CAMDEN—When in doubt, improvise—best motto ever. Members of the West Bay Rotary Club and volunteers decided to try a new route this year to elongate the time that the rubber duckies from their…
Culture
Despite some ducks who went rogue, West Bay Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser goes swimmingly
‘The audience can expect to laugh, cry and even cringe a bit.’
CAMDEN — Ah, the teenage mind. A little weird, wonderful and warped, right? Tonight’s Cheap Dates suggestion asks you to get inside the teenage creative mind at the 8th annual CHRHS Film Festival…
What’s in that cocktail?
ROCKLAND — We’ve all done it — made a bad decision at some point in our lives. But The Landings…
Their first mixology class included cocktail instruction, ingredients and a lot of fun
BELFAST—Tina Del Santo and Katherine Loblein, co-owners of The Front Street Pub in Belfast, might have been a little whupped after the long Memorial Day weekend, but on…
Maine’s wild edibles are wildly popular every spring
Why are people so crazy about fiddleheads? One man in Monroe can’t explain exactly why, but he’s got no shortage of customers clamoring for them.
John Gibbs has been collecting these wild…
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
CAMDEN-ROCKPORT — We did this series last year, listing all of the new businesses and changes that occurred over the winter in Camden-Lincolnville-Rockport and people seemed to love it. it’s…
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
ROCKLAND—This is our third “Welcome back” installment to acquaint those who haven’t been around this winter as to what's open, what's closed, what's new and what's happening. So, here is your…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced. Natalie Haas is one of the most sought after cellists playing traditional music…
Transformations - Poetry
Life lines
she took my hands in hers
fell silent as she saw
my lifelines
bisected as they are
by irrevocable fate
I said
…
May 23, 24 Show features tales from Hans Christian Anderson
ROCKPORT – The Rockport Dance Conservatory will take to the Camden Opera House on May 23, 24, at 6:30 p.m. for the seventh Annual Spring Showcase, Snow Queen, featuring the tales of…
The Narrows Tavern hosts its first annual Big Lebowski Day
WALDOBORO—Grab your ratty bathrobe and work on your candlepin bowling skills, because this Sunday, the Narrows Tavern is hosting its first annual “Big Lebowski” event after the cult movie, The…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
School packed with former students, courtesy of Mussel Ridge Historical Society
OWLS HEAD — The Mussel Ridge Historical Society of Owls Head hosted an ice cream social Sunday afternoon, May 18, at the Owls Head Central School. In addition to ice cream, visitors got a glimpse…
In 2014, the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic site once again will host a series of living history events, lectures and an archaeology workshop to showcase various aspects of life in Midcoast…
Transformations - Poetry
Then I forgive myself, the doer of the deed
And repent, but only weakly and with no remorse
If it were to be, so be it. Now it is gone, and gone it is
The traces left are only there…
The Damariscotta Pumpkinfest & Regatta invites Maine artists to submit a design for this year’s official festival T-shirt. The selected design will be featured on the back of the T-shirt…
The DaPonte String Quartet returns to the classics with its next program, “Vienna, Vienna,” inspired by the city whose name is synonymous with the greatest in classical music.
It features…
Live Music
Local music group Wicked Blues Band will be competing in the “Road to Memphis 2014 Challenge,” hosted by the Maine Blues Society at noon at the Big Easy in Portland on Sunday, May 18.
Wicked…
Upcoming events from the PenBayPilot.com calendar...
No need to pick through the calendar this week, we’ve assemble a list of highlighted events through Sunday, May 18, and provided links for more information.
The next four days offer…
Multi-media artist Victoria Statsenko of Portland and Falmouth painter Janter Weele have been named the 2014 Monhegan Island artists-in-residence by the Monhegan Artists’ Residency Corporation.…
Live Music
The DaPonte String Quartet summer concert series will feature performances in some of Maine’s most beautiful landscapes, culminating with a special two-day festival at Bates College’s Olin Arts…
What’s that film crew doing?
CAMDEN — The beautiful and poignant novel Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout, is now being made into a television series, courtesy of HBO. Freelance filmmakers were in downtown Camden…
Authentic Vietnamese cuisine and one-dish meals served up daily at Buoy Park in Rockland
ROCKLAND — He may be serious about his food, but it doesn’t take long for Tom Pham to crack a joke. Within two seconds of meeting him, in fact.
“Are you Tom?” I ask.
“No, he doesn’t…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
Transformations - Poetry
My hand used to be there,
under his soft belly.
Upheld, he was free to flail and splash,
to flounder and find his way,
learning the how-to and the why-not.
