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The Theater Project

The Theater Project in Brunswick is excited to kick off the holiday season with “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” adapted from the book by Barbara Robinson Audiences will delight in welcoming back…

The public is invited to The Lincoln Home on Monday, Dec. 10, from 3-4 p.m. to hear Tom and Lee Szelog's unique and inspiring talk on an extraordinary journey on the wild side.

Through this…

This Sunday, Dec. 9 the students of the Y-Arts Voice Studio will present their winter voice recital at 5 p.m. at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, 32 Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.
Lincoln Theater
The New York City Ballet

Experience the wonder of New York City Ballet’s iconic holiday classic on the big screen at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. In George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker™”,…

The Tapestry Singers of Maine 2018

For this year’s Tapestry Singers holiday performance, “Woven in Song,” the audience will be treated to a panoply of songs—some familiar and some new—with harp, marimba, guitar, woodwinds, and…

Take the journey from the far away land of India all the way to the rocky coast of Maine at the world premiere of “Mumbai to Maine,” coming to the Harbor Theater Tuesday, Dec. 11. The evening…

Famous Wiscasset food stand Red's Eats is representing Maine in msn.com's…

The next Night of Joy gathering is on Friday, Dec. 14 at Water of Life Church in Newcastle. Worship is from 6:30- 8 p.m.  Please join us and bring a guest.  Free to everyone. We will be…

The Wiscasset schools' music department and Wiscasset Middle High School’s art department will present the annual Winter Gallery of the Arts on two special evenings.

The event on Wednesday…

HARBOR THEATER

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

“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” - Melissa…

Los Angeles-based Khanlarian Entertainment has optioned Kay Stephens’ 2009 novel, The Ghost Trap, for an independent film.

Stephens’s debut novel tells the story of Jamie Eugley, a…

The Chocolate Church is proud to present the Maine premier of a new Christmas Holiday show “The Santa Diaries” by Laura Ambler & Mala Burt. The show runs for 4 days: Dec. 13-15 at 7:30 p.m.…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its annual Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts on Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m., at the Second Congregational…

What better way to celebrate the season than enjoying your favorite holiday family films on the big screen.  This December, Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater will present four free family films on…

Holiday melodies filled Woolwich’s Nequasset Meetinghouse at the community’s Yule Sing and Tree Lighting. Sunday’s program marked the 24th year for the holiday tradition said Collette…

The second Maine Coast Stone Symposium will again, likely, occur in Boothbay, but at another venue. In 2017, Boothbay Railway Village hosted the inaugural event. The symposium is a biennal event…

The annual Harbor Lights Festival opened with a warm reception from the Boothbay Region Garden Club to donors and sponsors to this year’s event. This year’s theme tree – central to trees of all…

Seacoast Community Orchestra

The public is invited to the Seacoast Orchestra Fall Concert on Tuesday evening, Dec. 4 at 7. This free performance will be held at the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St. in Damariscotta.

The…

Mark Stern

Attention photographers of Maine! Acceptance of entries for the 2019 Maine Photography Show (MPS) begins Saturday, Dec. 1 through the stroke of midnight  Jan. 18, 2019. MPS has been the annual…

Boothbay Region Health Center is hosting a special free screening of “Escape Fire: How we can fix the broken health care system” Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. The film is 1 hour and 39 minutes, and…

Margaret Hamilton. What’s the first thought that pops up when you hear her name? The Wicked Witch of the West, of course. What’s the first phrase you think of once you’ve conjured the character in…

Y-ARTS

Join our Y Arts friends as they dive into the Christmas season with “Elf Jr, the Musical!”  Buddy the Elf (Ronan Cullina) and Santa (Sarah Harris) lead a cast and crew of 50+ youth in this…

Ed Parker

Wouldn’t it be fun to see what career artists could come up with for tree ornaments? That’s the idea behind the centerpiece of Gleason Fine Art’s “Art for the Holidays” show running Thursday, Nov…

River Arts

River Arts is inviting the public to attend the opening reception for its newest exhibition, "Small Works."  The opening reception will be held Friday, Nov. 30 from 5-7 p.m. The “Small Works…

Don’t miss the groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s heralded Live in HD series, Mozart’s “The Magic Flute!” Seen by opera lovers around the world, the Met’s encore presentation is…

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

Harbor Theater is offering a free holiday showing of the movie “Elf” (2003) on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. Free small bags of popcorn will be handed out to anyone under 18.

