ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will present a screening of Dead Poets Society (1989) on Thursday, March 21, at 7 p.m., as part of its new Jubilee Film Series, which celebrates acclaimed…
Culture
A charismatic English professor arrives at a strict prep school
boiling maple syrup, winter exhibits, music by Ukes Rock
CAMDEN — “Maine’s annual spring harvest event celebrating Maine Maple Syrup is Sunday, March 24, and your local historical society is gearing up once again for a fun ‘sugaring off’ day,” said …
ROCKLAND — Emily Horne Jeffries and Maisie Newell met almost a decade ago and have been playing together ever since. They will share their love of lively double fiddling, old songs, and sweet…
deadline May 20
The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) is looking for artists for its 2025 wall calendar, with a submission deadline of May 20. The 2025 calendar, which showcases the artwork by Maine-…
The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum’s March 18 online speaker series, Captains’ Quarters, will wrap up the season with local historian, Charles H. Laberbom and his underwater work uncovering…
ROCKLAND — Join Penobscot Bay Language School for the kick-off event of a new intercultural community exchange program called “New Mainer’s Performance Showcase” featuring multicultural…
Bringing Puppets to Life workshop at Steel House, May 23
ROCKLAND — Theater company Sandglass Theater, from Putney, Vermont, will bring their puppetry and dance performance “When I Put On Your Glove” to the Strand Theatre stage on Friday, May 24, at 7 p…
Friday, March 29 – Seth Warner Band: The best of Creedence Clearwater Revival
Saturday, March 30 – John McEuen and The Circle Band
The 2024 performance season at Boothbay Harbor’s…
painting Maine land and seascapes
On March 6, 2024, Peter Yesis, a Maine fine artist based in Searsport, addressed a meeting of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, in Portland, regarding his experience as the 2023 Allagash…
SEARSPORT — The Parsonage Gallery announces its first new exhibitions of 2024: Natural Symbols by Stew Henderson and Time Amongst Trees by Peter Walls. The exhibitions open Saturday, March 16,…
ROCKLAND — Pen Bay Medical Center is holding a Community Town Hall, Sunday, April 7, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., at the Rockland Elks Lodge, located at 210 Rankin Street, in Rockland. The event is free…
due April 12
Bay Chamber is accepting applications for the Young Stars of Maine Prize Program – due April 12, 2024. For over 50 years, Bay Chamber has awarded prizes to Maine students who have made a…
A Family Story (Mother was Also a Spy)
CAMDEN — Before there was the CIA there was the OSS, and before the OSS there was the COI – the Coordinator of Information, established under President Franklin Roosevelt as the first American spy…
ROCKLAND — Easter Day Community Dinner will be served Sunday, March 31, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 11 White Street, Rockland. The Easter meal will have all of the fixings, according to a…
stories from Wabanaki and Acadian, farmers, Loring Air Force Base, and more
A short documentary film, La Frontière, will be featured on Maine Public Television as part of their Maine Public Film Series. Viewers can watch the premiere on Thursday, March 21, at 9 p…
An author who once trapped lobsters when living on an island in Penobscot Bay is announcing the launch of his first crime novel. Thomas E. Ricks has written Everyone Knows But You, a tale…
recounting adventures, lore, and characters
CAMDEN — “Escapades, journal entries, tell-all exposés…and not a fib in the bunch,” said Camden Public Library, in a news release.
Join Maine author and humorist Retired Ranger Tim Caverly…
nine-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion
CAMDEN — Eileen Ivers brings her UnIVERSal Roots band to the Camden Opera House Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open 7 p.m. at the downtown venue, 29 Elm St.
The band’s…
the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s Shakespeare adaptation
ROCKLAND — A live broadcast of Roméo et Juliette will be presented as a Metropolitan Opera Live-In-HD simulcast at the Strand Theatre on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m. An encore will be screened on…
the business of building custom fly rods in Maine
ROCKPORT — Join George’s River Trout Unlimited for a presentation by Jeff Davis, founder of Maine Fly Company, Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m., at Maine Sport Outfitters.
Jeff Davis founded …
seeking creative proposals from poets, performers, artists, workshop facilitators
BELFAST — The 19th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival seeks creative proposals from poets, performers, artists, and workshop facilitators interested in participating in this year’s festival, which…
CAMDEN — The Center for Wildlife Studies "Wild Maine" Series, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, continues with a presentation by bear biologist Randy Cross all about American Black…
APPLETON — Sunday, March 17, at 4 p.m., the Appleton Library is hosting an "ArmChair Eco-Safari."
A local resident is sharing her experience of travel and safari adventure in Tanzania…
Celebrating Women’s History Month – VOICES OF PEACE and RESISTANCE
BELFAST — The Peace and Social Justice Forum/Waldo County will hold a poetry evening to share the words of women and people in struggle, in this time of both war and peace.
The event takes…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Benjamin Williamson, Thursday, March 21, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Maine-based professional photographer and educator…
ROCKLAND — A silent reading party is exactly what it sounds like, according to Rockland Public Library, in a news release. On Tuesday, March 19, at 6 p.m., participants are invited to gather in…
SEARSMONT — Lise Becu and Rosey Gerry will perform a gospel concert Friday, March 15, at 6:30 p.m., at the Searsmont SDA Church, 18 Belfast Augusta Road, in Searsmont.
