ROCKLAND-Once again, on Friday, April 5, the Farnsworth Art Museum and The Strand Theatre in Rockland will present Rockland Shorts: An International Short Film Series, a series…
Culture
The Collective's after party will be held at the Farnsworth Museum
There will be a Fur Bar for those who forgot to grow or make their 'staches.
ROCKLAND-Hot Pink Flannel's fourth annual 'Stache Bash will be taking place Saturday night at the Time Out Pub in Rockland. Past events have brought out wild costumes and competitions (…
Tipping Points
Throughout Asia, author Kaayla Daniel explains, traditionally fermented whole-bean soybean products — miso, tempeh, natto, and soy sauce, or the “good old soys…
Dancing with the Stars
CAMDEN — The fifth annual Dancing With Local Stars, a benefit for the Community School is coming up on Friday, April 26, in the Strom Auditorium, in Rockport at Camden Hills Regional High School.…
Hail To The Rad Kids
CAMDEN — She goes by the nickname Peytonius Maximus and she rocks. No, literally, she rocks out in an all-female band as the drummer and she just won a category in Hardy Girls Healthy Women’s…
'To me it’s like drinking Haley’s Comet. You’re never going to run across this again'
THOMASTON - It’s a little like Christmas, at first. The thrill is in opening up an old wooden crate to find bottles packed in form-fitting straw encasements. What we have here is pre-Prohibition…
'The Gift,' 'Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away,' Jimmy Cliff's 'Rebirth'
Our reviewers have some of the best suggestions on what to read, what to see and and what to listen to each month. Let Lacy Simons of hello hello books, Jim Dandy and Tiffany Howard of Opera…
Making wild, unpredictable art from stuff
ROCKPORT — For 24 hours on March 22, 10 local artists will be confined at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art to create experimental art installations out of a giant pallet of discarded…
Seabright has a bright future
CAMDEN — Seabright in Camden is the new kid on the block. At 7 Public Landing, the space occupies what was once Paolina’s Way. Brian Hill, owner of Francine Bistro, opened the new restaurant that…
A horse is a horse (of course, of course)
CAMDEN — The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is a one-act play based on a story by the famed author and humorist Mark Twain. Camden- Rockport Middle school students will…
"It's still surprising when the musicians sign up and people start buying passes"
BELFAST - Organizers of the Belfast Free Range Music Festival on Friday…
Unlike traditional Scottish highland bagpipes, these are softer, more melodious
HOPE — From inside the newly-built, rustic shop across the street from the Hope General Store, Chris Pinchbeck plays Irish music on his iPod while he works on a couple sets of Scottish…
Talking St. Paddy's Day, what it's like to be Irish and tackling cows
First off, interviewing Bob Marley takes a lot of discipline, because if you laugh too much, you can't hear the playback on the tape recorder. Too late. He killed inside three seconds of the first…
Where to eat, drink and enjoy Irish entertainment this weekend
St. Patrick's Day is on a Sunday this year? Well, that's just all kinds of wrong for employers expecting bright-eyed bushy-tailed workers Monday morning, now isn't it? Regardless, there will be…
Menu features dishes from Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba, Central and South America
CAMDEN - For many people, owning one’s own restaurant is the American Dream. Night after night of working in someone else’s kitchen, chefs can’t help dream of what it would be like to run their…
The Great Gatsby to compete this weekend
ROCKPORT — The Great Gatsby was previewed at Camden Hills Regional High School’s Strom Auditorium Wednesday night. Reduced to a one act play, it will be the high school’s drama department…
Hail To The Rad Kids
A long time ago, like a lot of adults, I used to buy into the teen complaint that “there’s nothing to do around here.”
But then I realized, it’s not the exterior world we live in that…
Tricky Britches: 8 p.m. tonight
THOMASTON — Over the last three years, something has been subtly shifting in the Midcoast. It hasn’t been overtly noticeable to everyone, but if you grew up here in the 1980s, raged in the decade-…
'I'm learning how to dance and that's why I like it so much'
FRANKFORT — Nothing beats the cold of winter like Hawaiian dance. Watching takes you away from the freezing temperatures and transports you to warm island breezes and wave-kissed beaches…
Free live streaming event of the 2013 Oscars along with champagne specials and prizes
Who do you think will win?
For 85 years, Academy Award season has centered around this question and this Sunday, Feb. 24, the Strand Theatre in Rockland will be rolling out their red carpet…
We've got dance parties, whiskey tastins' and the big Oscar Night blowout
Every once in awhile we get one of those bad mama jama type of weekends where there are so many fun things happening, you can't actually attend them all. Here is your "fabahlus" (the correct way…
Our reviewers have some of the best suggestions on what to read, what to see and and what to hear each month. Let Lacy Simons, of hello hello books, Jim Dandy and Tiffany Howard, of Opera…
Pilot Distractions
This nugget of Pilot distractions is brought to you by the website, Know Your Meme, which is dedicated to documenting Internet phenomena, viral videos, image…
The Doc turns 50! Rockland Public Library is hosting a free screening of "Blink" episode
ROCKLAND-In the Dictionary of Pop Culture Literacy (not a real book, i just made it up), there should be a section alone on what a TARDIS is. I don't care how cool you are, if you don't…
Sightings
Sometimes an image just looks the way you feel on a certain day.
