“Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 45 minutes) - Eleven-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of…
Culture

On Monday, June 26 Boothbay Harbor Inn hosted the 5th Annual Windjammer Days Crab Cake Cook-Off. Four local restaurants competed for Judge’s Choice and People’s…

Many area residents have found a summer recipe they can’t resist: a salad buffet of fresh dishes served on earthenware plates they can keep. On Saturday July 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., hundreds of…

Self-guided journeys led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination.
Paintings … sculpture … mixed media ……

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” - (PG13; 2 hours, 22 minutes) - Held over by popular demand! - Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with…

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences will soon open its doors for its annual Café Sci series of free science talks. People can join in person or virtually for the talks, which take place at 5 p.m…

The five homes featured on Wiscasset Homes on Tour on Saturday, July 8 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m., describe the community’s story from its early shipbuilding days through the 20th…

Gleason Fine Art begins the month of July with a show of new Henry Isaacs paintings. "Henry Isaacs: Paintings of Maine and Vermont" opens Friday, July 7, and runs through Aug. 15, with a reception…

This summer there are few days when Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House will go quiet. As part of the organization’s 20th anniversary celebration music, theater, storytelling, and even an…

Throughout the month of July, consider a cultural visit to the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s second floor exhibit. Within the Harbor View gallery, Villard Studios offers a glimpse into the…



It has been a rainy 61st Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor but the rain before the parade did not stop participants or spectators from taking to the streets on Wednesday, June 28. After all, the…

On Tuesday, July 18 at 1 p.m., the Harbor Theater offers the exceptional opportunity to view a new film, “The Right to Read” (71 minutes), meet filmmaker Jenny Mackenzie, and participate in a…
A fundraising effort is underway to repair and repaint the historic Murphy’s Corner School in Woolwich. The former one-room schoolhouse built in 1868 continues to be used as a neighborhood…

“America’s historic houses are a key part of the country’s heritage. Stepping inside one of these well-preserved homes gives visitors a glimpse of architectural…

The Southport Memorial Library is host this summer to “MidCoast Rambles and Beyond,” a show of paintings by Nancy Custer Carroll. On display during July and August is a collection of oil and…

Olde Bristol Days announces a fun Saturday morning on Aug. 12 beginning at 10 a.m. The traditional Olde Bristol Days Parade and the OBD Williams-Fosset 10th anniversary Vintage Car Show are part…

Jodie Roquemore enjoys people. That is a good thing, because on June 27, the owner of Jodie’s Cafe and Bakery on Route One, Wiscasset bought the longtime Sarah’s Cafe property on Water Street.…

The folk duo, Castlebay will present a concert of Celtic-inspired Maine and maritime songs on July 12 at the Little Brown Church, Route 32 in Round Pond Village at 7 p.m.
Since 1984…
Sheepscott Community Church is a community-centered church that welcomes all. In-person services will be held at 10 a.m. Sundays July 2 – Sept. 10 at the “hill” church on…
On Labor Day, the Friends of Wiscasset Library will hold their 9th Bands for Books fundraiser. From the first year in 2014, Katharine Martin-Savage was a major force on the committee which still…

While galleries and shops open their doors to summer visitors during the first Wiscasset Art Walk of the season on Thursday, June 29 from 5 to 8 p.m., Village sidewalks will also be pulsing with…


Beloved author, Judy Blume, is headed to the big screen at Lincoln Theater. Her classic, groundbreaking, and multi award-winning 1970 novel “Are you there God? It’s Me, Margaret” has been adapted…

Peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a “Behind Closed Doors Tour,” Saturday, July 1 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There is something new to see whether you are a first-time or repeat…

“Fast X” - (PG13; 2 hours, 21 minutes) - Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path.…

The Waldo Theatre is excited to welcome the Halcyon String Quartet on Saturday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. for a performance of their latest multi-media show, Tipping Points. The show features music by…

Join Victoria Browning Wyeth, the only grandchild of iconic artist Andrew Wyeth, for an engaging lecture on the work of her grandfather on Wednesday, July 12 at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House. …

2023 is an historic sailing season for the pinnace Virginia, and Boothbay Harbor’s Windjammer Days is her debutante ball. There is much to discover about how to sail a 17th…

As part of the celebration of the Town of Damariscotta’s 175th year, Coastal Rivers and the Central Lincoln County YMCA are hosting a Quartoseptcentennial 5k trail run, walk, and fun run and other…


Livingston Taylor has been touring for nearly 50 years, and his newest recordings hold the same freshness as his music from decades past. His brother James Taylor may have enjoyed more commercial…

Beginning July 1 and continuing until Aug. 30, Gold/Smith Gallery will be featuring exceptionally beautiful paintings in Tempera on board by Ivano Balluchi from Livorno, Italy.
It was…

Gallery 87, a studio gallery, is holding its opening season exhibition “An artist’s obsession with Matisse” June 24 at 97 Federal Street in Wiscasset from 4 to 8 p.m.
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Sylvan Gallery welcomes back artist Paul Batch for a special exhibit featuring his most recent landscape paintings, with many focusing on the Maine coastline and marsh. The public is invited to an…

Before The Beatles, before The Stones, rock and roll was born. Over 90 years ago, a young man from Lubbock, Texas, changed the face of popular music, only to die tragically in a plane crash aged…
Train and trail fans alike are invited to board the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway steam train at Sheepscot Station in Alna for a 20-minute trip through the backwoods of Alna to Top…

Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of its ninth annual Claw Down, held at The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor on June 16.
Nine chefs competed in the event which…
Sing the joyful Mozart "Coronation Mass" with the Lincoln Festival Chorus this summer! Under the leadership of Artistic Directors Linda Blanchard and Sean Fleming, now is the perfect time to join…
River Arts in Damariscotta welcomes the public to the opening reception for a vibrant show, “New Works” on Saturday, June 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. The show will run through July 29.
“New Works…
The Merry Barn’s June Community Literacy Event on Saturday, June 24, 10:30 a.m.-noon, is a nod to Windjammer Days. Special musical guest, Castlebay, will share treasured ballads and songs of ships…

The MidCoast Film Fest is back for another weekend of original films! This season we decided to take a new approach to our programming and focus on celebrating New England. New England films, New…
The Chapman-Hall House historic site will join Damariscotta’s anniversary celebration with an exhibit that highlights the two families that owned the house during the 18th and 19th centuries, the…
It’s not too late to expand your creativity by enrolling in a painting class at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset. While classes provide an opportunity learn new skills, they also help to provide…
Chop, chop goes the wood splitter, putt, putt goes the motor. Now, watch and see how easily the wood splits. Kevin Verney showed how old-time Mainers used to split their logs for the cook stove.…

The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta 2023 returns on the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, Oct. 6-9, to deliver its signature frivolity. Woven into the festival are performances by…
Professional vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Kendall Dean, has recently returned to her native Maine and will be performing live at the Old Walpole Meetinghouse in Walpole on June 24 at 7 p.m…

Since their formal introduction to American audiences in 1997, The Kruger Brothers’ remarkable discipline, creativity and their ability to infuse classical music into folk music has resulted in a…