Snow. Freezing rain. Ice. Darkness 2013. More snow on the way. I know, we’re not even into January yet, and this utter nonsense is getting exhausting, but it ain’t over yet. And if you can squeeze…
Culture
The Waldo Theater
The Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro will kick off the 2014 season with The Threepenny Opera. Audition dates are Jan. 4 at 11 a.m., Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. and Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. at the Waldo Theater.…
Whale’s Tooth Pub
The Whale’s Tooth Pub, at Lincolnville Beach, will celebrate its 20-year anniversary in January. They bring us a unique and flavorful dish that will brighten the faces and appetites of your…
Transformations
A group of local writers gathered recently in Camden to celebrate holiday story-telling.
And what Christmas holiday gathering of writers would be complete without A Christmas Carol…
On being a working artist...
So much of my life I've lived by the "don't sweat the small stuff" mindset. I don't hold grudges, I let things roll off my back. I let people feel like they've won if it's clear they need to feel…
Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady founded Hot Tuna as a side project from their band, Jefferson Airplane, but the iconic blues roots band Hot Tuna has now long outlasted the mother…
Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd’s Pie, at 18 Central St. in Rockport, gives us a simple yet exceptionally tasty beet salad. Easy to make, it goes well with just about any dish. You’ll…
Local photographer Tim Sullivan
ROCKLAND—On one of the shortest, darkest days of the year with snow and ice threatening the weekend, it was nice to bask in the glow of some beautiful photography by The Good Tern’s Artist Of The…
Leather coffee cup insulator, firestarters and Vacationland, a novel
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople who make products by hand. It’s important to shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs…
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School
The Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School's new date for the free Odeon Winter Concert is Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockport Opera House. Music students in all three ensembles, Odeon…
Hartstone Inn
The stoves are hot and to help celebrate the season, area chefs and businesses are sharing special recipes. PenBayPilot.com is posting recipes and tips throughout the holidays. Enjoy!…
Natalie’s award-winning bartender deconstructs the 207 Sour
CAMDEN — In one week, the Midcoast has gotten more than 24 inches of snow. So, if you’re looking for a knock-your-boots-off cocktail for New Year’s Eve, here’s an ambitious drink created by Seth…
Transformations
The coconut cake
Everyone tells me they love
For its flavor, its moist crumb,
Its airy cloud of frosting,
Could taste sweeter
Northport resident and author Norbert Nathanson on the perceptions of being different
The waiter thought he was being helpful.
One afternoon after teaching a class in New York City, Norbert Nathanson thought he’d treat himself to a T-bone steak and found a restaurant he…
Sold-out free show included hundreds dressed as characters from the 1920s-era series.
ROCKLAND — Despite the freezing cold temperatures Saturday night, Dec. 14, hundreds of locals, many in 1920s period garb, gathered at the Strand Theatre for the Season 4 premiere of the cult-…
Salt Water Farm
Annemarie Ahearn of Salt Water Farm at 24 Central St. in Rockport kicks off our Holiday Cooking Tips series for 2013 with an incredible squash salad.
"We are looking forward to our first…
2014 Maine Photography Show
In the midst of seasonal hustle, bustle and weather, please put “entering The 2014 Maine Photography Show (MPS)” on your calendar. The deadline is midnight on Friday, Jan. 24, but it will creep up…
ROCKPORT — Photographer Marti Stone is a familiar face around the Midcoast, as she captures images of people and events for a variety of clients, including Penobscot Bay Area Chamber of Commerce,…
ROCKPORT — It took just a little bit of preaching and some moving solos for the Rev. Chantel Wright and her Songs of Solomon Gospel Choir to move the packed house inside the Rockport Opera House…
Rayr for the wine tasting, the harbor for the fireworks
I’m seriously hoping the snow storm we get this weekend isn’t going to whomp on this Cheap Date idea, because it’s got everything squeal-worthy: wine, horses and fireworks.
On Saturday, Dec…
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople who make products by hand. It’s important to shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs…
Pilot Distractions
Does it ever drive you nuts when you’re waiting in line at say, Subway or Hannaford Supermarket’s deli counter, and the person behind the counter says, “Can I help who is next?” and the person who…
BELFAST — A winter storm is brewing for this weekend, but so far it looks like the weather will be decent Saturday, when Belfast hosts its own version of Holidays on the Harbor.
Saturday,…
Design Notes
What are the driving forces behind the ways our homes work and look? The intertwining DNA of Maine homes is a conversation between technology and culture. Architect and historian Christopher Glass…
Rockland Kiwanis, Maine Eastern Railway delight young and old
ROCKLAND — With the holiday season approaching faster than a speeding train, a group of community minded volunteers produced the annual Kiwanis Jingle Bell Express. In conjunction with Maine…
Now in its 17th year
THOMASTON — The the Thomaston Baptist Church will present The Living Christmas Tree. Dec. 7, 8 and 9. This is the 17 year the Living Tree has performed at the church.
…
Transformations
I'm making a list of the things that I'll need on my own:
A whisk.
Why a whisk?
