SOUTH THOMASTON — Tucked way back on a tree-lined dirt road sits an artist retreat called 26 Split Rock Cove; likely a place you’ve never heard of, but it’s a haven for artists and writers both in…
Culture
26 Split Rock Cove in S. Thomaston offers a quiet place to create
Transformations
This poem was written during one of my recent Writing from the Deep Voice workshops. It was created in response to the Absence of Field exercise, which was invented by Jack Grapes to help the…
Funny, poignant and bizarre: a free storytelling event on Oct. 21 at Waterfall Arts
BELFAST— Life can throw all kinds of curves at you when you least expect it. Jenny Tibbetts, a writer, podcast producer and performer with New Vaudeville Review in Belfast, is about to turn these…
Annual Halloween event to open October 20
UNION — Each October, it takes approximately one dozen volunteers to create the spooky set pieces and props to transform the Union Fairgrounds into an annual outdoor “frightgrounds” of the Trail…
CAMDEN – Horsefeather Grille celebrated its grand opening Friday, October 13, in the former Elm St. Grille, in the Cedar Crest Motel at 115 Elm Street. Richard Eaton the chef/owner, said the…
Oct. 19, at the Strand
The Rockland District Nursing Association and the Strand Theatre present American Graffiti, Thursday, October 19, at 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door. The suggested donation…
CAMDEN – "The greatest mark of civility they can show you is to invite you to drink tea with them." And so began Mary Kay Fenton, as she addressed the Camden Garden Club on the subject of tea. Tea…
The story behind Maine’s first postcard producing company
ROCKLAND— Browse through any antique shop and you’ll likely come across an old shoe box of vintage Maine postcards. Eerie black and white or sepia-toned shots of lonely stretches of dirt road…
Trial and error with a one-gallon bucket system
There are two things I’m sure of. I know the zombie apocalypse is coming and I know that if and when the power shuts down, the roads are barricaded and the Maine militia is cutting through the…
It was standing room only at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation the evening of Oct. 14 for the ARTinME awards ceremony. Juror Chris…
Expressions of feelings, pain, individual journeys
ROCKLAND — Art gallery visitors have been making a point of contacting the Art Loft since the Rockland studio mounted a special exhibit of painting and mixed media art, as well as one large…
SEARSMONT — Midcoast Bee Week brings pollinator studies straight into the classroom at Ames School in Searsmont. The school's third graders, whose studies include learning about the life cycles of…
David Butwin will present an illustrated talk on his book, Barefoot Days, Electric Nights: A Kid Reporter Lands in 60s Honolulu, on Tuesday, October 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the…
Barber’s Bunnies raises German Angora rabbits for their fiber and yarn products
HOPE—The wind and lashing rain didn’t bother Juniper, a one-and-a-half-year-old German Angora rabbit at the Hope Orchard’s annual Fall Festival on Sunday, October 9.
Juniper belongs to…
Camden Public Library
As part of Discover History Month, the Camden Public Library will host an evening of historical photos from the library’s archives with added photos provided by attendees. The library…
Cartoonist and horror book illustrator Glenn Chadbourne has been painting giant pumpkins in front of King Eider’s Pub since the beginning of …
Would you love to sing fine a cappella classical music from the Middle Ages…
BELFAST — The Maine Historic Organ Institute will hold a series of concerts, lectures, master classes, and guided tours of extraordinary 19th-century pipe organs October 24-28.
On Thursday…
ROCKPORT — Vee Aramtsip, owner of Tomi's Sushi and Noodle Bar at 106 Commercial Street in Rockport, celebrated his restaurant’s grand opening to the public on Thursday, October 5.
Tomi…
This evening
It is the Art Loft's dream that everyone gets to experience the power of art, including the less advantaged, outlining sectors of the community. To that end, Kathryn Matlack, of Camden,…
Pressed for Cider had their Grand Opening September 30
KNOX—On a sunny, October day, it’s the perfect drive from the Midcoast going inland as the trees are beginning to change. Just a couple of miles before the Ridge Top Diner in Knox, Morse Road…
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School will be offering several group classes this fall beginning in early October. All classes meet weekly for one hour and cost $10/class and run for 6 week…
This is a call for art for the juried show, ARTinME! at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation. All Maine artists may enter two submissions - sorry, no photography for this show.
Submission…
The DaPonte String Quartet launches its 26th season with a special look at the string quartets of Bela Bartok, a composer with whom the DSQ has an intimate and unusual connection. The Quartet will…
Dick Reid and his (very) soon-to-be wife, Anya Heyl, own The Thistle Inn business in Boothbay Harbor.
…
What’s In That Cocktail?
