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Sushi is one of the most sought after items on restaurant menus these days.

The word brings to mind raw fish, but sushi, though it can, and sometimes does, contain raw fish, is always made…

A self-guided tour of fine art exhibits, new show openings, receptions, and demonstrations in galleries and studios h…

There was a large crowd in front of Red’s Eats in Wiscasset on Saturday, Sept. 30.

It wasn’t the typical long line that forms…

kdb Dominguez

Bath artist kdb Dominguez will exhibit her work in the show, “Birds in The Wilderland,” at the Pemaquid Watershed Association office-gallery, starting Monday, Oct. 2 - Monday, Nov. 20. The public…

“Columbus”

Harbor Theater

"It," directed by Andy Muschietti  is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel that has been terrifying readers for decades. When children…

Attention artists!

If you are interested in exhibiting your work in the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery during 2018, read on.

Bring three framed pieces, short bio and price list…

The new Harbor Theater will be offering up to 104 movies per year when taking over operating the Meadow Mall theater this Friday, Oct. 6. And, top rated, first run films will be among them, just…

The revitalized Maine Art Gallery, an organization for artists and supporters of art in Midcoast Maine, invites the public to a gathering at the gallery on Thursday, Oct. 12 at 5 p.m. Keith…

“There it goes,” Henry Reed, 3, told parents Joshua and Wallis Reed Saturday as an Alna Center-bound train departed Sheepscot Station at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum…

Westport Island’s John McBee got his mowing and raking done in time to catch the last 2017 installment of the Wiscasset Art Walk Sept. 28. He came looking for inspiration for his own art, in…

From director Andy Muschietti (“Mama”) featuring Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, and Wyat Oleff, “It: Chapter…

On Saturday, Oct. 7, Maine Maritime Museum in Bath will open a new exhibit, “Pull Together: Maritime Maine in the 1914-1918 Great War.” The exhibit will be on view through May 6, 2018.

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Lincoln Academy and Lincoln Theater will screen the award-winning film “Maineland” and host a discussion with several of the Academy’s resident and day students on Wednesday,…

Earlier in September, the Maine Preservation Society announced its 19th annual "Most Endangered Historic Places" list for 2017 and the Waldo Theatre had made the list.

While this may not be…

Calendar programming premieres at the new Harbor Theater (yes, that’s “er” not “re’) on Oct. 6, just five days after the non-profit, Harbor Theater (formerly Friends of the Harbor Theater),…

South Thomaston artist Jamie Wiggins

Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) annual fall exhibit, ARTinME, is open to all full- and part-time Maine residents. This annual statewide exhibit welcomes entries from contemporary artists…

Brenda Bettinson

Mathias Fine Art is pleased to announce that a group of paintings by noted gallery artist Brenda Bettinson has been included in the current exhibition “World War One: Letters Home,” which is on…

HARBOR THEATER

“Kedi”  -  Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they'…

The September S.H.E.D. Talk @ Dusk features owners Jordan Gehman and Mali Mrozinski discussing their collaborative work and their ideas behind the Doublet S.H.E.D. – Space for Handmade Explorative…

Chocolate Church Arts Center

It’s tough being a magician these days. When audiences think they’ve seen everything, simply pulling a rabbit out of a hat isn’t going to thrill anyone anymore. And nobody knows this better than…

The Wiscasset, Waterville, & Farmington Railway Museum is holding two events Sept. 30.

The Fall Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Enjoy a day of games, fun and happenings.…

There’s a young chef in Boothbay Harbor some are calling a prodigy.

Nathaniel Adam, the executive sous chef at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, took the coveted Judges’ Choice Award at the…

Linda Shepard

A welcoming reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 22 from 5-7 p.m. in the West Gallery at River Arts for "Animal Alchemy," a solo show of Linda Shepard’s fabric art wall hangings. The show will…

Artist Fiona Washburn

When she floats in her kayak, artist Fiona Washburn discovers patterns on the ocean floor.  Shells, seaweed, and sunlight reflections later become the core of Fiona’s hand painted scarves’ designs…

The Harbor Theater

"Logan Lucky" -  West Virginia family man Jimmy Logan teams up with his one-armed brother Clyde and sister…

John Butke Maine artist

River Arts’ new exhibition “Color” opened Sept. 22. The show,  which celebrates Maine artists from all over the state, will grace the walls of River Arts through Oct. 19.  Juror Tina Ingraham…

Allison Hepler, a member of the Woolwich select board and town’s historical committee, will share some interesting facts she discovered about the Nequasset Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 24…

Eric Chin and Joseph Maile

The final Art Walk for the Twin Villages was held on Sept. 16.

