ROCKLAND — Don’t be afraid. Even with teeth in his claws, he won’t bite. His name is “Red,” and this crustacean comes with his own saddle. Richard Allen, a Rockland sculpture artist, created this…
Culture
Sculpture artist Richard Allen specializes in large scale wooden animals
Transformations...
Haiku for a Sunday Afternoon in May
A fig hangs heavy
from a thin leafy tree branch.
Nature has control.
my fingers wet with tears
will smudge fine…
Maine poet Dave Morrison will release his 12th collection of poetry, Psalms (JukeBooks 2017) on July 1. Equal parts poems, memoir and Zen fortune cookies, Psalms…
CAMDEN — Little Free Library book exchanges across the country have been a “thing” since 2009, when a man in Wisconsin named Todd Bol built a model of a one-room schoolhouse and filled it with…
BELFAST — Celebrants of Belfast’s fourth annual Ukulele Festival took to the waterfront to enjoy a day of food, music and fun on June 2. (Listen to it live here: …
For those returning to Maine for the spring, here's what's new
Every year Penobscot Bay Pilot does a TV version of a “clip show,” which is an episode of that consists of excerpts from previous episodes. Here's our annual listing of the new businesses and…
SEEKING NON-EQUITY ACTORS for world premiere production of "A Cherry Orchard in Maine" performing April 20 through 29 at Portland Ballet Studio Theater in Portland,…
Thomaston Grammar School held its annual Fine Arts Night May 25. The entertainment portion of the event was split into three concerts led by music teacher, Angela Johnson.
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CAMDEN—Over the past four years, the Midcoast Mini Maker Faire has been a gathering of not only innovators and tinkerers, but also artists, do-it-yourselfers, craftspeople, and performers.
…Join Kinetic Energy Alive Dance Productions Wednesday, May 31, at the studio from 3 to 5:15 p.m. for a chance to be a part of the original adaptation of The Lion King.
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With 3,500 tickets sold, Marty Martens is the grand prize winner
CAMDEN — If you blinked, you missed it. West Bay Rotary’s annual Duck Derby had its fastest race in the fundraiser’s history on May 28, with the majority of the 3,500 rubber ducks floating…
Marathon runner Rob Pope from Liverpool U.K. runs for two charities
PORT CLYDE—For no particular reason, he decided to go for a little run. No, not just Tom Hanks as the lead character in the movie Forrest Gump, but a U.K. marathon runner named Rob Pope,…
ROCKLAND—With all of the talk on farm fresh food that buzzes around the Midcoast, it’s often the chefs, not the farmers who take the spotlight. Blue Hill artist Heather Lyon, currently living in…
With huge photo gallery!
CAMDEN — Forget the Indy 500 and the Nascar 600, the students of Camden-Rockport Middle School's eighth-grade class kicked off the Memorial Day weekend with a race of their own. And they raced…
Another space for artists and makers adds to Rockland’s allure
ROCKLAND—Steel House, an art, design & technology collective that started in 2014, expanded their presence on the Rockland coast with a grand opening May 13 to unveil Steel…
CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library announced Thursday the addition of Jody Landrith and Barbara Q. Davidson to the Library Board of Trustees. "Both Barbara and Jody bring a wealth of experience…
BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition announces the first of the 2017 Belfast Fourth Friday Art Walks, which will take place on May 26 on and around Main Street and High Street in downtown Belfast…
Collection of Lennie Weiner
WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library is proud to present an exhibit of a selection of 18th and 19th century lithographs depicting events of the Revolutionary and Civil wars, from the collection of…
The new shop will open on May 27 with signature Red Barn baked goods, breads and cakes
CAMDEN—A new shop opening on 47 Bayview Street is sure to make the locals and tourists happy. The Red Barn Baking Co., co-owned by baker-chef Katie Capra and manager Dale Turk, are adding a second…
A new rollerskating ‘club’ has started at MRC for the summer
ROCKPORT — Remember the days of disco balls, roller rinks and pom-poms as you showed everyone how to “shoot the duck” during Ladies’ Skate?
Rock Coast Roller Derby member Hedda Barton has…
Wet Paint on the Weskeag!
THOMASTON — The Kelpie Gallery announces a call for artist submissions for Wet Paint on the Weskeag!, the fourth annual juried wet paint benefit auction for the Georges River Land Trust. During…
Calling all Makers and Artists! This is your kind of event
ROCKLAND — Art doesn’t have to be so serious. And neither does it have to be stationary. One woman is about to roll out a wacky idea in downtown Rockland this summer and here’s hoping the artists…
Opening after Mother’s Day
ROCKPORT — For months, we've driven by the plastic-cocooned building that formerly housed Denny's Restaurant, and wondering what its next evolution was to be. Now we know. The restaurant will be…
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Theater's production team has cast a group of 40 local people, from ages 7 to 75, for this summer's show, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,…
Rockland Public Library...