A whisk for the eggs that I'll scramble.
But I don't like my eggs scrambled.
I like…
Bielenberg’s adapation puts a new twist on the classic tale
BELFAST – Jacob Marley’s ghost will haunt the Troy Howard Middle School ‘cafetorium’ this December as John Bielenberg’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol comes alive, courtesy of the Midcoast Actors…
Over The Rainbow Yarn discovers new way to wear that tacky ‘80s sweater
ROCKLAND — Mim Bird, owner of Over the Rainbow Yarn shop in Rockland, likes to have a little fun with her staff and customers. Every Monday she posts a ”Fabulous or Godawful” knitwear idea for…
Schedule highlights...Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport, Union
Christmas by the Sea weekend is almost here, and there's plenty of holiday festivities on tap to fill your head and heart full of Christmas cheer.
For more than 20 years, the Penobscot Bay…
ROCKLAND — The signs are gone, the windows are covered up and the racks that used to hold merchandise at the Tim Horton's coffee shop and bakery in Rockland are piled up next to the dumpster…
Shop-local series highlights three unique Maine-made goods
For the holidays, we’re continuing our series to shine the spotlight on Maine craftspeople who make products by hand. It’s important to shop locally and support the innovators and…
The Maine Beehive offers ornament-making workshops during Advent
ROCKPORT — In America, strings of popcorn and cranberry are traditional decorations on the Christmas tree. In Germany, the ornaments are also handmade, but with a little more flair. …
At Highlands Coffee House
THOMSASTON — This past Sunday the Mike Whitehead Group, featuring Jason Dean on drums, Spike Hyssong on stand up bass, Steve Lindsay on keyboard and Whitehead on trumpet and flugelhorn, set up the…
BELFAST — This upcoming event has all the components you’ve come to expect from our Cheap Dates series. Chocolate. Art. Music. Boom, drop the mic.
This Friday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m.…
Swing & Sway's Holiday Show
ROCKPORT — Swing and Sway Dance Studio, at 143 Maverick Street in Rockland, will present Dancing Through the Decades, a Holiday Dance Performance, Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. in the Strom…
Yuletide extravaganza features vintage Christmas TV specials in this festive mash-up
BELFAST — Does the onslaught of Christmas songs and TV commercials give you acid reflux? (If the answer is ‘No, I adore Christmas!’—move along). The cynics and the pagans now have something to…
14th annual Belfast Lions Club Breakfast with Santa
BELFAST — Santa will be at the Waldo County Shrine Club on Northport Avenue Sunday, Dec. 1, to share breakfast, listen to Christmas wishes and pose for photos Dec. 1.
The 14th annual…
Transformations
All of you, I'm sure at one time or another, stood up for something you believed in. The ‘50s and ‘60s for me were years of awakening to the injustices in the world. For me it was reading about…
Get to Know...
The new paintings at Red Cup Coffeehouse in Boothbay Harbor are not Suzi Thayer’s “work.” Work is what she does at the Boothbay Register to pay the bills. But painting is more fun. It has long…
Call with the number in your party, show up and enjoy the feast...
Four years ago, my wife, Kathy, and I were facing our first Thanksgiving without our son, Jesse. Jesse had joined the Navy and was an officer on a destroyer somewhere in the Middle East. Kathy…
Volunteer a couple of hours, share a dish, donate to others
The holiday hoopla starts this week and food always seems to be at the center of it. It doesn't matter what your politics are, the fact is more than 200,000 Mainers are constantly hungry and the…
A jammed poetry slam occasions something new
BELFAST - On stage at the Playhouse Theater, Jacob Fricke prepared to recite a poem with his hands behind his back. It would be a challenge for “an inveterate hand talker,” like himself…
Pecha Kucha presenter Kathleen P. Brown on Victorian costumes, pirates and dealing with nude scenes
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…
Penobscot Bay Pilot’s new wayback machine
So, we’re doing this new thing. You might have seen Throwback Thursday trending all over the place on social media? Here’s a photo taken in what you call “back in the day.” Know where it is? More…
Friday night gala is $10; Saturday and Sunday show days $3
NORTHPORT — I’m always urging my readers to “shop locally” and support our fellow artists in the area (because no one really needs another cheap cell phone plastic cover from a big box…
Transformations
Army Day
I place the book back on the shelf
and doubt the authenticity
of My diary
There are crowds cheering
Flags waving
A day celebrating its…
Breakwater Vineyards teams up with Dulse & Rugosa Maine Botanicals
This Cheap Date has the perfect ingredients: Maine wines, mead and cider paired with a little clinic on making your own Maine-island botanicals. (All you ever have to do is pair a wine tasting…
Marcus Carter enjoys sporting the look, but he's got other goals
ROCKLAND — When Marcus Carter was hired as a server at the newly opened Chowder House in the Trade Winds Motel in May, he respectfully asked the owners about the dress code. Remembering their…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
The ninth annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) is calling for entries. The premier juried gallery show of photography by Maine photographers is presented by Boothbay Region Art Foundation and opens…
