BELFAST — Left Bank Books in downtown Belfast invites the public to a free talk and book signing by Maine author Martha Tod Dudman, whose most recent novel is Sunrise and the Real World,…
Culture
mingle and collaborate and learn about future opportunities at the library
THOMASTON — Get ready for a lively afternoon of community camaraderie and library love at the Volunteer Social & Book Moving Party hosted by Thomaston Public Library. The event will take place…
ROCKLAND — Badhus Co will be hosting Jen and Elizabeth Casad for sidewalk chalk art on Sunday, May 19, from 12 - 4 p.m.
Join mother and daughter artists for a family fun collaboration of…
Welcome to Maine, Varietopia!
An old fashioned variety show barnstormed into Waldoboro April 30 when the nationally touring Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins played to a sold out crowd of…
reception May 21
WASHINGTON — “The Gibbs Library is proud to present the 19th Annual Student Art Exhibit featuring the excellent work of the student artists from Prescott Memorial Elementary School,” said Gibbs,…
recollections of encounters, as well K-9 search and rescue incidents
HOPE — The public is invited to attend the next meeting of the Hope Historical Society, Tuesday May 21, at the Hope Historical House, 479 Camden Road. There will be a business meeting at 6:30 p.m…
BELFAST — Join the Belfast Free Library and the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Wednesday, May 15, at 2 p.m., in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, for a…
CAMDEN — The Camden Rotary Club will learn about efforts of the Curtis Island Lighthouse Foundation and the Town of Camden to historically restore the Curtis Island Light Station during its…
With a career spanning over two decades, Hanneke Cassel has helped redefine what it means to be a modern fiddler. A driving force in the ever-changing landscape of acoustic music, Hanneke blends…
For those coming back to Maine, here's what's new...
MIDCOAST—This year, we are consolidating our annual “Welcome back” article to acquaint those…
Belfast Maine’s Colonial Theatre will host local author and filmmaker Jim Merkel May 14, at 6:15 p.m. and the public is invited to hear how and why the documentary Saving Walden’s…
ROCKLAND — Folk singer-songwriter May Erlewine will perform Sunday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre.
“A prolific and passionate folk songwriter from Michigan, May Erlewine has…
BELFAST — Thursday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m., Nick Lund, from Maine Audubon, will give a presentation on “Maine’s Spring Birds”. The program will be offered in person in the Abbott Room of the Belfast…
ROCKPORT — “Vermont Folklife’s Sugar in the Pan trad band of superstar teenage musicians is touring Maine with an exciting program of Franco-American favorites,” said YTV touring group manager …
SEARSPORT — Searsport Shores Ocean Campground hosts The Hot Suppers on Thursday, May 16, for a potluck stir fry dinner and dance party. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m., when the public is welcome…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes Anna Zilboorg, who will speak to the audience about “Surviving Disaster with Knitting in Hand,” on Tuesday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m., in the Picker Room.…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Coast Guard City Committee’s Coast Guard Appreciation Dinner to be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Elks Club, 210 Rankin Street, in Rockland.
Hors D'…
Ooh La La! Vin de France
CAMDEN — Aura Ellis, owner of Flaura Flowers and Wine, of Thomaston, and Justin Wardwell, owner of Bangor’s Wicked Wines, a distributor of wine, beer and cider, will be the featured speakers of…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes Maine author Martha Tod Dudman for a reading and discussion of her novel Sunrise and the Real World on Thursday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. This…
Students at Camden Hills Regional High School are staging SIX!, a combination musical/pop concert detailing the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.
The production is…
‘Gathering Light’ and ‘Burdens of the Bird’
SEARSPORT — The Parsonage Gallery announces two new exhibitions: Gathering Light by Marina Yacoe and Burdens of the Bird by Yvonne Maiden. The exhibitions open with a public reception, Saturday,…
LINCOLNVILLE — Lincolnville artist Ken Cleaves will speak about his Schleppinghurst Garden as well as his unique art currently on display at Lincolnville Library, on Wednesday, May 15 at 6:30 p.m…
UNION — Union Elementary School students helped celebrate Union’s 250th birthday by presenting an original play, “The Trees Remember” on Tuesday, April 30, in the school gymnasium. The multimedia…
“shadow box” originally referred to a box containing sailor's mementos (his shadow)
ROCKPORT — During the months of May and June, artist Maria J. King will exhibit a selection of her handcrafted shadow boxes in the Marine Room of the Rockport Public Library. King will be rotating…
WALDOBORO — Toronto-based Choir! Choir! Chor! will be at The Waldo Theatre, Saturday, May 18, for an ‘80s Sing-Along. From Prince, Madonna and George Michael...To Bon Jovi, Whitney and Journey…
ROCKPORT — On Friday, May 31, at 6:30 p.m., The Rockport Library Foundation will host “An Evening with the Former Chief of Disguise at the CIA and Bestselling Author Jonna Mendez” at the Rockport…
At high risk from illness, the planning, planting, and tending to seedlings took on extra significance
TENANTS HARBOR — On Friday, May 17, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Port Clyde author Margot Anne Kelley will discuss her new book, A Gardener at the End of the World, at the Jackson Memorial…
WALDOBORO — Tickets are still available for the band Le Vent du Nord at The Waldo on Thursday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone…
CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, presents Jessica Deskin in concert on Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m., in the church…
a collection of four short plays
BELFAST — Theatre Nouveau has cast its first production for 2024, The Shakespeare Lonely Hearts Club, which will run at The Basil Burwell Theatre in Belfast, opening on Friday, May 31. This new…
ROCKPORT — Empty Bowl Supper will occur Tuesday, May 14, from 5 - 7 p.m., in the Wave Café at Camden Hills Regional High School.
