The Chocolate Church Arts Center will kick off its 42nd season with two weekends of performances of the iconic Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot, directed by Thom Watson. Camelot brings to life the…
Culture
A Haitian youth choir, Les Petit Chanteurs, will visit Newcastle, Maine on Saturday, Aug. 24 as part of a U.S. tour. The choir of 30 boys and girls ages 10 to 16, and an eight-piece chamber…
Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath is pleased to present an exhibit of sculptural jewelry by Midcoast artist Steve Burns for the month of September.
For over 35 years, Steve…
Watercolor is known to many painters as “the masters’ medium.” Unforgiving, surprising and uncorrectable, watercolor requires both planning and spontaneity.
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Carriage House Gardens
Lucia Droby’s gardens are simply lovely, even under the soft gray sky on a fine August…
Jamie Lee will perform on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m.
Jamie Lee Thurston lives in Nashville, but his roots are in New England, and he returns to Vermont often. His…
You could almost imagine seeing Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor strolling arm-in-arm as Spencer Pottle, Sarah Harris and Trey Tibbetts made their way across the stage singing “Good…
DaPonte String Quartet revisits its roots this summer, going back to rural beginnings.…
The Maine Arts Commission is seeking veteran artists to submit up to three pieces of work to be considered for inclusion in the 2019 Veterans Show at the…
On Thursday, Aug 22, Talking Trash!, a project created by Mark Ward and Michael Uhl, will present “A Community Forum on Recycling and Trash Disposal in Lincoln County” at 6 p.m. at the Round Top…
This Saturday, Aug. 24 one of Maine’s own bluegrass bands, the Sandy River Ramblers, will play a concert at the Alna Center station of the Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway (WW&F…
“We Were An Island,” a new made in Maine short film will have its Midcoast premiere at Harbor Theater Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Director Peter Logue, and Screenwriter Jahn Sood will introduce…
River Arts in Damariscotta presents Carol Wiley in a solo show, “Figures and Shapes.” This West Gallery show runs from Aug. 22 to Sept. 4.
Three summers ago at the West Gallery, Jefferson…
The Space Foundation
The Space Foundation is now accepting entries for its 10thAnnual International Student Art Contest. Student artists ages 3 to 18 years old are invited to enter the 2020 contest by submitting their…
For “Around Town,” his first solo show at Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor, Roger Dale Brown, one of the country’s foremost marine painters, chose to focus on Boothbay Harbor and the…
Gold/Smith Gallery
Irene Wanjiru, a native of Nairobi, Kenya will be having an exhibit of her paintings and fabric collage pieces on canvas and her small sculptures at Gold/Smith Gallery from Aug. 29 through Sept.…
HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
“Maiden” - HELD OVER! - Audiences…
Boothbay Harbor Festival fans love that every event is totally unique and different than other events…
Sunday, Aug. 25
American Legion Post #36 is serving up another delicious, all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast from 7-9 a.m. at Sherman Hall. On the menu: hash, baked beans, blueberry and…
Lincoln Theater
The enrollment period for membership in the third season of Lincoln Theater’s Classic Film Club is fast approaching and will end on Saturday, Aug. 31. The Classic Film Club is the perfect…
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 53rd festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road. Gates open at 8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18. Weekend tickets for each festival will…
Sylvan Gallery celebrates its 19th year of representing a core group of talented New England artists with receptions on Thursday, Aug. 29 and Thursday, Sept. 26, both from 5-8 p.m., to mark their…
The Popham Beach Library is pleased to present Cyndy Carney, executive director of the Friends of Seguin Island Light at the library on Thursday, Aug. 22…
River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to a “wild” opening reception on Friday, Aug. 16 from 5-7 p.m. An exhilarating exhibition juried by Anthony Anderson, publisher of the Maine Studio…
The Stable Gallery, at 28 Water St., Damariscotta, will host an opening reception for its latest show, “Lights and Shadows,” on Friday, Aug. 16 from 5-7 p.m.
