Everyone knows that feeling of dread: you’re tidying up and come across a library book that is way past due to the point of being ridiculous. Mentally, you calculate: Will the fines be somewhere…
Culture
Ada’s Kitchen spearheads Midcoast non-alcoholic trend with imported flavors
ROCKLAND—This past November, Ada’s Kitchen Bar Manager, Stacy Campbell, was invited to Portland,Oregon, during Portland Cocktail Week, to learn the latest trends in Event Management and mixology…
Alternative Environments
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts’ annual Open Call exhibition will again take over its Clifford and Corridor Galleries this spring. Alternative Environments will be on view from April 5 to May 10.
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WARREN — Cami and the Rogues will play music at the St. George River Cafe, Main Street, in Warren, Saturday, Feb. 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Local and statewide affordable events for toddlers up to pre-teens
President’s Day is kicking off a week of staycation for many. Similar to a Weekend Spotlight, here is a rundown of creative, artistic, educational and athletic events for kids during Feb. vacation…
‘I still have a long way to go but I can’t help but be a little proud of how far I’ve come’
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — The sport of ice hockey has been a huge aspect of life for Camden native Grayson Szumilas, a 2014 graduate of Camden Hills Regional High School, no matter what part of the…
CAMDEN — The Points North Institute has announced the slate for its inaugural Cabin Fever Film Festival, which will take place March 1 and 2 at the Camden Opera House. Highlights from the festival…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Shambhala will launch a five-week study group “Standing at the Edge” at 16 School Street in Rockland, starting Tuesday, Feb. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Rachel Nixon and…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Library is crazy about dinosaurs, according to a news release. This year the Library is celebrating with a different activity every day of February vacation, Feb 19- Feb 22.…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers will be holding open auditions for an evening of one-act plays, Saturday, Feb. 23 (5 - 7 p.m.) and Sunday, Feb. 24 (12 - 2 p.m.) at their new home, The Basil Burwell…
Announce capital campaign
BELFAST - Thanks, in part, to a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, the new Belfast Maskers theater (“The Bazz”- named after the company's founder, Basil Burwell) is getting greener.
…APPLETON — Technical assistance, stitching groups, music, lectures, and stories come to Appleton Library in February.
Thursday evenings, February 7, 14, 21 and 28 6 – 8 p.m.: Tech Assist…
‘We are going to do our best and make delicious food’
ROCKPORT – After a year of renovations to the former Hoboken Garden’s building at 310 Commercial Street, in Rockport, Maine Street Meats and Provisions has opened its doors in their new location…
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Library Foundation took another big step toward reaching its $2 million fundraising goal for the new library Feb. 11 when the Library Committee announced it was making a $…
A Midcoast adventure of art, music, food and wine
Valentine’s Day is dodging the snowstorm this week, so there goes your excuse to stay in and make do with Netflix and bubbly. Instead, here’s a Cheap Dates road map. The idea is not to park your…
The third annual celebration of the human form, “What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor?” opens Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14 at a new venue, the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) located at 1…
Farnsworth Art Museum
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine will open a major exhibition of close to 40 works by 13 artists whose work contributed to Maine’s important…
ROCKPORT — Midcoast Community Chorus welcomes singers of all ages, experience, and abilities to register for the spring semester of weekly rehearsals. Their June concert traditionally benefits a…
learning art by being art
BELFAST — The Game Loft, in Belfast, is working to expose middle school students participating in their I Know ME program to the world of fine art in Maine through a new…
Talking with owner Lacy Simons
ROCKLAND—It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Lacy Simons, owner of hello hello books in Rockland.
