BOSTON, Mass. — Earlier this week, Penobscot Bay Pilot readers learned that Jessica Manbeck, wife of Seth Silverton, had won a prize package that included a spot for two alongside the red carpet…
Culture
Transformations
Shelly Baer always wanted to share her story, and the lessons she learned growing up with a chronic illness, with physicians and physicians in training, medical students and resident…
New owner a former Primo chef
CAMDEN — Brian Beggarly, of South Thomaston, has purchased Boynton McKay Restaurant at 30 Main St. in Camden from Phil McElhaney and Susan Penner. For 15 years, they have owned and operated…
Internationally acclaimed Canadian nature photographer, gardener and writer Freeman …
A launch party for its fifth episode debuts at The Speakeasy Feb. 28
Forget viral videos of bleating goats and squirrels on water skis. Something just for Mainers has slowly emerged from all of the Internet distractions, and it has taken on a cult following.
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KISS takes its place
It was a surprise to turn on the radio in my car this morning and hear KISS FM come across the speaker. I thought I had been listening to Midcoast 102.5. After pushing a couple of buttons, I…
Maine Artists
There's a new art trail in Maine.
Thanks to Colby College and Kohler Foundation of Wisconsin there is a “trail” of wood sculptures and…
Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance
The Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance announces its inaugural 'Maine Crime Wave' conference. The day-long event will be held Saturday, April 19, at USM's Glickman Library in Portland. It…
Realizing it or not, they’re engaging in fusion marketing
Last year around this time, we wrote a story about small businesses joining forces with artists and artisans, titled…
Fresh Restaurant to open in April
ROCKLAND — Peter Ott’s Restaurant has enjoyed the same location at 16 Bay View Street for 40 years. Come April, the restaurant’s new address will be 18 Bay View Landing as they take over the…
Hurley’s Honk!
BELFAST - The Colonial Theatre was officially closed, but in the old cinema in the rear of the building, a dozen people stared up at the big screen. Still images of awkward-looking…
Bath
Curtains rise and fall on theatrical productions throughout Midcoast Maine. In Bath, that venue is the oh-so-medieval Chocolate Church Arts Center.
In 1845, architect Arthur Gilman designed…
Maine State Music Theatre will hold local auditions on March 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 22 Elm Street in Brunswick. MSMT is seeking local adults ages 16 and over for the following shows.
“…
Transformations - Poetry
It's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. Here are poems by two students that explore some of the many moods of love.
Red Stockings or…
Who needs snow when you’ve got palm trees swaying in the sunset?
ROCKPORT — While hundreds of people celebrated in the snowy outdoors this weekend, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art had another idea in mind: tropical breezes, beach balls, and plenty of rum…
The Farnsworth Art Museum celebrates Robert Indiana’s Love exhibit with free admission
ROCKLAND—Love means... never having to pay admission. (That agonized groan you hear is Erich Segal rolling in his grave for butchering his famous quote. Sorry.) But I’m trying to keep the mood…
Pecha Kucha presenter David Troup: ‘It’s a journey, and on that journey, you will be changed.’
Welcome to our ongoing feature Behind the Slides, where we meet up with an artist who just presented at Pecha Kucha Night and find out the deeper story…
Transformations
This is a modified version of the first chapter to Cami Hofstadter’s upcoming memoir about life with an obsessive-compulsive man.
It's December of the new Millennium in Miami, Fla…
2014 U.S. National Toboggan Championships
HOPE — Nestled next to Hatchet Mountain Public House and across the street from elephants Rosie and Opal, Ben McGinnis lives in a modest little house dappled with his art. There are watercolor and…
Applications are being accepted for the Monhegan Artists’ Residency for emerging Maine artists. In addition to two, five-week residencies or Maine-based visual artists on Monhegan Island, the…
Carvings in Amphitheatre; skiing and snowboarding in Harbor Park
CAMDEN — Winterfest and…
‘The films are inspiring, educational, sometimes emotional/controversial, entertaining and fun!’