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Historical Society and the Rockland Public Library will present Big Ben and Stanley's Stupid Funny Stuff in the Rockland Public Library Community Room on Tuesday,…
CAMDEN – In what has become tradition and an event to look forward to, K2 Music held another Music After Hours jam Friday, April 28. This time around it was acoustic music, but the jams have seen…
Elle Appleton Foster, of Rockport, is the winner of Camden Conservation Commission's logo contest. Elle, who grew up in Camden, bested a field of artists both local and from as far…
Dozens of people pick up trash in Camden Friday and Saturday
CAMDEN—Despite a drizzly 38-degree morning, a crew of volunteers led by Alison McKellar, gathered in the parking lot of Hannaford Supermarket in Camden both Friday and Saturday morning for an…
Reopening May 31
PORT CLYDE – Lexi Rackliff-Zable is the new proprietor of the Dip Net Restaurant in Port Clyde. In February, Rackliff-Zable signed a three-year lease with Linda Bean’s Perfect Maine. Rackliff-…
Tuning for 207, and beyond
Mike Marr has the ear, listens to a lot of music, and lets us know who sounds good. This week, it’s Ruthie Foster.
A soulful and almost gospel sound for this lady. Ruthie is an…
Lakou Mizik is the Haitian supergroup bringing ‘roots pop’ to Maine
NORTH HAVEN —After the catastrophic earthquake in 2010 in Haiti, which killed more than 300,000 people, according to Haitian government reports, and left nearly a million more homeless, survival…
A combination pitch conference with a learning track
The Midcoast has a thriving artist and maker culture, but apart from social media, there are very few events to bring them all together. In recent years, Archipelago, the Island Institute store…
OWLS HEAD — Owls Head Transportation Museum hosted modelers and miniaturists from throughout New England to its annual Midcoast Model Festival. The two-day indoor event, April 8 and 9, attracted…
In the northeast corner of Waldo County, where the clam casserole melts in your mouth
PROSPECT – The Prospect Community Center hosted its first monthly benefit supper on Saturday, April 8, in the community center dining room. The suppers run every second Saturday of the month and…
Elise Andersen, daughter of the late East Boothbay artists and ceramists Brenda and Weston Andersen, has been busy lately. She and some of her siblings have been going…
There's been a lot of speculation around Boothbay Harbor over the winter about what will become of the former Rocktide Inn & Restaurant. In January, the almost 50-year-old resort at 35-37…
Voting for ‘Frozen Finish’ and the other Broke and Stoked films runs thru April 14
PORTLAND — A few years back, Todd Burgess of Saco was skiing at the Camden Snow Bowl on the same weekend as that year’s U.S. National Toboggan Championships. After checking it out and being “blown…
Poem
What everybody knows
From their crown to their toes
What goes down in government
Gets printed in the federal mint
What everybody knows
Is where…
On Eating and Loving Food
I wrote about brunch a few weeks ago, when I celebrated my year anniversary of this column, at the Carriage House…
Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library...
BELFAST — A Closer Look: Windows and Doors, a group show by the Mid-Coast Art Guild, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of April. The Mid-…
Online survey still accessible...
WALDOBORO — In January, February and into March, the Waldo Theatre Board of Directors conducted an online survey to help chart a course for the historic building's future and received over 175…
What next for the historic Waldoboro theater?
In January, February, and into March, the Waldo Theatre Board of Directors conducted an online survey to help chart a course for the historic building’s…
BELFAST — Belfast Community Radio, WBFY 100.9 FM, broadcasts many spoken word programs, giving listeners a variety of informative and entertaining talk shows. Program topics range from poetry to…
CAMDEN — Conversations On A Process, Revisited, an exhibit of new oil paintings by Appleton artist Erika Manning, will be on display at Zoot Cafe on Elm Street in downtown Camden through…
UNION — Following is a list of public events happening during the month of April at Vose Library in Union. For more information, call Vose Library at 785-4733.
Herbs and Edible…
Heating up the Wave in Rockport
ROCKPORT – The Wave Café at Camden Hills Regional High School was abuzz with Jazz Thursday, March 23, as bands from Belfast, Camden Rockport Middle School, Camden Hills Regional High School and…
Closed April 16, 17
CAMDEN — Camden Public Library has a lot of events happening in the first half of April, from chorus concerts, philosophy discussions and support group meetings to game nights and storytelling.…
Hail To The Rad Kids
BELFAST—Olivia Sprowl, 16, a student at BCOPE, (Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education), doesn’t know what kind of artist she wants to be yet. But, she’s going to have a chance to find…
