CAMDEN — Looking to scare up some spooky seasonal fun and show off your fabulous Halloween costume? The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce presents its first ever Adults Only Camden…
Culture
music, dancing, and a costume contest
This weekend has a smattering of art, music, food, comedy...and goofy dogs doing goofy things. Weekend Spotlight will be on hold after this weekend until November, as most of the upcoming events…
inviting the community to write poems in response to images in the exhibition
The Poets Corner and Page Gallery invite the community to write poems in response to images in the Ekphrastic Pairings exhibition. Images can be viewed online at …
LINCOLNVILLE CENTER—‘Tis the season of the witch and Joni Dyer, from Lincolnville, is having fun with its most recognizable symbol—the broomstick.
Back before there were Hoovers and…
An offshoot of Peace Ridge Animal Sanctuary for abused and neglected animals
FREEDOM—It is perhaps no coincidence that nearly 40 neglected and abused horses and donkeys, and other equines will soon spend the rest…
Yep, we’re still in high gear for Autumn activities
‘Tis the month where we just can’t get enough of fall foliage, beer fests, apple events, spooky tales, and even a dance party with great apps and drinks. Enjoy these seasonably warm temperatures…
CAMDEN — As Autumn deepens, Camden Opera House has finalized its programming for the rest of the year.
Up next is the final SoundCheck concert of 2022: Fire & Grace, featuring …
PORTLAND—In 2005, Michelle Souliere started a blog called Strange Maine to be a nexus for everything that is weird, strange, spooky, and unexplained in Maine.
Between Maine’s history,…
Art In ME
For the first time since 2019, artists and friends and family gathered Saturday, Oct. 8 at Boothbay Region Art Foundation for the Art in ME awards presentation. There was a great crowd of 50-60 for…
Belfast rock formations formed millions of years ago
BELFAST — Join retired soil scientist/geologist Fred Bowers for an outdoor talk about rock formations and a walk along the shore of Belfast harbor presented on Wednesday, October 19, at low tide…
October 7 through November 1
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery prepares to wrap up its 2022 season with a “Last Burst of Color,” a new exhibit featuring Camden Falls Gallery artists. The show opens Friday, October 7 and runs…
Cramming in everything Fall this weekend
Looking at another great weekend ahead with Friday topping out as the warmest, here’s a little cultivated list of some hometown, fun, fall-like things to do and places to go.
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New Orleans folk rock Diva Lilli Lewis plays the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor Saturday, Oct. 22 in a 7:30 p.m. concert.
Lewis’ fall tour is in support of her current record release “…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s third annual Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF) – an opportunity for young people living in Maine to create and submit their own short films – is currently taking…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo presents the 2022 Maine Fall Fiddle Fest on Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22.
The festival kicks off on Friday night with an open jam session at The Waldo ($5…
Southwest meets southeast, and it works
ROCKPORT – Street Food 330, where southwest meets southeast. But what does that mean?
This new small eatery, at 330 Commercial Street (Route 1) in Rockport, is a collaboration between two…
ROCKLAND — An art exhibit and sale will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, from 2 to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 2, from 10 to 12 a.m., at the Steel House, 639 Main St., Rockland.
The exhibit will…
ROCKPORT — For the entire month of October, Five Town CSD Adult Ed will be displaying artwork by adult ed students in the Rockport Library’s downstairs gallery space. The students, from the oil…
Updated with cancellations
As long as we’re continuing to get some lovely 60ish-degree weather this weekend, let’s get outside to enjoy it! Kicking off Rocktober with some great fall events!
Note: the Electronic…
ROCKLAND — “Upon seeing the sketch of the faceless seaman and sailors, I actually got chills with such a tremendous tribute to the crew,” said CDR John Buckley (retired), U.S. Navy, who wore his…
It was a picture perfect warm and sunny day in early September when the 100-year-old schooner Ladona was rafted to the schooner …
And now back to our regularly scheduled program...