ELF is a movie…

I smiled all the way home.

I felt relaxed and some of the rhythms that we’d been groovin' to were still in my head.

Before going to the drum circle at River Arts, led by Boothbay…

Goose River Press of  Waldoboro is pleased to announce the publication of the 16th annual Goose River Anthology, 2018 featuring over 75 talented writers from all parts of the…

Undeniably one of the most touching, profound and lasting Christmas stories, "Merry Christmas, George Bailey!" still resonates with themes of goodness, sacrifice, friendship and faith.  That's…

Chocolate Church

Back by popular demand, the Chocolate Church Arts Center welcomes driving, vibrant sounds of CÒIG (pronounced "Ko-ig"). COIG’s Christmas concert is on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will…

“Seven Days, Five Artists on Monhegan,” the new show at Damariscotta River Grill, opens Dec. 4. Artists Sandra Leinonen Dunn, Steve Dunn, Penny Markley, Judy Schuppien and Kim Skillin Traina each…

Snowlion Repertory Company

Snowlion Rep, a nonprofit professional theater company in Portland, will host its first ever fundraiser on Friday, Dec. 7 at the Portland Ballet Studio Theater.  …

HARBOR THEATER

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

“Free Solo” - The National Geographic…

River Arts is inviting Maine artists to submit artwork for jurying into our next main gallery exhibition, "Small Works."  The deadline for submitting work is Saturday, November 24 at 4 pm. The…

The Midcoast Green Collaborative and the Midcoast Outreach and Peace Center invite you to view and discuss Jeremy Rifkin’s film "The Third Industrial Revolution" on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2-4 p.m. in…

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations at the Chocolate Church Bath ME

A Motown Christmas will fill the house of The Chocolate Church Arts Center with the sounds of Christmas music, rhythm and blues style, on Saturday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Pat Colwell and his…

Tim Dinsmore, local archaeologist, will talk about the early settlers along the Damariscotta River and their demise during King Philips War at The Lincoln Home Monday, Nov. 26 from 3 to 4 p.m. The…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Brooke Pacy

Let it be known that the popular holiday event, Art in the Square, is not held outdoors in the middle of Townsend Square! It is held indoors at the Boothbay Harbor Art Foundation (BRAF) gallery…

At the annual membership meeting Oct. 7, the Hearts Ever Young Inc. Board of Directors was expanded from five to seven members. The three officers coordinate original, annual productions of Hearts…

River Arts

“Remember, Reconnect, Restore,” a solo show in River Arts’ West Gallery featuring the work of Waterville artist, Michelle McCutcheon will be open to the public starting Nov. 17.  An opening…

Kelli O’Hara and Ken Watanabe

Don’t miss Rodgers and Hammerstein’s multi-award winning and critically acclaimed The King And I, coming to the big screen at the Lincoln Theater, Nov. 29 and Dec. 8. This Lincoln Center Theater’s…

Don’t miss Rodgers and Hammerstein’s multi-award winning and critically acclaimed The King And I, coming to the big screen at the Lincoln Theater, Nov. 29 and Dec. 8. This Lincoln Center Theater…

Maine-Wabanaki REACH is sponsoring an educational day workshop - open to the public - Saturday, Dec. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Snow date will be Saturday, Dec. 15. Maine-Wabanaki REACH workshops…

Brenda Bettinson

Mathias Fine Art is pleased to announce that David Greenham, associate director of the Holocaust & Human Rights Center in Augusta, has selected 19 images of Brenda Bettinson’s new series of…

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, nonprofit Maine Preservation announced winners of the 2018 Honor Awards, celebrating outstanding examples of historic preservation and revitalization statewide and…

Studio 53 Fine Art

During the annual four-day Gifts For Giving Holiday Show & Sale at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor there will be many items to choose from for those on your shopping list. The event begins…

a review

The Oratorio Chorale, now in its 45th season, began with music from more than 400 years ago – Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, which is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and includes the Song of Mary,…

HARBOR THEATER
185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org
 
Suzy Bogguss at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

There were 200-plus in the house, the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, Nov. 10 for Suzy Bogguss’ show.

Said Executive Director Cathy Sherrill, “The red carpet was rolled out and it was a bit…