SUMMERTIME!
Outdoor Film Festival Selects Tour at The Waldo
Childrens author book signing at Sherman’s
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 Maine Coast Book Shop in Boothbay Harbor Aug. 26 and Damariscotta on Aug. 27 from 1 to 3 p.m.
“Night Owl Night” (Charlesbridge) released Aug. 8, is an introduction to bird banding and capture-and-release research, as well as a mother-daughter story about owl conservation and patience,… Read more
Teams gear up for popular tuna challenge
Registration for the second annual Boothbay Harbor Tuna Challenge sold out by March. Now, 75 teams are weeks away from a potential $35,000 first place prize for the event to be held Sept. 3 to 9.
"Everybody was just really excited to come back so we wanted to continue keeping everybody happy, supporting the working waterfront and just making sure this tournament grows,” said Jax van der Veen, chair of the tuna challenge committee. “We have really big hopes for the tournament to grow… Read more
‘COLLECTIONS: White-line Color Woodcuts’ new Villard show in Sept.
The show, curated by Kim Villard, reflects on the different environments and styles that have been explored by the artists over the last 30 years. The works presented have been collated into groupings titled “COLLECTIONS” as the color woodcut images range in style… Read more
This week at the Lincoln Theater
“Afire” - (NR; 1 hour, 43 minutes - In German with English subtitles) - While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised by the presence of Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at Felix’s family’s holiday home. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest fire threatens the group and tensions escalate when a handsome lifeguard and Leon’s tight-lipped book editor also arrive. Christian Petzold’s acclaimed latest was… Read more
Battle of the Boards, a feast for the eyes and the palate
Marge Kilkelly and the crew from Dragonfly Cove Farm took top honors in the “Battle of the Boards” in Wiscasset Saturday evening, Aug, 19. The inaugural event was hosted by Maine Tasting Center and sponsored by Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce. It drew 13 contestants eager to match their culinary and artistic skills and close to 100 guests eager to sample the cuisine.
Contestants paid an entry fee and prepared appetizers using cured meats, gourmet cheeses, fancy pastries, breads,… Read more
Celebrating the opening of the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark
This week at Harbor Theater
“Barbie” held over by popular demand! And “Beethoven” is the FREE drive-in movie in the Meadow Mall parking lot Sunday, Sept. 3!
“Barbie” - (PG13; 1 hour, 54 minutes) - Living the perfect life in the perfect world, Barbie (Margot Robbie) has it all. Until one day when things start changing and her perfect world seems to fall apart. From her shower being cold to falling off her roof, rather than floating down, and her heels falling flat to the ground —… Read more
Wiscasset Art Walk hosts project honoring those impacted by substance use
Nearing the end of the summer’s peak season, Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. offers visitors an assortment of activities to enjoy, ponder, and share. From the magnificence of award-winning artists to the reflections on loved ones lost to drug use, the evening promises a stimulating experience.
Sylvan Gallery on Water Street hosts award-winning artists Crista Pisano and Neal Hughes, fresh from travels as plein air painters. The gallery features an… Read more
Author talk with Gerry Boyle
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, including the acclaimed Jack McMorrow mystery series. His latest novel is “Robbed Blind: A Jack McMorrow Mystery.” The previous McMorrow novel, “Random Act” was awarded the 2020 Maine Literary Award for crime fiction, the second time a McMorrow novel has been chosen for that honor.
… Read more
Cathy Bennigson solo show in the River Room
River Arts is pleased to announce abstract artist, Cathy Bennigson’s upcoming solo show “Color and Motion” in the River Room August 24 through September 13. Bennigson’s vibrant abstract paintings are sure to captivate. A public reception will coincide with River Arts “Abstract” show Saturday, Sept. 9 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Bennigson began her art studies at the School of Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston. After studying there for five years, Bennigson was invited to join the board of… Read more
New sculpture on the Trail
The Carriage House Restaurant in East Boothbay has become a stop on the Boothbay Harbor Region Sculpture Trail.
Sculpture Trail board members Dan Ucci and Bill Royall, with artist Rob Lash of Vermont, installed “Bang!” on Thursday, Aug. 10.
Lash, formerly of Gardiner, writes on his website about his work: “From the subtle suggestions in wood such as a hole piercing the work and showing a glimpse of the inside of the form, to steel forms where half the form is exterior… Read more
2023 Maine Authors Book Festival Aug. 26
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 and sell their books. The event will also include a children’s area hosted by the Coastal Children’s Museum, presentations, raffles, live music by Don and Cindy Roy, food and drink from Station 118, and ice cream from Stone Fox Farm Creamery.
