Arts In Rockland has submitted the following statement:
Arts In Rockland have been organizing Rockland's Art Walks for over a decade, helping make them a well-established and…
Culture
new rules and restrictions
The Rockport Public Library has submitted the following statement:
On Monday, June 1, the Rockport Public Library will be open to the public again! This is great news but please…
Beginning June 8, the Camden Public Library will have a "limited opening" to the public. The first floor will be open to limited numbers of visitors from 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, at…
Timing is everything and a bit of serendipity never hurts. Just ask Rev. Peter Panagore of East Boothbay. Panagore’s international bestseller, “Heaven Is Beautiful: How Dying Taught Me Death Is…
Poem
Just steps away from this house
giant men swung mauls
to rid lines and deck houses
of heavy salt ice
accumulated on The Banks
the dangerous weight
…
ROCKPORT — This past weekend, the woods of Rockport filled with the music of horns. Marti Stone heard the brass filtering through the trees. Curious, the professional photographer grabbed her…
Lifting up local artists, performers, musicians, chefs, makers and creators
BELFAST—The town of Belfast has come together to help the very artists, chefs, and creatives that give the town its vibrancy and life.
During the COVID-19 crisis, the hardest hit…
Islesboro Ferry workers and beach goers will soon get custom food delivery
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — New owners have taken over The Beach Store, a popular sandwich shop directly across from the beach. A family-run business, owners Owen, Shannon and Jonathan Weyers have added…
celebrating its 60th anniversary in creative ways
Bay Chamber Concerts has submitted the following statement:
Bay Chamber Concerts announces that in the interest of the health and safety of our patrons, artists and community,…
As Knox County begins to reopen, Merryspring Nature Center will resume its nature education programs outdoors starting in June.
“Merryspring recognizes the seriousness of the pandemic…
THOMASTON — Due to the success of the ‘to go’ Baked Bean Supper Williams-Brazier Post 37 will hold another ‘to go’ supper on May 30, at Williams-Brazier Post 037, American Legion. This will be a…
Rockland Public Library will begin offering curbside pick-up service (or Library-to-Go) on Monday, June 1.
Curbside pick-up will be available: Monday- Friday: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and…
The Rockland Public Library will begin accepting material returns starting Monday, May 18.
Please return items to either the Book Return…
possible “soft opening” of the first floor in June
The Camden Public Library will expand services beginning on Tuesday, May 26, to include curbside pickup six days a week, Monday through Saturday. Requests for books, DVDs, and other library…
DAMARISCOTTA — Salt Bay Chamberfest has announced the cancellation of its 2020 summer festival, following Governor Janet Mills’ guidelines regarding COVID-19. The organization says it is striving…
returned items will be quarantined for 72 hours; Wi-fi available in parking lot
Rockland Public Library has submitted the following statement:
As retail shops, restaurants, and services begin to open back up, we are being asked when the Library will do the…
After heavy deliberation the Maine Outdoor Film Festival has whittled down its finalist list to 36 submissions. Up for grabs are two awards — a Jury and Audience award — in five categories and $2,…
Camden International Film Festival innovates for 2020
ROCKPORT — Ben Fowlie, executive director of the Camden International Film Festival, and Geoff Parker, multi-media specialist, have been cooking up an idea to keep the popular CIFF on course,…
Restaurants in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can reopen for business beginning Monday, May 18 so long as they follow a set of guidelines appearing below.
Under the newly released plan by…
Poem
For Jody
It’s a damned dangerous job
parking on the wrong side of the street
the ice and snow on walks in winter
no air-conditioned trucks, helmets
…
evolution of New Orleans music; chain-smoking Chinese grandma in NYC
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that patrons can watch through public online streaming…
SOUTH THOMASTON—A new food truck opened May 8 to complement Waterman’s Beach Brewery, and fans of the old Waterman’s Beach Lobster, will be thrilled to know that the new venue has some unique…
projects and organizations that promote traditional handcrafts
The Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is seeking applications. The fund supports projects and organizations that promote traditional handcrafts throughout the…
prizes in seven categories
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the 2020 Young Stars of Maine Prize Program.
For over 50 years Bay Chamber Concerts has awarded prizes to Maine students…
Transformations
I am OK... except for the fact that this “Stay at Home” thing is wearing me down to a frazzle... and the decisions I make to deal with the Gaping Alone make me wonder.