Free to…
Consummate musician and songwriter Tom Rush takes the stage at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Friday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Rush's last appearance on the historic stage was in…
One performance only
CAMDEN — The sixth annual Dancing With the Local Stars show tonight is officially a sold out performance. Andrea Vassalo of the Wayfinder Schools and Community Farm said the last ticket was sold…
Artists and fine craftspersons are encouraged to submit work for the Maine Coast Artist Gallery's first show of the 2014 season.
This is an invitational show and interested artists should…
Belfast is joining in on the viral craze of dancing to Pharrell Williams’ smash hit ‘Happy’
BELFAST — There’s no telling when a song will go viral, like “Gangham Style” and “the Harlem Shuffle” did in the last few years. In November 2013, singer-songwriter and seven-time Grammy winner…
ROCKLAND– Voting 5 to 0, May 6, the Rockland Planning Board approved the site plan review for Home Kitchen Café, clearing the way for the business to open the Home Kitchen Ice Cream Shop and…
Sixth annual Dancing With the Local stars benefits Wayfinder Schools
Justin Hills is a fulltime paramedic. He’s also part of the Camden Police Department and a volunteer fireman. And, he is 6 feet, 7 inches tall. Friday, May 9, he will be dancing with professional…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
Popular restaurant Just voted Best Breakfast in New England by Yankee Magazine
ROCKLAND- James Hatch and Susan Schiro, owners of Home Kitchen Café, reopened their restaurant more than a year ago after renovating 650 Main Street in Rockland, and they haven’t looked back. They…
Transformations - Poetry
John Maguire wrote this poem in honor of his cousin, Cindy Gonnerman, who recently passed away due to complications associated with diabetes. An annual fundraiser for the blind has been…
First Friday Art Walk of the season, May 2
ROCKLAND — The air was just about perfect Friday evening, May 2, for the first Rockland Art Walk of the season, as galleries downtown propped opened their doors and welcomed several hours worth of…
Which one do you miss the most?
A relatively new Facebook group that started in the Midcoast, called …
Tess Gerritsen claims she's owed $10 million from movie profits
LOS ANGELES - Best-selling author and Camden resident Tess Gerritsen has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros., alleging that the movie Gravity was based on one of her books by the same…
Crowdfunding independent creative projects gets communities directly involved
Three Maine entrepreneurs are relying on friends and strangers to support a dream they’ve been working on for a long time, and they’re using Kickstarter to do it. Kickstarter, for the uninitiated…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
The attic of 435 Main and the basement of the Thorndike Hotel were the hotspots for the roaring 1920s
ROCKLAND — 435 Main Street, the four-story brick building in the heart of downtown Rockland, is being renovated into a multi-use market this summer called Main Street Markets. But that’s not the…
Maine Artists
Spruce Point Inn is known for immersing guests in the local art, history and cultural scene of Midcoast Maine, from its “innkeepers tips” to its smartphone app. Over the winter, the inn has…
Transformations
Our rescue cat, Rocky, had been with us six months when we decided that he needed a companion. Cats are generally self-sufficient, but we had picked a needier one. He stuck so close to me that…
ROCKLAND — Radio host Chris Wolf said the PenBayPilot.com News Hour on WRFR this Friday morning is going to go fast, because there's so much news to share!
"There is lots and lots of news…
What’s In that cocktail?
BELFAST — I really think that the best bars are the tiniest, the ones you can only squeeze five or six people around.…
Waldo Earth Day Celebration gets the parade started with Earth-friendly decorations
BELFAST—A few Belfast citizens lugged bunches of bare tree branches into the Belfast Boat House while other crafty folks sat around tables transforming colored tissue paper and streamers into…
From Fear to Success: A practical public-speaking guide
Dizzy head. Pounding heart. Shaking limbs. Sweating body. Shallow breathing. Queasy stomach. These symptoms hold people back from what they really want — SUCCESS. Public speakers of all levels…
A steep – but danceable – climb for 10 local stars
ROCKLAND — Check your calendar, get your tickets, clean the tux and oh yeah, don’t forget your dancing shoes. Friday, May 9, at the Camden Opera House is the sixth annual Dancing With the…
Bay View Landing location is warm and inviting
CAMDEN — Peter Ott’s Restaurant reopened April 18 amid great fanfare and patrons turning out to see its new location on Bay View Landing, complete with water views, a rich, warm, new interior…
Pilot Distractions
I think it was the Bee Gee’s Staying Alive that first graced my record player. Fond memories there.
April 19 happens to be World Record Store Day, which began in 2007 as a way to…