Making it a most memorable event were the performers with the Music No Boundaries / Yellow Barn Music Hall, a traveling…

Son House and Skip James

“Two Trains Runnin,’” a documentary film by director Sam Pollard, is about the search for two forgotten blues singers, set in Mississippi during the height of the civil rights…

Oleg Konstantinov

A series of extraordinarily beautiful sterling silver animals, each hand made and fully articulated, will be on exhibition at Trifles, 55 Main St., during the Wiscasset…

Ray Shevenell in “The Road Home”

“The Home Road,” a deeply personal Maine story, will screen at Lincoln Theater on…

Maine Outdoor Film Festival
 Portland, ME – The Maine Outdoor Film Festival (MOFF) has announced the ten finalists of the Summer Broke and Stoked Video Contest, which premiered recently…
Aztec Two Step

Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman, the legendary folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step, return to Rex’s home state with their renowned show “Classic Duos.” They’ll perform plenty of ATS fan favorites from their…

Aaron Robinson and Suzanne (Suzi) Hallett

There are times in our lives when something deliciously serendipitous happens. Just ask composer, pianist and conductor Aaron Robinson and actor-writer Suzanne (Suzi) Hallett. The two had worked…

Now through Sept. 20, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will offer 520 lots of antiques, collectibles and decorative items for sale via…

Heartwood and Lincoln Academy cast of West Side Story

They’re at it again this fall, more ambitious than ever!  Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy (LA) are collaborating for the 15th consecutive season, in a mammoth musical…

River Arts is inviting artists throughout Maine to submit artwork for jurying in its upcoming exhibition, “Color.”  Artists can submit up to three works in any medium including sculpture,…

Twin Villages Artwalk
Kim Skillin Traina

Kim Skillin Traina, shares her paintings of the ocean and nature created with soft pastel chalk. Stop by The Lincoln Home Friday, September 15, between 4-7…

Charles Norris

Legacy Properties Sotheby’s International Realty will be hosting the art works of Charles Norris and Diane Charyk Norris in their Damariscotta Office located at 170 Main Street for the months of…

River Company is holding auditions for Eugène Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" on Friday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday Sept. 16 at 3:30 p.m. at LCTV Studios at 29 Sheepscot Road, Newcastle.

Logan Lucky

The Harbor Theatre

“Wind River”  -  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tracker (Jeremy Renner) and FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) team up to solve a murder on an Indian…

H. Lane Smith

Lane Smith studied at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) after serving in the Army in World War II. He started teaching drawing and painting at RISD in the mid 1950s and continued there until…

Brenda Bettinson

I have just completed hanging the exhibition that will be on view this fall in the main room of Mathias Fine Art (MFA). Its title, Archetypes, was bestowed upon it by Brenda Bettinson, the…

Boothbay Region Art Foundations’s (BRAF) statewide ARTinME ehibit will be juried by Chris Crosman, the former director of the Farnsworth Art Museum, where he served for 18 years. Crosman is also…

Are there artists out there interested in exhibiting their work in the Miles Memorial Hospital Hall Gallery during 2018?  Nine exhibits a year are scheduled, each averaging six weeks in duration.…

Red Cloak Haunted History Tours

A visit to the final resting places of historic Bath area sea captains and shipbuilders will be the focus of trolley tours hosted by Maine Maritime Museum and led by Red Cloak…

Boothbay Railway Village

Author Steven James Hantzis will give an illustrated talk about the harrowing circumstances faced…

Home-school students can attend music classes starting Sept. 20 at the Preston Music Studio in Damariscotta. Instructor Carol Preston, a former public school music teacher and professional…

Oil Painters of America: Great Paint Out, A Stroke of Art

“I’m not painting in watercolors today!” said a laughing John M.T. Seitzer as he and other artists in the Great Paint Out fled the rain at Ocean Point on Sept. 6.

The annual event, now part…