Asian Accents is a Wiscasset-based cottage industry specializing in hand-sewn, one-of-a-kind jackets and purses. According to owner Christine Hopf-Lovette, the items she sews are inspired by her…
Culture
Passers-by will notice a significant change to the landscape at Damariscotta River Association’s (DRA's) Great Salt Bay Farm. Structural damage to the barn caused by recent wind storms made…
Starting in December, local artist and native Mainer Bev Walker will have an exhibit on display at Atlantic Motor Car (AMC) that could be entitled “Pine Tree State.” It is a colorful collection of…
Heartwood Theater is holding auditions for the annual Winter Drama Adventure program, open to all Midcoast students in grades 3-8, for “Wiley and the Hairy Man.”
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To celebrate the gift giving season, the Art at the Grill series host eight artists, each exhibiting eight pieces, in eight very different styles. The show will run from Dec. 4 through Jan. 23,…
Imagine living in a century-old lightkeeper’s house on the coast of Maine. It sounds like a fantasy, but for Tom and Lee Ann Szelog, dream became reality when they settled into the keeper’s…
“You are invited to Buckingham Palace” … Now that is a phrase to seize anyone’s…
Photographs by Betsy Bass and Pamela Logan will be on display throughout December in the upstairs Community Room during normal library hours. A reception will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 4.…
Local artist Tony van Hasselt created this beautiful watercolor during an unexpected snowstorm and appropriately titled it “April Surprise.”
It was in late April of this year. Tony was…
Hearts Ever Young (H.E.Y.), the popular talented troupe of the more senior members of the community, have performed song, dance, and comedy shows, each year since 2010. With incorporation in 2012…
Leave the kiddos at Grandma’s or find them a play date for Friday, Dec. 1 or Saturday, Dec. 2 at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St., Bath.
Studio Theatre of Bath (STB) calls “…
In 1970, renowned writer-composer-lyricist Leslie Bricusse adapted the classic Charles Dickens tale, “A Christmas Carol,” into the hit screen musical "Scrooge!" The Chocolate Church Arts Center…
Chats with Champions
Television situation comedies--sitcoms--have been a staple of TV culture since its beginning. On Thursday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library, Chats with…
Tickets are selling quickly for the heartwarming story of George Bailey, set in the 1940s small community of Bedford Falls, as Heartwood Theater presents the second annual staged radio theater…
On Monday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m., the Maine Historical Society (MHS) will present “A Christmas Carol” at the historic First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Portland performed by Gerald Charles…
Edgecomb artist Kimberly Skillin Traina’s “Seasons of Maine” exhibition, featuring 30 pastel paintings, will be in the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery Nov. 25 through Jan. 4. Traina’s…
There will soon be a new restaurant in Damariscotta. The O-Cha Bar & Grill will be located at 88 Main St., in the former Salt Bay Cafe.
The owner, Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan, better known…
Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce
With a distinctly nautical flavor, the Harbor Lights Festival is fun for the entire family and will help get everyone in the holiday spirit.
The Festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 2…
Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty
The Damariscotta office of Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty is currently displaying the lively wooden sculpture images of Boothbay Harbor-based artist Andr…
Boothbay Festival of Lights
https://www.boothbaylights.com
Nov. 17-Dec. 31
Six signature events: Harbor…
Westport Island resident Sandra Neily will discuss her debut novel “Deadly Trespass – A Mystery in Maine” at the…
Goose River Press is pleased to announce the publication of the 15th annual Goose River Anthology 2017 featuring over 80 talented writers, from across the U.S. and Canada.
Goose River…
River Arts
River Arts has opened its West Gallery to the the Women Artists of Midcoast Maine, a group of women from the Belfast area who banded together several years ago to support and promote their artwork…
Stone sculptures are being placed around downtown Boothbay Harbor and there will be many more. These sculptures will be the focus of the region’s new, year-round…
Wiscasset Middle High School Drama cordially invites parents, students, friends and family…
River Arts is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, “Small Works.” Opening reception is Friday, Dec. 1 from 5-7 p.m. The show will hang…
The two and three dimensional fine art of over 15 artists is the creative stuff Studio 53’s “Fall Into Winter” show is all about.
“Fall Into Winter” opens for weekends beginning Nov. 24…
Experience 19th century-style Christmas with a 21st century flair at Historic New England’s Nickels-Sortwell House in Wiscasset, Friday, Dec. 8 through Sunday, Dec. 10 from noon to 3 p.m…
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s annual holiday event, Art in the Square, opens at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 24 (a.k.a. Black Friday).
Midcoast artists and others across the state, have…
It’s that time of year again, and that perennial favorite, Handel’s “Messiah,” or pieces of it, are part of everyone’s holiday schedule.
Until this year, however, it hasn’t been part of the…
Chocolate Church Arts Center
The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC), located at 804 Washington Ave in Bath, announces the 2017 Christmas schedule of music and theatre and community events. For the fifth consecutive year,…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery presents “The Little Holiday Show,” the seventh and final art show of the 2017 season at the gallery. The show will run from Nov. 17 through Jan. 2. All of the…
Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop & Café in Damariscotta will host a book signing with Laurie Apgar Chandler, author of “Upwards: The story of the first woman to solo thru-paddle the Northern…
Chats with Champions
Author Steven Hanzis is the Chats with Champions speaker for Friday, Nov. 10 in Skidompha Library’s Porter Meeting Hall. Please allow time for parking.
Hantzis has spent…
River Arts visitors have selected the winners of this month’s Peoples’ Choice: three painters who are inspired by the natural beauty of Maine. Realistic and abstract points of departure…
Fine antiques and decorative items from the collections of two prominent Wiscasset residents - Richard French and the late Richard Thompson…
Damariscotta's Savory Maine Dining & Provisions is pleased to exhibit the paintings of Chelsea artist Sandra Leinonen Dunn through November and December.
Dunn is best known for her…
Savory Maine
Enjoy creative community vibes while supporting The Carpenter’s Boat Shop of Pemaquid at a benefit open mic night, Wednesday, Nov. 8 at Savory Maine in Damariscotta.
Founded in 1979, The…
The Lincoln Home invites the public to hear Steve Gifford present a program entitled “The Finnish Imprint” on Monday, Nov. 13, from 3 to 4 p.m.
Gifford has been interested in all things…
First Federal Savings Bank, in conjunction with Boothbay Region Art Foundation, is pleased to be hosting a new exhibit of Cally Peaco’s photography at their Townsend Avenue location in Boothbay…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” by 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and create a masterpiece.…
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ Fall Auction, on Nov. 17, 18 and 19, will present a veritable feast of outstanding art, antiques and decorative items…
Wiscasset Public Library
In recognition of Veterans Day, the Wiscasset Public Library will present a program by Peggy Konitzsky, site manager in Wiscasset for Historic New England, on Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 5 to 6:30 p.m…
Mark Mellor is the November Artist of the Month at the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library. His exhibit, “Buoys,” can be viewed in the upstairs community room during normal library hours. This is his…
Harbor Theater
“Rebel in the Rye” - J.D. Salinger (portrayed by Nicholas Hoult) is one of the most enigmatic authors of modern American literature. Everybody reads “…
Matthew Edney from the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine will be Skidompha Library's “Chats with Champions” guest speaker…
The River Company announces auditions for its Christmas production, a staged reading of “A Christmas Carol.”
Audition…
