CAMDEN — The Whitehall Inn, which is undergoing renovations by Lark Hotels, announced today its culinary approach and the name of its restaurant chef. The new owners of the 113-year-old inn are…
Culture
The Midcoast restaurant scene...
This Weekend Dec. 18-21...
Last weekend was intense and I know many people who are still paying for their fun, but rein it in peeps, we still have to get through the next two weeks. If you've got Christmas/holiday party…
Georges River Land Trust
ROCKLAND — The Georges River Land Trust and The Highlands Coffee House, will be hosting ‘Maine Masters on Mondays’ film series.
This series celebrate the local artists that have long…
Friday Night Film Series
THOMASTON — The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES, 6:30 p.m.
SHOWING: Music, Music, Music!
January 2: Glenn Miller Story
1953 G…
Musician, hatmaker and ‘jazz poet’ gets Council nod, gold cape to follow
BELFAST - Toussaint St. Negritude has lived in a lot of places, but none that valued poetry as much. On Tuesday the City Council unimously voted to appoint him as poet laureate of Belfast.…
Camden Hills Regional High School’s annual Empty Bowl Dinner and Silent Auction
ROCKPORT — Every year for the past 20 years, teens from Camden Hills Regional High School have participated in a holiday tradition that began with one, simple ceramic bowl. In an art class project…
Thanks, Rockport!
ROCKPORT — When Rockport throws a party, you can be sure it is not one to miss. There, a community of citizen volunteers and town staff help the good times roll, and on Dec. 13 the harbor and…
Pope Memorial Humane Society benefits from annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
ROCKLAND — It takes a lot of forethought to make a hideous Christmas sweater, and the folks who come out every year to benefit the Pope Memorial Humane Society do a great job with theirs. Here’s a…
Breaking News: Santa Mail Drop Box spotted again in Rockport, letters are starting to come in...
ROCKPORT — Santa Claus is very busy right now. We’ve seen him riding in parades, lighting town trees, reading stories, presiding over bonfires, posing for photos and most importantly, pausing at…
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople who make products by hand. This week it’s all about locally crafted food or drink items. Each week,…
BELFAST — Classes, workshops and art camps designed to add creativity to the colder months begin in January at Waterfall Arts.
Abbie Read demonstrates her gelatin print technique at a Print…
Thursday, Dec. 18
Homes Down East will be presented by architect Christopher Glass, historian Earle Shettleworth, and architectural historian Scott Hanson, 7 p.m. at the Camden…
This Weekend...
This so happens to be a schizophrenic weekend of music all over the Midcoast, and we're happy about that. Holiday stress will slough off when you start dancing. Editor's Picks this weekend include…
BELFAST — See seven shorts written by four Maine playwrights, Friday and…
SOUTH THOMASTON — The Kelpie Gallery in South Thomaston will exhibit four new works by Rockland artist, Jill Valliere through December 3.
Painted in her distinctive style, this series…
For less than $20, a Belfast woman creates mannequin Christmas trees
BELFAST — Working mom Mandie Goody Sawyer had three reasons why a traditional Christmas tree wasn’t going to work for her family this year. First, they had gotten a puppy this fall and didn’t want…
ROCKPORT — The next Forktale event will be in February at Salt Water Farm in Rockport, with celebrity chef Nef Duran. This time, the theme is: passion.
Forktale is now …
BUCKSPORT — Imagine being a 7-year-old child removed from the only home you've known. Children are never removed from a loving, safe home so it is assumed that the conditions these…
THOMASTON — The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library's Hallway Bookshop features a selection of fine fiction and nonfiction on sale this month.
Sale books are in mint condition and…
THOMASTON — Thomaston Public Library's main display case this month features the intricate model-train display of Leroy Jones and Neil Shively, with contributions from Henry Groth and Linwood…
Transformations
In this season of celebration, we often find ourselves indulging a bit more than usual. Nat Goodale shares a story of his recent food indulgence and his own "eating disorder.”
I've…
Thursday, Dec. 11
Slavic translator Lydia Razran Stone will present "What's All the Fuss about Russian Poetry? A Translator's Perspective," at the Camden Public Library, 7 p.m. The speaker…
CAMDEN — The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) and its Points North Documentary Forum will take place September 17-20, 2015.
For the second time, CIFF has received support from both…
ROCKLAND — Artist D.D. Tyler has donated a limited collection of prints, note cards, and bookmarks to the Georges River Land Trust .
The items are currently for sale at the Trust’s…
Green/Upcycled is the theme of the week
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople who make products by hand. It’s important to support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the…
This weekend...
