ROCKLAND—For fans of the literary horror genre, Dracula by Irish author Bram Stoker, is considered one of the best novels of the 19th-Century and unlike its title character, continues to…
Culture
Dacre Stoker copresented with the documentary ‘Vampires of New England’ by Historical Haunts
Updated! Oct. 25-Nov. 1: There’s something spooky, chilly and monstrous for everyone
Are you all set to rage into the Halloween season? The Midcoast is getting an early start on the Witching Hour and we have combed every cool event going on we could find to bring you a…
Lincoln Theater will present the third in its free series, “Talking Art in Maine: Intimate Conversations,” on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. with special guest Eric Hopkins.
Talking Art in…
Kind of a slow weekend, folks. And I promise, not one mention of Halloween. (We’ve compiled all of the Halloween cool stuff for both adults and kids in a separate list titled…
Camden International Film Festival’s Engagement Summit
CAMDEN — The Camden International Film Festival just completed its second annual Engagement Summit, part of a two-year thematic program called Aging in Maine. Through the summit and a statewide…
Penobscot Bay Pilot’s wayback machine
Easy one. But who knows what First National Stores carried and what’s in its place now? Tell us your stories.
Last week’s…
ROCKPORT — Kathleen Ryan Design has launched a new website exclusively for paintings of pets created digitally: kathleenryandesign.com.
Digital painting is an emerging art form in which…
Camden Conference
CAMDEN — The Camden Conference Discussion Series returns for part two of its four-part monthly series which offers participants an opportunity to investigate Russia's People, Politics, Economy and…
ROCKLAND — After broadcasting for 12 years from a small building on Gay Street in Rockland, radio station WRFR is moving. Their new location will be in the restored Lincoln Street Center alongside…
ROCKPORT — A concert featuring several of Maine's best-known folk musicians is set for Saturday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House.
Musicians Gordon Bok, Nick Apollonio, David…
APPLETON — Fine Art photography "Reflections on Nature" by Eric Johnson will be on display at the Appleton Library through November. …
Kendall Merriam Poetry
A thousand ladders
Placed against hundreds of ships, boats
…
Thursday, Oct. 23
"An Empty Place at the Table" memorial display by New Hope for Women, all day at the Camden Public Library.
The Camden Conference hosts Prof. Seth Singleton on "…
Like Wild Rufus, Manny's CD's, Vinyl and Other Cool Stuff is also named after his dog
CAMDEN — The original Wild Rufus was a good boy (and a great CD and record shop), but now a new dog is in town.
Manny's CD's, Vinyl and Other Cool Stuff recently opened Oct. 11 and sits at…
Transformations - Poetry
On Cumberland Island
Soft hanging moss and lazy dunes intoxicate my inner story,
the story I tell myself when it's warm and I bob in…
With gas being the lowest we’ve seen in years and it being peak foliage season, you’d be seriously missing out if you don’t take a road trip these next two weekends. But try to make it back for…
“In the capital of a small republic,” poet Lee Sharkey wrote, “Tonight I am walking backwards. If I were blind I would know better than to do this.”
…ROCKLAND — Nature, Earth & Life: A Lecture Series by doctorate Alder Stone Fuller will be presented Tuesdays, October 21 - November 25 at the Lincoln Street Center auditorium. All six lectures…
Artist Dyan Berk's art exhibit entitled, “Morphology: Works on Paper,” opens at the Hall Gallery at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta on Saturday, Oct. 18. The show will run through Nov. 28…
Transformations
The following is an excerpt from my novel Starforged, about a young knight named Collin Brick who has had a prophetic dream predicting his own death. In the midst of court intrigue,…
Greg Latimer, investigative reporter of the paranormal, seeks to find the truth about Mary Howe
DAMARISCOTTA—Greg Latimer, an investigative reporter specializing in the paranormal, is working on a special case this fall and winter. One might call it a “cold case.” A very cold, 6-feet-under…
Thursday, Oct. 16
Doug Hitchcox, Maine Audubon's Staff Naturalist, will give a report on "State of the Birds" hosted by the Midcoast Audubon Society, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library.…
ROCKLAND — The Good Tern Co-Op Cafe Gallery will feature the photographs of Steve Cartwright of Waldoboro for the month of October.
A writer and photographer, Cartwright is drawn to the…
Whoop and Drive 'er – Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine
ROCKLAND — Carver Hill Gallery in Rockland will host a talk and book signing by Belfast artist David Estey on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. His new book is a humorous, illustrated…
Camden Square Branch...