From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., children’s authors… Read more
‘Coyote and the Boy, Ben’ : A marionette show for the family
A unique experience awaits all who attend the “Coyote and the Boy, Ben” marionette show at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road in Jefferson on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. This is a marionette show about the wonderful relationships in our lives….and in the lives of the wild ones who share our planet with us.… Read more
Bands For Books silent auction
On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lakehurst Lodge, 30 Lakehurst Lane, in Damariscotta, the Bands for Books Fundraiser for Wiscasset Public Library returns with its silent auction.
The Committee is pleased to announce we have several new and different donations from area residents and businesses. You may wish to bid on Dzerts by Daphne – a dessert each month for 12 months; a photograph of Cuckold’s Pass; a nautical canvas bag full of goodies; four general admission… Read more
Ninth annual Gardens Aglow tickets on sale Sept. 25
This week at Lincoln Theater
“Forrest Gump” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 22 minutes) - What better way to celebrate summer than with some old favorites on the big screen! Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the final film in our 2023 Summer Blockbuster series, “Forrest Gump.” Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star… Read more
Ford Film Fest to celebrate with screening in Damariscotta
In their hometown of Portland, Maine, the brothers were known as Frank and Jack “Bull” Feeney. Born to Irish Immigrants from… Read more
‘716 Candles’: Honoring lives, creating awareness
Healthy Lincoln County is proud to present "716 Candles," a transformative series of events commemorating International Overdose Awareness Day. Taking place throughout late August 2023, this community-driven project aims to shed light on the human cost of substance misuse and the opioid epidemic while fostering healing, unity, and understanding within the Lincoln County community.
In Lincoln County, Maine, substance use disorder and the overdose epidemic touch nearly every individual… Read more
Members’ exhibit reception is Aug. 19
Works in painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, assemblage, collage, photography, and digital imagery are among the more than 100 individual pieces in the upcoming Maine Art Gallery Members Show. Artists were invited to submit two works for display. “The approaches, technical skills and imagery are wide ranging, which makes for a lively show,” said Mark Coates, exhibit chair.
An opening reception at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19 features guitarist Jud Caswell. This exhibit will run… Read more
World famous flutist will perform with Lincoln Center musicians
A concert starring MacArthur “Genius” Award-recipient flutist Claire Chase will highlight the final week of this year’s 29th annual Salt Bay Chamberfest, an acclaimed chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta. The 2023 season, called Goddess, will come to a grand conclusion with an exciting performance on Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. In addition, free events will take place on Aug. 17 and 19.
Aug. 19, Chase will perform works for various… Read more
This week at Harbor Theater
“Barbie” - (PG13; 1 hour, 54 minutes) - One week only! Wear pink to any show and take a selfie in our Barbie picture frame! Living the perfect life in the perfect world, Barbie (Margot Robbie) has it all. Until one day when things start changing and her perfect world seems to fall apart. From her shower being cold to falling off her roof, rather than floating down, and her heels falling flat to the ground — Barbie now has to choose between her perfect life and finding out… Read more
Live Edge Music Festival features Maine bands
Sunday, Sept. 10, Midcoast Conservancy will hold the 11th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center from 12-6 pm, a fun-filled day of live music, great local food and beer and wine set in the midst of HVNC’s 1,000 acres of trails, pond shore frontage and bogs. This year’s all-Maine musical line-up includes Primo Cubano, The Boneheads, The Hot Suppers, and Papa Tim and the Desperate Man’s Blues Explosion.
The Hot Suppers are beloved musicians of Waldo County,… Read more
Chats with Champions: Adam Hochschild
Hochschild has written a “masterly” (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were… Read more
Capital City Improv bringing on-the-spot comedy to the Waldo
The Waldo welcomes Capital City Improv for a night of fun and laughter on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. Using audience suggestions and interviews, Capital City Improv creates unique, on-the-spot comedy shows that live for one night only!
Dennis Price, founder of Capital City Improv, studied and performed improvisation in Chicago with The Second City and IO Theater (formerly ImprovOlympic). While performing with IO house team Honeyslide, Dennis watched and… Read more
‘Art at the Grill’ celebrates summer in Maine
Canada’s Cecilia at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House Aug.12
Traditional music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing every venue – that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada's finest musicians, it is a pleasure to see how much enjoyment Timi Turmel, Erin Leahy, and Louis Schryer find in playing together. While honoring their heritage as Cécilia, their music making has an undeniably fresh and high-spirited sound.
