Oceanside Theater Department will holds its first annual ‘Halloween Haunts’ show, haunted house and candy treats Saturday evening, October 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Oceanside High School.
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Culture
the motivations and consequences of animal movements
CAMDEN — Join the Megunticook River Citizens Advisory Committee (MRCAC) on Monday, Oct. 30, for a conversation with Dr. Nathan Furey as part of the MRCAC’s ongoing speaker series. The presentation…
Three options: Family-Friendly • Kid at Heart • In Bed by 9 p.m.
MAINE—Calling Midcoast people: there will be numerous Halloween-themed events around the Midcoast as we’ve compiled in our annual “…
a fiddle player, a uilleann piper, and a bouzouki player
CAMDEN — Celtic music returns Friday night, Nov. 3., at 7:30 p.m., to the Camden Opera House Lively trio Open the Door for Three.
Open the Door for Three features fiddle player Liz Knowles…
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Maine’s Rivers: Subsistence to Sewers to Sustainability over Five Centuries…
THOMASTON — Tales of Terror: A Halloween-Inspired Storytelling and Variety Show takes place Saturday, Oct. 28, at Watts Hall Community Arts, in Thomaston. Doors at 6:30 p.m., show at 7 p.m. The…
POETRY, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PAINTINGS
The public is invited to submit poems for Art & Ekphrastic Poetry, a collaboration between The Poets Corner and Page Gallery.
Ekphrastic writing is an age-old tradition of creating a…
Don Campbell has a unique and uncanny ability to sing comfortably in the tenor range of Vince Gill, Chris Isaak or Dan Fogelberg, and go easily into the sub bass vocal level range of country…
in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s monthly Family Film Matinee series presents Coco (2017) on Sunday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. The matinee series presents favorite family films from yesterday and…
Indian ports in the 19th Century
BELFAST — The Camden Conference presents Cipperly Good, curator of Maritime History of the Penobscot Marine Museum, Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library. Her talk is titled…
ROCKLAND — Maine Friends of Music, a professional chamber ensemble composed of renowned soprano Mary Sullivan, flutist Linda Brunner, bassoonist David DeBolt, and keyboardist Sean Fleming, will…
CAMDEN — Poet and musician Dave Morrison will be presenting Poetry Rocks Happy Hour, a spoken word/looped guitar mash-up, Thursday, Nov. 2, at 40 Paper restaurant.
Poetry Rocks has been…
Update (Oct. 27, 2023) — Grump & Sunshine has released the following statement:
In light of the senseless act of violence that rocked Maine this week, we have made the decision to…
ROCKLAND — On October 21 and 22, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Blue Raven Gallery 374 Main St Rockland, will host a fundraiser with over 50 of Kevin Beer’s finest paintings on view and available to…
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum is one of 64 museums nationwide to be awarded an Access for All grant from the Art Bridges Foundation. The grant will be used to expand free admission First…
SEARSPORT — Workshop + Gallery, in Searsport, invites the public to an opening reception for artist Yuri Kobayashi on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Yuri Kobayashi is a sculptor and…
a sampling of these new acquisitions to Penobscot Marine Museum
BELFAST — The Belfast Historical Society will meet Monday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library, to hear a talk by Kevin Johnson, photo archivist at Penobscot Marine…
locally sourced stand up and improv
ROCKPORT — Birdie Googins, a.k.a. Karmo “The Marden’s Lady” Sanders joins Emily Waterman Dillon, Crystal Bernard, and more for an evening of stand-up…
ROCKLAND — The Everyman Repertory Radio Theatre will bring a radio dramatization of Dracula to the Strand Theatre stage on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. This live show will feature a cast of ten…
ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center (PBMC) is currently displaying its third temporary art exhibit along the walls of the main hospital hallway near Patient Registration.
Current featured…
CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, welcomes Alchemy to the sanctuary on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m.
Alchemy…
‘The result is an eclectic, immersive and mesmerizing evening’
CAMDEN — Fingerstyle guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto returns Friday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m., to the Camden Opera House. The following morning, he will lead a guitar workshop.