CAMDEN — For outdoor lovers and fans of extreme sports and mountaineering escapades, this is the 14th year Maine Sport Outfitters has brought the Banff Mountain Film Festival to Camden. With the…
Transformations - Poetry
Poem for a Winter's Solstice
By Zoe FitzGerald
If you know of more magic than this –
to stand in the darkness of a…
I drank the water of life, toasted Robert Burns, and ate the Haggis
BELFAST — It was the 255th anniversary of the birth and spirit of Scottish poet Robert Burns, a life synonymous with drink (whiskey is considered the water of life by the Scots), poetry…
K2 Music's first themed night a success
The ukulele came to Hawaii from Portugal. Pronounced, OO-KOO-le-le in Hawaiian, it translates to “jumping fleas,” as the fingering on the small neck resembled jumping fleas as described by the…
Transformations - Poetry
The Hen Mallard
she looks alone
for a long time now
a sentinel of the lake
some unknown
i said to my son
the drake is gone
she never had…
Delvino’s 2 for lunch deal with photo booth
BELFAST—This Sunday, Jan. 26, Delvino's Grill and Pasta House in Belfast will be getting into the fun Valentine’s spirit with a “photo booth” and their “2-for” lunch special where two can…
Upcycled and sustainable Maine product with design input from local musicians
CAMDEN — At first glance, the little faces Chris Gray has carved into his handcrafted guitar picks reveal big personalities. Are they pensive? Wincing? Smiling? Hard to tell, but whatever they’re…
Hail To The Rad Kids
Here’s the way a small town works. Before I met David Munson, he’d already generated a certain buzz. Unless you’re a parent, adults don’t necessarily hear about certain teens or vice versa. We may…
Photos of the Old Moon
Midwinter’s round moon rose out of the eastern sky Friday, Jan. 17, around 8 p.m. Tammy Davis, of Appleton, caught its ascent through the clouds with her camera. “…
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
LEWISTON — At Watershed School in…
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
They call themselves The Boneheads.
By their own admission they are hard to classify and sometimes even harder to pin down. But, on Friday, Jan. 31, four of Maine’s favorite musicians return…
‘Sales are smokin-meltdown hot’
ROCKLAND — Gordon Page, of Owls Head, facilitates a group of ukulele players that meet every Thursday evening at the Hampton Inn in Rockland. It’s not a class and there are no music lessons, but…
Transformations
Even Pollyanna has a shadow. I learned this from my brilliant writing coach, Kathrin Seitz of Rockport. I say Rockport, but she has run with the big dogs in Los Angeles and New York. So, when…
On being a working artist...
It's not often a person can trace back a skill (or set of skills) to one singular point of origin. Generally, wanting to learn about something new is a culmination of various conversations,…
WALDOBORO — Sitting at the front of the classroom at Medomak Valley High School last week, JC Bakley, husband and father of three children, began to speak to high school students about life…
Ready for business...
LINCOLNVILLE — The town of Lincolnville is about to get a new community gathering place, technology hub and library, all rolled into one.
Saturday, Feb. 1, the library will officially re-…
A special event with lightning-fast presentations
After five years of PechaKucha gatherings, one debate rages on. Do you pronounce it “Pecha” like “You Betcha” or do you pronounce it “Pe-CHAW” like a cat sneeze? The words are Japanese for “chit…
The Waldo Theatre successfully completed two sets of musical theater classes in 2013, which culminated in an Autumn Revue and a Holiday Revue. We at the theater are excited to be working on this…
A plane, a subway, a train and two buses later…
CAMDEN — Ten Japanese exchange students and two chaperones arrived in Camden, but only after their flight from New York to Boston was canceled. A subway and a train ride later, they boarded a bus…
Transformations: A story
Sipping espresso vodka, waiting for my turn, I wonder how Jesus, the makeup artist, will transform me. Soon I will disrobe for the camera. I take another sip, actually a gulp, and get ready for…
Jim Carpenter is Camden Public Library’s January Artist of the Month
CAMDEN — It was just an ordinary day for Jim Carpenter, who has worked in the paint department of EBS in Camden for about 10 years. The rote rituals of the day included interacting with customers…
Coffee lovers can pay for a cup in advance to give to someone in need
ROCKLAND — Two employees of Atlantic Baking Company picked up on a charitable trend that has been sweeping the world and decided to make it a local endeavor starting today. The trend is called “…
Maine Farmland Trust Gallery
BELFAST — Maria and Richard King from Goat Spirit Farm in Liberty raise goats. Jackson Mcleod, and Tyler Gaudet from Fluid Farms in North Yarmouth grow fish and lettuce in their…
Francine's warm salad just perfect for a New Year's treat
“I wanted a really peppery scallop salad. I love scallops, I love warm salads,” said Francine’s owner/chef Brian Hill. “This salad has two different notes of heat in it. We sear the scallops with…
Fiction
Dear Readers, what follows is a story I completed a few years back. I call it an orphan because it doesn't seem to fit any publishable category. I know this fact based on the many rejection…
Dec. 31 will be last day for Harborside
CAMDEN — Tuesday, Dec. 31, will be the final day for service at Graffam Brother's Harborside Restaurant at Bay View Landing on Camden Harbor. Kim Graffam and Leni Gronros, owners of Harborside,…
Activist and artist Lindsay Parker, 17, sees the world through the window of space
The first time I met Lindsay at Out! As I Want To Be, I noticed her cool vest (cut-off sleeved denim with pinned-on slogans like ‘F*** Homophobia’ and and ‘Eat The Rich’). Her friend, David Munson…