They bring the best of many musical worlds together in their explorations of traditional, Celtic and… Read more
Pat Colwell/Soul Sensations: ‘Women of Soul’ at The Waldo
Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations are bringing their 100% old-school soul revue to The Waldo in Waldoboro this Saturday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. A loving tribute to the female giants of soul music, Women of Soul is 90 minutes of pure, unadulterated joy featuring the sounds of superstars Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Etta James, and Dusty Springfield.
They’ll also be taking a deep dive into the musical genius of lesser known, but brilliant artists like Ann… Read more
Reception for artist Scout Dunbar Aug. 17
Kerr+Jones Fine Art and Craft in East Boothbay continues to showcase noted contemporary Maine artists with a reception for artist Scout Dunbar on Thursday, Aug. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Dunbar’s works in ink, paint and colored pencil stand alone in the realm of creativity. Her dreamlike, primitive images of birds, boats, fish and flowers evoke a playfulness that draw in the viewer to a magical sense of place. In her current collection, she finds steady inspiration along the shore of… Read more
This week at the Lincoln Theater
“GODDESS” - 2023 Salt Bay Chamberfest Festival Concert Series - . On Friday, Aug. 11, join them for their second festival concert, featuring the Brentano String Quartet. And on Tuesday, Aug. 15, the third concert, features mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, violinists Susie Park and Sean Lee; with Che-Yen Chen and Natalie Loughran on viola, and cellists Oliver Herbert and Wilhelmina Smith. Festival concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. with pre-concert lectures at 6:30. Information on each… Read more
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Lobster Boat Races
SATURDAY of FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND
Races begin at 10 a.m.
Commemorative Ts and sweatshirts at sign up table at Brown’s Wharf on Atlantic Avenue go on sale at 8 a.m. - and they go fast (not as fast as the lobster boats, but pretty close!)
The lobster boat season revs up here in Boothbay Harbor the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend each year!
22 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor
207-633-7200
Sail the Bennie Alice from Pier 6 in Boothbay Harbor to Cabbage Island, a quintessential Maine experience. The Moore family hosts guests 7 days a week from mid-June through Labor Day serving up traditional Downeast clambakes cooked on the water's edge.
Pier 6, Boothbay Harbor.
207-613-7339
Take the Harbor Princess or Pink Lady II for adventure ... Whale watching - Puffin and pelagic bird trips - lighthouse tour - Reggae cruise - and so many more!
Ticket booth at Pier 8.
207-633-2284
Book a trip aboard the Novelty, Balmy Days II, Miss Boothbay, or Friendship sloop Bay Lady.
Trips include: Monhegan Island, mackerel fishing, harbor tours, more!
Ticket booth on Pier 1 - 20 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor
207-633-6598
Day sails, sunset cruises, private charters aboard Eastwind and Applejack (formerly the Lazy Jack)!
120 Commercial St./Bristol Marine
Please note: Schooner Isaac Evans is not sailing in 2023.
92 Wall Point Road, Boothbay Harbor
Freedom Boat Club offers an affordable alternative to boat ownership.
207-650-6027
66 Fort Road, Edgecomb
Held the last Thursday in June through September.
Art gallery events, entertainment, food, public participation art projects, more!
First Friday Art Tour
Held between the hours of 3-8 p.m. on the first Friday of June through October.
A self-guided walking (or driving) tour of the art galleries in Boothbay Harbor. See new work by local artists and gallery owners, refreshments; often with live demos and/or music! Times vary. Look for the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber info table outside Coastal Maine Popcorn for the map of participants the first Friday June - Oct. and/or check out the listings in the week’s edition of the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper!
296 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor
Dinner and a music-filled show - summer stock that’s not to be missed! Visit the website for show dates.
Call 633-5297 for reservations.
Established in 2017 as the Boothbay Region Sculpture Trail by the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce. Sculptures of stone from granite to marble, metal, steel and more lead you along the Trail through town, and then by car to locations in Boothbay, East Boothbay and Southport Island. Trail maps are available at the Chamber, 192 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, and other locations to be announced.
50 Sugar Maple Lane, Boothbay.
Breathtaking vistas, challenging 18-hole golf course, and a sea breeze blowing off the ocean. The stunning new clubhouse is unlike any other facility in Maine with luxury amenities - including Giselaine’s Spa, and unparalleled service.