ROCKLAND — RSU13’s Arts in Action (AiA) program is collaborating with The Apprenticeshop, Rockland's school for traditional wooden boatbuilding and seamanship, and One Community Many…
Culture
Community members of all ages are invited to volunteer on scheduled Community Painting Shifts
Northport visitor Moxie R. featured in premiere episode of a new PBS digital series SELF-EVIDENT; airs August 17, 11 A.M.
NORTHPORT—In the trailer for the new PBS digital series SELF-EVIDENT which premieres on Monday, August 17, Moxie R., 10, has some important thoughts about being a kid in the era of COVID-19.…
Fifteen color photographs chosen from more than 150 entries
A photo by Rockport’s Hal Hagy has earned a prime spot within First National Bank’s 2021 wall calendar, courtesy of the bank’s thirteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest.
Fifteen…
Hail To The Rad Kids
THOMASTON—Sixteen-year-old Alexa Barstow is about to see her first book of short stories published later this month — an enviable accomplishment for someone so young.
A soon-to-be-senior…
celebrating the bicentennial and the anniversary of Belfast’s Founders Day
BELFAST — Belfast The Way It Was, a curated exhibit of paintings is on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library now through September 2020.
The exhibit was originally…
virtual rehearsals and learning sessions, December concert
Down East Singers has submitted the following:
Down East Singers is up and running but in a very different direction! Our fall semester will begin Tuesday, September 22 and…
‘writing our own spiritual autobiography through the lens of race’
CAMDEN — Mimi Benedict and Ute Molitor will offer a six-part program on White Privilege starting in late September.
This program will use video and written materials produced by black and…
Harbor Theater is bringing you a three-day outdoor movie extravaganza with a giant pop-up screen, live music, food and drink (including popcorn and candy), and films for all ages on Thursday, Aug…
Mildred Stevens Williams Memorial Library-Appleton Library has submitted the following:
Summer may be almost over; however, there is still time to encourage young readers for a…
bottle drive, book sale table, continuation of curbside pickup
The Mildred Stevens Williams Memorial Library-Appleton Library has submitted the following:
Appleton Library, located at 2916 Sennebec Road, is now open on Saturdays from 10 a.m.…
world traveler with family roots in Midcoast
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School (ICS) has announced a new member to the ICS family. Ouda Baxter has been hired as the K-12 art teacher.
Baxter is a multimedia sculptor and…
community members invited to share stories, images, other items
BELFAST — The Belfast Free Library has begun a new digital archives project, called the “Belfast Free Library COVID-19 Community Archives.”
In an effort to document and preserve stories of…
How Do Fairies Have Fun in the Sun?
ROCKPORT — Everyone knows fairies are hard workers who look after the flowers and other growing things. But it can't be all work and no play. Do they ever get a vacation? How do they enjoy their…
Deadline August 31
The Strand Theatre announces the Strand Youth Film Fest (SYFF), an opportunity for young people living in Midcoast Maine and surrounding areas to create and submit their own short films.
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$68,000 to raise by December 31, 2020 to reach $700K goal
WALDOBORO — An anonymous donor has offered the Waldo Theatre a challenge grant to help complete the third phase of the theatre’s renovations and to reopen The Waldo’s doors to the…
Gallery, panel discussion, play
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts announces exhibition, series of events for Harold Garde: You Are Not Alone, including never-before-seen new work from the 97 year old.
Waterfall Arts, celebrating…
Strand theatre presents
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre continues to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming platforms. By…
What to see in August and beyond
With movie theaters closed half of the summer and most concert venues canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic, trying to find innovative ways to provide entertainment to crowds has been an…
CAMDEN — Slow art, a journey to journalism, Shakespeare plays, Ilana Blumenthal, and an Insider’s Travel Guide highlight August 2020 as the Camden Public Library continues through summer. Also…
a moving story of resilience in the face of tragedy
Rebuilding Paradise, a just-released film, will screen August 7 - 13, via Strand Theatre’s virtual ticket.
On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a devastating firestorm engulfed the…
PORT CLYDE — Jon Mort Open Studio 2020 “Begin Again” will take place August 1 - 16, by appointment, and presented with the greatest possible consideration of collective health and safety.
