Culture

Joan Osborne has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the great voices of her generation — both a commanding, passionate performer and a frank, emotionally evocative songwriter…

A spring and early summer tour that has included sold out concerts in Salzburg, London and Ottawa, finds the award-winning Vienna Piano Trio in Maine…

On Saturday, July 15, Saturday, August 5, and Saturday, September 9, 2017 the Frances Perkins Center will host guided tours of the Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic…

Like a perfect summer meal, the DaPonte String Quartet’s upcoming concert, entitled “More for Four,” includes four different courses: two light and light-hearted ones, a…

Lincoln Arts Festival

Poet Richard Blanco will be featured at the annual Lincoln Arts Festival Poetry Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 9 at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church, Emery Lane, Boothbay Harbor.

The number of…

Artist and award winning children’s book illustrator Marcia Sewall will lead a workshop in drawing at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset on Saturdays, July 8 and July 15. The class, which is…

The Bremen Historical Society will hold its annual meeting, potluck, and a special presentation by Castlebay on Sunday, June 25 at the historic Bremen Town House on Route 32 in Bremen. At 6 p.m.,…

On Friday, June 30, Dr. Alison Rieser will give a talk on herring at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center.

The seminar will take place in Brooke Hall on the…

“Art in the Twentieth Century” opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery in Wiscasset on Saturday, July 8 and will continue through August 4. The exhibition explores the…

The intriguing story of Elmer Carl Kiekhaefer is the subject of "Tenacity and Brilliance: Kiekhaefer Mercury 1936-1965," Larry Stevenson’s talk at Boothbay Railway Village on Tuesday, June 27 at 7…

Molly Pitcher, vocals and Sean Fleming, piano will be playing from the Great American Songbook on June 25 at 4:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Harbor Congregational Church…

The Harbor Theatre

“Wonder Woman” plays through June 28 at The Harbor Theatre followed by the premiere of “Despicable Me 3.”

After making an…

William Royall, Southport, “Soap Box Racer,” 2017

I’m a soap box derby racer ‘cos it makes me feel so free . ..” is in the chorus of a song by Heaven on Wheels entitled, aptly enough, “Soap Box Derby…

The Kefauver Studio & Gallery, Damariscotta, is calling for artists to participate in “The Garden Show” art show, running from July 28 through Aug. 13. This show…

Midcoast Conservancy is excited to announce the sixth annual Live Edge Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 20, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Four Maine bands will rock the Barn at…

The Lincoln County Historical Association (LCHA) announces its first “It’s our History” contest.  Lincoln County residents between the ages of 10 to 13 and 14 to 18 years of age are invited to…

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) will soon open a groundbreaking exhibition on the visual culture of mortality and morality in early Renaissance Europe. On view from June 24 to Nov. 26, “…

Hoist those sails, set out for the sea or pack those vehicles and head for the highway; and be bound for Boothbay Harbor sailors and landlubbers, for the 55th Annual Windjammer Days Festival just…

Thos. Moser, Handmade American Furniture announces its summer art exhibit, “Dedicated to Art: Corcoran Gallery of Art & George Washington University Artists in…

The DaPonte String Quartet  Peter Felsenthal photo

The DaPonte String Quartet’s 26th summer season has treats in store for music lovers with two very different concerts. In July they’ll perform “More for Four,” four pieces that run the musical…

Katenia Keller

Sacred geometry, nature scenes, Tarot images, and modern dance inform the unique art works of Katenia Keller, one of this month’s featured artists at the Stable Gallery in Damariscotta.