A voluntary…
with a brief presentation on what homelessness looks like in this community
WALDOBORO — In 1984, arts educators in the RSU 40 district worked together to create a celebration of the arts that brought together all ages of students to display and recognize the developmental…
If gypsy jazz’s famed Django Reinhardt crossed paths with Western Swing King Bob Wills somewhere outside of Austin, Texas the result might be exactly the sound that the Lonestar State’s Hot Club…
“the Mt. Everest of horseback riding”
LINCOLNVILLE — Jessie Dowling, who placed 13th in the 2023 Mongol Derby, will share details about her adventure riding 1000 kilometers in this multi-horse race across the steppes of Mongolia.…
travelling the globe and perfecting the ability to tell a good tale
The Sail, Power, and Steam Museum’s Monday, March 11 online speaker series, Captains’ Quarters, will feature stories of the explorations and adventures of R.J. (Bob) and Mary Rubadeau. The talk…
Children's Museum and Theatre Of Maine
PORTLAND — The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine announces an opportunity for budding playwrights aged 17 and under to submit their original plays to the upcoming Youth Play Festival on…
Getting our Communities Ready for Clean Energy: Why and How?
ROCKPORT — The second program in this year’s Rockport Conservation Commission Climate Series will take place Wednesday, March 20, at 6 p.m., in the lower level of the Rockport Public Library. Emma…
SOUTH THOMASTON — People's United Methodist Church will serve a St. Patrick’s Day Supper, Saturday, March 16, at 5:30 p.m., at 13 Chapel Street, So. Thomaston.
Menu: Corned beef, carrots,…
No partner or prior dance experience needed
BELFAST — The public is invited to join the fun on Saturday, March 16, at the First Church in Belfast, when beginning and veteran swing dancers from the Midcoast and beyond take to the dance floor…
Camden Harp Celebration, a tribute to the Salzedo Harp Colony and Alice Chalifoux
CAMDEN — From 1929 - 2001, the sound of music filled the streets of Camden as harpists came from around the world to study at the Salzedo Harp Colony, at the end of Marine Avenue. This July, area…
the precedent-setting Edwards Dam removal in 1999
ROCKPORT — George's River Trout Unlimited (GRTU) welcomes Steve Brooke, who will speak about dam removals in Maine, Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m., at Maine Sport (upstairs fly shop), 115 Commercial…
CAMDEN — In anticipation of the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse that will be visible from Maine in April, Quarry Hill welcomes amateur astronomer John Fromer on Monday, March 18, at 1:30 p.…
a photograph led to a quest to learn about basketball and her family
BELFAST — Join the Belfast Free Library and the Wawenoc Chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society on Wednesday, March 20, at 2 p.m., in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library, for a…
ROCKPORT — On Friday, March 15, dance through the Ides of March at a special Community Dance and Contra Dance presented by Belfast Flying Shoes, the Rockport Opera House, and the Town of Rockport…
original choreography in collaboration with musicians Elsie Gawler and Shepsi Eaton
ROCKPORT — Experience the flow of dance, circus arts, acrobatics, story and song as Molly Gawler performs her one-woman show, Saturday, March 16, at 7 p.m., at the Rockport Opera House.
…
“It’s a dog’s life: the story of Belmont Boatworks”
BELFAST — Come Boating! Belfast’s Community Boating Organization and the Belfast Free Library are teaming up once again to offer the Winter Adventure Series. The final program in the series,…
producer of The Ghost Of Paul Revere’s “Good At Losing Everything”
ROCKLAND — Portland-based singer, songwriter and producer Spencer Albee will present “A satisfying evening with Spencer Albee and his Band With No Name” Friday, March 22, at 7:30 p.m., at the…
BELFAST — Friends of Sears Island, the Belfast Free Library, and Maine Coast Heritage Trust invite you to a presentation about wildlife activity in this area of the Midcoast in March, to be held…
the thirteen-month struggle by a community fighting to survive
ROCKLAND — The Criterion Series, a monthly film series sponsored by The Criterion Collection, continues with a screening of Harlan County USA (1976) on Sunday, March 17, at 1 p.m., at the…
CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, kicks off the 2024 series on Sunday, March 17, at 4 p.m., with two New England…
WALDOBORO — Trout Fishing in America will be performing live, Saturday, April 13, at 4 p.m., at The Waldo, for music lovers of all ages.
Known as the “Lennon and McCartney of children’s…
Rewilding
The First Congregational Church of Camden invites the public to join in an online discussion of the Victoria Loorz book, Church of the Wild: How Nature Invites Us into the Sacred. This…
the intersecting lives of the residents of a small town
March 21. This author talk has been postponed due to weather. The library will reschedule at a later date.
TENANTS HARBOR — On Saturday, March 23, at 11:30 a.m., the…
ROCKLAND — The Museum of Maritime Pets announce the appointment of two new Ambassadors at Sea.
Tea and Riki, newest feline crew aboard the Barque Picton Castle, are currently…
