WARREN — The Warren Historical Society will host Hank Lunn, of Camden, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, at 7 p.m., at the Dr. Campbell House, 225 Main St., Warren. Lunn will present "Friend to Foe" talk…
Culture
CAMDEN — Retired Maine park ranger and author Tim Caverly will offer a unique perspective on the state’s great outdoors when he presents “So You Think You Know Maine?” on Thursday, Aug. 8, at 1:30…
ROCKPORT — The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship’s yearly exhibition New Work by Faculty opened for the summer on Friday, June 14, at the school’s Messler Gallery.
“The 29 woodworkers,…
Last summer, a series of lectures and events offered to the Midcoast community provided an opportunity to learn about the local watershed about how it works and how it is sustained. This summer, a…
BELFAST — Friday, June 26, at 5 p.m., during Fourth Friday Art Walk in Belfast, one of Local Color Gallery’s founding members, Betty Schopmeyer, will give a short artist’s talk about her growth…
free concerts every Sunday afternoon in August
CAMDEN — Thanks to Camden Opera House’s Community Arts Fund, there will be free concerts every Sunday afternoon in August at the Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road. The annual series opens…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Maine author Monica Wood, Thursday, August 1, at 6 p.m., in person at the library. This event is free and open to all. Initially, Wood had planned…
ROCKLAND — Comedian Paula Poundstone will bring her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy to the Strand Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Poundstone is a regular…
ROCKLAND — A solo installation of constructions and prints by Kitty Wales, call “Shift,” will open with a reception on Friday, July 26, from 4 - 6 p.m., at Triangle Gallery, in Rockland. The…
ROCKLAND — CatVideoFest 2024, a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos, will be screened Saturday, Aug. 3, at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, Aug. 4, at 3 p.m., at the Strand Theatre.…
CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) is offering three free evening classes in reading and singing music this summer. All classes are scheduled for Wednesdays at 7 p.m., in its meeting space…
In 2007, Allysa Anderson, the middle school music teacher at Camden-Rockport Middle School (CRMS), placed a guitar in the hands of sixth-grader Alice Limoges for the first time. That moment…
a quest for recovery and inclusion in Maine’s Capitol City
WATERVILLE — Filmmakers and theater producers Michael Gorman and Donna Daly, of Rockland-based The Forty Hour Club, will premiere their new film, A Phantom Song, at The Maine…
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts, in collaboration with Coastal Mountains Land Trust, will hold the opening reception for “Fields” by Bo Dennis. The exhibit is an installation by the artist and farmer…
ISLESBORO — Join members of the Islesboro Arts Collective and Friends for the Annual Arts & Crafts Show, Friday to Sunday, August 2 - August 4, from 12:30 - 4:30 p.m., at the Islesboro …
Denise Anderson and “Summiting Kilimanjaro”
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library announces a new series of talks in partnership with the Appalachian Mountain Club, Maine Chapter. Denise Anderson will be giving the first presentation…
traditional northeast Native American woodland songs
ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings the Burnurwurbskek Singers to Beech Hill Preserve on Sunday, July 28, at 1 p.m., as part of this free summer concert…
Strand theatre
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will present the 2024-25 season of The Met: Live in HD, the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts from New York City.…
THOMASTON — Music Behind the Block summer concert series hosted by Thomaston Main Street, begins Wednesday, July 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Kicking off this year's lineup is Grateful Dead tribute…
crime thriller set in Portland, Maine
SEARSPORT — Anodyne Book Shop, in Searsport, continues its 2024 Summer Wine and Sign Series on Friday, July 26, at 5:30 p.m., with Philip Baker, who will read from and discuss his new book, …
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts’s Art Stuff Sale will take place on Saturday, August 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Waterfall Arts, 256 High Street, Belfast.
“The Art Stuff Sale is an epic bi-…
With films and stories inspired by workshops with students from Medomak Valley High School
WALDOBORO — Join Halcyon and pianist Margarita Rovenskaya on Saturday, August 3, at 7 p.m., for an evening of beautiful music, film, and story, according to Halcyon, in a news release. Performed…
LINCONVILLE — Lincolnville EV owners will be holding a show-and-tell of their vehicles, including optional demo drive, Saturday, July 27, from 12 - 2 p.m. (rain date Sunday, July 28), at …
AUGUSTA — Sarah Ann Smith, of Hope, is the featured artist and keynote speaker at this year’s Maine Quilts, which is held at the Augusta Civic Center, July 25-27 (preview night July 24, lecture…
Camden: ‘Harp Center of the Universe’
CAMDEN — They came from as far away as Australia and Tulsa, Houston and Canada, more than 80 of them, many carrying their treasured…
Mythic Heart Theatre presents Under The Rose Moon, Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20, at 7 p.m. There will be another show Sunday, July 21, at 4 p.m.