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The Strand Theatre, in partnership with the Owls Head Transportation Museum, continues its Drive-In Movie screenings at the OHTM campus during August. Movies will be shown on Thursday,…
‘It is very much my love letter for what I still consider my home state’
SODUS, N.Y. — Jonathon M. Rose, a former Stockton Springs resident who lived there for more than a decade, has published his inaugural novel this summer centered around the Midcoast and ghosts. …
supporting indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for grants of up to $5,000 that support indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects…
Crepes Crepes Crepes, a new food truck, opens in Thomaston
ROCKLAND—Something sweet has come out of the Summer of 2020 and it has rolled out in a pink-and-white food truck with a logo of the Eiffel Tower.
Eric Boyce has always had the dream of…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has announced up to 200 people are now allowed to gather for seated outdoor spectator events such as sports or concerts under a…
‘an important way for the library to raise revenue’
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announces a summer-long book sale in the library’s rotunda, Monday through Saturday, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
“An exciting and varied selection of books,…
First National Bank and First National Wealth Management recently donated $3,000 to Trekkers in sponsorship of the Trekkers Art Auction 2020.
Join in on August 1 through August 8 to…
RasDal Falafel, a Belfast food truck and Station 118, a BBQ restaurant
MIDCOAST—A barbeque restaurant and a food truck serving Middle Eastern street food have opened on the coast in recent weeks. Here’s the skinny on both.
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ROCKLAND — Starting Friday, July 24, the Rockland Public Library's adult non-fiction collection (with the exception of NEW titles) will be temporarily inaccessible for borrowing due to continuing…
Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders push the boundaries of color patterns
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery presents “Light In The Atmosphere” featuring the works of Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders. The show features works by some of…
At the beginning of the pandemic, some members of the Thompson Family held their own weekly photo challenge. “Show us your environment” was the theme.
Each week’s gallery was an assortment…
current beneficiary to receive grant, Facebook page to continue
Midcoast Community Chorus has submitted the following statement:
With great sadness, Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC), eleven years a non-auditioned choral group of annually…
Comet Neowise captivates
ROBINSON ROCK — Photographer Peter Ralston and Wingman Richard Podolsky motored out to Robinson Rock July 21, which lies between Rockport and North Haven, to chronicle Comet Neowise, on its…
Susan Webster is one of the artists chosen to submit work for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s (CMCA) Biennial opening Oct. 3 in Portland. This is the second biennial show Webster has been…
Many Midcoast restaurants have had to completely re-think their seating models in the summer of 2020 due to the social distancing…
programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund is accepting grant applications from local, regional, and statewide nonprofit theaters or theater groups in Maine.
Funds will be awarded…
UNION — There is still time to join in the fun of the Vose Library Summer Reading Program.
Reading incentives are available with prizes to be awarded on August 5, including 8 Kindles…
Silent auction
BELFAST — Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association.
The Association provides health care and other …
Join the conversation! Lucas Richman - conductor, composer, music director for Bangor Symphony, and the DaPonte String Quartet talk about life and music during a Happy Hour conversation at 5 p.m.…
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming…
the poem I'm trying to write
is about the trauma we're all feeling
I can't listen to music now
its beauty would spoil the poem
just the words and…
Maine Foodie Tours
After 10 years of providing award-winning culinary tours throughout Maine's seacoast, Maine Foodie Tours (MFT) is expanding and evolving their offerings to include all-outdoor activities in seven…
Plans to open at the end of July
Like most restaurateurs, Jordan Benissan expected he’d be running his popular restaurant Mé Lon Togo in Waterville this spring, but the pandemic had other plans for him. Not able to keep the…
Poem: For the Class of 1960
Do you know who Boris Johnson is?
thought by many an ill-spoken boor
but he realized the value and need
for the arts in England…
Mid-Coast School of Technology graduates Andy Parmley and Emma Jordan were named winners in the 16th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest sponsored by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. The contest…
MIDCOAST — Charles Darwin had it right when in The Origin of Species he said: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one…
building likely to be closed for several months
AUGUSTA — The Cultural Building, which was built in 1967-69 and has since housed the Maine State Archives (MSA), Maine State Library (MSL), and Maine State Museum (MSM), is closed to the public…
As with all the Georges River Land Trust preserves, the outdoor Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing at 576 River Road is open to the public dawn to dusk. The woodlands, sculptures gardens and…
Salt Pond Studio will be exhibiting the paintings of young Nobleboro artist Graham Walton.
The beauty of this region's coast remains a central theme in Graham’s work. Whether he is…