“Celebrate the amazing work of a group of high school…
Ticks: strategies to lower risk and the promise of new approaches currently under study
CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society invites the public to its opening Spring Potluck, Wednesday, May 8, at 6 p.m., for the potluck; at 7 p.m. Robert Smith, MD will be presenting his “Tick…
Historian Ronald C. White presents online talk: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the Man behind the Hero
How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric at Bowdoin College? How did a trained minister who had rarely left his native Maine find his…
joined by Ellen Sander, Judy Kaber, and Leslie Moore
BELFAST — Thomas R. Moore will launch his sixth book of poetry, Unleashed (Moon Pie Press), on Sunday, May 5, from 4 - 6 p.m., at the Local Color Gallery, in Belfast.
He will be…
Real, Imagined and Abstracted Cloudscapes
ROCKLAND — Step into the high-ceilinged Back Gallery at the Triangle Gallery, Friday, May 3, 2024 through Saturday, May 18, 2024, to be immersed in the large-scale, painted worlds of Susanna White…
ROCKPORT — On Wednesday, May 8, at 1 p.m., in Rockport’s Union Hall, Bay Chamber presents Rasa String Quartet in the final concert of their annual Midday Music Series.
“Boston-based Rasa…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre Gallery, at 916 Main Street, is exhibiting works of Rockland artist Marjorie Strauss titled "Talismans, Faces and Other Creations". Delve into a world of painted…
BELFAST — Left Bank Books, in downtown Belfast, invites the public to a free talk and book signing by restorative justice practitioner Leaf Seligman on Monday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m., at the…
THOMASTON — "WATTS So Funny?!" brings the comedy heat to Watts Hall Community Arts on Saturday, May 11.
“Hosted by local comedy luminary Emily Dillon, this event boasts an all-star lineup…
two ages of theatre collide
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will screen a National Theatre Live captured-live stage production of The Motive and the Cue on Thursday, May 9, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
“Sam Mendes (The Lehman…
invisible in the community
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library and Community Connect Maine are partnering up to show a screening of Invisible: Personal Stories from the Front Lines of Disability, a collection of…
ROCKPORT — “Current Student Work” opens on Friday, April 26, at the Messler Gallery of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport. The opening reception will be held on Friday, May 3, from…
“I’m after the magic, the transcendence of reality”
SPRUCE HEAD — The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of A Wider Lens by Thomaston artist Nancy Baker on Wednesday, May 1, from 4 to 7 p.m., with a live piano performance…
the trusting geisha and the callous American naval officer
ROCKLAND — Puccini’s Madama Butterfly will be presented as a Metropolitan Opera Live-In-HD simulcast from New York City at the Strand Theatre on Saturday, May 11, at 1 p.m. An encore will be…
Celebrating Independent Bookstore Day across Maine April 27
MAINE—I have a theory about books you were meant to find and those which were meant to find you—treat a bookstore like the open road and…
BELFAST — Join the extra fun in City Park this spring by completing the Story Walk that begins near the bridge to the playground and continues toward the ocean.
Folks of all ages can enjoy…
Camden Public Library wraps Up Maritime Month
CAMDEN — Penobscot Marine Museum Education Director Jeana Ganskop will visit the Camden Public Library on Tuesday, April 30, to present about the 19th-century logging industry in Maine, and the…
WALDOBORO — State Senator Cameron Reny will speak on Saturday, April 27, at 11 a.m., at BugTussle Annex, 251 Jefferson St., in Waldoboro.
There will be a question-and-answer period…
“Beyond Audubon: Bird Images through the Centuries”
ROCKPORT — On Wednesday, May 8, at 6 p.m., the Rockport Public Library will host Dr. Kay Etheridge for a presentation entitled “Beyond Audubon: Bird Images through the Centuries.” The narrated…
artist’s reception May 4
ROCKPORT — From May 4 through 24, the Rockport Public Library will host a show of mixed media drawings by Midcoast Maine artist Jeannette Micoleau. The exhibit entitled “See Change” is Micoleau’s…
