Maine has been all over the news this past week in response to Governor LePage’s comment that out-of-state drug dealers named "D-Money, Smoothie, Shifty" have come here to sell drugs and "…
Culture
Bloggers bite back while Twitter’s “Smoothie” sharply parodies
Do you hear those clicking sounds?
That's the sound of cameras “shuttering” across the state, capturing images for the 11th Annual Maine Photography Show (MPS), the state's premier juried…
Q & A with Jamilah Gordon, SparkME’s founder
Jamilah Gregory knows how to throw a party. Having recently returned to Maine with her husband and child, she launched her event planning business, JBG Events, and decided to put together a…
Rockland, Thomaston libraries host free sessions in new form of stress relief
Who’d have thought that coloring books geared toward adults would be the hottest thing this winter? The New York Post recently ran a piece on the trend, reporting that more than 2,000…
The 5th annual Chili & Chowder Cookoff takes place Jan. 17 at Trackside
ROCKLAND — More than five years ago, firefighter Carl Anderson thought there might be a more inspiring way for Rockland Professional Firefighters Local 1584 to do their annual fundraiser for the…
The deadline for submitting an original musical composition to the Bagaduce Music Lending Library’s 20th annual Young Composers’…
And.....we’re back! With the holidays falling on the last two weekends, there wasn’t much going on, but now, it’s a new year, and here’s what we’ve got rolling the first week of 2016.
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Jan. 9 is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day...
ROCKLAND — National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is Saturday, Jan. 9, and the three properties of The Historic Inns of Rockland are jumping on the…
Students spend a week with host families, doing typical American things
CAMDEN — In a tradition going back almost 20 years, the Camden-Rockport Middle School has participated in a cultural exchange program with sister schools in Aomori Prefecture in Hirakawa,…
Maine’s premier juried exhibit for photography is now accepting entries. Open to all Maine residents, including those part-timers who have summer addresses, submissions can be completed on line at…
A review of Blame! from a tween perspective
Blame is a sci-fi and mech ( mechanical ) manga by Tsutomu Nihie, a famous sci-fi mangaka ( a manga author and artist). Blame is one of his…
A deeper look into one of 250 portraits artist Ken Foster did in 2015
In 2015, Sketch Artist Ken Foster started a project to draw or paint 250 portraits of friends, colleagues and acquaintances he’d met over the years and title it The Portrait Project. Here…
Transformations
Joy in Power! Like the day I finished Apple Painting, after having struggled over the "fiddly" bits—the precise shadows on the window mullions that indicated the location of the moon as…
Midcoast residents were saddened this week with the passing of composer John Duffy, who once lived above the Bay View Street, Camden, bookstore ABCD Books. The renowned American…
a.k.a. the 'I will not be lame this year' guide to the Midcoast
Here is the New Year's Eve rundown and where to go to find every type of entertainment to put you in the mood.
Belfast
New…
Meanwhile in Belfast deconstructs the Eggnog Winter Sherry Flip
Got Nog? The wood-fired pizza restaurant Meanwhile In Belfast sure does. They’ve created a rum and sherry-infused homemade eggnog recipe for the holidays that will knock an elf of the shelf.
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A rundown of where to go if you don’t feel like staying home
The uptick of Christmas music, movies and holiday stories this week would have you believe everyone in the world will be home on Dec. 24-25 celebrating with family. But what if you don’t celebrate…
Lincolnville United Christian Church hosts Group’s 25th Annual Tour
LINCOLNVILLE – The Mount View Chamber Singers presented their 25th annual Carols in the Round on Sunday, December 20, at the Lincolnville United Christian Church. The acappella group…
Hail To The Rad Kids
Some find their “zone” in the arts or music. For figure skater Willow Grinnell, the moment she steps on the ice is when she feels she’s most creative. “I like to take a couple of laps around the…
MWPA Executive Director Joshua Bodwell’s list of Best and Overlooked Books in 2015
One day in 2009, while waiting for his partner to get ready so they could go to a holiday party, Joshua Bodwell, Maine Writer’s and Publisher’s Alliance executive director, was just idly thumbing…
Star Wars, The Force Awakens premiered Thursday
THOMASTON — The force was strong in Thomaston at the Flagship Cinemas Thursday night as the much anticipated opening of Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Episode VII premiered with four shows…
Music mania: Alternative, Americana, rock and roll, Scottish, Cuban salsa and Star Wars!
It’s all about the music this weekend. And what a smorgasbord! Alternative, Americana, rock and roll, Scottish, Cuban salsa and dun dun de dun, the theme song to Star Wars: The Force Awakens…
Lincolnville’s annual Community Christmas show played to a packed library
LINCOLNVILLE—The Lincolnville Community library celebrated the holiday season on Wednesday night December 16 with an array of storytellers, singers, musicians, and cookies.
Check out Phil…
Hail To The Rad Kids
There are dual sides to 18-year-old Matt Young and he knows it. There’s a playful, creative side that comes out in his art. And then there’s the kid who doesn’t plan on going to college, but…
PechaKucha presenter Rafi Baeza: “When I can introduce an element of magic in to a brand I know I’ve got something good.”
Behind the Slides, our ongoing feature, is where we meet up with an artist who presented at a PechaKucha event and find out the deeper story beneath the images they chose to portray.
Rafi…
ROCKPORT – The Camden Hills Regional High School Visual and Performance Art department has announced the November and December Students of…
A deeper look into one of 250 portraits artist Ken Foster did in 2015
In 2015, Sketch Artist Ken Foster started a project to draw or paint 250 portraits of friends, colleagues and acquaintances he’s met over the years and title it The Portrait Project. Here…
Camden Rotary Club news...
CAMDEN — Camden Rotary Club recently honored lifetime Camden resident and…
Select Board wants to place warrant before voters in Nov. 2016
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Select Board has selected members for its Library Ad Hoc Planning Committee and has directed them to begin gathering design information and cost estimates for a new library…
Short films, art & maker pop up, Save Rock City!, Electronic music and outdoor ice skating and beer
There’s some very cool stuff going on in Rockland this weekend and the hard part will be trying to choose which venue to go to. Or, you can hop in the car, go down to a just-opened outdoor skating…
December 12
The community is invited to a holiday open house at Barnswallow…
Mardi Gras comes to Winterfest
CAMDEN — The town of Camden is preparing for another sparkling and dazzling week of Winterfest activities. The week kicks off with…
Searsmont Historical Society and its valuable research tool
SEARSMONT—…
The 2nd annual 2016 Maine Short Film Festival kicks off at The Strand Dec. 11
ROCKLAND—Maine filmmakers are usually a quiet, under-the-radar bunch, but when the Maine and Film Video Association (MFVA) gets some of their best work together, the result…
‘The Tempest’ and ‘The Comedy of Errors’
CAMDEN — Camden Shakespeare Festival announces its third season with performances of The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors…
Friends of the Thomaston Public Library present its December Friday night film series. There will not be a movie…
