WARREN — For Lobsterpalooza this week, Sept. 9-14 across the Penobscot Bay Region, we are featuring local resident Jim Nichols, author of Hull Creek, the story of a lobsterman’s…
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Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
Our Town Belfast auction Sept. 13
BELFAST — Both visitors and residents of Belfast have been treated to the artwork and comfort featured in this year’s public art installation, “Please, Be Seated!” The chairs and benches were…
Robots, crazy-weird art and unusual modes of transportation were the biggest hits
CAMDEN — Camden’s “greatest show and tell” event drew more than 900 people Saturday, making the first ever Midcoast Mini Maker Faire a smashing success.
The town closed off Atlantic…
What takes most artists days, he can whip out in an hour
CAMDEN — During the outdoor Schooner Talent Show at Camden Harbor Park, part of the 2013 Camden Windjammer Festival Aug. 30-Sept. 1, there was another show going on behind the performers,…
Free event features creators, tinkerers, artists, inventors... and people who make stuff
CAMDEN - Makers unite! The first annual Midcoast Mini Maker Faire is today, Saturday,…
4th annual Harvest Hoot Sept. 7
CAMDEN — Great fall weather is in the forecast for the 4th annual Harvest Hoot at the Camden Snow Bowl Saturday, and there’s going to be a ton of things to do for all ages, including meeting…
An artist, art teacher and a DJ, this guy’s got it going on
BELFAST — Mark Kelly likes to joke around. Several months ago, he was busting on a good friend of his, Christy Monroe, when she’d finally had enough of his guff and called him out on it.
“I’…
‘Hey, Bartender’ documentary features filmmaker, local bartenders
BELFAST— A generational shift has elevated the working class bartender to celebrity chef status in recent years. No longer is the profession viewed as a “fallback job” or a waste of a good college…
Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
Paul Doiron’s Massacre Pond is his fourth book in a series of crime novels featuring game warden Mike Bowditch and is set in Washington and Hancock counties. He’s won multiple…
A Penobscot Bay Pilot contest
Do you have a funny pet photo, or does your pet do the darndest things that you can capture with a digital camera? Do you want to win $500 in gift certificates?
If you answered yes to these…
Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 only
ROCKLAND — Next week, a documentary titled “Hey Bartender” will be whirling through the Midcoast, landing in Rockland Aug. 20 at the Strand Theatre and the next night, Aug. 21, at the Colonial…
The Pirates of The Dark Rose let loose cannon fire, a pirate attack at Fort Knox on Saturday
PROSPECT – Yarrr, the pirates be back! On Saturday, Aug. 17, at …
Video: Poet, new to Belfast, performs spoken word and jazz
BELFAST - From the hills of San Francisco, the verdant landscape of northern Vermont, the concrete Coltrane district of Philadelphia; from these and other far-flung places, Toussaint St…
Framed Maurice Sendak prints and other unique kids' crafts are up for consignment
CAMDEN — Unless you're looking closely, it’s easy to miss the original Maurice Sendak prints behind the counter at…
Belfast punk band Jim Dandy gears up to drop new self-produced album
BELFAST — The room or garage set aside for band practice should never be spotless, according to musicians. If it is, that’s a sure sign that the music is going to be too sanitized. A little…
Where to go, where to stay, where to eat and drink
Welcome to our summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the…
Merryspring Nature Center's Annual Kitchen Tour pairs local kitchens with 16 chefs
ROCKPORT - Every summer, Merryspring Nature Center throws a…
BELFAST — July 13 and 14 marked the 18th annual Arts in the Park event in Belfast, where roughly 80 artists…
Exhibit at the Cramer Museum in Rockport runs until September
ROCKPORT - It’s unfortunate so many people perceive Edna St. Vincent Millay as this old lady, well known for reciting gracious poetry. That might have been her persona late into her…
Producers, cast members, actors, local investors celebrate the long-awaited film
ROCKLAND -It’s been 13 years since writer-director Joel Strunk finished his first draft of what is now a major motion picture, Anatomy of the Tide. That script placed in the top 30 of the…
ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT one Might FIND
ROCKLAND – When driving into downtown Rockland one never is quite prepared for what might crop up and I suppose this is true of most cities, large and small. This past Sunday morning was no…
Historical photos on display at CrossTrax Neighborhood Deli
UNITY – This month, the Unity Historical Society is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its building through a display of prints from around Waldo County. This collection of prints derives from…
BELFAST — Renowned Franco-American author Rhea Côté Robbins visited the Belfast City Library July 9 as a part of its Maine Writers Talk About series. The series, which began in May,…
Transformations: Poetry
World, oh world
Eels leap toward the light, as if
it were love. Wild screams
over the St. George peninsula,
…
New locally owned EVOO tasting room opens on Main Street
BELFAST — Vinolio owner Susan Woods said you could easily spend up to an hour just roaming around her store, nibbling on this and tasting a little of that. It's Belfast's latest addition on Main…
New to the neighborhood, a one-stop shop for fresh and hard-to-find Maine food
ROCKLAND — Cheryl Denz, owner of Terra Optima farm in Appleton, which she's run for more than 15 years, had bigger dreams for the farm's community outreach. She initially opened a small,…
Maine wine makers are passionate gamblers, farmers and alchemical dreamers
ROCKLAND -- How many times a week do you drive up Main Street? As residents, we often do so with out glancing at the storefronts. We know them; we think. More often we are thinking…
For those in peril...