CAMDEN — Camden resident and artist Larry Kinney is displaying his abstract paintings, through Dec. 31, at…
October has not failed to deliver so far on some seriously warm days and cool nights and this weekend is looking to be more of the same. Go outside and enjoy the…
Get thee to the second annual Taste of Thomaston, a food and wine festival
THOMASTON — Let’s see, is it right in the Cheap Dates price range? Advance tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for Know Museum members.
Check.
Is it food and alcohol centered? Check.…
New anonymous exhibit is the “anti-branding” of artwork
BELFAST — When a piece of modern artwork becomes more recognizable because of the artist’s name, rather than his or her signature style, there’s going to be a debate. This concept prompted…
BELFAST — The Belfast Poetry Festival marks its tenth year with an extravaganza of new features that celebrate poetry and artistic possibility, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 17 and 18, at the American…
CAMDEN — Fine Art photographers Ralph Hassenpflug and Kathryn Oliver will be exhibiting their work at Zoot Cafe, 31 Elm Street in Camden during the month of October.
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BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ has hired John Cameron as director of music.
Cameron recently…
BELFAST — The expression "working mom" is familiar to most everyone today, but mothers as family breadwinners have been a significant part of the American scene for generations. A new book by…
“Whoop and Drive 'er" – Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine
BELFAST — Belfast artist David Estey has published a humorous, illustrated memoir called “Whoop and Drive 'er" – Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine. He describes it as a labor of love…
CAMDEN — Coastal Quilters will meet Saturday, Oct. 11 at the Camden Lions' Club on Lions' Lane in Camden, gathering at 9:30 a.m. for socializing and coffee, program at 10 a.m.
This month's…
Thursday, October 9
"My Money Works," a free series on personal and family finances, begins at the Camden Public Library at 6:30 p.m., and meets for four Thursdays. Learn to live on a budget…
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio presents the fourth play of its 2014 season, Plaza Suite by Neil Simon, October 10-19 at the Troy Howard Stage in Belfast. Hilarity abounds in this…
ROCKLAND — "New Work & New Artists," a group exhibit, is now open, October 3 – October 30, at Landing Gallery in Rockland.
Eleven of Maine's artists exhibit their most recent…
Say CMCA gallery, Rockport Opera House, Union Hall provide additional meeting space
ROCKPORT — The Friends of Rockport, an informal group of local citizens, has proposed its own preliminary plans for expanding the Rockport Public Library. Contrary to another idea that has the…
The Speakeasy’s Chata-tini delivers rum warmth in a chilled glass
ROCKLAND — At first, when Kathleen LaBree talks about her signature cocktail, it sounds like she’s saying “Chowdah-tini.” LaBree is co-owner of…
Transformations
Ever wonder about the Saturday destinations of all those horses in trailers on the winding roads up and down mountains in Ecuador? We're all headed to join other eager horses for a paseo.
…
Penobscot Bay Pilot’s wayback machine
Submitted to us by The Rockland Historical Society, can you guess where this is and what year?
We had more than 30 guesses on last week’s…
This past weekend’s ah-mazing Indian summer had you all fooled, but the changing leaves and cool nights have already signaled it’s time to get adjusted to October. Yep, gotta face it— it’s October…
BELFAST - The 10th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival named Kristen Lindquist, of Camden, as winner of this year's Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. The contest, now in its fifth year, is a statewide…
Friends of the Rockport Public Library put in many hours, much effort
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library recently received a check for $15,000 from the Friends of Rockport Public Library, which represent the proceeds from the Friends' annual book sale and…
Maine Farmland Trust
BELFAST — A new film series, Growing Local, points to both the vibrancy and the growing pains of the local food movement in Maine, and the uncertain fate of the farmers and farmland that…
LINCOLNVILLE — Paintings by Liliana Thelander are on display at Lincolnville Fine Art Gallery.
Thelander started her art career with stained glass. Her realistic style of painting…
Trap Day Oct. 1, farm/brewery/artist tours Oct. 2
MONHEGAN ISLAND — This under-the-radar weekday event is an ideal way for folks without a boat to explore the abundance of the sea, the land and the community of Monhegan Island for one or two days…
‘The Reagan Years’ based on archival footage portrays 40th president in both a funny and serious light
CAMDEN—Giving a pitch to industry professionals about your documentary-in-the-making is unnerving enough, but add an entire hushed audience hanging on your words, and the experience is enough to…
You never know what might be bobbing around
ROCKPORT — A vessel bobbing along the currents in Rockport Harbor has raised quizzical eyebrows since it first appeared last week. Lobstermen make a few investigatory circles around it before…
CIFF explores delicate line placing children in front of cameras
CAMDEN — Over the weekend, the Camden International Film Festival screened a number of full length and short documentary films in which the main subject was children and teens. As someone who has…