BELFAST — Delvino’s Grill & Pasta House is getting ready for Leaf Peeper Season with an old fashioned comforting fall cocktail: The Spiced Hot Buttered Rum Toddy.
In a surprising twist…
Dowling Walsh Gallery will host an exhibition in the month of October of Eric Green's work. The opening reception will be Friday, October 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with Rockland's First…
In business
Carver Hill Gallery, at 338 Main Street, in Rockland, and Jessie Tobias Design, at 64 Bay View Street, in Camden, will be combining their respective talents and collaborating on future projects…
What do a rusty-patched bumble bee, Jimmy Carter and Siksika Tribe elder Treffrey Deerfoot have in common?…
On Eating and Loving Food
Sushi is one of the most sought after items on restaurant menus these days.
The word brings to mind raw fish, but sushi, though it can, and sometimes does, contain raw fish, is always made…
Rockland, MAINE, October 3, 2017: The Everyman Repertory Theatre will present Bertolt Brecht's Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, the first show in its 10th season, at the Bicknell Building in…
On Oct. 8, Comedian Bob Marley will be at the Camden Opera House, telling his stories and entertaining the audience, with proceeds benefiting Maine Coast Skaters Association.
MCSA is the…
“There it goes,” Henry Reed, 3, told parents Joshua and Wallis Reed Saturday as an Alna Center-bound train departed Sheepscot Station at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) annual fall exhibit, ARTinME, is open to all full- and part-time Maine residents. This annual statewide exhibit welcomes entries from contemporary artists…
Coastal Mountains Land Trust campaign raised $6,600 from auctioned art pieces
CAMDEN— This past June, when Coastal Mountains Land Trust Development Director Kathy Young put out a call to local artists to take a slab of a wood cut taken from a tree on Ragged Mountain and…
Lobsterpalooza 2017 crowns Husson University as the winner; Maynard Stanley takes first place in the amateur chef category
ROCKLAND — It was Lobsterpalooza’s fifth year celebrating the venerated lobster mac and cheese dish and the chefs did not disappoint. On Sunday, September 17, more than 150 people attended the…
Book artist Sandy Weisman gives workshop Tuesday, Sept. 26, at Camden Public Library
CAMDEN — Traditionally bound books, those dusty volumes that sit on a library shelf, are about as visually exciting as a piece of furniture. But not in the hands of book artist and poet Sandy…
There’s a young chef in Boothbay Harbor some are calling a prodigy.
Nathaniel Adam, the executive sous chef at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, took the coveted Judges’ Choice Award at…
On September 18, Shannon Mahan and Andrew Federman of MAC Tree Service, and a group of volunteers, donated time and expertise to tackle some of the bigger grounds-keeping needs at the Waldo…
Sisters Clio and Hannah Berta put on a mixed media concert at Camden Amphitheatre
CAMDEN—Just before dusk, sisters Hannah and Clio Berta, dressed in white, put the finishing touches on their first collaborative mixed media public event at the Camden Amphitheatre on August 29…
ROCKPORT - Mr. Wat Sushi & Noodles at 106 Commercial Street in Rockport opened its doors in 2012. As of Friday, September 15, Tomi Sushi and Noodle Bar will replace Mr. Wats', which is being…
BELFAST — Beginning Wednesday October 4th at 6pm, the Belfast Free Library will offer a three part book study group on "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the…
CAMDEN — Carver Hill Gallery, 338 Main Street in Rockland, and Jessie Tobias Design, 64 Bayview Street in Camden, will be combining their respective talents and collaborating on future projects…
CAMDEN — The dates for the Camden Fall Harbor Arts & Books Fairs will be September 30 and October 1. The fair features items for every taste and prices for every pocketbook! Art patrons will…
Maine Outdoor Film Festival
Portland, ME – The Maine Outdoor Film Festival (MOFF) has announced the ten finalists of the Summer Broke and Stoked Video Contest, which premiered recently…
Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman, the legendary folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step, return to Rex’s home state with their renowned show “Classic Duos.” They’ll perform plenty of ATS fan favorites from their…
ROCKLAND — The Lady Knox Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is inviting the community to attend the…
What’s cooking with rose and annie
LINCOLNVILLE – Dolce Vita is off the beaten path. Way off the beaten path. Take Route 1 to Lincolnville Beach and turn left of 173. Go past Slab City and Youngstown roads and you're almost there.…
Man’s relationship with wild animals is a trending theme
BELFAST—Now in its sixth year, the Maine Outdoor Film Festival is wending its way down the Midcoast for its statewide screenings and on September 9 at Waterfall Arts, outdoor enthusiasts will get…
BELFAST — The Penobscot Bay Singers will begin rehearsals for their 2017-2018 season on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., St. Margaret's Parish Hall, 100 Court Street, Belfast. Rehearsals…
