Film and Theater

Artist Jon Imber
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the third season of the MidCoast Film Fest, playing at the historic theater in downtown Damariscotta the weekend of Friday July 29 through Sunday July 31.…

Maine State Music Theatre will open the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” on July 21 and run the show through Aug. 6. The most inspirational show…

Cat Video Fest 2022 - (1 hour, 10 minutes) - “Watching silly cat videos is good for you.” - The Wall Street Journal. Fun for all ages and 10% of Lincoln Theater’s ticket sales…

“Where The Crawdads Sing” – (NR; 1 hour, 33 minutes) - Did you love the novel by Delia Owens? You’re not alone. With 12 million copies sold worldwide and a solid 150 weeks on the…

There are so many great things happening at The Lincoln this weekend and into next week! You can still catch the film comedy “Phantom of the Open” about the world’s worst golfer starring Mark…

Heartwood Theater has just launched its fifth annual Online Raffle Fundraiser, available at www.raffle.…

Audiences have been raving about this bold and brassy version of the Elvis story, starring Austin Butler, who is sure to win an Oscar for melting into the role with such verve. Don’t miss it!…

“Elvis” – (PG-13; 2 hours and 39 minutes) - This is not your standard rock and roll biopic. Director Baz Luhrmann shakes it up with high energy and dazzling style, showcasing the…

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” - (PG13; 1 hour, 34 minutes) - Live performances and interviews are woven together from the 50th anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz &…

“Elvis” has been held over for one more week by popular demand!!

“Elvis” – (PG-13…

Harbor Theater

“Where the Crawdads Sing”  – One time only special screening with post-movie discussion—Sunday, July 24 at 2 p.m. at the Harbor Theater, Boothbay Harbor.

If you are like me, when Hollywood…

“Petite Maman” - (PG; 1 hour, 12 minutes, French with English subtitles) - Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary…

Two movies starring Maine domestic violence survivors are premiering Saturday, July 16 at the 25th Maine International Film Festival in Waterville, sharing the stage with the award-winning…

Now serving homemade ice cream from Boothbay Harbor's Ice Cream Factory! Enjoy a summertime treat of local ice cream while you watch a movie. Currently serving five favorite flavors: Chocolate,…

Maine State Music Theatre will open the sensational “Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on June 29 and run the show through July 16. The show tells the journey of Joseph, son of Jacob…

Lincoln Theater/Summer Blockbuster Series
This Tuesday marked the first day of summer, and what better way to celebrate than with some favorite throw-back films! Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the 2022 Summer Blockbuster…

This weekend, lose yourself in a “once upon a time” tale on the big screen. A young girl enters a storybook forest only to find a mysterious friend. Thus begins the fairy tale of “Petite Maman,”…

“Jurassic Park” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 27 minutes) - Experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas…

The Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts group performed three shows of “Into the Woods Junior” on Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18 with one of the shows (1 p.m. Saturday) being a chance for…

The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St.) announces the one-day-only gala event, “Broadway at the Waldo” on Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m. featuring stars of the local stage performing old favorites and new…

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Maine State Music Theater reopens Pickard Theater for the first time in two years with a divinely cast production of “The Sound of Music” – music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II…

Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts

This weekend Y Arts Encore Performers will perform “Into the Woods Junior” on Friday and Saturday, June 17 and 18 at 4 p.m. General admission is $5.

The cast is composed of 30 youth and…

“Jurassic World Dominion” – (Rated PG; 2 hours, 26 minutes) - This summer, experience the epic conclusion to the Jurassic era as two generations unite for the first time. Chris…

This Friday, “The Duke” comes to the big screen at Lincoln Theater. The film, from director Roger Michell, centers around the 1961 heist of Francisco de Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington,…

This Saturday, the first-ever film of Maurice Béjart's “Ninth Symphony” ballet comes to The Lincoln Theater big screen for one screening only.
 