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Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…
Lincoln Arts Festival
Summer in Maine is prime time for art shows, exhibitions, and spending time on the water – among so many other activities and pastimes. At Lincoln Arts Festival’s annual Arts & Yachts…
HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
‘Yesterday” - What if you were…
“One of the greatest rock movies ever made,” notes film critic and film historian, Leonard Maltin, “Stop Making Sense, ” the 1984 American concert film of The Talking Heads by director Jonathan…
After a four month search that attracted more than 50 applicants from throughout the U.S., The Waldo Theater’s board of directors is very pleased to announce that Kate Fletcher will be the…
Theater review
Bravo Lincoln County Community Theater!
LCCT’s latest production, “A Grand Night for Singing - The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein” was a delight from start to finish. Honestly, I could…
Mid-August is a lush moment in the garden season and Carriage House Gardens in Wiscasset invites the public to an open house to celebrate the blooms and the equally colorful paintings of Alna…
Discover the tiny and impressive organisms that can be found in the billions floating in our coastal waters! Join experts from the Bigelow Laboratory and the Maine Department of Marine Resources…
Maine’s First Ship (MFS) hosts Ken Hamilton for an evening of discussion of the earliest European and Native interactions, from 16th century Jacques Cartier and Basque fishermen to early 17th…
Theater review
You’ll be over the rainbow for Maine State Music Theater’s season finale “The Wizard of Oz” on stage through Aug. 24. This colorful, outstanding production rates four enthusiastic broomsticks!…
On Monday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Jan Howell Memorial Lecture Series, The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will host an evening program entitled, “The Story of the…
As they have in past seasons, the exhibiting artists of The Pemaquid Artists Group have refreshed their panels with new works of art. Visitors to the gallery after the mid-season point will…
Local Flavors Summer Series
Cheney Financial Group is hosting the second of three fun summer events Thursday, Aug. 15, from 4:30-6 p.m. The events support and showcase local artists, local musicians, local food, local brews…
Vendor applications are now available for the 52nd Fall Foliage Festival at the Boothbay Railway Village, an annual event that draws attendees from across the Midcoast and fall tourists from…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
An important collection of firefighter memorabilia and tools will fire up bidding at Thomaston Place Auction Galleries three-day summer sale on Aug. 23, 24 and 25. This auction will also serve up…
Harbor Theater
“Downton Abbey” is now a grand motion picture event and the Harbor Theater is holding its very first Sneak Preview. See the new film version of your favorite television program before it opens…
First National Bank
First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its 12th annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 200 entries, and each winning…
Help support the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (KELT) and local artists through a collaborative endangered species pottery collection.
Maine potter, Mary McKone, and painter and illustrator…
On Monday, Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m., as part of the Jan Howell Memorial Lecture Series, The Friends of Colonial Pemaquid will host an evening program entitled, “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What…
Green Lion Gallery, Bath
Richard William Blanchard grew up in Winthrop, and found opportunities to develop his creative inclinations at the University of Maine in Augusta while he was still in high school. He continued…
Gleason Fine Art
Friday afternoon, Aug. 2, artist Henry Isaacs and arts writer/historian Dan Kany entertained an overflow audience at Gleason Fine Art, 31 Townsend Avenue in Boothbay Harbor.
The subject…
When those of us who weren’t yet born think about Apollo 11’s Moon landing on July 20, 1969, I think we imagine a nation waiting with bated breath for Neil Armstrong to emerge from the lunar…
The Haitian Youth Choir of Holy Trinity Church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will begin a 24-city U.S. concert tour with its first stop in Newcastle, Maine on Saturday, Aug. 24. The choir of 30 boys…
Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 25th season
Now in the second week of its 25th annual summer musical festival, Salt Bay Chamberfest is this year presenting five evening concerts at Darrows Barn—one more than in past seasons. The season also…
