist Church Hall on Friday, Dec. 13 --- part of an ongoing series of second Friday of the month contradances. The dance will be…

Where It’s At

The scent from the small pine tree is filling the air while being adorned with tiny white lights, sprigs of holly, pine cones, and deer, owl and bird ornaments, topped with a small pentacle sun or…

Every month or so the Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA features a new artist in its facility near the seating areas between the front entrance and Farms at the Y. This new installation will be…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“Parasite” - (Rated R, 2 hours, 2 minutes…

Grandson Eben Greenleaf and great-granddaughter Dedee Greenleaf-Hodgdon, along with Westport Island History Committee members, were among those visiting the official opening of “My Island Home”…

Tickets are on sale now for Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” performed live at Lincoln Theater on Dec. 12-14. For four performances only, Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT), the theater…

Over 60 children, from pre-school to middle school, in the Y-Arts programs at Boothbay Region YMCA and Central Lincoln County YMCA put on a Christmas Spectacular at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta…

Physician and researcher Dale Bredesen is the author of this boldly titled New York Times bestseller, “The End of Alzheimer’s Disease.” In his book, Dr. Bredesen describes his “Recode” protocol…

Local fans of Alison Evans’ sea-inspired ceramics no doubt noticed some big changes at Ae Home last June and throughout summer. The business began diversifying in linen and cashmere clothing, home…

For years and years the DaPonte String Quartet has expressed its thanks to its community by presenting a free holiday concert. This year, the concert is to be held Dec. 8 at 3 p.m., at the Second…

The Mount View Chamber Singers, from Mount View High School in Thorndike, is currently performing “Carols in the Round.” This is the 29th concert season for the group, which is composed of 18…

Wiscasset Marketfest
The Ledges

The venerable Ledges Inn in Wiscasset Village has been closed to the public for several years, but during Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, hospitality returns as the doors open wide for a seasonal…

A special service of music will be offered at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 during the regular worship hour at First Congregational Church of Wiscasset, 28 High St. And a craft workshop is set for noon…

Isabel Catherine Kelley’s “The Spirit I Crave” sculpture of Heritage granite and granite was installed at Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 20 ... and it’s a beauty.

She…

Patti Bradley

Bristol artist Patti Bradley will be exhibiting a generous selection of her paintings and collages in the West Gallery at River Arts from through Dec. 11. This show of gentle light and beauty is a…

The Tapestry Singers are pleased to offer “Woven in Song,” their annual concert for the holiday season. They continue their journey into programming current choral repertoire from mostly living…

Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer

Southport Central School’s kindergarten and first grade students and Southport Memorial Library patrons took a walk in the Fynbos (fayne-boss) Nov. 14 led by author Susan Schadler through her book…

The 21st annual holiday concert at St. John’s Church/Meeting House, featuring the Downeast Brass Quintet, is Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.

This concert, for many the start of the holiday season…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“The Irishman” - (Rated R, 3 hours, 30…

Sherrie York

The Green Lion Gallery is excited to present “Six and Under,” an exhibition of works that measure less than six inches in at least one…

Lincoln Theater

The Autumn 2019 Munk Debate on Capitalism is coming to the big screen Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. streamed live from Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and shown free at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater.  …

River Company presents “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson, directed by Allison Eddyblouin, as its annual holiday fundraiser. All ticket sales from its three…

Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest, a three-day celebration of the wintry season, offers activities and fun for all!  From fireworks over the Sheepscot River to…

Seacoast Orchestra presents a 25th Anniversary Concert of classical music this Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. in Damariscotta.

This free concert will…

Youth auditions at Heartwood Theater are scheduled for early December, in preparation for two upcoming youth productions, “Guys and Dolls” and “Firebird.”

All Midcoast students grades 7 -…


For as long as we have lived here in Maine I have visited the small loop back road that circles beyond Hendricks Head beach along the Sheepscot River salt marsh connecting to Dogfish Head…

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta, which is normally closed on Sundays, has announced that it will be open on Sundays during the holidays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays…

National Association of Teachers of Singing

Boothbay Region Garden Club members have once again created edible birdhouses to be sold during the Festival of Trees.

The recipe is lots of peanut butter and a variety of bird seed. Hang…

Damariscotta River Grill
Lonie Ellis
Peggy Farrell

The watercolors of New Harbor artist Peggy Farrell are now on display in the Hall Gallery at Miles Hospital in Damariscotta through Jan. 1, 2020.

Peggy…

A mystery started weeks ago with an anonymous gift of a framed photo to Lincoln County Historical Association. And on Thursday, Nov. 21, it ended when LCHA’s Perry Palmer handed the photo to…

Professional archivists from the Penobscot Marine Museum (PMM), Kevin Johnson and Matt Wheeler, were at the Boothbay Region Historical Society (BRHS) on Nov. 16, to begin work on a new online…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

Closed Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 28

DaPonte String Quartet

The DaPonte String Quartet’s November series, “All A-Twitter,

It’s that time of year again. This Saturday, Nov. 23, Boothbay Harbor will be bustling in the early hours for its 31st annual Early Bird Sale & Pajama Party. Upwards of 50 businesses will take…

Where It’s At

Just hear those sleigh bells ring-a-ling, ting-ting-tingling too ... Well, maybe not just yet, but Thanksgiving is just one week away and then, before you can say Old St. Nick, it’s Black Friday,…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

The Harbor Theater is closed Thursday, November 28,…

Harbor Theater has a treat in store for music lovers, and those who want to learn more about some of our greatest composers. A new cinematic music series starts with “In Search of Beethoven” (2…

Mark your calendars for the latest film from Academy Award winner Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory,” coming to Lincoln Theater opening Friday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. The 2019 Spanish drama is a loose…

The “Little Holiday” art show, at the Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, features multiple guest artists exhibiting work in many mediums.

Boothbay artist Wendy Bellows is an oil…

Bath resident Irene Drago has turned her love of Bath’s maritime history into her debut novel, “The Daughters of Long Reach,” which explores love and loss through the lens of multiple families who…

The Maine Arts Commission is pleased to announce the first round of Maine Bicentennial Community Grants to be awarded to organizations and municipalities across the state.

The Arts…

Whether you consider yourself a semi-professional baker, a gifted designer, a confectionery expert, a lover of holiday traditions, or just someone who wants to have fun designing and building a…

From the Top, the nationally-distributed NPR program and podcast that celebrates the voices and talents of America’s brightest young classical musicians, will bring its next live taping event to …