WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library presents an exhibition of photographs, “Human Relationships: Real and Imagined,” by Maine photographer Dorie Klein, a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and…
Culture
featuring Midcoast’s Shane Schag and Nora Willauer
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House presents Love Finds Judy Garland, a musical love letter by NYC vocalist Joan Ellison, Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The concert also features Shane Schag on piano…
a world of superheroes, supervillains, very small robots, regular-sized robots
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library’s Circulation and Technical Services Librarian Benjamin Odgren has just published his second book, The Hidden Brain: A McKraken & Voilà Investigation.…
‘a potent new staging that imagines Malcolm as an Everyman’
ROCKLAND — Anthony Davis’s timely and thought-provoking masterpiece X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X will be presented as a Met Opera Live In HD …
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library is reopening after a month-long closure for repairs, and they are ready to rock ’n' roll — literally!, according to the library, in a news release. From…
Richard and Wendy Crossman to speak on “The Best of Southern Africa: History, Customs, and Wildlife”
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Richard Crossman and Wendy Crossman, Thursday, November 16, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Richard and Wendy Crossman will…
CAMDEN — What does “India Rising” mean in contemporary India and the world? Camden Conference, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, presents Professor Douglas Allen for his talk, “The…
CAMDEN — Coastal Quilters next meeting on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 9 a.m., will include a workshop after a brief business meeting and regular Show and Tell.
Guild President Robin White will…
SPRUCE HEAD — The Craignair Gallery invites the public to the Opening Reception of Color of the Seasons by Rockland artist Gwen Sylvester on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. Live entertainment…
TENANTS HARBOR — A Sit Down Bean Supper is being organized for Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, at 5 p.m., at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Saint George Lodge 132, 7 Elementary School Road…
Halloween 2023 fun and decorations did not go unnoticed. Local photographers have sent pictures to mark the holiday. Thanks to increasing interest in weekend trunk or treats, many young and young…
November edition, Volume 38
ROCKLAND — PechaKucha Night, an evening of visual storytelling, returns to Midcoast Maine after a three-year hiatus. The presentations and chit chat will reconvene on Friday, Nov. 17, at the…
steered into marriage before he can think twice
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s 2023 film series “100 Years of Movies” presents the film Leave Her To Heaven (1945) on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. The theme for…
“Permission to rest is granted.”
CAMDEN — “Are you always ‘on the go’?” said Camden Public Library, in a news release. “Grown-ups need naps too!”
Join wellness coach and certified Yoga Nidra facilitator Hester Kohl Brooks…
BELFAST — The City of Belfast is once again seeking the PERFECT photo to represent Belfast on the cover of this year’s edition of the Annual Report. The contest is open to anyone.
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Killer road trip to see artwork, performances, craft shows, and more
November 1 kicks off National Native American Heritage Month, which holds significant importance in Maine as the state is home to several Native American tribes, including the Wabanaki Confederacy…
Also, Holiday Pop-Up Shop and two free drop-in workshops
ROCKPORT — Structure & Narrative III, an exhibit of new work by 15 Maine book artists, is on display in Rockport. The exhibition is sponsored and curated by Midcoast Maine Book Arts and hosted…
CAMDEN — “The Camden Public Library welcomes Amory Wilcox for an introduction to the exciting and interdisciplinary field of ecopsychology on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m., in the Picker Room and…
WARREN — The Warren Historical Society will host a Veterans' Supper, Friday night, Nov. 10, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the Masonic Lodge on Route 90, 105 Camden Road in Warren.
Three kinds of…
THOMASTON — Volunteers will again offer a prepared Thanksgiving Day feast. Diners will gather in person this year to share a meal and fellowship.
“We are encouraging folks to bring a…
fundraiser for Santa’s Workshop
THOMASTON — On Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at 5 p.m., the Williams-Brazier Post 37 will host another special supper as a fundraiser for Santa’s Workshop, to be held on December 6, 2023. This supper…
BELFAST — Lauren Crosby performs with Aaron Nadeau at the Underground Lounge on Thursday, Nov. 9, in the basement of the Belfast Maskers Theatre, at 17 Court Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the…
ROCKLAND — Five members of the local scuba dive club Mid-Coast Maine Aqua-Nuts gathered to kick off their first Annual Aqua-Nut Underwater Pumpkin Carving event at South End Beach in Rockland on…
SEARSPORT — On Sunday, Nov. 12, from 2 - 4 p.m., Friends of Sears Island will be hosting an all ages community crafting program. This will be a time for people to gather and make natural crafts…
CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, presents April Reed-Cox and Matt Mainster performing together Sunday, Nov. 5, at 4 p…
Biribá Union features Grammy-winning Mike Block (cello, vocals), Grammy-nominated Christylez Bacon (beatbox, guitar, rhymes), and Patricia Ligia (electric bass, pandeiro, vocals) from Montevideo,…
Opening Reception on Nov. 4
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes artists from the Five Town CSD Adult and Community Education art classes for a group exhibit during November, titled "Art at Adult Education: Inspiring…
The head of Maine’s Department of Corrections, Randall Liberty, is publicly breaking his silence about his father’s violence to his mother, on a Finding Our Voices radio show hosted by the…
when country, blues, folk, and Americana overlap
ROCKLAND — The Black Opry Revue will bring three Black artists to the Strand Theatre stage on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Taylor Rose Mickens, Grace Givertz, and Ben Jordan will explore the…
filmmaker Ben Levine films an Indigenous community and some of the world’s most nutritious foods
ROCKLAND — Documentary filmmaker Ben Levine will screen his film ANYUKOJMIT: We Are Totontepecanos about the people of a mountain town in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 6:30…
“While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping....”
