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The annual Fort Popham Concert featuring the Bath Municipal Band under the direction of Kathy Downing will be on Wednesday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.

This outdoor concert within the walls of the…

Maine State Music Theater

MSMT is delighted to announce its enchanting summer production of the timeless classic Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Running from July 17 to Aug. 3, this heartwarming musical promises to bring…

Jay Hall Connaway

"Sparkling Summer Days," an exhibition of American and European art celebrating the brilliant warm light and long evenings of summertime, will open on Thursday, July 25 at the Wiscasset Bay…

BRV Antique Auto Show

If it’s mid-July at Boothbay Railway Village, antique cars from around the state will be motoring there. This year, BRV’s 60th anniversary year, the Antique Auto Show was July 13. About 40 members…

Where It’s At
David Dupree

When I first saw David Dupree’s colorful, detailed paintings at Studio 53, I was blown away. The energy produced by the techniques this self-taught artist used including pointillism (painting…

Peggy Bacon

Over 70 drawings by the artist Peggy Bacon (1895-1987), which have never been previously on public display, will open in a selling exhibition at The Gallery at Trifles, 55 Main St.,…

“Janet Planet” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 53 minutes) - In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the…

Susan Webster

Two concurrent shows, “Paint It!” Wiscasset, the Maine Art Gallery’s annual plein air event and “Drawn to Maine,” an exhibition of works on paper, will conclude on Sunday, July 21. Gallery hours…

The Carousel Music Theater, 196 Townsend Ave., in Boothbay Harbor Maine, is currently running a wonderful new show titled “Dominic’s Diner.”

Set in the 1950s, a lovely young woman inherits…

The arrival of August also sees the…
Celebrate Edgecomb’s 250th!

Edgecomb’s 250th Birthday Committee has arranged a self-guided Shop Crawl to celebrate Edgecomb’s creative artisans and the extraordinary handcrafted work they produce. 

On Saturday, July…

Historic New England

Experience Maine through the eyes of 24 artists of the Plein Air Painters of Maine at an Artists’ Reception hosted by Historic New England in the historic Nickels-Sortwell House Barn on Thursday,…

The second concert in this year’s continuing Southport Musicfest series, welcomes Spencer Albee to the stage of the Newagen Seaside Inn…

The acclaimed Latingrass duo of Joropo maestro Larry Bellorín and Grammy-nominated bluegrass and old-time star Joe Troop return to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Thursday, July 25. The two…

Wiscasset Art Walk

The hurdy-hurdy is a very complex instrument. According to Wiscasset’s Laurie Rousseau, a hurdy-gurdy performer, it has components of the violin, guitar, piano and bagpipe. …

The Fund to Support Historic Alna (FSHA) would like to thank Les Fossel and his business, Restoration Resources, for the generous donation of materials and labor required to re…

The Heather Pierson Trio

The Waldo Theatre is pleased to bring back the Heather Pierson Trio on Sunday, July 28 in a 7 p.m.  An annual favorite during the holiday season, this will be her first show featuring her original…

Waldo Theatre Art Gallery
Carlo Pittore
“Life is a Carnival: from the Figurative to the Abstract,” a UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) art exhibition, opened at the Bill & Joan Alfond…

“Fly Me To The Moon” -  (PG13; 2 hours, 12 minutes) - Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, “Fly Me To The Moon” is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Contenders

Internationally renowned Canadian Brass, acclaimed singer-songwriters The Contenders, NYC’s hot jazz group The Hot Sardines, and Maine’s own Grammy-winning Patty Griffin on stage in the coming…

Local Southport summer resident Dr. Paul Schacknow is passionate about helping make our community safer from cardiac emergencies. He participates with a number of cardiac specialists, other M.D.s…

Smuggler’s Cove Inn

Smuggler’s Cove Inn is delighted to…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
David Hunter

The Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF), open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is currently hosting the July Members’ Show, which includes an eclectic mix of the creative works of…

Boothbay Region Historical Society
People have long been fascinated with Queen…

On Thursday, July 18, the “Salty Dogs” will be performing on Wiscasset Common from…

Where it (was) at

The breeze was as strong as the sun during 2024’s Windjammer Days’ Artists Alley down to Whale Park June 27 and 28. Coordinating this event the past two years, is Friends of Windjammer Days member…

Cave Dogs presents a startlingly original way of telling a story. Fluid shadows and images dance in wild imagination across the screen. Each performance promises a healthy dose of the sublime, the…

“Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1” - (R; 3 hours, 1 minute) - Part one of Kevin Costner’s zealous, multi-character Western epic, Horizon: An American Saga explores the lure…

“Thelma” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 37 minutes) - Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, “Thelma” puts a clever spin on movies like “Mission Impossible” shining the…

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, July 20 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…

Captain Rusty Court of East Boothbay and his son Eben Court were at the Farnsworth in Rockland on Friday, July 5 for the opening reception  of Jamie Wyeth’s new…

The six private homes and a carriage house featured during Wiscasset Homes on Tour, Saturday, July 13 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. were built from 1799 to 1898. Each is unique and fascinating, and each…

Robert Mitchell’s annual calendar is a very personal endeavor – for him and for those who will use it and enjoy the photos month after month. After flipping beyond the stunning sunset on the cover…

The 11th annual OBD Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show volunteers report that 2024 trophies have already arrived due to quick action by the Bristol Town Office staff. Six trophies will be awarded…

Soprano Alaysha Fox

Opera Maine presents a very special concert featuring soprano Alaysha Fox and baritone Grant Jackson with pianist Timothy Steele at The Waldo on Friday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. Bringing Opera to the…

Press release

The Fund to Support Historic Alna (FSHA) is pleased to announce that painting of Alna’s historic 1789 meetinghouse has been completed. The meetinghouse was painted by Hopkins…

Mango tacos, passion fruit cheesecake, curry noodle soup, and lemon cocktails are some of the ways 62 Midcoast eateries are incorporating the color yellow on their July menus in the second…
Sylvan Gallery
Paul Batch

Sylvan Gallery in Wiscasset is celebrating their 23rd year of representing a diverse group of fine, contemporary New England artists. A selection of new work by the gallery’s roster is on view,…

St. Giles Episcopal Church in Jefferson will present a talk Sunday, July 14 by a leading expert on Baxter State Park and how it was acquired by Percival P. Baxter, who donated the property to the…

The Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre will host the first of three films about masterful Maine Artists. Beginning on Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m. with “Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye,”  the film series highlights…

The Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St., Waldoboro, is excited to announce tickets are now on sale for an intimate solo performance with Hiss Golden Messenger on July 19 at 7:30 p.m.

The Durham…

Harbor Theater

Join us at Harbor Theater on Sunday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. for a lovely, meditative immersion into the sights, sounds, tastes, and people of Norway through Margreth Olin’s film “Songs of Earth,”…

The Popham Beach Library has a full schedule for its “Summer Series 2024” as well as additional community activities this summer. The Library welcomes all residents, seasonal residents, and…

David DuPree
BOOTHBAY REGION ART FOUNDATION
1 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor…

The Waldo Theatre is proud to announce the receipt of a gift of $1,000 from Maine State Credit Union (MSCU) in support of their community arts and education programs. MSCU has signed on at the…

727 Ocean Sunset is delighted to welcome international Irish singer, Gabriel Donohue for a special, and free, one-night regional performance on Saturday, July 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. 
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“Thelma” -  (PG-13; 1 hour, 37 minutes) -  Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, “Thelma” puts a clever spin on movies like “Mission:…