Culture

Augusta – Five survivors of domestic violence will share their stories on a panel titled “What Trapped Me: What Freed Me” tonight, Thursday, Oct. 10 from 6:30-8 p.m at the Holocaust and Human…

River Arts in Damariscotta is the venue for the monthly community drum circle Saturday, Oct. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Drumming is facilitated by Kitty Hartford of Boothbay Harbor. No…

Susan Mills

Markings Gallery is pleased to present “Tracking Spirit,”  an exhibit of shamanic fiber art by Nancy Marstaller, Susan Mills and Sara Palumbo, for the months of October and November.

Their…

If you’re looking for something to do between now and Oct. 31 with the kids that doesn’t involve candy or costumes, you should check out the Halloween Story Trail! This is the fourth year the…

River Arts announces a call to artists for "Abstraction."  Artists may submit up to three works for this juried show.  The deadline for entry is Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. 

Artists are…

In celebration of Pumpkinfest, a special demonstration wool spinning is planned for Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Chapman-Hall House, located at 270 Main St., Damariscotta. Louise Miller, education…

In less than two weeks River Company’s Fall One Acts will open at Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall. Rehearsals are underway for both Christopher Durang’s “The Actor’s Nightmare” and…

Toni Morrison

“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” the acclaimed new film about novelist and storyteller Toni Morrison (1931-2019), will be shown at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 2…

In the fourth presentation of the Bicentennial Lecture Series sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association and Old Fort Western, living historians Mike Dekker and Mark Rohman will describe…

HARBOR THEATER

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

Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” - (Rated PG-13; 1 hour…

“We’re here to survey this room. Dave and I will do our best. Continue to eat and drink, as you please. We’ll try not to be in your way.”

With that deadpan explanation in a room filled…

Skidompha Library is thrilled to welcome New York Times best-selling author Kristen Britain to the Chats with Champions stage. Kristen will read and sign books from the Green Rider fantasy series…

The Community Center welcomes author and biographer Fred Kaplan on Monday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. Kaplan, of Boothbay, is the author of well known biographies on Abraham Lincoln, Henry James, Mark…

Farnsworth Art Museum
Andrew Wyeth

At the end of each summer Andrew Wyeth engaged with Maine’s shifting seasons. Responding to the annual cycle of death and rebirth, Wyeth blended carefully observed details with his imagination and…

Heifetz International Music Institute

Heifetz On Tour debuts in the Damariscotta-Newcastle area on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Enjoy a night of great music played by a quintet of outstanding…

Paul Cappers, author of “Better at 71” will talk about his book at St. Andrews Village on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m.

In…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Robert Mitchell

In answer to that burning question: Does Bob Mitchell name his cameras like musicians name their guitars? The answer is ... no. Despite this seeming lack of affection for the tools of his trade,…

The Boothbay YMCA and the CLC YMCA have teamed up with the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to present a moving production of “Alice in Wonderland.” Audiences will follow the Alice as she chases…

Studio Theatre of Bath will present the Mel Brooks musical comedy "The Producers" Oct. 10-20 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath.

Once called “the King of Broadway,” theater…

Rehearsals continue for the River Company's production of a pair of one-act plays: “The Actor's Nightmare” and “The Proposal.”

Tamara Lilly is directing “The Actor’s Nightmare.” In this…

The Nor'easters Barbershop Chorus will be holding their 53nd annual show on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Rd., Brunswick. This year’s show is entitled “Juke Box…

HARBOR THEATER

2 Theater St., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“Downton Abbey” - (Rated PG, 2 Hours, 1 minute…

More than 70 subscribers have signed up for the second year of Harbor Theater’s Classic Film Series … many of them repeats from last year who remarked that the films became a social event during…

National Theater Live

National Theatre Live is bringing the best of British theatre to the big screen at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. Join audiences around the world for the hilarious, award-winning, one-woman show…

Ingram Art & Antiques
Kimberly Skillin Traina

Ingram Art & Antiques is pleased to announce our newest addition to the Wiscasset gallery, pastel artist Kimberly Skillin Traina.

