A Call For Artists is announced for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2024 season. The Gallery will open for Memorial Day weekend and then open for the season on Friday…
Culture
“Perfect Days” - (PG; 2 hours, 3 minutes) - Directed and co-written by Wim Wenders, delivers an absorbing slice-of-life drama propelled by the remarkable performance of Kôji…
62nd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days
The 62nd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will be held June 23-29. The experienced members of Friends of WJD are well on their way to finalizing all the details…
There is nothing that demonstrates an actor’s skill and versatility like a one person show. Andrew Scott, best known for “Fleabag,” delivers a tour de…
Southport Memorial Library
Through the months of March and April, artist André Benoit’s assemblage/mixed media art will be on exhibit (and for sale) at the Southport Memorial Library.
Once an artist using paints as…
UMaine Cooperative Extension
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) is looking for artists for its 2025 wall calendar with a…
Friday, March 29 – Seth Warner Band: The best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Saturday, March 30 – John McEuen and The Circle Band
The 2024 performance season at Boothbay Harbor’s…
Friday, March 22 at 2 p.m. Harbor Theater presents this month’s EOS film “The Impressionists and the Man Who Made Them” (2015, 90 minutes).
Director and Executive Producer Phil Grabsky…
Where It’s At
Rochester, New York native Joel Rissinger is totally jazzed for his first season (in his favorite state of Maine) as the new head chef at Robinson’s Wharf. The famous Southport restaurant and…
The Waldo Theatre
Known as the “Lennon and McCartney of children’s music,” the musical performing duo Trout Fishing in America has garnered National Indie Awards,…
“The Taste of Things” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 21 minutes - In French with English subtitles) - Cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) and her boss Dodin grow fond of one another over 20…
“Dune: Part 2” - (PG13; 2 hours, 46 minutes) - The mythic journey of Paul Atreides continues as he joins forces with Chani and the Fremen, seeking revenge against those who…
Press release
Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway is entering its 35th year in preservation. Since 1989, the preserved Railway has grown from an ambitious dream and a single building on Cross Road in…
Review
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor hosted its first Boothbay Region Y Arts play in years on Friday and Saturday, March 8 and 9. A cast of over 40 children and adults put on three shows of Disney’s…
The days are getting longer, the birds are returning and, for some of us, our thoughts have turned to planning our summer gardens. If you need a little something to get your creativity flowing,…
The Monhegan Museum of Art & History is delighted to announce its upcoming summer exhibition, “A Common Bond: Women Artists of Monhegan Island,” featuring the remarkable legacy of the Women…
The Waldo is excited to announce that for the first time ever in Maine, Andy Summers will be performing his live, solo multi-media show, “The Cracked…
“The Color Purple” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 21 minutes) - Oscar Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Danielle Brooks. A story of love and resilience based…
Mid-Coast Audubon will lead a field trip in the Damariscotta Mills area on Saturday, March 16. They will check the pools above and below the famous fish ladder and also look out over Great Salt…
“Dune: Part Two” - (PG13; 2 hours, 46 minutes) - Award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve returns with “Dune: Part Two,” the highly anticipated sequel to the six-time Academy…
Harbor Theater
We end our 2023-2024 classic film series on Great Directors with “East of Eden,” directed by Elia Kazan, a director about whom Roger Ebert stated, “More than any other single person, he presided…
“All artists have some kind of story to tell about a teacher or mentor whose methods, influence and work contributed to their personal development and maturity as artists,” says noted artist,…
Heartwood Theater Summer Camp enrollment is open for students graduating grades 5-12. This three-week intensive theater experience will provide young performers with a unique, challenging, and…
62nd Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival
The Friends of Windjammer Days are honoring Boat Builders of the Boothbay Region as the special focus group for the 62nd Festival slated for Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29.
WJD…
Y Arts is coming to the Opera House with a community production of “My Son, Pinocchio: Geppetto’s Musical Tale.” The cast of 42 actors is comprised of local youth and adults from the region.
