Cold Chocolate will continue the Chocolate Church Arts Center’s outdoor summer shows in Waterfront Park.…
Culture
Christopher Durang’s tony award winning play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” will be presented by River Company on August 4-5, 11,12 at 7:30 p.m. and August 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. at…
Victoria Mansion and Acorn Productions are pleased to announce a fabulous evening of…
Studio 53 Fine Art
Some things old and some things new. A collection of oil paints reflecting Maine’s seafaring past and the woodland country side by Boothbay Harbor artist Bob McKay. The exhibit will run through…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s current exhibit describes the word “eclectic” in more ways than one. This members’ show, representing 124 regional artists, contains diverse styles, sizes,…
The 45th annual North Nobleboro Day is on Aug. 12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the North Nobleboro Community Hall on Upper East Pond Rd. Along with outstanding food and chicken barbecue, auctions,…
Bath Art Walk
Everyone loves a good, old-fashioned square dance for entertainment, for exercise and for sense of community. On Friday, Aug. 18, the…
Join us on Monday, Aug. 7, 3-4 p.m., to celebrate the talents of Gene Kelly, dancer, singer and actor.
James Pegolotti spent 40 years in the academic world. In…
Inspiration from the sea...textures, color, and form in multi media by talented Maine artisans at the Markings Gallery in Bath through the month of August. An artists’ reception will be held on…
Why is Maine so beautiful? How was our spectacular coast formed? Our lovely mountains, lakes and rivers, and famous fjord? From continental collisions that thrust up the high Appalachian Mountains…
Wiscasset Municipal Airport
Jonathan Ludlow of Wiscasset saw the planes of the Texas Flying Legends Museum from a distance two years ago. The aircraft were about to land at Wiscasset Municipal Airport. On Friday night, he,…
Maine’s favorite folk band, Schooner Fare, will headline the music program at this year’s Olde Bristol Days. This year is the 65th annual celebration, taking place…
Gleason Fine Art
Gleason Fine Art opened two new shows on July 27: Henry Isaacs: New Work and Peter Sculthorpe: An Eye for Monhegan. The opening reception for the artists will be held during First Friday, August…
There's MUCH more than mosquitos in Maine north of Route 2, in spite of what you might have heard. In the rolling hills and farmlands surrounding Skowhegan, Maine is one of the most unique…
The acclaimed documentary, “Food Evolution,” will screen for two performances only at Damarscotta’s Lincoln Theater on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 2 and 7 p.m.
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Lucia Droby helps make the Wiscasset Art Walks happen, but early in the July 27 installment, the Wiscasset shop owner was a shopper. She found something special, made from something old.
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Inspirations for paintings often come at unexpected times and from unexpected sources. Such is true of Southport artist Ed Parker’s latest painting “The Linekin Bay Ferry.”
While doing…
Photographer Robert Mitchell of Southport has done it again. In this seventeenth edition of his "Around Boothbay Harbor" calendar, he's surpassed himself. The photos are stunning and evoke each…
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor is hosting a 17th-century encampment on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30. Visitors are invited on…
Looking for an excuse to try one of our many great Midcoast Maine restaurants? When you buy a $20 ticket to Midcoast Conservancy’s Live Edge Music Festival, to be held on Aug. 20 at Hidden Valley…
The Kefauver Studio & Gallery presents “The Garden Show,” the third art show of the 2017 season at the gallery. The show will run from July 28 through Aug. 13.
The show features the…
“Impressionism in France, Italy, and America” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery in Wiscasset on Tuesday, Aug. 8 with a reception from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public…
The calendar was turned back to the 19th century for a few hours Wednesday, July 26 in the Wiscasset neighborhood of High and Lee streets for kids to experience what summer fun was like in the…
The 61st annual Boothbay Region Antiques Show and Sale will be held this Saturday, July 29, 10 am. to 4 p.m. on the Boothbay Common. The show will be held “rain or shine.” The show is catered by…
Francine Sokol’s paintings of floral gardens, calm meadows and Midcoast Maine’s scenery have garnered much attention at BIRCH since first exhibited last year. Fran will be exhibiting new pieces,…
Lynne and John M.T. Seitzer’s new exhibition “By the Land and By the Sea” invites us to revel in the natural beauty of the rural landscapes and seascapes of the region, as well as the “dreamscape…
For some artists, the act of creation is a detailed examination of reality. For others, the creation comes spontaneously from the artist’s imagination.