This weekend is all about the seasonal switchover from summer to fall with the September Equinox. The nights are getting chillier (so…
Waldo Theatre
An inspiring bike-centric community film event is happening at the Waldo Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 25. The award-winning film, “Motherload,” is a crowdsourced documentary in which the cargo bicycle…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) 15th annual juried exhibition, Art in Maine, will be held at the foundation gallery Oct. 8 through Nov. 13. Art in Maine’s exhibit presents a fresh and…
Classic blues from a New England legend, high energy folk from Quebec, American roots music, an acclaimed Irish tenor and some hot Western swing are all coming to Boothbay Harbor this fall.…
Bread and Puppet Theater made a stop in Belfast Sept. 8, staging on the waterfront the production Our Domestic Resurrection Circus: Apocalypse Defiance. The play is now on tour — Belfast then to…
The New England Society in the City of New York (NES) has announced that Dead By Dawn, by Paul Doiron, is the winner of one of the 2022 New England Society Book Awards, which recognize…
SEARSPORT — Clear out your stash ahead of winter; donate unused materials and extra tools to support Carver Memorial Library’s first-ever Craft Stash Sale on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the Searsport…
Gay Bogard and Lainie O’Neil, a creative mother-daughter team with deep Maine roots, have launched a picture book that tells the tale of a young girl from a boisterous family longing to see the…
Maine’s iconic coastal sentinels will take center stage during Maine’s 13th Annual Open Lighthouse Day, to be held Saturday, September 10. At least 18 lighthouses will welcome visitors with free…
BELFAST — Belfast Maskers will hold open auditions for “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m., and Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2 p.m. Auditions will be…
honoring individuals who are creating new foundations for the well-being of all Americans
The Frances Perkins Center will celebrate the life and work of Frances Perkins with a virtual Inaugural Homestead Day on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 5 p.m.
The Center’s inaugural Homestead Day…
ROCKLAND — “Veggies to Table co-founder Alain Ollier, French native and proficient baker of all that is sweet and sinful, will be the instructor in the art of making the much coveted French…
The weekend of September 9 and 10 features two top Maine musical acts on the historic Opera House stage in Boothbay Harbor. Friday, Sept. 9, will see country and blues with Denny Breau &…
The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced the slate of feature and short films for its 18th edition, which will take place in person from September 15-18 at venues in Camden and…
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery presents “Stonington and Beyond,” a new exhibit featuring Tad Retz and Scott Addis. The show opens on Friday, Sept. 2 and runs through Sept. 22, 2022.
The…
how these creatures adapt to a changing environment
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library and Friends of Sears Island are collaborating on a fall StoryWalk® for families to enjoy along the Homestead Trail on Sears Island. As families walk along the…
Boothbay Harbor Art Foundation
Call for artists for the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 15th annual juried Art in Maine exhibition to be held at the foundation gallery Oct. 8 through Nov. 13.
Art in Maine exhibit…
ROCKLAND — September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. It’s a time when the Rockland Public Library joins the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to encourage everyone to sign…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Over the years nearly every branch of the military has sent their top-ranked professional musicians to Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House to perform. While travel was restricted during the height of…
the fantastical journey undertaken by the young Jim Hawkins
BELFAST — Auditions were held in early August for Belfast Maskers' next production, a staged reading of a new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
Director…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Together, musicians John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary make up the trad group, The Alt. Originally hailing from Ireland this trio of musicians come together with their guitar, flute,…
Kendall Cooper Casting is seeking people who want to appear as extras in a movie in production this summer in the Rockland area. The Ghost Trap is a feature film starring Zak Steiner,…
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery presents “In For The Night,” a new exhibit featuring Poppy Balser and Jay Brooks. The exhibit is on display August 5 to September 1, 2022.
“The pairing for…
grand opening is in the works the weekend after Labor Day
ROCKPORT—Put together a rich, dark chocolate gelato in a handmade waffle cone and a beyond beautiful deckside view of Rockport Harbor and you’ve got yourself a sweet little business.
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CAMDEN — More than 200 people gathered in the historic Camden Amphitheatre for the Camden on Canvas live auction, raising upwards of $55,000 to benefit the Camden Public Library’s Campaign for the…
Damariscotta native
BELFAST — “Following the success of last year’s artist-in-residence program at Waterfall Arts with artist-researcher phenom Nina Elder, the community art center ushers another incredible…
CAMDEN — “Following the success of this Summer’s Harbor Arts & Books Fair, the Camden Public Library is excited to begin planning the Fall edition of the event,” said the Library, in a news…
UNION — The People’s United Methodist Church, in Union, will be offering a pulled pork takeout supper on Friday, August 26.
The menu will consist of pulled pork with barbeque sauce on a…
‘Art is a great visual platform to bring awareness to both the vital shortfalls in our community’
ROCKLAND — AIO has announced the artists participating in ArtFeeds Artists-in-Action Against Food Insecurity, a unique collaboration amongst artists, Page Gallery and the Maine State Correctional…
