Culture

March 26: It’s the 40th annual Maine Maple Sunday!

This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Emily” - (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) - The film imagines Emily Brontë’s own Gothic story that inspired her seminal novel, “Wuthering Heights.” Haunted by the death of her mother, Emily struggles...
Maritime Explorer: George H. McEvoy

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers....
Alna’s WW&F moves passenger shelter – via rail

While Sheepscot Valley’s Narrow Gauge usually brings the passengers to the station, this month WW&F brought a station to the passengers. The Railway is renovating its Sheepscot Station at 97...
LCHA hosts talk by Vana Carmona on Maine’s history of enslavement

In the final talk of Lincoln County Historical Association’s winter lecture series, Vana Carmona, a descendent of early Maine slaveholders, will share stories of individual enslaved people and bring...
Coastal Rivers hosts online program with cellist Wilhelmina Smith

Sarah Gladu of Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust and cellist Wilhelmina Smith of Salt Bay Chamberfest are offering an online program at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 to explore the intersection and...
An evening with Roger McGuinn

Mr. Tambourine Man not only lived history, he made history with his fearless sense of experimentation. Roger McGuinn comes to the Waldo Theater Wednesday, Sept. 13 for an 8 p.m. concert. Tickets go...
River Arts’ call for ‘Storm’ art

River Arts is pleased to announce the juror for the next show, “Storm,” will be Maine artist and educator Jillian Herrigel. Artists may submit works for selection to the Damariscotta gallery before...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Women Talking” - (PG-13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - Oscar winner: Best Adapted Screenplay - Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with...
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to perform music spanning centuries

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), performs music by composers who are “Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew” in concert on March 18, 7 p.m., Lewiston at the Riverfront Performing Arts/Franco Center...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Emily” - (R; 2 hours, 10 minutes) - Emily covers the years leading up to Brontë writing her novel, which is about cruel and haunted characters who play devastating games with love and social status...
Lincoln Theater

A celebration of Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt

A new documentary is hitting the big screen in recognition of International Women’s Day and Women’s History month. Exhibition on Screen presents “Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman,” playing at...
Maritime Explorers: Bruce and Maureen Kinsey

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers....
The Waldo Theatre

‘NOW More Than Ever’: Women Taking Power

The Waldo Theatre is proud to announce registration for NOW More Than Ever: a day of films, conversations, learning, and opportunities for women of all ages. The goal is to create an opportunity for...
Call for artists

The Pemaquid Group of Artists (PGA) announces a call for new members for the Pemaquid Art Gallery in Lighthouse Park, Bristol, for the 2023 season. The gallery has been in operation for 95 seasons...
Chamber promoting ‘Shamrocks, Shopping and Shenanigans’

The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce and area businesses are promoting a St. Patrick’s Day weekend celebration. Starting on Friday, March 17, Robinson’s Wharf on Southport will open for...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

In “Women Talking,” opening Friday at Lincoln Theater, writer and director Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews’s novel into a timely political parable with a stellar ensemble cast that includes Rooney...
Miles Art Committee honors painters Babb and Smith

The Miles Memorial Hospital League Art Committee is delighted to honor the over 50 years of cumulative service of past presidents and members, Julie Babb and Carol Smith. Both were honored with...
Lincoln Theater

From National Theatre Live: Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’

The Salem Witch Trials come alive in Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, “The Crucible,” playing on the Lincoln Theater big screen, Thursday, March 9 at 7 p.m. and Friday, March 10 at 2 p.m. This gripping...
This week at Harbor Theater

“Women Talking” - (PG13; 1 hour, 44 minutes) - It’s rare to see a film where dialogue is the centerpiece but “Women Talking,” adapted by writer-director Sarah Polley from Miriam Toews’ 2018...
Chats With Champions

Immigration attorney Jennifer Atkinson speaking at Skidompha

Skidompha Library Chats with Champions is proud to present Attorney Jennifer Atkinson on Thursday, March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library. Atkinson will speak about...
Hilary Bartlett show at Southport library

Southport Memorial Library welcomes West Harbor-based artist Hilary Bartlett as its Artist of the Month in March and April. Bartlett is an endlessly fascinating scientist-artist – literally and...
Where It’s At

‘Mainely Nude’ ends, photography exhibit to begin?

For the first time since the pandemic, the annual Mainely Nude show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation (originally the What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor show established by Patricia Royall) fans of art...
U2 tribute band at The Waldo

The Waldo and King Eider’s Pub are excited to announce the nation’s premier U2 tribute act, Massachusetts-based The Joshua Tree will be live at The Waldo on Saturday,March 11 at 7:30 p.m. just in...
Wild and Scenic Film Festival at Lincoln Theater

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta on Monday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Theater, with a curated selection of the...
A classic not soon forgotten: ‘The Manchurian Candidate’

The plot of 1962’s “The Manchurian Candidate” revolved around a communist plan to assassinate the American President. When, a year later, after that event actually occurred, the film was pulled from...
Community Writes at the Merry Barn

“Community Writes with Kelsy could not have come at a better time for me. I needed playful, trustworthy, skilled and encouraging support to move me and my writing up and out onto paper. Thank you...
Author talk at Southport Memorial Library

Join us at Southport Memorial Library on Tuesday, March 14, at 2 p.m. to hear local author William “Skip” Simonds discuss his writing process. Skip is a local author of several books including “The...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Wrapping up our winter concerts

Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House is presenting a line-up of music to chase away winter and welcome spring this March. From Ireland’s shores, to the best of the Midcoast, each upcoming weekend holds some...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Living” – (PG-13; 1 hour, 42 minutes) - Oscar Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor In a Leading Role (Bill Nighy). In 1950s London, a humorless civil servant (Nighy) decides to take...
River Room ‘4 Perspectives’

River Arts in Damariscotta presents “4 Perspectives” for the month of March in the River Room. A group of four artists, who create works in a variety of media including ink, assemblage, photography,...
Maine author’s debut novel imagines Earth’s last days from Eastern perspective

Before author Brandon Ying Kit Boey settled in Maine, he worked as a child actor, intern at Marvel, investment banker, and lawyer, with the one constant occupation being writing. Boey decided to...
Sail with Schooner Explorations of Maine this summer

In case you missed the January Mainebiz article, for the first time since summer 1974 in Boothbay Harbor, there will not be a schooner owned by Herb and Doris Smith or their son and daughter-in-law,...
This week at Harbor Theater

This week: final shows for “The Whale;” opening Friday, “Women Talking;” Classic Film Series presents “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962); and the Exhibition On Screen: Mary Cassatt. “The Whale” - (R...
Maritime Explorer: Captain Glenn W. Hodgdon

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers....
Classic Westerns at Harbor Theater

During the month of March, Harbor Theater presents a brief series – Wild Wild Westerns. For fans of the tough Western action genre, these three classic movies should stir your sluggish waiting-for-...

New Maine Photographers Showcase opens April 1

Film and Theater

Summer theater production camp for kids