“I…

Lincoln County Indivisible is hosting a free screening of the new National Geographic feature film, “From the Ashes,” on Tuesday, June 20 at 7 p.m. at the Friends Meeting House, 77 Belvedere Road…

Holly Berry

Celebrated local artist, Holly Berry, will be showing her linocut prints at The Green Lion Gallery in Boothbay Harbor at 16 Granary Way (Chowder House building)  and at the…

Stan Moeller

The Lupine Gallery and the Island Inn are displaying Stan Moeller’s paintings of Monhegan Island and Paris, France in the 2017 Island Inn Show, “Stan Moeller: from Montmartre to Monhegan,’ to run…

The Lincoln Festival Chorus will soon be tuning up for its 37th season of fine choral music under the very able direction of Professor Anthony Antolini and accompanied by the highly skilled…

Rosters are nearly maxed out, for Heartwood’s 15th

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For the fourth consecutive year, the Chocolate Church Arts Center located in Bath has announced a summer schedule that includes some ticketed shows as well as continuation of…

The Harbor Theatre

“Wonder Woman” continues this week! After making an appearance in last year's “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Wonder Woman” now gets her…

Michael Blaze Peton

Artist Michael Blaze Petan is having a solo exhibition of 12 Artwrecks in a…

Kim Hetherington

The public is invited to enjoy an evening of art with Kim Hetherington, special guest artist from Bremen and Washington, D.C. An exhibit of her pastels and oil paintings will be displayed in our…

Virginia S. Brun

A retrospective of the work of Virginia S. Brun, known by all her friends as Sally, will open at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset on Friday, June 23 with a reception from 5- 8 p.m. The show will run…

The balance between two actors on stage can tilt with a slight upstaging gesture, too much movement or volume by one, an undeniable force of personality, or a thankfully…

Kathleen Horst

The Bristol Road Galleries, Damariscotta, is participating in the Twin Villages ArtWalk, Friday, June 16 from 4-7 p.m.  in two ways this year:  All four galleries on the Bristol Road…

The Friends of the Wiscasset Public Library Book Group will meet next Thursday, June 15, at 10:15 a.m. for a discussion with JaJa Martin about the book she co-authored with her husband Dave called…

During this major push fundraising to restore the tower and other buildings on Burnt Island, the Keepers of Burnt Island Light and Elaine Jones hosted Bill Green and Green’s photograper/producer…

The Chapman-Hall House Stewardship Committee is inviting anyone interested to come and learn about the various ways to enjoy volunteering at this special historic site.

The house,…

Exhibition on Screen’s “Michelangelo: Love and Death,” directed by David Bickerstaff, will have two special screenings at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater on Thursday, June 15 at 2 and 7 p.m.The…

On Saturday, June 24, from noon to 3 p.m., join us for a celebration of Damariscotta River oysters at the Darrows Barn, DRA Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta.

Come meet the…

The Harbor Theatre

 "Wonder Woman" gets her own feature film after an appearance in last year…

The Waldo Theatre has received a $5,000 grant from the Lincoln County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to provide capacity building and training in sustainable fundraising, historic…

On Tuesday, June 20 and on Wednesday, June 21, outboard motor historian Larry Stevenson will present two talks exploring major innovations in outboard motor design in the early twentieth century.…

Damariscotta River Grill hosts three new artists, with three distinctly different styles and mediums, to welcome the summer art season at the Grill. The show opens Monday, June 12 and will be on…

John Butke “Harbor Reflections”

Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s June show, “Something for Everyone,” celebrates life in Maine from as many angles as there are artists.

This first members’ exhibit of the season represents…

Edgecomb Eddy School held its school-wide concert on Friday, June 1.  Music teacher Jennifer McIvor and integrated arts teacher Robin…

For concert details and to purchase tickets, visit http://portlandbachfestival.org. Tickets for select events may also be purchased at…

Lincoln Theater has established a new operating endowment which resulted from an anonymous gift of $1 million. 

“This wonderful donation is truly a 5…

Join Midcoast Conservancy on Tuesday, June 20 from 6-7:30 p.m. for an introduction to one of the planet’s most fascinating creatures: the bat! Bats are perhaps the most misunderstood and under-…

A band of Angels descended upon the Old Jail in Wiscasset on Memorial Day. These Angels, 27 textile conservation specialists from the Costume Society of America, spent two days at the historic…

John Moon - “Boothbay Fish House”

The works of Maine artist John Moon of Falmouth, the new featured artist at Atlantic Motorcar, will be exhibited June through September. And, the “Antique Auto Art Show” of Tenants Harbor artist…