BELFAST — Two Book Arts workshops will be held at Waterfall Arts as part of the Belfast Bound Book Festival on May 7. For adults, Abbie…

ROCKLAND — You know what they say: you can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs. For Heather Symmt, a Camden resident, this is something to keep in mind as she prepares to open her first…

ROCKLAND — The Art Loft, the newest nonprofit community art center will offer the following classes starting May 2.

The Art…

BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio will be offering a youth summer musical theater camp July 11-22 from 9 a.m. — 3 p.m. each day, Monday-…

Nearly a decade years ago, the headlines were dire for independent bookstores. These days, according to national stories, it’s evident that 2016 is the turnaround year and the indie bookstore is…

ROCKLAND — For two years now, Chris Wolf has been broadcasting The Chris Wolf Show on local community radio WRFR-LP. His guests have included a pet store owner and a selectman, a town manager and…

What should we call food truck connoisseurs—truckies? Well, truckies will be interested to know one Belfast food truck is pulling up their wheels and handing them over to someone else, while…

THOMASTON — Knox Museum seeks Vietnam combat veterans to participate in its Boots on the Ground.VIETNAM dedication ceremony on Saturday,…

We’ve got a theme going here on this week’s Five Things. If it has an electronic beat, and a human voice is involved, it’s happening this weekend in the Midcoast. Enough of my prattling, check it…

ROCKLAND — It’s not often a night of entertainment around the Midcoast is limited to only one of your five senses, but that’s what four audio artists are doing on Saturday evening, April 23, at…

BELFAST — Left Bank Books is delighted to host two free upcoming literary events, to which the public is invited. On Friday, May 6, at 7 p.…

ROCKLAND/THOMASTON — The blue shack on the side of the road catches your attention as you head up Route 1 towards Thomaston, just before you get to Walmart. It’s The Zack Shack. Fast food is an…

This Mother's Day, bring your mom or any mom in your life out for an afternoon of daffodils and dessert! Growing up in Lakeland, Florida,…

CAMDEN — A small bungalow on the corner of Thomas and Beech streets in a quiet Camden neighborhood is currently scheduled to be set afire May 1 for a scary movie scene. At their April 5 regularly…

After being closed for around 15 years, the Carriage House Restaurant in East Boothbay will open its doors again, with a new owner and fresh ideas.

BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition earlier this year received a grant of $3,500 from the Arts Expansion Fund of the Maine Community…

Remember when the Governor of Maine declared April 19, 1916 as Maine Postcard Day? Of course not. Who alive today would recall just how important postcards were to communication, and the economy…

ROCKLAND — Summer is right around the corner, and registration is now open for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art's ArtLab ArtCamp for…

ROCKPORT — The Rockport Library recently answered some frequently asked questions about the library and want is going on with it.…

OWLS HEAD — It’s a great spring day outside. You’ve spent your morning cleaning or getting your garden ready for planting. And then, it hits you. You’re hungry. And it’s that kind of hunger that…

I’m out in San Diego this week gathering ideas for the summer issue of The Wave and soaking up the California culture, but I’m hearing back home it’s going to be a gorgeous weekend in the…

ROCKLAND—Artist Annie Bailey was one of the artists featured in The Farnsworth Art Museum’s [Collective] annual BASH on April 1. The sold-out event revolved around a circus theme and her…

BELFAST — The woman in the painting is looking over her shoulder with an alarmed expression. Julia Alexander, 15, the artist, had a specific person in mind when she painted this.

“That’s…

WARREN — More than 35 pottery studios across the state will be open for the Maine Pottery Tour on April 30 and May 1 including six nearby…

I'm a salt freak. I salt practically everything I eat. And pink is my favorite color. My salt of choice is, of course, pink Himalayan.

Banswallow Books will feature four Midcoast poets reading from their work Saturday, April 16, at 3 p.m. The poets are Karie…

UNION — The Vose library is pleased to announce some upcoming events at the library.

These programs are free and open to the…

It's been a good year for Tony Bickford. His restaurant, Little Village Bistro, in Wiscasset, opened on…

The Route 17 Ramblers’ music and light humor brighten the atmosphere wherever they perform and on Wednesday, April 17, they will be guests on The Chris Wolf Show, from 8 to 9 p.m. on WRFR-FM and…

WALDOBORO — Thanks to the effort of the Firefighters of the Waldoboro Fire Department the Carnival will come to town for Waldoboro Days. It…

AUGUSTA — Rep. Walter Kumiega, D-Deer Isle, welcomed Stuart Kestenbaum of Deer Isle to the State House Thursday. Kestenbaum, Maine's new…

The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront has released the names of the first several artists scheduled to appear at the 15th annual three-day…

TENANTS HARBOR—When Scotland beachcomber Martin Gray went walking along one of his favorite beaches, Billiacru last week, about two miles from Stromness, the little fishing port where he grew up,…

This weather is acting like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this weekend, with Saturday looking “yutty” (as my toddler nephew used to say) and Sunday looking brighter and sunnier. It’s not spring yet! So…

BELFAST — Like most teenagers, Alyson Peabody asked her parents if she could have the choice in painting her bedroom walls. Sure, they said. But, when they walked in later that night, they were…

BELFAST — Each year the Belfast Maskers offer a summer youth internship program for high school and college students. Interns gain hands-on…

CAMDEN — The Camden Public Library has been chosen by Hannaford's as the next beneficiary of the "Hannaford Helps" Reusable Bag program.…

ROCKPORT — Ashwood Waldorf School is hosting a new documentary film at the Rockport Opera House Thursday, April 14, at 5 p.m. The film…

GORHAM — On Saturday, March 26, the Belfast Area High School Science Olympiad Team traveled to the University of Southern Maine in Gorham…

Can anyone resist whipped cream? I can’t. I once asked my mother for a whipped cream pie instead of a birthday cake. A pie shell filled with whipped cream.

I grew up during a time before…

THOMASTON — The famous musical story of River City and its inhabitants hasn't been on the Watts Hall stage for 25 years so Watts Hall…

UNION — The Vose Library has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the Rose and Samuel Rudman Library Trust. The Maine Community Foundation,…

CAMDEN — At 10 a.m. Friday, April 8 in the Camden-Rockport Middle School cafeteria, Masons from the Rockport Masonic Center will pull the…

CAMDEN — Here are some of the events planned by the Pen Bay Medical center at Quarry Hill and at the Midcoast Recreation Center.…

ROCKLAND — Alexander Shaw of Renew Rockland will be on WRFR and at an Old School dinner symposium this Friday, April 8. The live broadcast…

SOUTH THOMASTON — The Kelpie Gallery has begun accepting artist submissions for 'Wet Paint on the Weskeag', the third annual juried wet…

BELFAST — The evolution of the photographic snapshot: 1888-2015 will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for…

ROCKLAND — Children ages eight and up are invited to learn how to make a camera out of everyday materials and develop their own pictures in…

OWLS HEAD — Sometimes Eliot Scott turns up the Grateful Dead as he patiently glues barely-visible fibers and microscopic parts to models of military vessels. Other times, he listens to the…