The Japanese-born…
facilitators Chris Battaglia and Michele Christle and ‘Fostering Connecting Across Maine’s Political Divides’
BUCKSPORT — National storytelling program StoryCorps invites the public to attend an interactive event November 15, 2023, at 6 p.m., at the Alamo Theatre, in Bucksport. StoryCorps’ One Small Step…
CAMDEN — As a part of Discover History Month, the Camden Public Library welcomes eco-historian, researcher, and author Kerry Hardy for his presentation “River of History” on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6…
awaiting a life-insurance check they hope will change their circumstances
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s 2023 film series “100 Years of Movies” presents the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) on Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m. The theme for…
Shining a Light On Mental Health
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Arts will be the only venue in Maine hosting an official World Singing Day gathering. Mainers of all ages are invited to gather together Saturday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.…
Through storytelling and dance, Korinn Mowrey will share her life experiences, showing how everyone has the magic within to overcome…
benefit fundraiser
BELFAST — The Maine Balkan Choir and the Huddled Masses Orchestra will perform “Songs to Warm a Ukrainian Hearth” Sunday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, at 37 Miller…
WALDOBORO — To celebrate the restoration of the 1875 E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Organ, Dr. Kevin Birch will perform a concert of music written for the organ by New England composers from…
launching ‘The Spy Coast’
BELFAST — New York Times best-selling authors Tess Gerritsen and Kate Miles will be in conversation Thursday, Nov. 2, at Left Bank Books in downtown Belfast, to celebrate the release of Gerritsen’…
THOMASTON — The Williams-Brazier Post 37 will host a Homemade Baked Bean Supper on Saturday, Oct. 21, beginning at 5 p.m. Members of the local community are invited to be the guest of Post 37…
Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers bring their dynamic, traditional Celtic music to Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House on Saturday, Oct. 28. Now in their 51st year, the band’s diverse repertoire…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport community is linking hands and hearts during October’s Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, with a public reception Friday, Oct. 20, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at Barnswallow Books,…
a fifteenth century wild child who carouses with criminals and commoners
ROCKLAND — Theater at Monmouth On Tour will bring their innovative approach to Shakespeare’s Henry IV to the Strand Theatre stage with a performance on Friday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. The…
WASHINGTON — Using book illustrations and a piece of Karen Jelenfy’s original work, students will reflect on artists’ use of abstraction as a response to the landscape on Saturday, Oct. 21, from…
Camden residents and visitors will soon be able to read about an important, yet little known, piece of Camden history when a new historic…
WALDOBORO — Celebrate Native American heritage with an indigenous cultural music experience this Friday evening, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m., at the Waldo Theatre.
Dances With Ivory presents piano…
CAMDEN — Tools and gadgets will be the program focus for Coastal Quilters next meeting on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m.
“Do you have a favorite tool, a gizmo or gadget that you have…
the creatures of the waterfront as well as the critters in our backyards
FRIENDSHIP — Salt Pond Studio winds down the 2023 Season with a rotating exhibition of paintings, drawings and wall mounted works on porcelain by artist and gallery owner Pam Cabañas.
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true stories about growing up in the 50s and 60s
CAMDEN — Local raconteur and Lincolnville native Rosey Gerry will be at the Camden Public Library on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m., for an evening of fun and nostalgic storytelling. Gerry and…
transitioning from “Schmaltzport” to “culturally cool”
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library welcomes Megan Pinette, president of the Belfast Historical Society and Museum, on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 6:30 p.m., in the Picker Room for a presentation on…
children from diverse backgrounds to sing as one
WALDOBORO — The Waldo brings Pihcintu Multinational Girl’s Chorus to the stage on National Immigration Day, Saturday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m.
Based in Portland and featuring young women from…
joined by Kay Allan on cello and Luke Baker on drum
SOUTH THOMASTON — Penobscot Bay Ringers, Midcoast Maine’s community handbell choir, will present an Autumn Ring on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, from 3 to 4 p.m., at the People’s United Methodist Church…
refreshments, a puppet show and a craft
BELFAST — There is a new Story Walk attraction for families in the City Park in Belfast on Northport Avenue. The Story Walk installation allows for literacy and exercise while families walk the…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo brings singer-songwriter Matt Nakoa to the stage on Saturday, November 11, at 7 p.m.
Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A…
ROCKLAND — A group of 4th - 8th graders gets together each month for snacks and book chats about their favorite books with Miss Katie at the Rockland Public Library.
This club will be…
artist talk Oct. 7
ROCKLAND — On view in Triangle Gallery, at 8 Elm Street in Rockland, from September 26 to November 12, 2023, a group show of abstract photography, From The Eye: 4 Views, work by Carl Cascella,…
THOMASTON — Make room on your holiday calendar for the Second Annual Merry Mannequins/Evergreen Extravaganza at Watts Hall slated for Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10, 2023 to benefit the…
First Friday Art Walk
ROCKLAND — Abstract artwork by Bristol area artist Conrad Guertin will be on display from September 26 through November 12 at the Triangle Gallery in Rockland.
Guertin is a graduate of the…
Teaching from the Heart
University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers “Teaching from the Heart: Nonviolent Communication in the Elementary Classroom,” an online professional development program, Oct. 24-26, from 3:30…
