Culture

For the seventh straight time, Two Salty Dogs is Downeast Dog News Best Pet Store in Maine. Store owners Don and Liana Kingsbury were pleased. They thanked a dedicated fan base.

“Out of…

A new Boothbay Harbor pizzeria will have a distinct Italian flavor. Ports Pizzeria was officially opened Nov. 11 at 28 Union St. by two Italians with decades of experience in the food industry.…

Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater is taking audiences on a cinematic journey through one the world’s greatest art galleries – The Prado Museum.

For two screenings at 2 p.m. only,  Wednesday,…

HARBOR THEATER

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

“Harriet”- (PG-13, 2 hours, 5 minutes) -…

River Arts in Damariscotta is planning a special holiday shop to fill the galleries. All handmade works are included (no reproductions or giclee prints allowed). Artists are invited to bring in…

Back in 2007, Sandra Dutton’s original musical “Just A Matter of Time” (JAMOT) was staged at Boothbay Playhouse. She had tweaked it a bit after it’d premiered at a Broadway Actor’s Equity Showcase…

On Thursday, Nov. 21 at 10 a.m., Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program will welcome Steve Raymond, director of Community Outreach and Marketing at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle and…

Coastal Senior College Events Committee presents a talk, “Climate Impacts and Community-driven Solutions on Maine's Islands and Coast,” on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Midcoast…

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to announce its artists for the months of November and December are Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer. The couple opened Joy To The Wind Gallery on Atlantic…

George Baker - Maine

Peruse the walls of Atlantic Motorcar (AMC) the next few months and you may be led to believe the art displayed is from numerous artists. Such is not the case. The origin of each unique piece…

Where It’s At
Melanie Safka

Melanie Safka.

I can still remember the first time I heard her on the radio. The song was “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).” She wrote it about the scene before her during her performance…

HARBOR THEATER

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

“Harriet” - Held over! - (PG-13, 2 hours,…

Christine Thalia Andersen

A new shipment of 12-inch by 12-inch canvas squares has just arrived at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF), 1 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. This is the “green light” for all regional…

Lincoln Theater

For one night only, “A Night with Janis Joplin” hits the screen at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater Sunday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.

Captured live last October from the touring production at La…

A new show in the West Gallery of River Arts opens this week with a reception on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Cathie Stebbins Peterson and Libbey Seigars have a combined show of functional…

Rising Tide is pleased to present Stephen Busch from South Bristol, Maine as the Café Artist for the month of November.

Busch has studied in many areas of Connecticut and Maine since…

Join author Greg Latimer for an education on discovering the paranormal during a program with Boothbay Region Adult & Community Education on Thursday, Nov. 7. The session will include theories…

Dan Friedland is presenting his work in a show titled “From Here and Away” through Nov. 22 at Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta.

A self taught photographer, he enjoys taking images of…

HARBOR THEATER

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

Closed Monday & Tuesday

“Judy…

During the Wiscasset Art Walk 2019 season, locals and visitors took part in a community weaving project. The result, a wall-sized woven tapestry, is now on view at Wiscasset Community Center, 242…

Michel Droge

Michel Droge will be the first guest of the 2019-20 season of Talking Art in Maine, Intimate Conversations.  Michel will join host, Jane Dahmen, on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln…

A new season of documentaries from Exhibition on Screen (EOS) is coming to Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater, beginning Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m. celebrating the singular Leonardo Da Vinci.

The Lincoln Home will commemorate the bicentennial of Maine statehood on March 15, 2020. How did Maine come to be part of Massachusetts in the 1600s? What were the benefits and problems inherent…

Kristin Vekasi

The Camden Conference presents Kristin Vekasi at the Camden Public Library on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. Her talk is titled “Beyond the Great Firewall: Censorship and Politics in Contemporary China.” This…

Harbor Theater presents a new season of the popular British film series: “Exhibition on Screen,” (EOS) showing six films on works of the world’s most beloved artists monthly on Fridays at 2 p.m.…

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

A monumental 19th Century carved oak ship’s figurehead depicting Benjamin Franklin will preside over Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ fall three-day…