Jon Luoma, of Alna, Maine and a…
Coyote Ugly. No regrets, Coyote. Peter Coyote. Wile E Coyote. Coyote the trickster. Coyote the varmint. Coyote the creator. Coyote the bringer of fire.
One of the most admired and reviled…
As convenient as it may be at times to stream old movies at home on your television set, there is nothing that compares with watching classic films as they were intended to be seen, on a huge…
Almost every Monday evening throughout the school year, approximately 50 singers gather in Damariscotta to spend two hours rehearsing a vast assortment of choral music under the direction of…
The Harbor Theatre
"Spider-Man: Homecoming” - Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, young Peter Parker returns home to live with his Aunt May. Under the…
The first ever Maine Coast Stone Symposium begins on Aug. 1 with a wide variety of programming about the historical and modern stone industry in Maine. Each week there will be new opportunities to…
In a more than 70-year career as an artist, John Wissemann has explored many varied themes. “My subject is the History of Art,” he says. But it is art history seen with a working artist’s eye,…
Steep Canyon Rangers are playing the Boothbay Harbor Opera House on Friday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Rangers, a North Carolina based modern bluegrass band, are Grammy Award and International…
Mezzo soprano Kate Aldrich, a Damariscotta native who has become an international opera star, returns to her home turf for “Innerscapes,”a five-concert series with the DaPonte String Quartet. They…
Coyote Connections, a collection of artists’ depictions of coyotes is on exhibit now at Midcoast Conservancy in Wiscasset. From sculpture to canvas…
Theater review
“Wella wella wella unh, tell me more, tell me more, didja get very far? Tell me more, tell me more, like did he have a car?”
I woke up this morning with these lyrics spinning in…
Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor is hosting a Kids’ Dig on Saturday, Aug. 5. Visitors are invited to become a history detective and experience archaeology first hand.
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From director Jon Watts (“Clown,” “Cop Car”) featuring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Marisa Tomei, Zendaya, Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., “Spiderman: Homecoming,” now playing at The Harbor…
There's a new takeout food stand on Route 1 in Newcastle.
Carol Heaberlin and her daughter Mindy Jones are joint owners in the business, making and selling their gourmet sandwiches and…
Coming to the large screen at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, Thursday, Aug. 3 with shows at 2 and 7 p.m., is the next episode in the theater’s series deconstructing the…
The Harbor Theatre
“Baby Driver” - After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a…
“WOW!” was artist Nancy Wilkoff’s response when her daughter, East Boothbay resident Pam Riml, told her Studio 53 was interested in showing her work.
The events leading up to this “wow…
It was 8:58 a.m. and I found myself in a closed office dialing the personal number of Jim Messina of Buffalo Springfield, Poco, and Loggins and Messina fame. Needless to say, I was nervous.
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Art at the Damariscotta River Grill
The walls at the Damariscotta River Grill transform to summer colors and images, exploring a number of themes and capturing the light and beauty of Midcoast Maine. Three artists capture the…
The Lincoln Home
Stop by The Lincoln Home during the Twin Villages ARTWALK, …
Jenny Mackenzie’s documentary “Dying in Vein” screened at The Harbor Theatre last Friday, July 14 thanks to the sponsorship of the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club.
The film follows three…
Hope Haitian Choir is a group of 15 children who love to sing and dance! They are energetic, enthusiastic, and excited about sharing their message of HOPE, in the…
Doublet Design, located on Wiscasset’s Creamery Pier, is hosting the second in a series of “SHED Talks at Dusk” on Thursday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m., following the Wiscasset Art Walk. Local ceramic…
