Culture

Beatles tribute band in concert

Calling all creatives for BRAF’s Art in the Square

Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) invites people of all ages to take part in their annual Art in the Square show, an art scholarship fundraiser, along with local and regional artists. All...
Mystery writers to speak at Skidompha

Skidompha Public Library welcomes mystery crime writers Marni Graff and Bruce Robert Coffin to Porter Hall on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. Please allow time for parking and note that seating is first...
Maine Bicentennial Lecture Series

Historian to talk privateers

In a talk entitled “Troubled Waters: French Acadian Naval Privateers in the Gulf of Maine during King Williams War,” historian Ken Hamilton of Corinth will discuss the highly successful French naval...
Pumpkinfest: Plan B and the 5-year-old ‘superfan’

Damariscotta’s Deb Arter was all set to make an apple with a swimming noodle as a worm for her giant pumpkin creation this year. It would be less work than some things and she had family visiting. “...
Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta

Saturday, October 12 Kid’s Fun Run & Adult’s Zombie Run : Central Lincoln County -YMCA 8:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. Registration9:15 a.m. Kid’s Fun Run AND 9:30...
Survivors speak out against domestic violence

Augusta – Five survivors of domestic violence will share their stories on a panel titled “What Trapped Me: What Freed Me” tonight, Thursday, Oct. 10 from 6:30-8 p.m at the Holocaust and Human Rights...
Community drum circle

River Arts in Damariscotta is the venue for the monthly community drum circle Saturday, Oct. 12 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Drumming is facilitated by Kitty Hartford of Boothbay Harbor. No experience...
Shemekia Copeland to perform at CCAC

The Chocolate Church Arts Center is thrilled to announce a performance by blues and R&B singer Shemekia Copeland on their main stage at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. A Grammy nominee and...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Patty Griffin with Rose Cousins

Patty Griffin has been called one of the most consequential singer-songwriters of her generation, a quintessentially American artist whose wide-ranging canon incisively explores the intimate moments...
Boothbay Region Art Foundation

ARTinME opening Oct. 19

The 10th annual ARTinME exhibition opens Saturday, Oct. 19. A reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Boothbay Region Art Foundation, 1 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor. Roy Germon, the manager of...
Spinning demonstration at Chapman-Hall House

In celebration of Pumpkinfest, a special demonstration wool spinning is planned for Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Chapman-Hall House, located at 270 Main St., Damariscotta. Louise Miller, education director...
Call for art: Abstract and plein air

River Arts announces a call to artists for "Abstraction." Artists may submit up to three works for this juried show. The deadline for entry is Saturday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. Artists are invited to...
River Arts’ one act plays open Oct. 18

In less than two weeks River Company’s Fall One Acts will open at Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall. Rehearsals are underway for both Christopher Durang’s “The Actor’s Nightmare” and Anton Chekhov’s “...
New Toni Morrison film screens Oct. 22 in Damariscotta

“Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” the acclaimed new film about novelist and storyteller Toni Morrison (1931-2019), will be shown at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 2 and 7...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Pedrito Martinez & Band

“The Pedrito Martinez Group is the real thing. They had the club JUMPING! It made me feel like a teenager!” - Quincy Jones Grammy-nominated Pedrito Martinez is widely regarded as the...
Wiscasset Red Cloak History tours

It's October and Red Cloak History Tours is offering its Twilight Haunted History tours in Wiscasset, Oct. 14, 21 and 28 at 7 p.m. Walk the back streets and unknown history and haunts with your...
Reflective vests, PJ’s hits at LCHA fashion show

“We’re here to survey this room. Dave and I will do our best. Continue to eat and drink, as you please. We’ll try not to be in your way.” With that deadpan explanation in a room filled with...
Farnsworth Art Museum

Andrew Wyeth: ‘Witches, Ghosts and Mischief’

At the end of each summer Andrew Wyeth engaged with Maine’s shifting seasons. Responding to the annual cycle of death and rebirth, Wyeth blended carefully observed details with his imagination and...
What’s up next for the DaPonte String Quartet

If you’ve never worked closely with a music group, you might not be able to imagine all of the discussions, decisions and considerations that have to be pondered when thinking about a series of...
Heifetz International Music Institute