Jaap Helder

River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to meet the artists and join in celebrating the opening of three shows. The reception is Friday, Oct. 25 from 5-7 p.m. The Main Gallery swells with…

Where It’s At
Brenda Bettinson

Brenda Bettinson’s show “SUBTLE” at Mathias Fine Art features 16 of the artist’s drawings completed between 1992 and 2002. Some have never been shown before. The work is done in pencil, colored…


HARBOR THEATER

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

Winter schedule: Closed Monday and Tuesday…

Greg Shattenberg

The Green Lion Gallery is proud to host a show of Greg Shattenberg’s multimedia work from Nov. 8 through Dec. 8.  The opening  reception for the artist will be Friday, Nov. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m.…

ARTinME
Andre Benoit

Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s annual ARTinME show always draws a large crowd and this year’s opening and awards night was like the previous nine on that score.

Juror Roy Germon chose 70…

“The Weight of Water” is an award-winning documentary starring Erik Weihenmayer, a blind athlete who attempts to kayak down the rapids in the Colorado River as it winds its way through the Grand…

Heartwood Theater’s 17th Season will soon be in full swing, with three upcoming audition sessions open to local actors of all ages. Main stage productions include “Merry Christmas, George…

The Lincoln Theater is pleased to announce the 2019-20 season and 10th anniversary of The Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema, featuring seven exceptional productions, coming to the big screen. Beginning…

The Miles Memorial Hospital Art Committee will be jurying applications for artists wishing to show in the Hospital Hall Gallery in 2020. Paintings, photography, collage, all two-dimensional media…

Midcoast Conservancy

Midcoast Conservancy will be hosting an engaging and informative evening of environmentally-themed films at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast on Saturday, Nov. 9 from 3-5 p.m. Based on the Wild and…

Jill Butke

Jill and John Butke will be exhibiting their latest handwoven garments and paintings in the River Arts West Gallery, Oct. 17-30. Color and texture abound in this terrific, new show in Damariscotta…

George Wardwell
A new show opens at Damariscotta River Grill Tuesday, Oct. 22 featuring local painters Sandy Crabtree, Lisa Kyle and George Wardwell.
 
The “Art at the Grill” opening…
Author Bernard Fishman

Join your friends and neighbors to learn more about Maine’s history and culture as CSC continues its Maine Bicentennial offerings this month with two must-see illustrated presentations, both free…

Earthy scents fill the crisp cool air sending chills up your spine ... but don’t kid yourself. It’s not just the weather. It’s October ... a magical month for spirits and humans alike!

If…

SSV Oliver Hazard Perry

The 58th annual Windjammer Days (WJD) Festival, June 21-27, is happening during Maine’s bicentennial, and the Friends of WJD are planning a festival full to the gunwales, starting with the return…

The Lincoln Theater in downtown Damariscotta is bringing some of your favorite children’s books to the big screen as we launch the next Stories to Screen series. In partnership with Skidompha…

Maine Art Gallery

At Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset Oct. 5, two brothers shared their late mother’s art in a setting different from where most of her works appeared. Woolwich’s Tommy Davis and Peter Davis of…

Camden - The Points North Institute will close its 2019 CIFF Selects series with a special, pre-theatrical release screening of the award-winning documentary, “Gay Chorus Deep…
Winslow Myers

Local artist Winslow Myers will show a selection of his large landscapes at the Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA from Oct. 22 to Dec. 22. Myers sells his work through Yvette Torres Fine Art in…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) invites people of all ages to take part in their annual Art in the Square show, an art scholarship fundraiser, along with local and regional…

HARBOR THEATER

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

Beginning Oct. 15 the theater will be open 5 days,…

An acclaimed film about novelist and storyteller Toni Morrison (1931-2019) is screening at Lincoln Theater Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 2 and 7 p.m. All high school students can see the…

Damariscotta’s Deb Arter was all set to make an apple with a swimming noodle as a worm for her giant pumpkin creation this year. It would be less work than some things and she had family visiting…

 
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