Glenn Chadbourne is a spooky guy.

Born in Damariscotta on a late October day some 50 years ago, Chadbourne has been drawing…

Lincoln Theater will present the third in its free series, “Talking Art in Maine: Intimate Conversations,” on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. with special guest Eric Hopkins.

Talking Art in…

The Harbor Theatre

In “My Old Lady,” Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment, but when he arrives in France to sell the vast domicile…

The Lincoln Theater's encore broadcast of Verdi's “Macbeth,” scheduled for this afternoon, Wednesday, Oct. 15, has been canceled due to technical difficulties with our recording.

Previously…

“In the capital of a small republic,” poet Lee Sharkey wrote, “Tonight I am walking backwards. If I were blind I would know better than to do this.”

The Wiscasset Public Library fall author series will conclude on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. with humorist and Maine native Wendall Kinney. Wendall will talk about his new CD, “The Bull and I.”…

Paul Betit likes to tell stories.

“I really do. And being a sportswriter or newspaper reporter was the only way you could tell a story and guarantee you’d get paid for it,” the 67-year-old…

The Lincoln Theater is proud to bring Shakespeare's exuberant romantic comedy, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” to the Lincoln Theater screen on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2 p.m. There will also be a re-…

The fastest-selling production in the Young Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre…

Former Portland Press Herald sportswriter Paul Betit will present an author’s talk at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Wiscasset Public Library, 21 High St., Wiscasset.

Betit, who lives in…

Edgecomb author Lea Wait writes historical novels for ages eight and up, and the Shadows Antique Print Mystery series for adults. On Wednesday, Sept. 10 she will be speaking about her latest…

Maine Coast Artist Gallery of Friendship will be hosting the artist reception for the new exhibit, The Poetry of Line, on Sept. 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. This show integrates the love of line and poetry…

This week we inaugurate our new Friday night film series discussions, launch a new season from the National Theatre in London, hold auditions for a series of play readings, screen a couple of…

The Wiscasset Public Library fall series will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. with Sisters in Crime Vicki Doudera, J.E. Seymour and Janet Morgan. The three members of Sisters in Crime will…

Renowned Maine painter William Irvine is signing copies of his new book “William Irvine: A Painter’s Journey” and talking about his art at Gleason Fine Art on Thursday, Aug. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m.…

Maine poet Betsy Sholl will be filling in for (the now injured) Lee Sharkey at the Lincoln Arts Festival-sponsored Poetry Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 6. The workshop, at the Boothbay Region YMCA's…

When author Brian Lies first began writing and illustrating “Bats at the Beach,” he had no idea it would become a New York Times bestseller, along with the sequels, “Bats at the Library” and “Bats…

Straight from the Allagash, Tim Caverly brought tales of canoeing down the river with scenic photos and music to the Wiscasset Public Library for our FIZZ, BOOM, READ Summer Program.

The…

Photographer and summer house researcher, Tad Pfeffer, has published "The Hand of the Small-Town Builder," a book which deals with northern New England summer houses erected…

Here's a summer read of local and ecological interest for readers of Maine, “Bob Hines: National Wildlife Artist,” by Dr. John Juriga.

Why? Hines would not only create the famed 1946 duck…

Slow rise to this humid morning

from the alabaster-white sheeted bed

What's a mystery without some red herrings? Author and seasonal Boothbay Harbor resident Barbara Ross uses those false leads toward her goal of keeping the reader guessing until the…

Skidompha Library’s popular Chats with Champions program presents award-winning author Julia Spencer-Fleming, on Thursday, June 26 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library.

The pilot of the C-130 said one gust of wind blew the aircraft 400 feet upward, and when that gust passed it plummeted 300 feet. The co-pilot was the first to spot the Bounty in the…

What is true love?

“Maleficent” is the back story to the wicked fairy of “Sleeping Beauty” fame. And, like all good stories, real and imagined, love, loss and betrayal is at the heart of…

Independent writers now have a whole new way of producing and marketing their books. Recent innovations in the rapidly changing technology have created a boom in self-publishing. Good books that…

This week, some might say the most famous play of all time, Shakespeare’s King Lear, will be broadcast live from London to our theater. Come see a master work by a master theater company. Then…

In a limited four-city tour, Compagnia De'Colombari presents a story based on “Everything That Rises Must Converge,” the name of the final book of short stories written by Flannery O'Connor.

R.W. Horne, who dubs himself “The Puckerbrush Poet of Boothbay Harbor, Maine,” has published a new book, “I’m the Luckiest Guy,” memoirs and tales — the luckiest stories from the luckiest guy in…

First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus —
Crocus. —Lilja Rogers

It had never occurred to her to write about lost pirate treasure, curses and the supernatural. Now, she loves it.

“She” is Bangor native Patricia Hughes, and the book that started it all, “…

You know it’s been a harsh Maine winter when you find yourself sitting around daydreaming about mud season. Even the crustiest Maine weather curmudgeons will agree the one we’ve just slogged…

Young Joe Wood has a dream: to run his own newspaper. And when a cousin dies and leaves him a printing press, he has a chance to make the dream come true.

Little does he…

Sarah’s Café in Wiscasset is hosting a book signing with Don Carrigan on Saturday, March 15 from noon to 2 p.m. …

The past few weeks, when I had the time, sandwiched between my day job as director of the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, and my “what’s left over time” felling and limbing up spruce trees in my…

Voices of the Sea, a performance event coordinated by Maine Maritime Museum that showcases the talents of Maine poets and musicians who earn their living from the sea, casts a wider net this year…

Martha White, granddaugher of E. B. White, was the guest speaker at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library's Literary Luncheon on January 10.

After lunch, White read excerpts from the latest…

Two books crossed my sleepless eyelids over the past week or so, one a “1984” rerun for the Internet age, the other a fascinating and deftly written biography. One I can recommend, the other only…

“E. B. White on Dogs,” published last spring, was not a planned project for Martha White.

White was selecting pieces…

It’s Midcoast Maine in midwinter, and at last, there is time to slow down a bit: to read, visit, reflect and enjoy. Perfect timing for Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s, two poignant,…

Captain Mark Colby has taught in a one-room school, consisting of eight students in eight different grades, worked as a supply boat captain in Nigeria, written feature pieces published in Maine…

Two books crossed my sleepless eyelids over the past week or so, one a 1984 rerun for the Internet age, the other a fascinating and deftly written biography. One I can recommend, the other only…

Katheryn Kiden has always been a storyteller, according to her mother, Julie Coffin of Boothbay. Sometimes her stories could have gotten her family into trouble.

“When she was 10, Katheryn's…

Forget everything you thought you knew about Boothbay Harbor, and discover a story of intrigue, romance, music and murder.

Seldom does a story speak to the people of the Boothbay region like…

One of the times I really look forward to during the Christmas season is sitting down during the peaceful hours, after everything is wrapped up, to a cup…

The second edition of Tom Verde's “Maine Ghosts and Legends” was published last week. This new volume includes five new stories of otherworldly encounters throughout the state, including one about…

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in Damariscotta will hold its annual fall half-price sale from Wednesday, Oct. 30 through Saturday, Nov. 2.…

Colum McCann is an Irish writer, born in Dublin, who has achieved international recognition for his previous work: In 2003 he was named Esquire magazine’s Writer of the Year, and is a winner of…

John VanOrsdell, 80, of Boothbay, now a resident of St. Andrews Village, invited family, friends and his publisher to the Village for the unveiling of his first science fiction novel, “Angelesis…

Little Beaver was lonely and began to cry. Then, from across the pond he heard someone else crying. This began his adventure to discover new friends and Echo.

The picture book, “Little…