ROCKLAND — Ah, to live like an artist full time on the coast of Maine... what would that be like? On Saturday, June 15, at 1 p.m. artists, wannabe-artists and art appreciators alike will have the…
Culture
The Collective kicks off summer with studio crawl -- Rockland to Hope to Camden
Point Lookout's 'Cocktails on The Deck' is back June 7
NORTHPORT - Even though Tropical Andrea is messing up our good times this week (shaking fist — I'm giving you the shank eye, Andrea!), that doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying summer. Point…
LOCAL ARTIST TRANSFORMS WASTE INTO ART, GIVES PAINT A NEW LIFE
BELFAST – I can feel the paint creeping in between my toes. It’s cold and wet and borderline uncomfortable, but I know if I move I will mess up the shot. It’s crawling over my big toe now, but my…
Artist Michael Seif displays his underwater nudes at Archipelago June 7
ROCKLAND — In Greek mythology, naiads are a type of water nymph - lasses that preside over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.
Michael Seif, an artist…
Subway break dance troupe busts some seriously talented moves
BROOKYN, N.Y. — While down in New York City on some biz-ness last weekend, I was coming back from Manhattan when I caught this break dancing troupe busting it out big time. They were a bunch of…
In business: Country French cooking and a welcome that calls you back, time and time again
LINCOLNVILLE — Dec. 5, 1991 was a special date for Manuel and MaryAnn Mercier, the day they bought the Youngtown Inn in Lincolnville. They officially opened for business on Jan. 30, 1992 in the…
'Any time you can get students passionate about anything you’ve taken a huge step toward your goal of learning'
ROCKPORT — Chris Walker-Spencer, Visual and Media Technology Instructor at Camden Hills Regional High School is preparing for the high school’s seventh annual Film Festival to take place Friday,…
Transformations: A story
My father's been gone a long time. So long that at times it seems his very existence is more like an assertion or a bit of received knowledge than a fact borne of my own experience. But he was my…
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
ROCKLAND - Our third "Welcome Back, snowbats" installment is here and if you need to know what a snowbat is, get primed through our first "what's new" two articles on…
For those coming back to Maine for the summer, here's what's new...
CAMDEN-ROCKPORT - Your first logical question is: "What's a snowbat?" It's a twist on the phrase "moonbats," locally coined by Belfast promoter Mike Hurley in a Down East magazine article…
Three unique examples of a bygone era on display
OWLS HEAD — Stopping in the Owls Head Transportation Museum to see what's new meant that I was looking for something really old — and I wasn't disappointed. This weekend, May 25 and 26, the museum…
Commercial use predates residential use, but town still trying to find peace
CAMDEN — For two years running, condominium residents in the Knox Mill on Washington Street have been complaining about the music noise emanating at night from the Smokestack Grill.
This…
'It really is a family show this year'
CAMDEN — Rockport Dance Conservatory will present its sixth spring showcase this evening, May 24 and 25 atthe Camden Opera House. Director Kari Cameron and assistant director Sally Leighton have…
CAMDEN - Cappy's Chowder House may be currently undergoing a major expansion for the summer, but locals and tourists will find another welcome surprise when they walk through the new doors: John…
A few minutes with proprietor Annemarie Ahearn
ROCKPORT — Salt Water Farm, of Lincolnville fame, has opened a…
Skipped town for the winter? Here's some of what's new
BELFAST - If summer residents of Belfast share one thing aside from a love of their adoptive city, it might be a subscription to Down East Magazine. For those who don't, there was an…
Teen2Teen VidFest first prize winner Ploypailin Intarawut took creative, abstract approach to the message
The Teen2Teen VidFest contest rules were pretty straight forward: Any teen from Lincoln County could enter with a 15-, 30- or 60-second public safety announcement video on teens and tobacco use,…
What’s next? Ballet parking…
Camden– Rockport Dance Conservatory owner/director Kari Cameron needed a hook to get people to stop for her carwash at Key…
Local, affordable and fine dining to go
BELFAST — The concept is astoundingly simple, yet no one in the Midcoast has ever done it before. This past winter, a little take-out place called Scallions opened up in the Reny’s Plaza mall in…
Film review: Opera House Video on movie sequel 'Texas Chainsaw'
BELFAST - Summer's coming. Time to grab some friends and break out the bar-b-ques, cocktails, and... chainsaws? Leatherface is back and this time it's personal. This well-made sequel takes us back…
Crafters, inventors and artists present this Friday in Belfast
BELFAST - This Friday evening, May 17, at the Tarratine Tribe Hall, 153 Main Street in Belfast,…
Sightings
Spring. Well, it's here…. Nature’s sweetest blessing.
The kiss of more light and balmy temperatures. And winds that caress, not cut.