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Lincoln County Historical Association
The discovery of an original 1770s cookbook with engravings by Paul Revere at Dresden’s Pownalborough Court House inspired Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) to learn more about printing…
“The Zone of Interest” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 46 minutes - in German with English subtitles) - Nominated for 5 Academy Awards: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best International…
The long-awaited “Dune: Part Two” (PG13; 2 hours, 46 minutes) opens nationwide on Friday, March 1. Want to get in on the excitement and take the family out to the movie without breaking the bank?…
Where it’s at
Maine Art Gallery’s current show, “Generations: The Legacy of Mentors,” celebrates the relationship between aspiring artists and their mentors. It also exemplifies each mentor’s impact on the…
River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta announces the opening of “Night & Day” juried by artist, Phoebe Bly, of Tenants Harbor. Faced with the challenging task of selecting from 131 entries by 95…
Please welcome painter Daisy Greene in the gallery at Bremen Library, 204 Waldoboro Road, on Thursday, March 7 from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Ms. Greene, a professional artist and educator, has work…
“Origin” - (PG13; 2 hours, 15 minutes) - The 2023 American biographical drama film, directed and written by Ava DuVernay, brings Isabel Wilkerson's groundbreaking exploration of…
George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” is a song about having a direct relationship with God, specifically, at the time, the Hindu God…
In 2018, when Charlie Britton stopped working as the full-time head of school in an independent Maryland school and returned home to Southport, he did what many people talk of doing but few…
“The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio” - Great Art On Screen – (1 hour, 26 minutes) - With narration by Jeremy Irons, this documentary is a journey among the most…
Where It’s At
The William Blake quote, “Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed” doesn’t necessarily refer solely to the human form ... or does it? That’s a discussion for another time. Boothbay…
Looking for a belated Valentine's date? You’re in luck! On Thursday, Feb. 29 and Friday, March 1 Damariscotta's historic Lincoln Theater is bringing audiences the ultimate romantic ballet…
Finding Our Voices
Legendary actor Gabriel Byrne is making a rare Maine public appearance Saturday, March 9 to raise money for domestic abuse awareness.
“An evening with Gabriel Byrne…
Maine Art Gallery
Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery continues to grow in membership and statewide recognition with an exhibit and program season that highlights the influences of early members and provides more…
On March 16, 1621, Samoset cemented his place in history when he boldly walked into Plymouth Plantation and greeted the settlers in English. And that’s where most history books leave him. They…
“American Fiction” - ( R; 1 hour, 57 minutes) - Witness the captivating tale of Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, an English professor and frustrated novelist, whose writing career hits…
The wrong Crossword Puzzle was published in the Feb. 15, 2024 issue. We have provided a jpeg and PDF of the correct puzzle here. We apologize for the error.
Family Film Matinee Series
The Strand Theatre’s monthly Family Film Matinee series will present “The Princess Bride” (1987) on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. The matinee series presents favorite family films from yesterday and…
The Wiscasset Elementary School Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus performed a Valentine’s Day concert for residents of St. Andrews Village and other guests in Boothbay Harbor on Wednesday, Feb. 14.…
“Mainely Nude” is a show that celebrates the human form. All are invited to this annual art show opening this coming Saturday, Feb. 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation at…
Lincoln Theater
Looking to gear up for the Academy Awards? You…
“American Fiction” - (R; 1 hour, 57 minutes) - Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous…
Valentine’s Day is approaching, and this holiday has expanded to expressions of affection and caring among relatives and friends. Many of us want to surprise the important people in our lives.…
River Arts Gallery
Three artists will grace the walls of The River Room at River Arts Gallery in Damariscotta from Feb. 8 through March 13. Artists Judy Nixon, Helen Warner and Colleen White, have put together a…
“The Monk and the Gun” - (PG13; 1 hour, 47 minutes) - From the writer/director of Oscar nominated “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” much loved by Boothbay’s audience in 2019,…