In mid-January, she got a call at the bookstore from a representative of Publishers…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills Regional High School Visual and Performing Arts department has named h…
CAMDEN and PORTLAND – The Points North Institute is partnering with the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art to bring the Camden International Film Festival’s…
Inio Asano is a highly praised mangaka (manga author/illustrator). He is best known for his work depicting the trials of regular people coming of age. These manga, Goodnight PunPun, for…
Weekend event adds one more matinee for Sunday, Feb. 10
CAMDEN— Celebrating everything outdoors this weekend is the 18th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival as it comes to Maine on its world tour in tandem with the U.S. National Toboggan Championships…
One product, one service and a Galentine’s Day party to benefit Maine women
Galentine’s Day, the made-up holiday from a 2010 Parks and Recreation episode, has actually become a real thing in the last decade to celebrate one’s girlfriends around Valentine’s Day. We’ve got…
‘Manga 101’ reviewer Olivia Gelerman’s latest creative phase
ROCKPORT— If we know one thing about 12-year-old Olivia Gelerman, we know she loves the literary art form of manga. As Penobscot Bay Pilot’s exclusive teen reviewer of the “Manga 101” series, she…
"Art and our Natural Environment"
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics, environmentally conscious T-shirt printers, is currently accepting art submissions to its 22nd annual $1,000 art scholarship contest. All high school seniors residing…
Auditions in February
CAMDEN — The Midcoast Community Chorale (MCChorale), under the direction of Steven Weston, will be newly instituted as an audition-only choir, with its own rehearsal…
Get ready for a celebration of the human form with the Third Annual “What’s Nude in Boothbay Harbor?” a show featuring nude paintings, paper work, fiber, sculpture and…
BELFAST - Throughout February, Belfast Free Library will waive overdue fines for patrons who donate non-perishable food items. All donations will go to the Belfast Greater Bay Area Ministerium…
BELFAST — Throughout February, Belfast Free Library will waive overdue fines for patrons who donate non-perishable food items. All donations will go to the Belfast Greater Bay Area Ministerium…
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library has a few different options to keep locals engaged during February.
Valentines Card Making
Thursday, February 7, from 3 to 5:30 p.m.…
SEARSPORT - Carver Memorial Library in Searsport has gone fine-free on all materials, and has forgiven any fines on borrowers' accounts. The library wants everyone to be able to enjoy its…
‘I never thought I’d get to a point where complete strangers would thank me for the tips and tricks I share on my channel’
CUSHING — If you see Kristina Moro with a camera in hand, it is likely the fifth grade teacher at Cushing Community School is either in the process of vlogging her experience as a teacher for her…
Don’t call it art
CAMDEN – Steampunk, or cyberpunk, as it is sometimes referred to, takes its roots back to the Victorian Era. Take any object and apply brass, wood, iron or leather, then throw out any concept of…
THOMASTON — Facilitated by author and mentor Lee Heffner, the Let's Talk About It book group will meet, Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m., at Thomaston Public Library to continue "The Civil War:…
ROCKLAND — At the Lighthouse Museum, where we eagerly collected our ticket badges, maps of participating businesses, and no-waste, reusable, metal pie-eating forks to begin sampling the delicacies…
Taking over the old Billy’s Tavern
THOMASTON—Carpenters and brewers Ethan Evangelos and Scott Bendtson built the foundation of their Searsmont brewery two years ago when they opened Thresher’s Brewing Co. in 2016. And now it’s…
Publishers Weekly, the magazine for writers, announced its shortlist for the 2019 PW Bookstore of the Year Awards, and Rockland’s hello hello books is one of the five nominees. The awards…
Envision Chamber Music Workshop
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the Envision Chamber Music Workshop, a week-long music camp for young musicians ages 8-18.
This year…
Duo to present All-ages bilingual performance
CAMDEN - Clown duo Pinot & Augustine will bring their joyful, family friendly show to the Camden Opera House on Wednesday, February 6 at 6 p.m. The Camden Public Library and Camden Opera…
And we mean that in a good way....
ROCKLAND—Glacier Ice Bar, now into its second weekend for January 24 to 26, is the definition of dog-friendly.
This year’s theme took inspiration from its premier sponsor Tito’s Vodka, to…
$500 prize to winner
UNION — The Trustees of the Union Fair and Maine Wild Blueberry Festival are launching their annual contest to choose a design suitable for use in publicizing the 2019 Union Fair, August 17 - 24…
At least $200,000 needed
LINCOLNVILLE — As the Lincolnville Community Library prepares to celebrate the five-year anniversary of its opening, the board of directors is also working to ensure…
BELFAST — Join Belfast Flying Shoes for an evening of contra dancing, Friday, Feb. 1, at American Legion Post 43, in Belfast. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m., with a community dance called by…
Pilot columnist writes about ‘the emptiness left when a partner dies’
Life changed dramatically for Diane O’Brien the January night in 2017 when her husband, Wally, died. The next morning was a Monday, the day her Pilot column, This Week in Lincolnville was…
ROCKLAND — Alydia is quite the well-rounded and accomplished musician, according to a news release. At the Academy, she takes private voice and piano lessons with Abi Nash, is a member of the teen…
BELFAST — Left Bank Books in downtown Belfast invites the public to join them, Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m., when novelists Susan Conley and Lily King…
ROCKLAND — The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) will be closed temporarily for repairs following a break in the water main that occurred inside the building early Saturday, January 19. …
BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes, the nonprofit arts organization that produces first Friday community and contra dances, recently donated ten contra dance DVDs to the Belfast Free Library's video…
