BELFAST— The 17th annual Senior College Festival of Art at Hutchinson Center is currently exhibiting 120 artists in a variety of mediums: photography, oils, mixed media, watercolor, sculpture,…
Culture
This weekend only May 30 to June 1
All roles for ‘Medea’ sought, including backstage
BELFAST — Do you like classical theater? If you do, or think you might, read on!, according to a news release.
Before O'Neill or Pinter, Ibsen, Marlowe — or even Shakespeare — there were…
BELFAST — An exhibit of photographs, “Once A Pair,” by Judy Stein, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of June.
The Kramer Gallery located on…
BELFAST — The Belfast Museum opens for the season on Saturday, June 8. It’s featured exhibit this summer is “The Jennie Flood Kreger - Celebrating 100 Years.”
It was on March 5, 1919 that…
APPLETON — June happenings at Appleton Library include tech time, yoga, ‘Recycled’ art show reception, and an animation workshop with a registration deadline.
Saturday, June 1, 10:30 a.m…
Upcoming at Camden Opera House
29 Elm St., Camden Maine
FMI: 207-236-7963; camdenoperahouse.com
Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m.:
“Reel to Real,” Sherri’s School of Dance’s 15…
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has announced that Josie Davis, originally from Waldoboro, will be joining their staff as Advancement Officer. Davis brings tremendous skills and…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Early June brings three musical friends and talents together to the stage at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. On Sunday, June 2, Ellis Paul teams up with Abbie Gardner and Seth Glier…
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio announces the cast of Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim.
The fates of fairy tale characters collide fantastically in this musical that explores…
Takes over the old Cedar Crest Motel restaurant
Gary Oliver, the former co-owner of Mt. Battie Take Out at the base of the Camden Hills State Park, has a message for the shack’s loyal patrons who were disappointed to learn it was closing this…
Saturday, August 17 through Saturday, August 24
UNION — The 2019 Union Fair / Maine Wild Blueberry Festival poster winner is Stan Silva of Union. Silva received $500 for his winning entry.
Originally from Pacific Grove, California,…
CAMDEN - Rockport Dance Conservatory will present its 12th annual Spring Showcase Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25, at the Camden Opera House at 6:30 p.m. The show is sponsored by Midcoast…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre has been selected as a beneficiary of the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program for the month of June…
BELFAST — Over the winter, Belfast opened a number of new businesses.
Why do Camden and Rockland get Snowbirds and Belfast, Snowbats? It’s because in 2013, when Pen Bay Pilot did their…
SEARPORT — Meditation, discussions, plantings, and books are on tap at Carver Memorial Library in Searsport during the month of June.
Guided Meditation for Healing…
“I love the jungle. I am most comfortable in the jungle’
Strength. Determination. Redemption.
Each of these words describes the thoughts and emotions of Charlie Frattini and his time on the upcoming season of Naked and Afraid XL, a…
The changing business landscape, 2019
There’s been the usual reshuffling of spaces in downtown Rockland over the winter. Here's what happened over the fall and winter— what's open, what's closed, what's new.
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summer musical
BELFAST — Belfast Maskers have cast and begun rehearsals for a musical adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel The Secret Garden.
The adaptation, with book and lyrics by…
ROCKPORT- On May 16, Camden Hills Regional High School Chorus Director Kimberly Murphy, was a co-recipient of the 2019 Maine Music Educator of the Year, awarded by the Maine Music Educator’s…
Monday Night Blues Series
ROCKLAND- The weekly Monday night blues series continues May 20 with Tas Cru & his Band of Tortured Souls, playing a 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. show in the upstairs music room of Time Out Pub, 275 Main…
Skål! Cheers!
VINALHAVEN — Since Kris Davidson, a seventh generation islander, opened her real estate business, Davidson Realty, in the front of a former hardware store built by Bodwell Granite Co., she knew…
This summer the Monhegan Museum of Art & History will celebrate the art and life of Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870-1956), one of the first women to direct a major American art museum and one of…
BELFAST- Cold Comfort Theater in Belfast announces its cast for its upcoming Pride Play Festival in collaboration with the Belfast Has Pride Festival 2019 to be performed at the Basil Burwell…
Featuring showing of works by 20th Century African American artists
ROCKLAND- Clarke Gallery, 338 Main St., Rockland will be opening May 31 and will present "Who We Are,” an exhibition of works by 20th century African American artists.