The second annual North Haven Spring Playwriting Festival kicks off May 17-19
NORTH HAVEN - Fighting princesses and bears who snack on pizza delivery guys are only a few of the wildly imaginative plays being performed this weekend at Waterman's Community Center in North…
'It's, it's just mmmmm'
ROCKPORT — It’s a secret, but I’m going to tell you about it and then it won’t be a secret anymore unless you keep it, so the heat's off me and I can tell you. Two little words, Beauchamp Point.…
Transformations: A story
My mother liked to make newcomers to our neighborhood feel welcome and happy to be living in North Hope, so it was sometimes my assignment to take a cake or a pie or a pot of soup over to the new…
Billy's Tavern hosts a multi-media storytelling night on the various meanings of motherhood
THOMASTON - As a non-mom, I'm not generally inclined to go to literary readings about Mother's Day. (It's a little like going to a car convention when you only ride a bike.) But somehow, I knew if…
Open house 'a success'
ROCKPORT — Meg Weston, president of Maine Media Workshops + College, said their May 8 open house was a success and more importantly, it brought a lot of people from around the state to their…
BELFAST — If you're looking for something to do this Friday or Saturday, May 10 and 11, look no further than Belfast Area High School, where the drama club will be giving its final two…
Featuring runway designs from local fashion designers and a DJ dance party
ROCKLAND — The Hot Mamas, an eclectic group of Midcoast women, aren't into your plain, old, run-of-the-mill fundraisers. If they're going to put their…
Dinner and a show: Lobster Ravioli, Fiddlehead Salad and Blueberry Cobbler
ROCKPORT – Camden Hills Regional High School presents its spring Dinner Theatre production of John Cariani's Almost, Maine beginning May 9 through May 11. Almost, Maine is a…
Primo's Melissa Kelly first repeat winner of prestigious award
NEW YORK CITY — Melissa Kelly, executive chef and co-founder of Primo…
Do you know the 11 sons of Rockland who were sharpshooters at Gettysburg?
Rockland- The Rockland Public Library and the Rockland Historical Society featured Captain Dave Sulin speaking about the Union Sharpshooters from Rockland who fought at Gettysburg. The talk held…
A sneak peek of who and what's tap...
CAMDEN — There's no chance a blizzard is going to get in the way this time. The "Down the Chute Beer & Wine…
The Children's House Montessori School will host its second annual Kentucky Derby Party and Auction at Cellar Door Winery in Lincolnville, Saturday, May 4, 5-9 p.m. Highlights include a live…
Rockland was certainly abuzz with poetry during April. This was our fourth Poetry Month Rockland and it keeps getting better and better. The Rockland Public Library wants to send a very heartfelt…
La Vida Restaurant brings us the spicy mango margarita just in time for Cinco de Mayo
BELFAST - It's a good thing someone knows how to make a truly good Margarita around here because Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner and we're going to need one STAT. La Vida's bar in Belfast…
“I went to work for Mary McFadden and I’ve done designs for Oscar de la Renta as well”
ROCKPORT — Showing at the Messler Gallery in Rockport at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship is the work of 41-year-old artist Gigi Aea. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aea published his first…
WESLEY HILLS, N.Y. — You may or may not recognize the name. Jay Siegel sang with a band in the late 1950s and early 60s called The Tokens. You may or may not recognize that name either, but the…
Sen. Angus King: 'It’s just a great feeling in the room'
ROCKPORT — The cast was enormous; the crowd was 10 times the number of the cast, but both groups were equally enthusiastic. So began the fifth annual…
A sample of three bands that wowed the crowd
BELFAST - The streets of Belfast are flooded with people looking to get their music fix... of every type. The fourth annual celebration of Belfast's Free Range Music Festival is currently ongoing…
Locals ‘thrilled’ to have old watering hole back
PORT CLYDE — The tiny roughhewn bar room in Port Clyde known affectionately as "The Poon" was packed to the rafters April 24, its first opening night under new ownership. Chris Chadwick, a…
In business
ROCKPORT — Mr. Wat Sushi & Noodles at 106 Commercial St. in Rockport celebrated its one-year anniversary this past month. Opening in 2012 after extensive remodeling, Mr. Wat faced the hardship…
Maine Coast Book Shop participates
DAMARISCOTTA - World Book Night has a simple concept. On April 23 every year,…
'We all came together to create this piece. That’s how you create community'
CAMDEN — Camden’s Kea Tesseyman owns and operates Kinetic Energy Alive,…
Local poet Kristen Lindquist, who will introduce him on stage, tells us what to expect
CAMDEN-To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, poets "don't get no respect." (Arrgh the grammar!) Well let's just say in most places, to be a poet is to be a fairly unappreciated writer. What with…
Craft brews and fine whiskies: The cornerstone of this chill scene
ROCKLAND —With the recent opening in Rockland of 3Crow Restaurant and Bar, Executive Chef and Owner Josh Hixson’s latest restaurant, it appears everything has come full circle.
Hixson…
Rob Brown of the Cooperative Development Institute will speak on Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m. at the Lincolnville Community Library. Brown is a housing program organizer at the institute,…
And a great place to enjoy it is Francine Bistro at 55 Chestnut Street in Camden. Let’s face it, as the wind brings us into spring, temperatures can still dip and we all know there may be at least…
April's Poetry Month spurs more than 60 submissions
April is National Poetry month and like the tulips that pop up from the ground, they're meant to be looked at and enjoyed, not hidden away. Last month, the Good Tern Cooperative Food Market…
