Culture

The Wild & Scenic Film Fest received rave reviews from attendees Monday night, March 4 after playing to a sold-out crowd at the Lincoln Theater. Film-goers both young and old enjoyed the…

Bob Emmons

 Skidompha Library's and Chats with Champions Committee welcomes Bob Emmons Thursday, March 14 at 10 a.m. Emmons will speak about the cause of the potato famine in Ireland in the library…

Lincoln County Community Theater
The curtain is going up at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater and rehearsals are underway for “Sister Act,” coming to the stage in April! Based on the 1992 hit film starring Whoopi Goldberg, “Sister…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“Cold War” - Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s…

Robin Voigt

River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public for a special evening of art, refreshment and a silent art auction on March 8 from 5-7 p.m.

Over 50 works by member artists are available in…

Maine State Music Theater

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT)  will hold local auditions for children aged 4-10 years old on Sunday, April 7 at 2 p.m. for the production of “The Wizard of Oz.” 

Auditions will be held…

Lauren Crosby

Local singer-songwriter Lauren Crosby returns with Robby Simpson to perform on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chocolate Church Annex at 804 Washington St., Bath.

Lauren Crosby,…

Fiona Washburn

Markings Gallery of Bath’s new show opened March 1 and will continue through April 1. A show reception is planned for Sunday, March 17 from noon to 4 p.m. with artist’s felting demos … and just…

Atlantic Motorcar
Maureen Dittmer

Tall ships, the Irish countryside, dreamy castles and nautical scenes are all being showcased on the walls at Atlantic Motorcar (AMC) until June. Maureen Dittmer, a lifelong photographer and New…

On Monday, March 11, from 3 to 4 p.m. at The Lincoln Home, engineer Edward Polewarczyk will give a talk on NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

In 2004, after the 2003 Columbia Space Shuttle…

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District

Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District (KLSWCD) will hold an environmental education fundraiser at Flatbread Company, 100 Commercial Street (Route 1) in Rockport on Tuesday, March 12…

Damariscotta River Grill
Cheryl DiCara

Damariscotta River Grill hosts eight of the Sebascodegan Gallery Artists, a cooperative group of…

Monica Wood’s “The Half-Light” is running at the Portland Stage Company through March 24. The play was developed in the 2018 Little Festival of the Unexpected.

What’s it all about? A chance…

Heron Valley are an energetic, young traditional band from Scotland, who have serious enthusiasm for the music they play. On Friday, March 8 this energy-fueled group takes center stage in the…

“Murder Box,” a mystery written by Reid Conrad, is Wiscasset Middle High School’s entry in the upcoming One Act Regional Drama Festival. The drama club under the direction of Jean Phillips…

Y-Arts and the Lincoln Theater present the Y-Arts winter youth musical: “Lion King Jr!”

The African Savannah comes to life on stage with Simba, Rafiki and an…

Katie Matzell

When I listened to Katie…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“On the Basis of Sex” - Celebrating the…

Maine has a long history of family-scale agriculture, and the apple tree has been an integral part of that history. Not so long ago, most Mainers lived on farms that contained orchards. According…

Betsy Headley

Betsy Headley, photographer, artist and poet, resides in Swanville. Wildlife has always been a passion, but in recent years, birds have captured her heart.

Identifying and photographing…

The final presentation in the Lincoln County Historical Association’s 2019 Winter Lecture Series will commence at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 3 in the Communications (“911”) Building behind the…

Join Michael Perry, Monday, March 4, 3 to 4 p.m., for a beautiful slide program capturing the second half of a summer of a lifetime in the Great Land. Part I, which Michael shared at the Lincoln…

River Arts in Damariscotta is inviting artists to submit up to three works for jurying in the upcoming “Figures, Photos & Forms” show. This show will feature the figure in all mediums with a…

Tony Heyl

Artists have been painting, drawing and sculpting the human form for centuries. Why?

