ROCKLAND — Stacy Campbell, a bartender at Archer’s on the Pier in Rockland, has been experimenting with creating a holiday drink for about a month now and her very tasty (and timely) invention is…
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'Camden Meets Belfast' Nov. 20 at The Camden Library
No, it's not Camden vs. Belfast. Poets are nice. It's "Camden Meets Belfast" tonight when four Midcoast Maine poets will give a free reading of their work in the Picker Room of the Camden Public…
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Anne Cronin is showing her watercolor originals, prints and card through Nov. 30 at Zoot Coffee in Camden. Anne is known for her watercolor paintings and ink drawings that depict the natural…
All aboard!
The annual Christmas Theme train rides aboard Maine Eastern Railroad are scheduled, and tickets are now on sale.
The Kiwanis Jingle Bell Express, which operates from Rockland to the North…
At the V.F.W. and Waterfall Arts
BELFAST - With the parades and other public celebrations of Veterans Day passed, the Monday holiday offered some in Belfast — veterans and nonvets alike — a chance to quietly be with their people…
CAMDEN — The show will go on. On Nov. 2, Christopher Kenney and his alter ego drag sensation Edie, who also serves as host and emcee of Cirque du Soleil’s “Zumanity" in Las Vegas, was…
Presenters for Nov. 16 PechaKucha exemplify creative economy
Fun fact: the name concrete comes from the Latin "concretus,” which means to grow together.
The path of local concrete artisans Marcel Valliere and Paul Powers has emulated the very stuff…
A very simple photograph, made over in Port Clyde. Really not much to it, yet when I saw this I immediately thought of Benjamin Franklin's observation at the time of the signing of the Declaration…
Need a little something to sweeten your day? On Thursday, Nov.8, Sarah King, a chocolatier from Belmont who owns the Sweetest Things, will feature a chocolate tasting at the back of Belfast's…
This is a bit of a quirky Cheap Date, but it’s kind of fun; you’ll like it. When is the last time you ever saw teenagers willingly hanging out with Baby Boomers after school having milkshakes and…
Belfast's Colonial Theater offers three more free shows in Nov-Dec
BELFAST-- Now that the wind is howling and the fall rains are coming in, we've got to find more inside Cheap Dates to entertain you. It doesn't get any cheaper than a free big screen…
MIDCOAST MUSIC
THOMASTON – Thursday night at the Highlands Coffee House local musician's gather for three hours of music performed by people looking to try out new material, new performers, old performers that…
The creative economy
BELFAST - Maine is ahead of many states in terms of investing in its creative economy, according to Julie Richard, recently appointed director of the…
Collective hosts second Annual ‘End Of The World’ After Party Bash Nov. 3
Some believe that the Mayan calendar, which ends on Dec. 21, 2012, marks the end of the world. The Collective, whose purpose exists to attract a younger, contemporary audience to the Farnsworth…
Introducing Rockland’s newest hip joint, Fog Bar & Cafe
ROCKLAND — After a few test dinners, a massive hurricane and the usual issues to smooth out before a grand opening, Fog Bar & Café, on Rockland’s Main Street, will be opening for its first…
Also performing concert for Maine State Prison inmates
ROCKPORT — Haitian musician BélO's visit to Midcoast Maine later this week will undoubtedly have an impact on many people, from school children and teenage and adult musicians to inmates at Maine…
LINCOLNVILLE – Ladleah Dunn is a sailor and a damn good cook. More importantly,…
Futurist Bob Olson will speak at the Lincolnville Community Library this evening, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. Olson will share some thoughts from the book he is writing titled The Big Picture,…
Jim Dandy of Belfast's Opera House Video talks about the best horror movies to watch this season
BELFAST — Jim Dandy, co-owner of Opera House Video and one of our regular movie review contributors to Killer Piks has the scary skinny on the best Halloween movies to watch before October is over…
Behind scene with West Side Story: As many techies as dancers in this production
ROCKPORT — Construction is nearing completion for West Side Story, this year’s fall musical opening Friday, Nov. 9, at Camden Hills Regional High School. Approximately 50 student…
Georges River Land Trust, K2 Family Foundation
ROCKLAND — The Georges River Land Trust and K2 Family Foundation have announced a new partnership to offer an artist-in-residence program to begin in summer 2013, offering professional visual…
Camden International Film Festival
CAMDEN – The Camden International Film festival announced the award-winning films from its eighth edition, which marked the end of a four-day weekend that included the screening of more than 70…
Cheap Dates is a new series dedicated to scrounging the most amount of fun out of the Midcoast on the fewest dollars.
