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…
Literature
Southport Memorial Library
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…
Through March 31
Read a family-friendly book walking along the 1 mile story trail at Oak Point Farm, 60 Samoset Road, Boothbay Harbor. Trail takes off from parking lot kiosk. This month’s…
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…
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…
“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…
“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…
Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 13, Community Literacy Events return to the Merry Barn, celebrating the power…
Saturday, Jan. 27
The local author will be at Brady’s Restaurant for a 2 p.m. talk - and, yes, he will have soft and hard cover copies of his debut novel “Red At Night” for sale and…
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 …
Saturday, Jan. 27
Local author Jerry Farnham will be at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to read from and talk about his debut novel, “Red At Night.” He…
Ukuleles for the Holidays
The Skidompha Strummers, the ukulele ensemble of Skidompha Public Library (184 Main St.) in downtown Damariscotta, will perform a free concert of familiar holiday songs in…
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (…
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
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…
Where It’s At
Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s final production of its 20th anniversary season, "Hamlet," is a perfect example of the high caliber performances that have been drawing audiences to the Poe…
The Waldo Theatre
The Waldo Theatre will hold a Summer Fundraising Gala on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m., overlooking Muscongus Harbor in Round Pond. This year’s theme “Once Upon a Time on the Medomak…
Farnsworth Library
Rockland, Maine - The Farnsworth Art Museum is launching a new storytelling series for children ages four to 10 that will feature Maine authors and illustrators reading their own works. The…
Yankee Magazine has named the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop “The Best Maine Used Bookstore.”
The designation appears in the Best of New England section of the magazine’s May/June issue.…
Ryan Bernsten, author of “50 States of Mind: A Journey to Discover American Democracy,” gave an author’s talk to about 20 attendees at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library on Friday, July 20. The talk…
“Hamlet,” the capstone production of Heartwood Theater’s first 20 seasons, opens July 28 with six evening performances ending Aug. 5. For those who love Shakespeare, for those who have never seen…
Skidompha Public Library
Chats with Champions is pleased to present Tess Gerritsen as the next…
Beautiful, often perilous, but rewarding.
That is how Arend Thibodeau describes the process of researching and…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Join us on the Library lawn on Friday, July 14 at 1 p.m. for an unforgettable afternoon with popular mystery…
Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library
Join us on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Friday, July 14 at 1 p.m. for an unforgettable afternoon with popular mystery author Barbara Ross discussing her newest book “…