Born in Maine, raised in Massachusetts, Kim graduated…

Ardyth Davis - 1999
For its last show of the season, Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery will display a series of amazing fiber landscapes created by nationally recognized textile construction artist, Ardyth Davis.…

The art of Wiscasset Middle High School students was featured Thursday night, Sept. 26 at the final Wiscasset Art Walk of the year. The students’ work was displayed alongside a colorful community…

Paul Guiramand

“Autumn Arrivals” will open Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery. A unique and diverse collection of American and European works by artists from Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Great…

Now through Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 2 and 3, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is pleased to present their Vintage Accents Fall Online-Only Auction. With the sale online now, buyers and…

The Theater Project in Brunswick is excited to present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” (abridged), written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield.

Tim Christensen

On Oct. 5 and 6, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors for an insider’s look at the atmospheric kiln firing process during Maine Craft Weekend’s open studios event. Ceramists Tim…

As part of the regular 10 a.m. worship service at Second Congregational Church, UCC in Newcastle on Sunday, Sept. 29, Robert Breckenridge will share his reflections on Jeremiah 32 and Luke 16 and…

Gordon Bok

Folk singer Gordon Bok is hosting the 10th annual Working on the Water event. This is a gathering of mariners who come together for an afternoon of sharing personal experiences and inspirations of…

I can still remember the first movie I ever saw at our local theater, a Hayley Mills classic – “That Darn Cat.” It came to our town in early 1966. I was 10 and tickets were just 50 cents! My 7-…

Newpoli

Newpoli, a unique Italian-Mediterranean group of musicians and dancers, will perform at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The exciting, award-winning group melds…

HARBOR THEATER

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

“Downton Abbey” - ( Rated PG, 2 Hours, 1…

Boothbay Region Historical Society

Back this year by popular demand! On Thursday, Oct. 3, 4:30 p.m. at Boothbay Region Historical Society, Wendy Caton Reed will present fifty of her quilts and discuss historic styles of quilting in…

Come celebrate the “Golden Age of Hollywood” at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater as we gear up for season three of Lincoln Theater’s Classic Film Club, with screenings beginning Oct. 3. This season…

Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised the matching…

 

The evening train at Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington (WW&F) Railway will feature fiddler Adam Boyce, who will appear as Charles Ross Taggart, the “…

Douglas Gimbel - 2019

“Great beauty, whether in a woman, or a landscape, or a painting, has an element of mystery. Feeding that mystery is part of maintaining that physical beauty or thought process.” –…

Maine Bicentennial Lecture Series

In the second presentation of the Maine Bicentennial Lecture Series sponsored by Lincoln County Historical Association and Old Fort Western, Orman Hines, president of the Maine’s First Ship…

Hati Modr

The public is invited to the opening reception for the River Arts show “Artist’s Choice” on Friday, Sept. 20 from 5-7 p.m. Contemporary realist artist, Jane Dahmen, selected from 233 submissions…

The Band is one of the most popular and influential rock groups of all time. Their final concert, on Thanksgiving Day in 1976, was such an epic event that Martin Scorsese filmed it as the…

Jean Gumpper
The Green Lion Gallery is almost three years old. We opened at our current location on Front Street in October of 2016, and we’re celebrating for the September Bath Art Walk!  
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Iris DeMent

The Strand welcomes Iris DeMent, with opener Ava Egge, Friday, Oct. 4.

Iris DeMent is an acclaimed singer/songwriter whose 1992 debut “Infamous Angel” was hailed by Rolling Stone as “an…

Lincoln County Historical Association, Old Fort Western

Maine started getting summer people from New York 13,000 years ago, Maine Historic Preservation Commission’s senior archeologist said. We know because they had tools of stone from the lower Hudson…

Last Thursday, the Harbor Theater was one of a handful of Maine movie houses to screen “Downton Abbey, the Movie.” Board directors Helen and Ham Meserve weren’t satisfied with just showing the…