This Cheap Date goes all the way back to high school, where…
Cheese freaks may worship on an altar of cheese in Belfast
It’s not a casual statement; it’s a directive. Eat More Cheese. It's kind of neat when cheese is the boss of you.
Owners Tony and Natalia Rose opened this gourmet cheese shop last April that…
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BELFAST — White Pines are some of the fluffiest conifers you'll find. But as Christmas trees, they're less than ideal. The needles shed easily, and in contrast to the Balsam's ornament-ready…
Notes from abroad: BELFAST—BELGIQUE
BELGIUM — This past Sunday I found myself standing outside my house at 7:30 in the morning, wearing a jacket and winter hat against the morning chill. I was waiting for my Rotary counselor's…
The best Halloween themed reviews for October!
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Meet burgeoning fashion designer Alice Wang
For Alice, the perfect dream job would be to live in England, wear high-fashion and design dresses for British fashion designers Alexander McQueen and Gareth Pugh.
“Actually,” she admitted…
CAMDEN — The 2013 Camden Conference topic will be "The Middle East: What Next" and the keynote speaker Friday evening will be Robin Wright, who has reported from more than 140 countries on six…
Belfast brew fest promises to be a blow-out with 34 craft beers, local mussels and the band, Toughcats
BELFAST — Marshall Wharf Brewing Company and Three Tides bar and restaurant in Belfast are gearing up for their fifth Year of Beer and Pemaquid Mussels event Saturday, Oct. 13, and this year,…
Review: Creating, crafting from wood in Rockport
“Setting the Table”, a collaborative exhibit between the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and Maine Home + Design, is on exhibit Sept. 28 to Jan. 8. The show consists of six individual dining…
Old friend takes the helm
CAMDEN — A long time friend of Johanna Tutone will soon be assuming ownership of her downtown Camden restaurant, Cappy's Chowder House, but the heritage and ambience she created is sure to remain…
HOLY COW! IT'S THE CHURCH STREET FESTIVAL
BELFAST – Bella the Big Pink Elephant, icon of the annual Church Street Festival, is in her second incarnation. So maybe it's fitting that the theme of the 2012 festival parade, happening this…
The Belfast Creative Coalition will host its third Artist Networking Night this evening, Oct.4, to give artists, painters, photographers, craftsmen, musicians, writers and other creative types who…
THOMASTON — Through a dense forest of damp, rotting leaves, she sprints, dodging bare branches, her red velvet cloak filthy with mud. At the dimmest part of the glade, she trips, lunging head…
'Fail' book signing, poetry reading, Oct. 5
There is very little academic about Dave Morrison's approach to poetry, and he is a rule-breaker. Don't talk to him about sonnets…
Camden Public Library celebrates Banned Books Week
Every year the no-no finger comes out for Banned Books across the country and what does that make you want to do? Read them of course.
Camden Public Library is celebrating this week with…
Artist at work
Judy Kohn is painting in the white spaces on her canvas, her brushes dipping into the wide palette that balances beside her on edge of the wharf.
Her art teacher told her to fill the canvas…
Skin isn't the only canvas for Justin Wheeler, a tattoo artist at Siren Song Tattoo in Rockland. Upper Playground, a leader in…
I don't usually go out of my way to watch a film about cows. I'd had a vague understanding beforehand that the story would be about Maine dairy farmers going through hard times. But every industry…
Ballet fills Lindsey Street
ROCKLAND — I think I was maybe 10 when I saw my first ballet performance. I remember sitting there and thinking, why are they all on their tiptoes? Why don’t they just get taller ballerinas?
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The fromviandoux flash created for the cash mob crowd
For Camden Cash Mob’s first after-party at Fromviandoux Restauranton 20…
Film depicts ‘a beautiful, but dangerous’ steampunk motorcycle
It’s got to be really exciting, but a little weird, to see your first short film up on The Strand screen sitting next to the guy who is the subject of your documentary. Oh and the guy is a…
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The eye is drawn to certain things, or at least it can seem that way in hindsight. Looking back over the week's photos there are school buses, tour buses and a half dozen Volkswagen buses. There…
It’s 2012: Maine has plunged into a post-apocalyptic future. Along with five other states, Maine has been cut off from the rest of the U.S. when Congress passes the “…
Kierra Bunting
Here’s Kierra, 15, with her side-swept bangs, backpack and flashing a metallic grin; she’s one of the rad ones. Why? Cause she unafraid to throw herself out there, whether it’s photographing weird…
Featuring glass and jewelry designer Maggi Blue
Those who know glass and jewelry designer Maggi Blue would find it hard to believe she struggles with self-identifying as an artist, but that’s the tough knot she’s working on at the moment. The…
