Atlantic Ballet Company will perform its original version of Beauty and the Beast at Camden's Library Amphitheater on Wednesday, August 2, at 4 p.m. This performance is the…
Culture
Monday, July 24, 9 a.m.: Strong Bodies, Strong Minds. Fitness class in the Amphitheatre with Amanda Strong. By donation.
Monday, July 24, 8:15 p.m.: Monday Night…
Volunteers in the greater Thomaston area once again pulled together to put on a musical during two weekends at Watts Hall. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd…
Artist Abbie Read’s wall to wall exhibition is up until August 30
BELFAST— There are certain kinds of person who prefers the tactile sense and smell of a real book over a Kindle title. It is for those kinds of people Appleton artist Abigail Read created an…
July 24 through Sept. 22
ORONO — This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine's leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde.
The Susan Groce and…
tickets for 17-18 season on sale now
ROCKLAND — Tickets are now on sale for the Met's Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning Live in HD series' 2017-18 season, which begins on October 7 with the company's new production of Bellini's Norma.…
Rockland — On Thursday, June 6, 2017 The Coastal Children's Museum, located at 75 Mechanic St. in Rockland, was awarded funds from the Walmart Community Grant affording the…
Wednesday, July 19
Alabama boiled peanuts, Connecticut clam pizza, Hawaiian pineapple and spam, Idaho mashed potatoes, and Maine lobsters.
Or, at least, Delish.com names those as some of the hot dog…
WATERVILLE—The Maine International Film festival (MIFF) is celebrating its 20th anniversary the week of July 14 – 23, 2017 in Waterville featuring more than 100 films from some of Maine and New…
Photo gallery and video of Dark Follies
CAMDEN—The Portland-based street theatre troupe, Dark Follies entertained a crowd of more than 200 people filling the Camden Amphitheatre Thursday night, July 13. In addition to a comical…
Belfast documentary to premiere at Maine International Film Festival
BELFAST—When Ann Hedly Rousseau was a little girl, she lost all of her hair due to alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder causing hair loss on the scalp, face and sometimes other areas of the…
Bay Chamber Concerts is proud to announce its Summer 2017 Concert Series and Screen Door Festival program. Running from July 13 to August 20 Bay Chamber will present more than 30 events in…
‘It beats being a camp counselor’
ROCKLAND — Last summer, Keenan Hendricks and Christian Straka were camp counselors and wondered out loud how they could start their own business.
“We’re both physically active and play…
On exhibit
A lobster boat is a thing of curiosity to many people who don’t live here, a symbol of Maine itself, but most painters, photographers and artists…
CAMDEN—A different kind of vaudeville act is coming to the Camden Public Library Amphitheatre Thursday, July 13, something this town has never seen before.
Joie Grandbois, founder and…
Show runs until September 13
ROCKPORT, ME – "New Work by Faculty," an exhibition of contemporary wood furniture, sculpture, and stringed instruments has opened for the summer at the Messler Gallery of the…
Acclaimed artist to exhibit works in Port Clyde through September 4
Barbara Ernst Prey: Inflection Points 40 Years of Painting in Maine is an exhibit showcasing the virtuosic hand of world-renowned artist Barbara Ernst Prey who has painted powerful views of her…
Teaches kids and adults traditional tumbling, juggling, acrobatics and aerial silks
ROCKPORT—While some kids will be canoeing, swimming and playing Capture the Flag this summer, other kids will be flying, soaring, tumbling and contorting. The Sellam Circus School, out of…
The Pope Memorial Humane Society in Thomaston is pleased to announce that the second exhibition of art work is now being displayed in the lobby of the PMHS. The current show features the brilliant…
The 2017 Beyond the Sea Book Festival at Lincolnville Beach, Saturday, July 22, 10:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., will host more than two dozen Maine authors at book signings and sale.