Michelangelo said, “He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.”…

Harbor Theater’s Exhibition on Screen series of art films on Friday afternoons is reaching its halfway point. Films on Monet, Degas and Picasso have played to enthusiastic audiences since October…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“Mary Poppins Returns” - Emily Blunt is…

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries

According to Yankee Magazine, “mud season is God’s way of letting New Englanders know they haven’t gotten…

Phyllis Chinlund, the widow of photographer Ray Witlin, will open an exhibit of his work on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Wiscasset Public Library. She will give a slide presentation illustrating his…

Review

Hallowell-based musicians brought their Maine version of The Band’s Last Waltz to the Opera House Feb. 16, and as Bob Colwell (keyboards and accordion) told the audience, “This is fun for you, but…

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour returns to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 4 at Lincoln Theater with a curated selection of the festival’s 2019 films. The film fest is hosted by…

Lincoln County Historical Association

The third presentation of the Lincoln County Historical Association’s 2019 Winter Lecture Series will commence at 1 p.m…

St. Andrews Village, Wiscasset Elementary School, Valentine’s Day, singing

Love was in the air Thursday, Feb. 14 at St. Andrews Village.

With the fourth and fifth grade chorus from Wiscasset Elementary School lined up on risers, Bob Drury, the home’s marketing…

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts is an international craft school located on the Atlantic Ocean in Deer Isle, Maine. The school offers a two-week residency program for people 21 and older,…

Ann Hornaday

How do we know if a film is well-written, above and beyond snappy dialogue? What constitutes a great screen…

Abby Shahn - Ghosts series

Dresden poet Mark Melnicove and artist Abby Shahn are longtime friends. A few years ago, Shahn began sending Mark paintings with an invitation ... to write a response. And he would.…

Patricia Parks- Whitefield ME

The third annual celebration of the human form,  “What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor?” opens Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14 at a new venue, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) located at 1…

Daryl Burkhard

River Arts in Damariscotta welcomes Daryl Burkhard of Waldoboro as its new executive director of operations.

Daryl’s broad experiences in management, finance and creative arts make her…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org


“If Beale Street Could Talk” - Based…

Harbor Theater

The Harbor Theater will offer a free screening of the documentary "Lobster War" on Saturday, March 2 at 2 p.m., accompanied by a Q&A session with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean…

Bath's Linda Wallace used to paint, 40 years ago. She saw Friday night's paint party at St.Philip's Church in Wiscasset as a chance to give it another try, and to meet people, she said.

The…

Wiscasset Middle High School

On Sunday, March 17, the Opus One Big Band will be performing at the Wiscasset Middle High School at 5 p.m.

The Opus One Big Band is comprised of professional Maine musicians who support…

Farnsworth Art Museum
“Slab City Rendezvous” - Red Grooms, 1964

The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine will open a major exhibition of close to 40 works by 13 artists whose work contributed to Maine’s important…

Chocolate Church Arts Center

Director Mort Achter has assembled an all-star cast of local actors for his production of Neil Simon’s comedy hit, “Plaza Suite” in the annex of Chocolate Church Arts Center. Performances are Feb…

After much debate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention inPhiladelphia, the attendees approved the concept behind the impeachment of government officials. Come to The Lincoln Home Monday, Feb. 18…

Chocolate Church Arts Center
the Joe Beninati Jazz Trio

Joe Beninati and his trio bring their broad range of influences together to create an eclectic mix of traditional jazz, Latin, funk and soul. Melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form, walk a…

The Midcoast Community Chorale (MCChorale), under the direction of Steven Weston, will be newly instituted as an audition-only choir, with its own rehearsal night and schedule of performances.…

River Arts
David Estey

River Arts in Damariscotta presents “Artist’s Choice” exhibition juried by acclaimed art historian and critic, Daniel Kany. The public is invited to the opening reception on Friday, Feb. 8 from 5-…

I remember the night a carload of us went to the movies in East Hartford to see “The Last Waltz.” It was 1978. And we loved The Band. We still love The Band, I say “we” still although I…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

The Once Upon A Time Family Dance scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at the Opera House has been cancelled. Dance instructor and Queen of the event, Kim Keller, cannot be here due to a family emergency…