Artists…
A Weekend of Learning and Celebration
WATERVILLE- The sixth annual Maine Conference for Jewish Life will take place at Thomas College and in downtown Waterville Friday, June 21 through Sunday, June 23. A program of the Center for…
ROCKLAND- CRAFT Gallery’s introductory 2019 show “Birds: A Spring Migration” opens on May 22 and continues through June. It features rare bird paintings by Camden artist Antonia Munroe.
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ROCKLAND — Laura Boutin (Class of ’19 Oceanside High School) typically paints on a smaller scale, but decided that stretching her own large canvas and working on a larger scale would present a…
JEFFERSON — Sara Trunzo is the recipient of the performing arts residency this year. A former organizer, farmer, and nonprofit professional, Trunzo is now a singer-songwriter illuminating rural…
Midcoast Athletics
ROCKPORT — The Five Town Babe Ruth teams will host a fundraiser at Flatbread on Route 1 in Rockport on Tuesday, May 28.
The event, running from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., will feature players from…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Touring in support of his new studio album “The Greatest Day,” ukulele superstar Jake Shimabukuro will be performing at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor on Friday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. The 12…
CAMDEN — Nothing rings truer in a community than sitting around a hearth at the end of a workday and telling stories. In this case, the hearth was the Blue Cafe, an intimate gathering space on the…
Marja-Leena Bailey will be offering16 hours of Finnish language instruction for advanced beginners/intermediate Finnish language learners on four days (June 3 - 6). Classes will run from 10 a.m.…
In business
VINALHAVEN – Robert Young was born and grew up on Vinalhaven. He married his high school sweetheart, Kristie, and they have two daughters. Young has been lobstering all his life. He started at the…
Grand Opening tonight May 9, 5 to 7 p.m.
CAMDEN—Every spring, Camden brightens up with color, but the town just got a turbo boost with painter Colin Page’s new gallery set to open on 23 Bay View Street tonight, May 9, at 5 p.m.
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lottery deadline May 19
BELFAST — Our Town Belfast's annual Dinner on the Bridge fundraising event will take place this year, Thursday, June 20, with a rain date of Friday, June 21.
The dinner, hosted on the…
ROCKLAND— Book spine poetry started off as a lark, a meme in the 1990s, after artist Nina Katchadourian took photographs of stacked book titles that, when read top to bottom, created short…
Maine’s annual high school rock off takes place in Portland May 11
CAMDEN — The jazz-inspired trio The Extension Chords, representing Camden Hills Regional High School, is the only Midcoast band competing in the…
HOPE — It might come as a bit of a shock to people accustomed to expecting the Hope Library will always stay open, but soon, unless the Board of Directors finds more volunteers to fill the chronic…
THOMASTON — On Saturday, May 4, at 2 p.m., a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to welcome the new Threshers Brewing Company.
The new business is located at One Star Street in the blue…
CAMDEN — Two local students have been selected to attend Haystack’s Student Craft Institute, a three-day studio session in May for approximately 70 Maine high school students from schools…
Transformations
This week, four local writers, all students of Kathrin Seitz, reflect on the seasons, and matters of life.
Flint
by Gabrielle Attra
Scraps. Dust.…
Music, Anywhere-in-the-World: A Dream Raffle
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) is holding a Dream Raffle for a trip to attend a music performance of choice, be it a concert, dance, or festival, at a venue anywhere in the world. The…
In business
ROCKPORT — For Rockport resident Amanda Amoroso, being environmentally friendly is a way of life and is at the center of her ceramics company, Honey Bee Hill.
Though she is now a skilled…
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts, a nonprofit community arts center in Belfast, has red Kim Fleming as its new executive director, succeeding Martha Piscuskas, who stepped down in February. In…
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library will be installing a new floor in their children’s room. While staff are excited about the update, it will involve some temporary upheaval, according to the…
eight students to receive cash awards, perform Rockport Opera House concert, June 23
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School announces receipt of a major gift of $50,000 to endow a Chamber Music Prize for its Young Stars of Maine Prize Program. This new prize fund was…
Previous years: The Town That STILL Goes to Sea; Baseball, America’s Favorite Pastime
THOMASTON — The Thomaston 4th of July Committee invites suggestions for a parade theme for this year’s festivities.
The 2019 event takes place on Thursday July 4.
Suggestions…
in honor of Maine Authors Publishing’s 10th anniversary
THOMASTON — A lending library was donated by Joseph Cueto to Maine Authors Publishing in honor of their 10th anniversary. The library was installed by Claybrook Landscaping on April 24 and is…
Five Town CSD Adult Ed
ROCKPORT — If you are a writer, an artist, or a creative individual in any media, then grants, crowdfunding awards, and fully-funded residencies are available.
Do you dream of a few weeks…