The Spooky Season is upon us! We have combed through every Halloween-themed event going on in the Midcoast to bring you a comprehensive rundown of events. From parties to art, from poetry to…
what we can do to preserve the stars for ourselves and the generations to come
LINCOLNVILLE — Jacob Gerritsen is a local amateur astonomer/astrophotographer and the operator of the Galaxy Quest Observatory at Donkey Universe on Van Cycle Road in Lincolnville. He will be…
poems that explore questions of identity and culture
CUSHING — Camden Conference, in partnership with the Cushing Public Library, presents Ellen Goldsmith, for a poetry session featuring poems by ten contemporary poets from India, on Sunday, Nov. 12…
BELFAST — Local Color Gallery will host book launch, signing, and reading for Leslie Moore’s Grackledom, a bestiary of poetry, prints, and pen-and-ink drawings (Littoral Books) on…
WASHINGTON — Evening Star Grange, in Washington, will hold a public Souper Supper on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.
The menu will feature 13 soups including vegetarian and meat and…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Poetry Peers, a group of writers, meet on the first Tuesday of the month, at 6 p.m., in the Board Room of the Rockland Public Library, primarily focused on poetry (with…
from the Baroque to the Neo-Classic and Romantic
WALDOBORO — Cellist April Reed-Cox and pianist Matthew Mainster will perform a program of cello and piano on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m., 2023, at Broad Bay Congregational Church, 941…
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber's Midday Music Series continues Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m., in Rockport's Union Hall, with a concert titled Latin American Music for Guitar and Strings.
Violinist…
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School brings its fall musical, Something Rotten!, to the Strom Auditorium, in Rockport, on November 10, 11, 17, and 18, at 7 p.m., as well as November 12 and…
two brothers on an audacious mission: to create the world’s first musical
ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School takes its fall musical, Something Rotten!, to the Strom Auditorium, in Rockport, on November 10, 11, 17, and 18, at 7 p.m., as well as November 12 and…
WALDOBORO — The Medomak Valley Players will open “The Little Mermaid,” an MTI Production, Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m., in the Ronald E. Dolloff auditorium, at Medomak Valley High School, in…
Greeting Crisp Fall Weather with Shows Celebrating Warmth, Light and Color
SEARSPORT — The Parsonage Gallery welcomes the cool weather and shorter days of autumn with two exhibitions celebrating warmth, light, and color: Cross Paintings by Joshua Ferry and Dark Night…
the work of Coastal Mountains Land Trust and Midcoast Conservancy
BELFAST — On Thursday, Nov. 2, the Belfast Free Library will host a presentation on “Land Conservation in Waldo County” with Jack Shaida and Buck O’Herin. The talk, which is free and open to all…
What makes a story?
LINCOLNVILLE — Longtime journalist Mimi Edmunds will lead “Telling Our Stories,” a memoir and nonfiction writing workshop, on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 5 p.m., at the Lincolnville Community…
SEARSPORT — On Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, at 3 p.m., the Searsport First Congregational Church presents Danny Holt in concert, for the first time in this area. Holt recently moved to Maine from the Los…
Mythic Heart Theatre will “Autumn Moon Invocation and Fall Equinox Celebration” Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 and 5, at 46 John Street in Camden. Celebrate the rhythms of Nature and the Wisdom of the Ages…
BELFAST — Maine songstresses Sorcha Cribben-Merrill and Emilia Dahlin return to the Underground Lounge, Thursday, Nov. 2.
“A fortuitous pairing of compelling artists with accomplished…
CAMDEN — David Dodson’s fall concert will be held this year at the Camden Opera House, Saturday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m.
“Local favorite David Dodson’s thoughtful songs run the gamut of…
“I create my work to give voice to a wild sense of beauty, the excitement of discovery, and to nurture the spark of what is possible”
BELFAST — Rockland-based painter Marli Thibodeau and Caribou artist Sandra Huck return as featured guest artists for November 2023 at Local Color Gallery.
Thibodeau’s work is influenced by…
ROCKPORT — Join The Rockport Garden Club on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m., at the West Rockport Baptist Church, to hear Amanda Affleck as she shares her life’s work as a fiber artist and natural…