All shows will take place at the Red…
In collaboration with Camden Public Library’s Camden On Canvas, noted artists will be painting in the Tour gardens during the Garden Club’s 76th Annual Tour, July 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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CAMDEN — Don Reimer will lead a presentation called, Birds of Monhegan Island, Tuesday, July 30, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.
Bird author and photographer Don Reimer will…
the Rozalia Project
CAMDEN — Rozalia Project Executive Director Ashley Sullivan will discuss how her organization is cleaning ocean waters in the Gulf of Maine and beyond during a free Sunset Seminar presentation…
The arrival of August also sees the arrival of the Irish band Téada to the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. On Thursday, Aug. 1 the band brings the best of Celtic traditional tunes and dance…
CUSHING — Arts In The Barn/ Cushing Historical Society presents “Wildlife in Maine”, a community exhibition of wildlife in sculpture, photographs, paintings, found objects and of many kinds of…
Bring your smiles for a souvenir “Tin Type” picture
FRIENDSHIP — Salt Pond Studio Presents a special Friendship Day event celebrating the artists of Friendship, Maine: Works by Sam Cady, Pam Cabanas, Jeremy Barnard, Nancy Nelson, Lisa Dombek,…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s monthly Family Matinee Series will screen A Bug’s Life (1998) on Saturday, July 27, at 3 p.m. The matinee series presents favorite family films from…
CAMDEN — Marc Black, NY Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will put on "Boppa Chua! The 1950s and 60s Through Popular Music" Tuesday, July 16, at 6 p.m., the Picker Room of the Camden Public Library.…
including Isle au Haut, Matinicus, Monhegan, North Haven, Vinalhaven
NORTHEAST HARBOR — For almost 20 years, The Island Reader has featured the work of residents living on Maine’s unbridged islands. Each edition, published annually by Maine Seacoast Mission,…
“Life is a Carnival”
WALDOBORO — “Life is a Carnival: from the Figurative to the Abstract,” a UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) art exhibition, opened at the Bill & Joan Alfond Gallery at The Waldo Theatre on…
LINCOLNVILLE — Trevor Paul will discuss “Behind the Great Wall: Living in the People’s Republic of China” on Wednesday, July 24, at 6:30 p.m., at Lincolnville Community Library, 208 Main Street,…
Opening Reception + Art Walk, July 18, 5-7 p.m.
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an example of the revival of laughing comedy
CAMDEN — The Forgotten Classics of the Stage series continues with a rehearsed reading of Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, presented on Sunday, July 21, at 2 p.m., in the 3rd…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library's Summer Concert Series will continue with a concert from Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra, Monday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m., in the Amphitheatre.
MoJO is a…
BELFAST — “Helen B. Shute, Newspaper Woman, Photographer and Civic Leader” is the topic for the Belfast Historical Society meeting Monday, July 22, at 7:00 pm, in the Abbott Room at the Belfast…
portion of proceeds to benefit AIO
Station 118 and Café Miranda are collaborating on “Where there is Smoke, There is Fire,” Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the AIO food…
Antique truck, tractor, commercial and military vehicles, plus children’s STEM activities
OWLS HEAD — Visit Owls Head Transportation Museum on Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., for an exciting roster of activities ranging from an antique military vehicle…
eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s outdoor “Sunshine Series” Thursday, July 25, at 10:30 a.m., will bring Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers’ performance of “Everybody Loves Pirate!” to the Safe Harbor…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library invites families on Wednesday, July 24, at 4:30 p.m., to visit Mary Lea Park (adjacent to the Rockport Opera House) for a musical performance with Latin…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Internationally renowned Canadian Brass, acclaimed singer-songwriters The Contenders, NYC’s hot jazz group The Hot Sardines, and Maine’s own Grammy-winning Patty Griffin on stage in the coming…
ROCKLAND — Triangle Gallery will be opening “Cynthia Furman Selinger: Softly Spoken” Friday, July 12, from 4 - 6 p.m.
Cynthia Furman Selinger’s paintings begin “as a chaotic mix of marks…
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Stockton Springs Community Library (SSCL) will present author Cathie Pelletier reading from and discussing her work on Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. Seating is limited, so pre-…
Real Girl Review
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents travel blogger Geeves Joy, Thursday, July 25, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Discover the world through the eyes of Geeves…
Silent Auction, Raffle, Treasure Sale, Puzzle Sale, Bake Sale
TENANTS HARBOR — On Saturday, July 20, the Jackson Memorial Library, in Tenants Harbor, will hold its annual book fair from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. The fair will include a silent auction, raffle, book…