I guess that given this particular day that's why I'm sharing this one.
…
ROCKLAND — It’s Valentine’s Day everywhere, but here…. In fact it’s just the opposite at L&H Burgers in Rockland
John Stowe owns both Rustica and L&H Burgers on Maine Street in…
Maria Randolph of HoopME! featured as one of the upcoming Pecha Kucha presenters Feb. 15
Let's clear up something right away. A Hula Hoop instructor does not "stand there gyrating a hoop around her waist for an hour." That's usually the first misconception people…
Nationally known storyteller Judith Black kicks off workshop and slam Feb. 16
HOPE — Live storytelling has become a thing in the last decade where people stand up in front of an audience and without notes, tell a story that captivates the audience. Sometimes they'…
Behind the scenes at WERU Community Radio
ORLAND - For almost 25 years, WERU Community Radio has worked diligently to give its listeners the very best in volunteer powered and listener supported radio.
The station broadcasts an…
CAMDEN — I can help an organization simply by eating? Finally a cause I can sink my teeth into.
Another successful fundraising evening at …
FOG Bar sizzles up a Valentine's Day-inspired 'Love Zombie' cocktail
Mike Bumiller, a bartender at FOG Bar and Cafe in Rockland, has created a special cocktail for Valentine's Day this year called The Love Zombie and half the fun is getting through all of the…
One-day event brings out the party but on smaller scale
CAMDEN — Every year the U.S. National Toboggan Championships has tried to outdo itself in terms of ice parties, costumes and hilariously-named toboggan teams. The blizzard of February 2013 altered…
Lowdowns and updates on nightlife happenings as the storm arrives
Update 8:00 am Friday morning...err, perhaps we were a too tad optimistic with this headline....cancellations and updates will be happening all day!
With a huge 12-to 15-inch…
Comedy act at Camden Opera House
Due to "Nemo," this event has been postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m.
All ticket holder…
Juke Rockets singer wants those Memphis blues again
BELFAST — Carlene Perkins Thornton of Liberty had been singing lead vocals with the Juke Rockets for a little over a year when the band won a statewide competition last fall and a trip to the 29th…
John Orlando brings Motor Booty Affair to Camden Opera House Feb. 8
John Orlando is the one-man force behind Grand Banks Entertainment, a new independent events and entertainment company based in Camden. He is responsible for bringing Motor Booty Affair to the…
Hail To The Rad Kids
CAMDEN — Three years apart, alternative ed students Chloe Isis, 14, and Clio Berta, 17, have music in common. When they sing together, they can take your heart rate down to a nice, soothing level…
Local waitress, Applebee's employee weigh in on national viral debate
On Jan. 25, news spread across the Internet that the Rev. Alois Bell, pastor of the St. Louis-based…
Nine short films, live Skype interviews and an after-event at FOG Bar
Short films are like visual hors d'eouvres; they're meant to be sampled in bite-sized, stimulating storylines. It's the second year that The Farnsworth Art Museum has teamed up with the Strand…
Working
THOMASTON — “There’s really no way you can place a dollar amount on sentiment.” So began my conversation with John Bottero, vice president of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, on Route 1…
BELFAST — Hearty Buffalo Chicken Dip: A good dip for chips or bread. The Front Street Pub, 37 Front Street in Belfast, treats us to a quick and tasty dip that works well in any setting, be it as…
High school students deliver parody, high-concept filmmaking into daily video announcements
ROCKPORT — High school morning announcements have come a long way since the days when principals would click on the intercom switch with the inevitable torque of feedback (FWWWWWWAANNG!) and some…
What do people in Maine do when it's cold? Go outside and play
CAMDEN — Baby, it's cold outside. But, who cares? The January sun is warm, the ice is smooth, and music is playing. In the Camden Amphitheatre, artists were at work all day Jan. 26 with chisels…
Camden resident and abstract painter, Larry Kinney, will display work from the past two years at the Thomaston Cafe through March 2. A recent award winner at the Art in Maine show in Boothbay…
And the winners are…
ROCKPORT — The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, in conjunction with the Farnsworth Art Museum, announced the winners of its “Designing Benches” competition Friday, Jan. 25, at the Center’s…
This month's killer monthly review of books, movies, and music
We've made a point of cultivating some of the best Midcoast reviewers when it comes to suggestions on what to read, what to see and and what to hear each month. At turns insightful and often…
Sightings
One afternoon I was driving home after a day photographing on a small island in the Muscle Ridge Channel. It was a nice day, out there with friends with no one else around, exploring an island…
In business
THOMASTON — “I think it’s the first time it’s not a bank.”
So spoke Sean Beaudry, of the Highlands Coffee House at 189 Main Street in Thomaston. Sean and wife Tracey opened the establishment…
Bakin' cakes with the mistress of mini treats
BELFAST – The Muffin Man has some new competition.
Sue Coolbeth is the dread headed, cool-as-ice cupcake queen who has turned her love and passion for cooking into a new sweet treat business…
Erin Donovan takes her hilarious blog to the stage this weekend
You may have heard of Midcoast award-winning blogger and comedian Erin Donovan through her …