I promise you there will be NO holiday stuff in this weekend's lineup, because I know you can only take so much and there are …
Events in Camden, Lincolnville and Rockport
Following on the heels of Thanksgiving and the Rockland Festival of Lights, Camden, Rockport and Lincolnville and the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce are making final preparations for…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Camden Film Festival will receive a portion of a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The grant money will be distributed…
Midcoast Actors' Studio
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio of Belfast announces its last production of the season, the Maine Playwrights' Showcase, December 5 - 14 at the Playhouse, Church Street in Belfast.
The…
A Bangor viral video has nearly a half-million YouTube hits
Last week, we wrote about a flash mob in Hannaford Supermarket on Broadway Street in Bangor that went viral. The orchestrated event not only garnered nearly a half-million hits on YouTube since…
OWLS HEAD — Owls Head Transportation Museum opens it doors to the community Sunday, Dec. 7 for their annual Holiday celebration, Holidays at the Museum. The fun-filled celebration is an all-day…
Held at the Maine Lighthouse Museum, they sold out of all their copies in a little over an hour
ROCKLAND — A Seal Called Andre, originally co-written by Harry Goodridge and Lew Dietz and published by Warner Books in 1976, has been recently republished by Downeast Books with more…
A one-stop list of holiday events around the Midcoast
With the Thanksgiving meal behind us, it’s time to look toward the holidays of Christmas and New Years. From visits by Santa Claus to the towns and harbors of the Midcoast to parades and tree…
Pilot Distractions
A video is making the viral rounds this week, which is perfect on a day like this where no one feels like working.
Animator and designer Adam Patch recorded his wife telling a joke one night…
Here we go again. Did you see that article about keeping your sanity when the power’s out in our latest edition of The Wave? Well, looks like Rockland’s taking the spotlight this weekend (I hope…
Artist Elizabeth McKinney on how color infuses every aspect of her life
ROCKLAND — She’s a painter on canvas, windows and kids’ faces and there is nothing she loves better than a splash of color in her life, right down to her roots.
“I got these purple…
Pilot Distractions
In the wake of a deeply disturbed and frustrated nation following the latest events in Ferguson, there’s a video making the rounds on social media that is going to make you feel good.
A man…
THOMASTON — The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents ‘Friday Night Movie Series’ at 6:30 p.m. each Friday.
December 5: White Christmas
1954 NR 120 minutes
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Thursday, Dec. 4
The Writers' Group of the Coastal Senior College will give a reading of their latest creations at 1 p.m. at the Camden Public Library. The public is invited to come enjoy…
ROCKLAND — Celebrate the holiday season at the Rockland Public Library. This December brings many special seasonal events for people of all ages. As always, library events are free and open to the…
National Novel Writing Month pushes local authors out of writer’s block
SEARSMONT — Author Danielle Bannister, of Searsmont, has a new book she’s pushing herself to write this month. For the entire month of November, she is supposed to write 1,667 words a day,…
Al Gardner, the host of Out and About with Al, is wishing all his viewers a warm and Happy Thanksgiving. Al has been doing his show on local TV for the past 12 years and enjoys…
PechaKucha presenter Phoebe Bly is a true Nature’s Child
Welcome to our ongoing feature Behind the Slides, where we meet up with an artist who recently presented at a local PechaKucha night and find out the…
The Waldo Encourages Community Assisted Recovery Efforts organization needs a logo it hopes will express their mission to build a collaborative and non-judgmental environment to support addiction…
Camden Conference
CAMDEN — The Camden Conference free Community Events Discussion Series returns for part three of its four-part monthly series that will offer participants an opportunity to investigate Russia's…
Saturday, Nov. 29
Smithsonian geographer and photographer Wilfred E. Richard will give a slide talk at the Camden Public Library at 2 p.m. on Maine to Greenland: Exploring the Maritime…
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ROCKLAND — ‘Wich Please, a sassy, comfort food sandwich truck will soon be rolling up to Rockland.
On Nov. 18, with fewer than three days to go in his crowd-funding…
Fox I Printworks and artisans capitalize on savvy new trend
ROCKLAND — A pop-up shop, the hot, new trend of opening a temporary retail store, has come to Rockland’s Main Street this holiday season, and it is benefiting several island micro-businesses, as…
BELFAST — This year the artists and craftspeople of Belfast Harbor Artisans will be raffling off a number of local, handmade works. Those raffle proceeds will…
We're on the verge of the crazy holiday season but that doesn't mean you can't combine some weekend fun while getting some of your to-do items checked off the list. Support Maine artists while…