Yesterday for…
Updated with new listings
It’s hard to believe that Maine, once the 19th century pearl-clutcher of New England responsible for enacting Prohibition before any other state, has relaxed its alcohol mandates during the COVID-…
Camden Public Library has taken their monthly groups, discussions, and activities online. Celebrate the Bicentennial during Maine Mondays by listening to stories of Maine history. Play chess,…
a ‘World in Your Library’ talk from the Maine Humanities Council
On Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m., the Belfast Free Library will offer a presentation commemorating an aspect of Maine’s history, the fight for woman suffrage with author Anne B. Gass. The talk,…
ROCKLAND — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 North Atlantic Blues Festival slated to be held in mid-July in Rockland has been canceled.
“This is something that we gave alot of…
Expires May 28: films, documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles
Rockland Public Library has submitted the following offer for cardholders:
Rockland Public Library is pleased to announce a free trial of Kanopy video streaming service for…
take part in shaping this new musical, bringing words and lyrics to the stage for the first time
THOMASTON — Henry Knox is calling for a few good men, women and children to join him onstage!
Although the Watts Hall Community Players’ summer production has been postponed, the musical…
digital content wednesdays, Happy Hour Fridays
While their concert schedule has been postponed, DaPonte String Quartet is now offering weekly postings online.
On Wednesday evenings, at 7 p.m., the Quartet posts digital content on its…
costumes, story times, S.T.E.A.M., dealing with children’s anxiety
Camden Public Library children’s librarian, Miss Amy, is famous for the creatively constructed costumes she dons to delight young readers for Children’s Book Week, according to the Library, in a…
THE ETRUSCAN SMILE, THE DOG DOC, CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that patrons can watch through public online streaming…
Camden’s videos have been shared as widely as Virginia, Utah and New Zealand
CAMDEN — In the midst of its temporary closure due to COVID-19 protections, the Camden Public Library is marking a most unusual National Library Week, April 19-25, by ramping up efforts to unite…
one-day celebration with Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Les Sorciers Perdus featuring Mark Tipton
CAMDEN — In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Camden’s Jazz in June has re-tooled its four-day festival in favor of a one-day celebration in November. Headliners the Brubeck Brothers Quartet…
opinion
Amy Wilton and Lena Faber are two artists collaborating on a creative installation. What follows is part of their art project, a free-flowing exchange of thoughts in a column. Amy Lena and I…
Goose River Press seeks selections of fine poetry, essays, and short stories (3,000 words or less, double-spaced). Book will be beautifully produced with full color cover in paperback and a full…
In the Covid-19 era, Maine hotels and inns are repurposing their business models
ROCKLAND—An article found in the October 4, 1918 issue…
searching for paintings that show what is no longer
The Belfast Free Library is calling for submissions of paintings that represent Belfast in the past for an exhibit in the Kramer Gallery August through September 2020. The exhibit will be curated…
‘Pay What You Want’ for virtual tickets
CatVideoFest returns with a new compilation screening offered as a fundraiser for the Strand and other art house theaters, starting on Friday, April 10.
Each year,…
Maine Photography Show
The hypnotic gaze of the red fox in the Best of Show photograph will stay with you long after you stop looking at it … Its windblown chest hair says it is a frosty day and the falling snowflakes…
Transformations
I worked in the Nixon for President Northern California headquarters the summer of 1960, between my seventh and eighth grades. The office was on the…
Henry’s on Hold
Watts Hall Community Players has submitted the following announcement:
Henry Knox is still going to sing in historic Watts Hall in Thomaston, but his debut will be somewhat…
Carver Memorial Library, in Searsport, has created a number of remote programs to keep residents busy from afar.
Carver at Home, …
PORTLAND — An educational nonprofit based in Portland, and with reach across the entire state, is responding to calls for support from teachers around Maine.
Educate Maine announced March…
The Maine Photography Show awards were announced Saturday, April 4!
The juror…
A thriller-like true story, an ex-con who becomes a priest, and a supernatural comedy
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre has launched a new platform that will allow film-lovers to see new release films that would have screened at the Strand, at home instead. In partnership…
Well, it appears we have four more weekends to shelter at home and if you’re like me, stress eating and carb-loading like you’re preparing for a half marathon, it might be time to check out some…
The Maine Lobster Festival entertainment committee is looking for Maine based bands to perform live at the Maine Lobster Festival, July 29 - August 2, 2020. Past bands include alternative, country…