In 2021, when live…

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“Jurassic World Dominion” - (Rated PG; 2 hours, 26 minutes) - This summer, experience the…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “nothing is certain except death and taxes,” and in this week’s film, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” that is exactly how things appear… at least at first. When an…

It’s Retro Week at Harbor Theater with “Singing in the Rain” playing now and “Jurassic World Dominion” coming soon!  The Theater is now open seven days a week: nightly at 7 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m…

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” -  (PG; 2 hours, 4 minutes)-  From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes this much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites…

The Boothbay Region Y Arts youth performers returned to Lincoln Theater Friday and Saturday, May 28 and 29 to present “Dinosaurs Before Dark Kids.” The play was a cute musical from the “Magic Tree…

This weekend only at the Lincoln Theater: 38 local Y Arts youth performers will present “Dinosaurs Before Dark Kids!” Performances are Friday, May 27 at 5 p.m. and…

For the lovers of live theater, you don’t want to miss the incredible talents of the Y Arts youth performers as they take the stage this weekend. And for the concert goers, Adam Ezra Group is with…

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” – (PG; 2 hours, 5 minutes) - From award-winning creator Julian Fellows comes the much-anticipated cinematic return of the beloved cast follows them as…

Harbor Theater
The gala opening of  “Downton Abbey: A New Era” at Harbor Theater in Boothbay Harbor on Friday, May 20 was attended by 84 “Downton fans,” 48 or so in 1920s attire for…

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” opens this Friday, and Lincoln Theater has some fun drawings to add to the excitement of this new film release. Anyone who attends a screening of “Downton Abbey: A New…

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” - (R - some violence, sexual material, language; 2 hours, 12 minutes) -  An aging Chinese immigrant who can’t figure out how to pay her taxes…

Heartwood and Lincoln Academy (LA) announce auditions for their fall 2022 musical production, which will mark the 20th season of their collaboration, a unique relationship which began with a…

Come hear Paul Zalucky, retired CIA bureau chief in Kyiv and Moscow, speak about the situation in Ukraine and see “The Earth is Blue as an Orange,” a moving film made in Ukraine about a family who…

Heartwood Regional Theater Company

“Back in Heartwood’s earlier years,” notes Executive Director Joy Braley, “we produced annual winter dramas (affectionately referred to as our ‘Janu-Dramas’) in the atrium of Skidompha Public…

Lincoln County Community Theater

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, “Bright Star” tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the…

Tickets are almost sold out for the Downton Abbey Opening Night Gala on Friday, May 20, sponsored by First National Bank. Deadline for online tickets is May 13; get yours now before it’s too late…

“The Duke” – (R - language and brief sexuality; 1 hour, 36 minutes). In 1961, Kempton Bunton, a 60-year-old taxi driver, stole Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the…

“Turnadot” - The Met Live in HD - (3 hours, 15 minutes; two intermissions: one 40-minute intermission, & one 30-minute) - Marco Armiliato conducts Puccini’s stirring opera,…

Harbor Theater

Famed Exhibition on Screen Director Phil Grabsky is coming from the UK to Boothbay Harbor to introduce his latest film, “Raphael Revealed,” on Sunday, May 15 at 5 p.m. He will follow with a Q…

Tickets are now available online for the May 20 “Downton Abbey” Opening Night Gala.  Go to www.boothbaycinema.org for the link to purchase tickets.…

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This Friday we begin the final preparations for Lincoln County Community Theater’s spring musical production, the Maine Premiere of the Tony nominated musical “Bright Star!” The theater will…

“Fantastic Beasts - The Secrets of Dumbledore” – (PG-13: fantasy, action violence; 2 hours, 23 minutes) – Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert…

Harbor Theater

When I was growing up in Texas, I went to the Broadway Theater every Saturday for the “Six to Sixty Matinee.” My parents would drop me off at Luby’s Cafeteria next door to the…

Mark Rylance

“Uncharted” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 56 minutes) - Street-smart thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to…

Harbor Theater has updated its COVID policy. Proof of vaccination is no longer required. Masks are not required, but highly recommended. Masks and hand sanitation are still available in the lobby…