The Waldo Theatre has announced audition dates for its holiday community theatre production of "Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)," to be staged at The Waldo on Dec. 13, 14 and 15.…

Harbor Theater’s much-loved art film series Exhibition on Screen returns Oct. 19 with a few new flourishes. First, the series has moved to Saturday afternoons so that audience members whose work…

This summer I received a copy of a memoir written by a man who had been a member of a small band that was part of the original stage production of “The Rocky Horror Show.” Martin Fitzgibbons was…

On Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m., Edgecomb Historical Society member and genealogist Cathy Orne, will shine a spotlight on one of Edgecomb’s illustrious forefathers, Samuel Gunnison Wilson.   

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Several of Kosti Ruohomaa’s haunting and desolate, yet often beautiful and welcoming photographs of Maine in an earlier time are included in Nocturne, the current exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery…

For the first time ever, the Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue comes to Boothbay Harbor. Founded by Artistic Director Aaron Robinson of Alna, the Ragtime Revue has brought the world's best ragtime, stride…

How do you find your one in 100 million?

That’s one of the questions posed in Damariscotta author Shannon Parker’s third novel, “Love & Lobsters.” The story centers on female lobsterman…

Make time to swing by the Merry Barn,, 417 River Road, Edgecomb, this Saturday, Oct. 5 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the Maine Craft Weekend. Cynthia Marsh…

The Merry Barn Literacy and Arts Center in Edgecomb will close its doors on Dec. 31. For the last five years, the Merry Barn has been a space where creativity and…

Have you signed up yet for the Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas fiddle workshop on Saturday, Oct. 12 at 1 p.m. at The Waldo? 

Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop…

The fall season at Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House includes the arrival of The "Stoneheads,' more often known to Midcoast fans as The Boneheads. On Friday, Oct. 11, the band brings an…

Wiscasset Public Library (WPL) set up mini-golf holes around the stacks for September. Librarian Lindsey Carnes reached out to the Friends of WPL, asking them to purchase six holes to be placed…

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…

The not-for-profit Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) unveils its annual juried ARTinME show which, this year, spotlights large format works and small sculpture from Maine artists.

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“Didi” - (R; 1 hour, 34 minutes) - In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family…

Raindrop  ripples, concentric circles on waters surface. Iridescent soap bubbles floating in the breeze. A Simple Circle, Charlie Brown’s head. Sun, moon, or distant star, the circle motif repeats…

The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series is back at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, offering opera lovers a chance to experience eight live performances broadcast directly from the Met stage in…

"Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” - (PG13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - After 36 years, director Tim Burton triumphantly brings us the sequel to the iconic fantasy…

Fall is here and it’s time for the annual cider pressing demonstration at Lincoln County Historical Association’s Pownalborough Court House in Dresden.  Families are invited to the court house…

To Celebrate Maine Craft Weekend, the Merry Barn is hosting a Craft Fair featuring local artists and makers. Join us on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m…

How many locals have had mititel or, in English, “meat fingers?” If you asked a week ago, probably few. However, thanks to a group of Romanian workers, many got the chance. A crowd of people came…

Did you know that if you are a resident of Wiscasset, you can take a tour of Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House for free when the houses are open to the public? Well, it’s true. Both houses…

“The Critic” - (R; 1 hour, 35 minutes) - Academy Award nominee Sir Ian McKellen (“The Lord of the Rings,” “The Good Liar”) plays Jimmy Erskine, a powerful 1930s London theater…

A new award-winning documentary on the origins and rise of right-wing extremism in America will be shown on Tuesday, Oct.  8, at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta. The screening of “…

It all started at Southport Island Association’s annual Musicfest at Newagen Inn. The Mallett Brothers band was playing in the background when Tanner Grover discovered that his fellow…

The 21st annual Pemaquid Oyster Festival returns to Mine Oyster Restaurant, 16 Wharf St.,  in downtown Boothbay Harbor on Sunday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival features $2 oysters…

Midcoast Literacy presents Readers Theater Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m. (activities for kids starting at 1 p.m.) at Morse High School Auditorium; 826 Shipbuilder Drive; Bath.

Tickets are $10…

Historic Alna, a 501(c)(3) organization created to help support the maintenance, preservation, and restoration of Alna’s rich historical heritage, will celebrate completing recent repairs and…

Mathias Fine Art is excited to announce a special workshop in connection with the current exhibition “RELIEF – an exploration.” Mona Shiber will present a workshop called “Folding Birds For Peace…

“Twisters” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 2 minutes) -  From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series. A former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a…

“It Ends With Us” -  (PG13; 2 hours, 11 minutes) - When Lily Bloom’s first love, Atlas Corrigan, unexpectedly reappears, her relationship with Ryle Kincaid, a…

Delight in the final Wiscasset Art Walk of the 2024 season on Thursday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m. Enjoy the Village collection of fine galleries, one-of-a-kind shops, a…

Scotland’s famed Celtic Connections award winners The Langan Band arrive in the U.S. this month and have included one stop in Maine. For nearly 15 years now, the three members of The Langan Band…

Get ready for a musical experience, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems' best-selling children's books, that will leave audiences doing the "Flippy Floppy Floory" dance all night long!

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The first dreadnought (or D-sized) guitar made the scene in 1916 and was built by C.F. Martin & Co. Since then, this large sound acoustic guitar grew in popularity, and is still much sought…

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…

Sept. 2 was the 10th Bands for Books, and it exceeded expectations. The members of the Fundraising Committee of the Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library started planning in the early winter…

In July, the 38th sculpture on the Boothbay Region Sculpture Trail/Sculpture Boothbay was installed at Kerr+Jones Gallery in East Boothbay. Trail board members and sculptors Bill Royall, Andreas…

The Waldo Theatre is in rehearsal for “Tanglin’Hearts,” a smart, fun and funny country western musical comedy coming to its stage later this month, and it’s the creation of local actress,…

The Maine Arts Commission is honored to announce a call for submissions for the upcoming Maine Veterans Art Exhibition, set to be displayed at the State Capitol Complex in Augusta. This…

We are starting small and dreaming big. Foot on the Ground Productions (an amateur theatrical production company based in Lincoln County) will present a live, scripted performance of "War of the…

Divine September weather was the ideal backdrop for last week’s First Friday Art Walk at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s Fall Member Show – the last of the 2024 season.

Artists and…

So what do “Stagecoach,” “Dark Victory,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” and “Of Mice and Men” all have in common? You might answer, as I would have done before I did my…

The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway is celebrating its 35th year in preservation. Since 1989, the preserved Railway has grown from an ambitious dream and a single building on Cross…

Kerr+Jones Gallery in East Boothbay will host a live auction and reception on Thursday, Sept. 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. to benefit the Boothbay Region Community Resource Council. The BRCRC serves…

Edgecomb is a town of hidden gems. Many artists work tucked away in studios across the town. In honor of our town’s 250th birthday, artists who call Edgecomb home are opening their studios to…