Heifetz On Tour debuts in Newcastle

Heifetz On Tour debuts in the Damariscotta-Newcastle area on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Enjoy a night of great music played by a quintet of outstanding musicians...
Boothbay selected for U.S. Navy Band tour

America's Navy is coming to Boothbay, one of 20 cities in seven states to host a performance by the United States Navy Band during its 2019 tour — one of the signature outreach programs of the U.S....
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Where It’s At ... Robert Mitchell’s ‘Something Simple’

In answer to that burning question: Does Bob Mitchell name his cameras like musicians name their guitars? The answer is ... no. Despite this seeming lack of affection for the tools of his trade,...
Final First Friday Art Tour Oct. 4

A self-guided journey led by the art lover’s desire to exercise their imaginations. Take a walk on the creative side … Boothbay Harbor galleries ... ...
Y-Arts presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

The Boothbay YMCA and the CLC YMCA have teamed up with the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens to present a moving production of “Alice in Wonderland.” Audiences will follow the Alice as she chases the...
Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’ at CCAC

Studio Theatre of Bath will present the Mel Brooks musical comedy "The Producers" Oct. 10-20 at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath. Once called “the King of Broadway,” theater producer Max...
River Company one acts in rehearsal

Rehearsals continue for the River Company's production of a pair of one-act plays: “The Actor's Nightmare” and “The Proposal.” Tamara Lilly is directing “The Actor’s Nightmare.” In this short piece...
Annual Nor’easters concert this month

The Nor'easters Barbershop Chorus will be holding their 53nd annual show on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Rd., Brunswick. This year’s show is entitled “Juke Box...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Kenari Quartet

Applauded for their “flat-out amazing” performances and “stunning virtuosity”, the highly acclaimed Kenari Quartet is known for delivering inspired performances, from classical to contemporary, that...
Ingram Art & Antiques

Kimberly Skillin Traina new gallery artist

Ingram Art & Antiques is pleased to announce our newest addition to the Wiscasset gallery, pastel artist Kimberly Skillin Traina. Born in Maine, raised in Massachusetts, Kim graduated from UMass...
Land for Southport’s Future

A tribute to 20th century Maine Women writers and artists

An illustrated lecture by Libby Bischof, professor of history at the University of Southern Maine and executive director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, will be...
Ardyth Davis Retrospective at Maine Art Gallery

For its last show of the season, Wiscasset’s Maine Art Gallery will display a series of amazing fiber landscapes created by nationally recognized textile construction artist, Ardyth Davis. Visitors...
New fall show at Wiscasset Bay Gallery

“Autumn Arrivals” will open Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery. A unique and diverse collection of American and European works by artists from Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Great...
‘Vintage Accents’ two-day world exploration

Now through Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 2 and 3, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries is pleased to present their Vintage Accents Fall Online-Only Auction. With the sale online now, buyers and...
Theater Project: Abridged works of William Shakespeare

The Theater Project in Brunswick is excited to present “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” (abridged), written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. This uproarious show, directed...
‘SUBTLE’: An exhibition of drawings by Brenda Bettinson

Drawing is among the most subtle of the visual arts. Executed in monochrome more often than not, drawings can convey texture, age, location or scale of a subject without recourse to either color or...
Gallery exhibition and pottery sale at Watershed Center

On Oct. 5 and 6, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts welcomes visitors for an insider’s look at the atmospheric kiln firing process during Maine Craft Weekend’s open studios event. Ceramists Tim...
Seeking female mariners for ‘Working on the Water’

Folk singer Gordon Bok is hosting the 10th annual Working on the Water event. This is a gathering of mariners who come together for an afternoon of sharing personal experiences and inspirations of...
New John Vander show at Gold/Smith Gallery

From Sept. 25 through Oct. 27 "Dogs and Their People," mixed media collages by John Vander will be presented at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor. This is a new collection of paintings by Vander...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Antonio Lopez Palacious & Friends

Mexico’s acclaimed classical guitarist Antonio Lopez travels to the U.S., to Maine, performing at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on Friday, Oct. 4. Mexico City classical guitarist...
Italian-Mediterranean Newpoli at CCAC

Newpoli, a unique Italian-Mediterranean group of musicians and dancers, will perform at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The exciting, award-winning group melds...

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