Music

“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,…

Jinwood Park

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) presents concerts with three conductors taking the stage on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. at Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston and Sunday, May 22 at 2:…

Press release

Carl and Veda Ferris of Woolwich are going on a trip of a lifetime, thanks to the Maine Lottery. Carl entered a non-winning Big Country Cash ticket into the “I’m With the Band” promotion, and his…

Sheepscot Valley Chorus

Sheepscot Valley Chorus is delighted to announce the winners of our 2022 Student Music Awards are  Evan Strong from Wiscasset High School and Emerson Harris from Boothbay Region High School, and…

“Dog” - (PG-13; 1 hour 41 minutes) - A buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger…

Tickets are now on sale at Maine State Music Theatre for a full summer season at the Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus for the first time since 2019.

The 2022 mainstage…

If you couldn’t make it to London or Broadway to catch the high-kicking cast of Cole Porter's “Anything Goes,” never fear! You can still see this ‘show of the year’ (The Telegraph) on the…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

JigJam are a multi-award winning quintet from the heart of the midlands in Ireland. Blending the best of traditional Irish music with Bluegrass and Americana in a new genre which has been branded…

Dogs … the perfect companion. They are loyal. They love, support, protect and defend. Human beings have relationships with dogs that they simply can’t have with other humans. With all that being…

The Henhouse Prowlers

Founded 17 years ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, the Henhouse Prowlers now find themselves at the intersection of performance, diplomacy and education. On…

James Austin Smith

On Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m., Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School presents much loved regular, oboist James Austin Smith at the Rockport Opera House.

James will be joined by hornist…

“The Worst Person in the World” - (R; 2 hours, 7 minutes, in Norwegian w/English subtitles) - A 2022 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best International…

“Music. Money. Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Maui” chronicles Hendrix’s storied 1970 performance on the dormant lower crater of the Haleakala volcano. Playing at the Lincoln…

An Oscar nominated romcom opens at Lincoln Theater this Friday! “The Worst Person in the World” stars Renate Reinsve, who takes on the role of Julie, a 20-something heroine on a journey to…

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by Rohan Smith, presents two concerts of music for the whole family on Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston…

Oscar season is upon us and Lincoln Theater is thrilled to offer the full line-up of Oscar nominated short films opening this Friday, with all three categories - Animation, Live Action, and…

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg flies to Edinburgh April 5 where she will receive The Iain Macleòid Young Composer Award during the International Harp Festival, April 8-11, at George Watson’s College.…

Forest City & Friends is proud to announce the March 29 release of “Sol,” the second CD from the Maine-based rock group. “Sol" is…

If you haven’t heard already, Boothbay’s Gabe Tonon will be touring with the Joshua Hedley Band this year promoting the new album, “Neon Blue,” being released on April 22.

Tonon appears in…

Harpist Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg

Rhiannon Ramsey-Brimberg, who attended Boothbay Region Elementary School and graduated from North Yarmouth Academy in 2015, recently received the Iain…

For a few decades, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine has been delivering messages of love from Brunswick to Bristol for Valentine’s Day. This year on Monday, Feb. 14 the Chorus…

The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus of Mid Coast Maine are taking orders for Singing Valentines for Monday, Feb. 14. The Nor’easters, clad in tuxedos, will appear at the designated location, to sing…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing Brahms’ delightful “Liebeslieder Waltzes” (Love Song Waltzes). Published in 1870 and setting the poetry of…

A timeless classic is re-imagined this Friday in the new adaptation of “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” written for the screen and directed by four-time Oscar winner Joel Coen. According to David Rooney…

The monumental weekend dedicated to rewarding and celebrating student-driven musical theater programs happened online and in-person January 14-16, 2022, in Atlanta. At the festival, each…

Well, we’ve waited and waited, and now it’s finally here – “West Side Story” opens at Lincoln Theater this Friday! Director Steven Spielberg displays his natural talents in his first ever musical…

Salt Bay Chamberfest

Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), the highly regarded and popular chamber-music festival held annually in Damariscotta, has been chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive…

Sheepscot Chorus begins rehearsals on Tuesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 28 High St. in Wiscasset. We'll be rehearsing in the sanctuary, so there will be ample room…

This week we bring you an eye-opening documentary that peers into the state of American courage. “Truth Tellers,” playing for two screenings only is a film by Maine filmmaker Richard Kane focusing…

West Side Story” – (PG-13; 2 hours, 36 minutes) - Steven Spielberg joined with writer Tony Kushner to produce a new script, keeping all the familiar songs (music by Leonard Bernstein,…

In the mood for a film that covers all the bases; love, adultery, jealousy, revenge, and to top it all off, murder? Never fear, “House of Gucci” is here! And if that wasn’t enough reason to run to…

All of us at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater wish you a very Happy Holiday. As a holiday treat, we hope you will join us for “A Christmas Story,” the 1983 Christmas classic, playing on the big…

The youth of Boothbay Region Y Arts have been very busy this month. In addition to “Seussical Jr” at Lincoln Theater, caroling on Boothbay Common, and the recent Christmas Spectacular show, they’…

A few hours before the snow fell on Saturday, Dec. 18, making it look a little more like Christmas, the Y Arts dancers put on a show, Christmas Spectacular, that entertained around 200 happy…

Boothbay Region Y Arts invites the community to the Christmas Spectacular! Join the Y Arts youth performers on Saturday, Dec/ 18 at 1 p.m. in the YMCA gymnasium. The performance features the Y…

With five Academy Award nominations to his name, Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” just might be the film to finally win him that coveted Oscar statue. The…

Mary Sullivan

Sheepscot Valley Chorus and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir’s ever-popular Holiday Concert is now available for viewing online!

Presented live on Dec. 5 before a limited-seating audience, the…

Lincoln Theater
The cherished holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” is coming back to the big screen Sunday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m., kicking off the 2021-22 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema series…

“The French Dispatch,” opening Dec. 10, is the latest film from acclaimed director Wes Anderson. In this comedic fantasy, based on the history of The New Yorker magazine, writers are sent out in…

Horton the Elephant (Spencer Pottle), the Cat in the Hat (Sophia Mansfield) and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical Junior, a…
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice has captivated imaginations for millennia, and now you can experience it through The Met Live in HD’s premiere broadcast of “Eurydice,” coming to the big screen…

The historic Opera House stage in Boothbay Harbor will showcase the talents of Maine musicians during the final two live concerts of the 2021 season. Regional…

Lincoln Theater is pleased to present “Hair Frenzy!” This live and fully-staged production by LCCT, the theater company in residence, opens this Friday, Nov. 12. Performances are running…

“Oh, what a beautiful morning, oh, what a beautiful day! I got a beautiful feeling: everything's going my way!” In 1943, Rogers and Hammerstein opened their (predicted to flop) Broadway musical “…

DaPonte String Quartet

The DaPonte String Quartet kicks off its 30th season with a three-stop concert tour, performing one of the pillars of string quartet literature: Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden.” The first…

For more than four decades now, fans of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” across the world have dressed up as their favorite characters, recreated signature dance numbers and comedy…

Dan Stevens first won our hearts when we met him on screen as Matthew Crawley in “Downton Abbey.” Now he takes on another dreamy role as the pleasure-driven android in “I’m Your Man” opening Oct.…

Music has always been at the heart of First Congregational Church of Wiscasset. But in January, the church found itself without a settled organist and started advertising using a number of…