SEARSPORT — For decades, the town has boasted of its sea captains and their voyages to the four corners of the world. If there were any doubt about the truth behind this pride, a visit to the True…
DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND
ROCKLAND – Music on Main happens every Wednesday night from 5 to 7 p.m. and it is brought to you - free of charge - by the folks at Rockland Main Street Inc.
This is a 10-week series…
Where to stay, where to go, where to eat and drink
Welcome to our new summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities, crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see the…
North Atlantic Blues Festival builds a loyal and fierce following
ROCKLAND — The sun’s yellow orb climbs towering into the sky, beating down ruthlessly on the ocean of spectators amassed in Rockland’s Harbor Park for the 20th annual North Atlantic Blues…
Rock out with Mavis Staples, Holmes Brothers, Eddie Taylor Jr., and more...
ROCKLAND — The stage is set for a glorious weekend of great weather, which will be made that much sweeter when the amplifier swtiches are flipped on and blues music fills the air in Rockland.
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Whom to see, where to go, what to hear
ROCKLAND - When the gates to the annual North Atlantic Blues Festival shut down each night at 7 p.m., the action on Rockland's Main Street is just heating up. On Friday and Saturday night,…
Liberty Hospitality is go-to lodging choice for major film productions
They've been deliberately under-the-radar for more than a decade, but it's a little known fact: the Cedar Crest Inn and Country Inn in Camden, and Navigator Motor Inn and Tradewinds Motor Inn in…
Trio of comics part of Colonial Theatre's Summer Fun Fest
BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition member Mike Hurley wants people in Belfast to have a lot of fun this summer. He is one of the organizers behind The Colonial Theatre's Summer Fun Fest, eight…
Transformations: an essay
My earliest memories are of life in a small Tudor cottage with diamond pane windows, at the edge of the Bucolic Phillips estate in Glenbrook, Connecticut. It was 1945 and my father and my maternal…
Author Bill Roorbach on the exploration of Maine's Temple Stream
This summer we're starting a literary series with Maine authors titled "Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction"...
Bill Roorbach is a Maine author, whose latest novel,…
Fine arts, crafts and music dominate the outdoor juried art show
BELFAST - Pretty soon, white pop-up display tents will begin dotting Belfast's waterfront park downtown in anticipation of the yearly juried art fest, Arts In The Park, July 13-14. Amid two full…
Fundraiser combines stylish bash with sneak preview of films
ROCKPORT — The Camden International Film Festival is throwing its annual summer party at the Rockport Opera House and film lovers, CIFF supporters and the general public are invited.
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Jonathan Frost, Eric Leppanen and PicassoWhat
ROCKLAND — After the fireworks are over, the excitement and celebration continues Friday, July 5. With presumably good weather on the way, Rockland's First Friday Art Walk has three fresh and…
For the big kids only: 'Unrated, uncut and unapologetic'
BELFAST - The Laugh Out Loud Short Film Festival is coming to Belfast this Wednesday, July 3, and it is not promising to be a traditional film festival. In fact, it is anything but.
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Miller's Lobster Co. offers a great deal, July 1 - 7
SPRUCE HEAD - Remember that scene in Splash when Daryl Hannah chomped into the entire shell of the lobster at dinner? I saw a woman do that about 10 years ago at what used to be the old…
Homer • Virgil • Propertius • Ovid
Do you want to learn more about the great influences of Greek mythology, the joys of the classics, and the heroes of Homer? You are invited to attend a Classics Symposium cosponsored by Rockport…
Pilot Distractions
Grownups 2 is comedian Adam Sandler's lastest film, due out July 12, a sequel, to Sandler's midlife crisis movie, Grownups. While watching this trailer with a friend last night,…
Mama's Boys: New Rockport sandwich, pizza shop a family affair
ROCKPORT — It's not that easy to see from the road on Route 90 (in the building that formerly housed L.O. Gross & Sons), but Mama's Boys has been open a month and is fast becoming an eatery…
Where to stay, where to go, what to drink
Welcome to our new summer series that provides a 24-hour guide to the Midcoast for a variety of personalities... crafted by locals who know this place inside and out. You're not going to see…
Author Liza Gardner Walsh to read from her latest book, 'The Fairy Garden Handbook'
CAMDEN — Every year on June 24, nations "put aside the cynicism of the modern world and embrace the possibilities of the unknown, and believe in fairies…" so says the International Fairy Day credo…
Transformations: An essay
All of the other kids had normal lunches. They had things like boloney, or peanut butter and jelly on Wonder bread, little bags of potato chips, Hostess cupcakes.
But not me.
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July 12 application deadline
It's okay to be a little odd, a little quirky and to like to tinker with ideas and materials in your spare time. The term…
Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction
This summer we're starting a literary series with local authors titled "Real places in Maine that inspire literary fiction."
Mystery writer Darcy Scott is bobbing and weaving down…
