Literature

Southport Memorial Library

Southport Memorial Library welcomes author Jerry Farnham  on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about his debut novel, “Red At Night” and its sequel, “Red in the Morning!” Refreshments will be…

Kay Hardy Campbell

Kay Hardy Campbell will be the featured author at The Sounding Board, on Thursday,…

Jorge Pena
Welcome painter Jorge Pena as his show opens at Bremen Maine Library Thursday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. Join us for light refreshments and conversation on this very special afternoon!
Finding Our Voices
Sailor, activist, and author Heidi Love will join the online discussion of her best-selling new book Laughing at the Sky in the Finding Our Voices book club Tuesday, June 11 at 6 p.m.
Merry Barn

The Merry Barn has…

Southport Memorial Library

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to show case the paintings of the late Tony van Hasselt in May and June. Known as a plein air artist and teacher of art, his works are brought to the…

Snowlion Rep continues its work developing new and newly imagined works for the stage with a workshop reading of a new play by Al D'Andrea, “Faust in the Anthropocene,” performing…

All children’s books are on sale at half price from now through Thursday, May 16 at the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta.

The…

Southport Memorial Library
Leah Chyten

”Soul of the Mountain” is Leah Chyten's third novel. The Southport Memorial Library welcome Leah Chyten for an author talk at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 14. 

Finding Our Voices online
 
Michelle Horton's “Dear Sister” documents how blindness to domestic abuse led to her sister’s wrongful incarceration for killing her abuser. 
Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the Academy Award winning film adaptation of Harper Lee’s beloved classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” This is the third film in a new film series – Screen…
Timothée Chalamet

“Bob Marley: One Love” -  (PG-13; 1 hour, 40 minutes) - Celebrating the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen…

Merry Barn

Ellen Baker, author of the recently published “The Hidden Life of Cicely Larson,” spoke with Sounding Board Facilitator Kelsy Hartley last Thursday about the new…

The Midcoast region has a newly published first time author in Ruth Monsell of Damariscotta and Camden. Her book, “Frances Perkins: Champion of American Workers,” published by Histria Books,…

There is nothing that demonstrates an actor’s skill and versatility like a one person show. Andrew Scott, best known for “Fleabag,” delivers a tour de…
Southport Memorial Library
André Benoit

Through the months of March and April, artist André Benoit’s assemblage/mixed media art will be on exhibit (and for sale) at the Southport Memorial Library. 

Once an artist using paints as…

Please welcome painter Daisy Greene in the gallery at Bremen Library, 204 Waldoboro Road, on Thursday, March 7 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Ms. Greene, a professional artist and educator, has work…

George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” is a song about having a direct relationship with God, specifically, at the time, the Hindu God…

In 2018, when Charlie Britton stopped working as the full-time head of school in an independent Maryland school and returned home to Southport, he did what many people talk of doing but few…

Kathryn Miles

The author of a chronicle of the murder of a Unity College student and her girlfriend hiking the Appalachian Trail is joining the online discussion of the book with the Finding Our Voices book…

“In honor of the victims, survivors, and families of the Lewiston mass shooting that occurred on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.” So reads the dedication of a new anthology of Maine short…

RICK DICKINSON

“A Year in the Gut” art show, consisting of 365 paintings of Townsend Gut as seen from the dock and studio of Southport artist Rick Dickinson, has opened at the Southport Memorial Library, 1032…

Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 13, Community Literacy Events return to the Merry Barn, celebrating the power…

Wells writer and former Edgecomb Congregational pastor Steve Burt’s Maine thriller, “Protect the Queen,” ended year with a win at the 2023 New England Book Festival. 

“It won Best Adult…

Skidompha Public Library

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day by joining Skidompha Library and Leigh Anne Keichline for free in-person and virtual discussions of some of Dr. King's works. 

These facilitated…

Merry Barn

Midcoast writers interested in reading their work for an audience are welcome to submit a work-in-progress of any genre, up to 750 words, to

Merry Barn

Prolific Round Pond poet, Elizabeth Potter, will be the featured author at The Sounding Board, on Friday,…

All cookbooks at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will be on sale at half price from Tuesday, Dec. 5 through Monday, Dec. 18.

Skidompha Public Library

Chats with Champions is proud to present local author, Kay Tobler Liss, on Thursday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. This Chat serves as the launch of Kay’s new…

Boothbay Harbor native Arend Thibodeau translated his passion for photography into a fascinating book series on forgotten buildings and the stories contained within them.

When the Rev. Steve Burt was pastor at Edgecomb Congregational Church in the late 1990s, he penned a few Halloween tales that appeared in the Lincoln County Weekly.

“Captain James’s Bones…

The Everyman Repertory Radio Theatre will bring a radio dramatization of “Dracula” to the Strand Theatre stage in Rockland on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. This live show will feature a cast of 10…

A Heartwood Theater - Lincoln Academy production

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy present their 21st collaborative production in LA’s Poe…

Thirteen students from the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb had their writing published in the most recent issue of Epoch, a creative magazine developed by Skidompha Library and edited…

Theater at Monmouth

Theater at Monmouth On Tour will bring their innovative approach to Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” to the Strand Theatre stage with a performance on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The show is suitable for…

Jerry Farnham returns for another book signing of “Red Sky at Night” at Sherman’s Book Store, 5 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 4 to 6 p.m.

Kelsy

The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is thrilled to announce The Sounding Board, a monthly gathering for writers of all abilities to celebrate the creativity inspired by the Midcoast and share work in…

On Saturday, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m., Harbor Theater offers a special three-in-one event featuring the silent film “Show People”  (1928; 1 hour, 23 minutes) accompanied, live, by organist Jeff Rapsis,…

When the Hollywood Book Festival Awards were announced in Los Angeles on Aug. 29 (…

The Salty Dogs, ME band

We are right around the corner from Labor Day and so is the 9th annual Bands for Books hosted by The Friends of Wiscasset Library. The fundraiser is on  Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…

New England children's author Susan Edwards Richmond will celebrate the launch of her fourth book for young children, “Night Owl Night,”  with signings at the Sherman's Book Store and Sherman’s…

Southport Memorial Library

Join us at the Southport Memorial Library on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 to welcome author Gerry Boyle for an author talk.

Gerry Boyle is the author of 16 crime novels,…

Skidompha Public Library
Chats with Champions is proud to present historian Adam Hochschild, the author of  “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.” Hochschild will speak on…

Maine Authors Publishing will be hosting their fourth annual book festival Saturday, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 12 High St. in Thomaston. Forty-eight authors will be in attendance to sign…

The Monhegan Memorial Library is pleased to welcome Morgan Talty in our fifth annual Distinguished Writers Series on Monhegan Island. Winner of several prizes including the National Book…

For the first time in its recent 20 year history the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor had back to back sell out shows Aug. 3 with Bela Fleck and Aug. 4 with Garrison Keillor. Cathy…
The Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre Education Program is proud to present the Maine premiere of “Penelope and the Gods of Olympus” written by Teralyn Reiter. The performance will be on Friday, Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. on…

Mathias Fine Art
Henry Strater

Michael Culver is the featured artist of the show and he will present a book signing and talk on Thursday, Aug. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m.

His new book, “Sparring in the Dark: The Art and Life Of…

Heartwood Regional Theater Company

To be there – or not to be there? The answer: “yes!” Heartwood Theater’s production of “Hamlet” - the greatest play ever written, is a must-see, with a gorgeous set and modern…