The Maine…
85 years after original monument dedication, 154 years after Gettysburg
ROCKLAND – On July 2 and 3, 1863, 318 beleaguered Rockland area troops charged a hill occupied by 500 Confederate soldiers. Their commanding officer limped along with them, having fallen from a…
No shortage of fun
Midcoast Maine is hopping with music, parades and events, all to celebrate Independence Day in the United States, and the unofficial start to summer in Maine. Here is the schedule, and we will add…
Readers of all ages will explore all things fun and fitness this summer, as Rockland Public Library presents "Build a Better World" during the Summer Reading Program. Activities may include…
Botanist Wanda Garland on what to look for...even in your own back yard
There’s an incredible world at our feet that most of us pass by daily without any awareness. Wanda Garland, a botanist, retired biology teacher and wildflower photographer from Waldoboro,…
Local musician and vocalist Annabel Parker, 15, has studied classical voice and piano since the age of seven. Annabel has won three statewide and regional vocal competitions, performed on…
On Saturday, July 1, Brad and Danielle Betts will open the doors to their new Down East Gallery, at 146 Boothbay Road in Edgecomb. They’ll welcome visitors into the newly restored space that will…
BELFAST — The sidewalk in Belfast’s Heritage Park got a colorful, albeit temporary, makeover Saturday thanks to the city’s first Chalk Walk. The event, which was hosted by Waterfall Arts, was…
UPDATE: To reopen Wednesday, June 28
ROCKPORT — The bad news was that a water line burst behind a toilet, spilling fresh water throughout the bathroom at the Rockport Public Library on Route 1 in Rockport between closing time June 21…
Andi & Elle, a YA novel is available at Camden Public Library
LINCOLNVILLE — What started off as an eighth grade project turned into a novel for 14-year-old Morgan MacDougal. Along the way, she taught herself how to write, edit and self-publish. Going by her…
ST. GEORGE — Sixth-graders at St. George School recently created a Welcome to Maine booklet for children of French-speaking newcomers to the state. The booklet is intended to help young…
Camden Rotary Club President Ken Mitchell and Rotary exchange student Arami Britos traded club banners after Britos addressed club members during a recent meeting. Arami has been attending Camden…
Hoist those sails, set out for the sea or pack those vehicles and head for the highway; and be bound for Boothbay Harbor sailors and landlubbers, for the 55th Annual Windjammer Days Festival just…
ROCKLAND—Hundreds took to the streets last night, June 17, 2017 in Rockland for the annual Summer Solstice Street Party. Despite a gloomy overcast day, Main Street was packed and people were in a…
NORTHPORT — Anyone wondering why they no longer see those garish lime green and yellow colors of the old Dos Amigos Mexican Restaurant as they pass Route 1 will be happy to know that the…
Thomaston Public Library ...
Thomaston Public Library is about to launch its fourth year of 40 Days of Summer. Beginning Monday, June 19, school aged children are invited to join in myriad activities and eat lunch without…
Jacobson Glass Gallery in Montville
MONTVILLE — Tucked down a dirt road in the western Waldo County town of Montville sits an unassuming art studio that creates one-of-a-kind hand-blown and kiln-formed glass. Run by one of the most…
The Waldoboro Business Association will be sponsoring the music for Waldoboro Day, including the DJ music for the Friday, June 16, dance at the VFW Hall, and all the music performed at the former…
Steel House South finishes up an art show designed to be provocative
ROCKLAND—Those who like their art to be a little edgier than sailboats and lighthouses found the Steel House South's first art show, “the Crooked and The Wide,” to be right up their alley. Nathan…
Slide show and talk, including travel tips to Havana
The neighborhood in Havana where you are most at risk of being clobbered by falling masonry from crumbling buildings starts across the street from the Parque Central…
BELFAST—The new Wonder Woman movie out this summer has taken on a life of its own with a cross-country trend of theaters screening it for one night to a female-only audience, something both…
WALDOBORO — "Paint the Town," one of Midcoast Maine's most delightful plein-air event and fresh paint auction, is returning to Waldoboro on Saturday, Aug. 5. Natalie Masse and Jan Visser will once…
Michael Good Gallery...
ROCKPORT — The exhibition season kicks off at the re-launched Michael Good Gallery with a solo show by New York painter Beverly Shipko. You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: Paintings by…
Open to Anyone in Maine this Summer...
BELFAST — The Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, a statewide competition, is happening again this year in conjunction with the 13th annual Belfast Poetry Festival, to be held Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017.…
Literary outreach and programs will begin in August
ROCKLAND—As Millay House Rockland continues to make progress in the renovation of the house on Broadway Street. which was the birthplace of renowned poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, one of their…
Performances in July and August
The Belfast Maskers theater company announces their 30th anniversary summer musical, Annie. The performance will be held at the United Farmers Market of Belfast at 18 Spring St. on July…
Rockland Main Street hosts two events on June 17
ROCKLAND — Rockland Main Street previewed a double event for June 17 at its volunteer appreciation get together at Eclipse Restaurant in May, when Executive Director Gordon Page recognized the…
First Church in Belfast UCC
BELFAST — The First Church in Belfast is hosting a Choral Festival: Songs of Peace for Our Times, to be held Sept. 29 through Oct. 1.
The festival will be led by Dr. Ronald Sherwin, Music…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lighthouse Museum is holding a benefit raffle, and the prize is a 3-foot by 4-foot photo on canvas of the rare first order Fresnel lens at the Umpqua River Lighthouse in…
‘I try to see the beauty’
She is an artist, and she likes to work hard. Combine the two characteristics, and there is Jerri Finch, a longtime presence on the Maine art scene, and a bold one. She breaks ground, literally,…
Cakes, sweet and savory items, stews, subs and sandwiches, and coffee
LINCOLNVILLE — Residents and visitors now have more to-go or eat-in food options along Route 1, at Lincolnville Beach, with Nanette Gionfriddo's beachfront bookshop and gift store, Beyond The Sea…
