Culture

Skidompha Library and Book Shop updates

Businesses help MSMT during COVID-19 crisis

After the closure of its summer 2020 season in May, Maine State Music Theatre’s 22 Elm Street offices have been quiet. The more than 150 summer staff and crew never arrived and there has been no set...
Notecard assortments for holiday gift giving

With the holidays just around the corner and gift lists growing, the Pemaquid Group of Artists suggests considering boxed sets of artist note cards. The card assortments offer beautiful glimpses of...
Students present ‘The Tailor’ and ‘The Most Dangerous Game’

For nearly two decades, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy (LA) have collaborated on annual youth productions. This fall, under the direction of Griff Braley, students have undertaken two One Act...
Georgia to Maine: Going the distance for an anniversary surprise

Jamey and Lindsey Ackley planned to spend their fifth anniversary in Hawaii. COVID-19 dashed those plans, along with lobstering in the Florida Keys, and fishing in the waters of Pine Island Sound...
Go artsy with this year’s gift giving

The Gifts For Giving holiday sale, hosted at Studio 53 in Boothbay Harbor, returns for three weekends this year. The event kicks off with a four-day weekend from Thursday, Nov. 19 through Sunday, Nov...
Boothbay Railway Village

Anthropologist Dr. Whitney Lytle brings experience, passion to BRV

Boothbay Railway Village welcomed new Director of Curation and Education Dr. Whitney Lytle Oct. 5. The Ohio native comes from San Antonio, Texas where she has been teaching at Northwest Vista College...
‘From Home in Bunny Slippers’: Creative work from Maine and beyond

The Chocolate Church Arts Center is publishing a book containing over 100 submissions of work from professional and amateur creators all across Maine and beyond. “From Home in Bunny Slippers:...
‘Holiday Shop’ call to artists

River Arts in Damariscotta announces a call to artists for a special December show, without a predetermined theme, that will fill the galleries. Artists are invited to participate in this non-juried...
‘I Am An American’ art exhibition opens Thursday

“I Am An American” exhibition opens Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cove Street Arts in Portland. The show features the work of Daniel Minter, Leonard Meiselman (Wiscasset), Natasha Mayers (Whitefield), Robert...
‘Art in the Square’ call to artists

Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) is once again gearing up for the ever-popular 12” x 12” Art in the Square exhibit. Now is the time for regional artists to get a canvas and create a masterpiece...
Watershed Ceramics builds new studio

Tucked in an idyllic valley just off Route 1, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts offers a contemplative oasis for artists working in clay. During a usual summer and fall, ceramists from Maine and...
Film festival aims to inspire and motivate

What do urban beekeepers in Detroit, migratory mule deer in Nevada, and two Colorado women mountain bikers have in common? They’re all subjects of short films that will be shown as part of the Wild...
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries: An autumn gathering

Thomaston Place Auction Galleries has assembled a large and incredibly diverse catalog of important art and rarities for its last major sale of 2020 on Nov. 12, 13, 14 & 15 at 11 a.m. each day....
Gingerbread season on the horizon

For more than a decade the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor has been one of Maine’s sweetest gathering places during the holiday season. This year the historic building will once again serve as the...
‘A meaningful sculpture has power, presence and humanity, and generates its own unique narrative’

Basketball coach and artist Jon Moro on unleashing creativity

ROCKPORT — Carving wooden life size sculptures of sports figures has been a passion for Rockport artist Jon Moro, who recently departed from sports figures to crafting a life size sculpture of two...

Opera House’s Kevin Kiley featured in Down East magazine

Lectures and Conferences

Palaver Strings concert to live-stream from Waldo Theatre