Culture

Virtual chat with author Laurie Chandler

Southport artist in Copley Society show

Southport artist Ed Parker recent painting “The Beach Yacht Zephyr” was chosen to be included in the National juried show “Connected Land & Sea” at The Copley Society, Boston. The Copley...
Craft Show in Newcastle

On Saturday, July 10, the Second Congregational Church will host a non-juried Craft Show from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Local artisans will be displaying and selling their wares in the church parking area on...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“LCCT presents: Women in Jeopardy!” - In this riotous comedy, middle-aged mom Liz has a new man. And let’s face it … he’s just plain creepy. When a mysterious disappearance sets the community on...
Pop-Up Gallery hosts working artist during WAW

Wiscasset Art Walk’s pop-up Hasenfus Gallery, 64 Main St., will be hosting emerging artist Seth Bond Perry during the Thursday, June 24 evening, from 5-8 p.m. The artist will be in the gallery...
Making your best shot of Windjammers June 30

The parade of sails at Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor is a wonderful event to photograph and this year it will be on the early afternoon of Wednesday, June 30. Seeing the majestic Maine...
The Waldo presents ‘Almost, Maine’ - live!

The Waldo Theatre brings live theater back for the first time since 2014 with a community production of John Cariani’s romantic comedy “Almost, Maine” beginning June 17 for two consecutive weekends. ...
Time for a good laugh with ‘Women in Jeopardy!’

What the world needs now, is laughs ... pure belly laughs. The kind of laughs that bring tears to your eyes. And that is just what Lincoln County Community Theater (LCCT) - the resident theater...
‘Acquired Symbols’ at Maine Art Gallery

All of the artists in this Maine Art Gallery show that opens on June 12 have a connection with well-known Maine artist John Lorence. The show, originally scheduled for 2020, evolved during a...
Two committee members quit following removal of Ancient Cemetery’s fence

Members of an advisory committee are exasperated over the removal of a fence around Wiscasset’s Ancient Cemetery. The white wooden fence bordering Federal and Lincoln streets was removed by the...
Vintage campers oozed charm and inspired

Shasta. Airstream. Teardrop. Serro Scotty. The Vintage Camper Jamboree drew them all – and more - to Shore Hills Campground on Route 27 in Boothbay for a seventh year. The campers, ranging in size...
The final paintings of Carlo Albucci at Gold/Smith Gallery

Carlo Albucci was a Florentine painter of curious happenings. He painted ironic, iconic, surreal and comic events sometimes all together, sometimes one at a time. In all ways they are fun to look at...
Maine Art Gallery

Online Auction ends June 15

Now the fun begins! There are just a few days left in which to browse the Maine Art Gallery’s online auction and make bids. The art has been donated by artists and collectors for the purpose of...
Tall Ships Festival comes to Boothbay Harbor

The Tall Ships Festival in Boothbay Harbor June 25-27 is happening through a partnership between Friends of Windjammer Days and Tall Ships of America. It had been scheduled for 2020 by Mark Gimbel...
Boothbay Region Art Foundation

New Members’ show celebrates Maine, ‘Life As it Should Be!’

Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s newly-installed Members’ Show is now on display at One Townsend Avenue; Boothbay Harbor. In this particular exhibit, our area artists have created artwork that...
Live on stage this June

Opera House: Seth Warner Band, Ellis Paul and Jim Brickman

Live performances are continuing to ramp up at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor as summer approaches. Early June sees Portland’s Seth Warner take to the stage, while national touring...
Art workshops at Maine Art Gallery filling up

Two classes offered by the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset in June and July are filling up, but a few spaces are still available. Adeline Godminc-Tronzo will teach a drawing workshop with painting...
Who will be crowned in 2021?

Boothbay's Got Talent is returning for its fifth year with an added competition for our older local youth! Interested in competing in this fun and friendly competition? Come join the fun in this year...
Thornton and Healy at River Arts

Kathleen Thornton and Linda Healy share the spotlight in a two-person show at the River Room at River Arts in Damariscotta on June 3-23. The artists are long-time friends, scientists by training and...
Maine Art Gallery Members Show closes June 5

The Maine Art Gallery’s first show of the season offers a fine exhibition of 103 works by 33 very talented artists living in Midcoast Maine. Curators Jorge Pena and Colleen Kearney-Graffam asked the...
Pemaquid Art Gallery

Nine new artists for the 2021 season

The Pemaquid Group of Artists has juried nine new artists into membership. John Butke, a Boothbay resident is a locally known oil painter. Gwendolyn Evans of Walpole excels at watercolor painting....
Chat with Bicentennial community cookbook authors

Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions will feature cookbook authors Margaret Hathaway and Karl Schatz at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 10. “The Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook” is the authors’...
‘Coming this Way’ at Joy to the Wind

A storm builds over the hills. The wind is moving the dark mass over the hills towards the viewer. There are three small structures capped in a bright orange in the meadow. One can imagine a dramatic...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Limbo” - (R; 1 hour, 43 minutes) - A wry and poignant observation of the refugee experience, set on a fictional remote Scottish island where a group of new arrivals await the results of their...
Full-scale Wiscasset Art Walk returns in 2021

Goodbye Walk Around Wiscasset 2020 and hello Wiscasset Art Walk 2021! This summertime celebration of art, music, performance, and community, entering its ninth year, returns in full force with the...
Saturday’s ‘Raiders’ drive in event canceled

The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper has been notified of the cancellation of the Meadow Mall drive-in tomorrow night featuring “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” “The Return of the Great Adventure” -...
‘Land and Sea’ exhibition opening

River Arts in Damariscotta invites the public to the opening of the juried show, “Land and Sea,” on Saturday, May 29 from 1-4 p.m. This will be a modified reception, without the customary food and...
Visit Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House

Historic New England’s Castle Tucker and Nickels-Sortwell House will open for the season on Friday, June 4. The museums will be open for tours Friday – Sunday. Guided tours will be given on the half...
Skidompha book shop eases some COVID-19 restrictions

In light of new federal and state guidelines, the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta no longer limits the number of customers allowed in the shop at one time. Volunteers who...
This week at the Lincoln Theater

“Together Together” - (R; 1 hour, 30 minutes) - A hilarious and heartwarming comedy/drama. When young loner Anna is hired as the gestational surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s who wants a...
Patton’s ‘private yacht’ When and If, built by Wiscasset’s Pendleton, coming for Schoonerfest

Schoonerfest, set to debut this summer, has landed a visit by the When and If. And the 1939, 63-foot vessel, which then-Col. George S. Patton had F.F. Pendleton of Wiscasset build, will...
Boothbay Region Historical Society sets sail

Capt. Harold Burnham, owner of the pinky schooner Ardelle, is once again offering Boothbay Region Historical Society a wonderful fundraising opportunity. During Windjammer Days, on Tuesday...

Award-winning Lehigh Valley chef comes to Water’s Edge Restaurant and Bar

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Lectures and Conferences

Midcoast Conservancy offers 'Bewildering Bolete Mushrooms' webinar