Literature

Lincoln County Community Theater
Come join us for a tuneful adventure, “practically perfect in every way.” Following on four years of sold out Gilbert and Sullivan operetta concerts, LCCT, the resident theater company at…

Family dysfunction gets a murderous twist in this dark comedy. Portland Stage is pleased to present “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring with previews Tuesday, Jan. 24 through Thursday, Jan…

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“Manchester by the Sea” - Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a brooding, irritable loner who works as a handyman for a Boston apartment block. After the…

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HELD OVER!  “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” The first of the Star Wars standalone films, prequels to the original Star Wars…

Nick Buck on adventure, handling mules, and letting life come to you

By now, many people around Lincoln County are familiar with the…

Chocolate Church Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center announces auditions for William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."

"Daniel and His Starry Night Blanket: A Story of Illness and Sibling Love" was recently selected by the national "Best Book Awards" program as a 2016…

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“Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them”  - J.K. Rowling's first screenplay takes place in the year 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne)…

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“Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them” J.K. Rowling's first screenplay, takes place in the year 1926, and Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) has just completed a global excursion to find and…

A couple weeks ago, a co-worker at the Boothbay Register appeared at my desk holding a book up. I immediately got goosebumps and said, “Oh! I loved that book!” My co-worker pointed across…

Last Friday’s October Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library’s Literary Luncheon hosted Aaron Krerowicz, the world’s only full-time professional Beatles scholar.…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children” Tim Burton presents this fantasy film based on Ransom Riggs best-selling novel about a boy who…

Maggie Smith in The Secret Garden

Lincoln Theater and Skidompha Library are pleased to launch the new “Stories to Screen Series” starting this October with four classic family tales, starting with Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The…

Skidompha Public Library announces public availability to thousands of movies, television shows, music albums, eBooks, audiobooks and comics, all available for mobile and online access…

Author Kathleen Collins, daughter of Jim Collins of Wiscasset, recently published her second book, "Dr. Joyce Brothers: The Founding Mother of TV Psychology."

According to the website,…

The heroics of commercial airline pilots aren’t often considered unless the situation is dire. The blockbuster “Sully,” a Clint Eastwood film detailing the  Jan. 15, 2009 emergency landing…

Local author Greg Latimer will join the Lighthouse Legends and Lore Cruise scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30; hosted by Maine Maritime Museum and conducted by Red Cloak Haunted History Tours. A…

Southport Memorial Library
MIke Leonard

Michael Leonard is a photographer who hails from Yarmouth but has many ties to the  Boothbay Harbor region and Southport. He started school at the Southport Central School before moving to…

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The Harbor Theatre

Due to great audience response, “Florence Foster Jenkins” will holdover for a second week and play thru September 22!

“Florence Foster…

Comic books. It all started waaaay back in 1842 here in the U.S. with “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck,” in black and white, and hard cover no less!…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Florence Foster Jenkins”   In the 1940s, New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep) dreams of becoming a great opera singer…

Lincoln Theater

Lincoln Theater is pleased to announce the return in September of theatrical broadcasts from some of the world’s greatest stages with four different productions starting Sept. 10 with Richard III…

Gulf of Maine Books and Midcoast Conservancy invite you to join them on Saturday, Sept. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m., to meet the author of “Orion on the Dunes,” a biography of Henry Beston by Daniel Payne…

Jerry Wiles will discuss the prolific correspondence of John and Abigail Adams during their married life on Monday, Aug. 22 from 3-4 p.m. at The Lincoln Home. The program will provide an…

Stan Lee

Comic book legend, and founder of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, proudly displays his new comic book series, “The Zodiac Legacy: Tiger Island,” published by the groundbreaking children’s book publisher…

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"Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship…

“One morning, Kate was too tired to dance or play with Daniel. She began to spend a lot of time sleeping and did not eat much. Their parents were always watching her, even when she was asleep…

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"Finding Dory" Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) is a wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss every 10 seconds or so. The one thing she can…

Heartwood’s The Tempest July 2016

William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” closes this weekend, at Heartwood Theater. This epic tale (trimmed to a mere 95 minutes) contains a little bit of all things Shakespeare: comedy, drama, magic,…

Damariscotta River Grill

The walls at the Damariscotta River Grill transform to summer colors and images, exploring a number of themes while capturing the light and beauty of Midcoast Maine. This art show is on display…

Bath Shakespeare Festival actors

The Bath Shakespeare Festival opens with “The Comedy of Errors” presented outside the Patten Free Library at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 16, Sunday, July 17, Thursday, July 21, Saturday, July 23 and…

Jimmy Hanna has been around the harbor for a long time. He came to Boothbay Harbor in 1972 to play guitar and sing at Rocktide Inn for two nights. He never left.

Play Review

A sudden tempest rages. A ship carrying Italian royalty and others is shipwrecked on an island. Miraculously all survive. But this isn't just any island. No, this mysterious plot…

Books in Boothbay

Saturday’s rainy weather was perfect for curling up with a good book. Anyone who ventured to the Books in Boothbay event, presented by the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library and the Boothbay Railway…

One of the most anticipated moments in the world of children’s and young…

Meet more than 30 of Maine’s best writers, adult and children’s authors, including international, national and State award winners at Books in Boothbay on Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at…

Wiscasset held its first art walk of the summer June 30. Now in its fourth year, the event was well -attended and shop owners and entertainers were in festive moods on…

Heartwood is pulling out the stops for its final and largest production of the season, Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” running July 15 through 23 in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy.

In a…

The Monhegan Memorial Library is delighted to announce that we are hosting inaugural poet Richard Blanco on Monhegan Island. His program will consist of two events on Saturday, July 9: a Q & A…

Award-winning author Suzanne Strempek Shea will appear at Southport Memorial Library on Wednesday, July 6 at 7 p.m. to give a presentation on her…

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“Time To Choose,” This is documentary director Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning look at global climate change. This film shows the breadth of the…

When worlds collide, few are spared the collateral damage - least of all crime reporter Jack McMorrow, who has learned the hard way that trouble often blooms in the cracks of human relationships…

Ready to have a great summer but could use some exciting plans? Let the Wiscasset Public Library Children’s Room provide you with fun for everyone and prizes, too! Join this year’s Summer Reading…

Maine State Music Theater

Maine State Music Theatre presents “Jack and the Beanstalk” on the Pickard stage Wednesday, June 15, at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and a special showing on Saturday, June 18 at 11 a.m. Children of all…

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“Alice Through the Looking Glass” ” After slipping through a mirror, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) finds herself back in Underland with the White Queen…

Round Table Productions presents the first and second in its series of “Writers’ Workshops” to be held in the fall of 2016. The workshops will be held at the Kefauver Studio &…

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The Harbor Theatre

Summer hours have returned- the theater is open 7 days a week.

“Alice Through the Looking Glass”  After slipping through a mirror, Alice (…

Wiscasset just keeps getting better. Red's Eats has long made the town a destination for a good lobster roll, and there are other eating establishments and shops in the small downtown area to keep…

Film Review

“The Jungle Book” – how many of us watched the animated Disney version of this with our kids – again and again and again? Well, if you thought that version was awesome, just wait. Wait until you…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Zootopia” takes place in a rich and lush fictional city in which animals live and work side by side (like people). It's a melting pot where…