Getting ready for the season of holidays and hunkering means giving and sharing. The best gifts are the ones that come from the heart,…
Culture
When poet Dave Morrison was diagnosed with tonsillar cancer, he reacted the only way he knew how; by writing poems.
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FRIDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
Friday Night Films are open…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, was recently selected as a beneficiary of the “…
CAMDEN — The Camden Lions Club will host a dinner and presentation Tuesday, Nov. 3 featuring Randy Pierce, the Lions Club President in…
Selections from Bruce Brown photography collection
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Camden Public Library
Here is the schedule of events from the Camden Public Library for the weeks of Nov. 5-19.
Thursday, November 5
Camden Library Coffeehouse features Will Brown and…
Transformations
I need to tell you something. It's thoughts I have had for many years. To experience a season such as this, right now in Maine, is one of my greatest adventures — ever. I LOVE FALL! A window view…
Updated with new listings, time changes
The Midcoast is getting an early start on the Witching Hour and we have combed every cool event going on we could find to bring you a comprehensive rundown of Halloween-themed events. We've color-…
DaPonte String Quartet
The DaPonte String Quartet will move to new venues in Brunswick and Portland while returning to familiar ones in Damariscotta, Boothbay…
ROCKPORT — It's time for another barn event at Barnswallow Books in Rockport on Halloween featuring bluegrass band Miners Creek…
PechaKucha Night
CAMDEN — PechaKucha, which assembles creative minds for unique visual storytelling, continues Friday, Nov. 13, at the Camden Opera House,…
No regrets, it’s time for another chapter
CAMDEN — Ken and Del Paquin, owners of Atlantica, sat in the Captain’s Nook upstairs at their restaurant. They took a deep breath and reflected on 16 years of business on Bayview Landing. Ken…
Derbytante Ball, Temp Tales party; Mexican pop up dinner and Portland food & wine road trip
The Itching Hour is upon us—that is, if you’re itching to do something fun this weekend and saving up your hella Halloween energy for next weekend. Check out the line up!
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Back To The Future film still delights crowds after 30 years
ROCKLAND — Gotta hand it to the Strand Theatre for going big last night. A few hours before the anticipated screening of Back To The Future on Oct 21, 2015, a rented DeLorean came off a…
Poetry
At the Landing Gallery, a poem for Dorothy Simpson Krause and Merike van Zanten
The passion of leaves
coats the walls of tunnels
guarded by heavily barred windows…
Camden Conference free community events program for November...
The Camden Conference free community events program continues its monthly discussion series offering participants an opportunity to explore some key issues of the vast African continent — all in…
Library provides even more ways to explore the universe
ROCKLAND — Oh, the mighty Rockland library card. No longer does whipping out a card in times of uncertainty limit a patron to reading of solutions in texts, tomes, and tabloids.…
Pilot Distractions
Back To The Future, the highest grossing movie of 1985, will always be one of my favorite films because in 1985, I was just a couple of years younger than Marty McFly, Michael J. Fox’s…
Annual home-built haunted house theme this year is ‘Face Your Fears’
NEW HARBOR — Raised by a single mom, April Morrison and her older brother, Michael Morrison, didn’t have a lot of extras growing up, but they had a lot of fun. The youngest daughter and son of…
MaineCoast.TV and WRFR
On Monday, Oct. 17, the Chris Wolf Show will host Maine's internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. The show will be broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and…
The Lincolnville Community Library will host an open house and anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 17, 1 to 4 p.m. The event…
Mussels and beer, oysters and beer, wine and beer, oh..and some home movies and scary things
Three of this weekend’s events coming up were so cool I had to write more of an in-depth article about them. Despite the cooling temps, this is one excellent weekend for the foodies, the beer…
Thursday, October 15
Midcoast Audubon Society hosts local bat enthusiast Annie Kassler with an update on…
Waterfall Arts has issued a call for work for the annual Handmade Show and is looking for makers of unique, quirky, upcycled…
You may have a favorite National Park, but which is your favorite National Wildlife Refuge? This year, take virtual tours of National…
The Sept. 23 Chris Wolf chat with Leonard Lookner, a Camden Select Board member, was lively, honest and meaningful. I…
Listen to Simons and Goodwin at the Rockland Public Library on Tuesday, October 20 at 6 p.m.
Simons and Goodwin got their beginning back in the 1960s when they met while performing in the…
Mid-Coast School of Technology Adult Education offers two beading classes…
‘Music breaks down barriers, helps people connect’
ROCKLAND — Midcoast Music Academy recently received a $50,000 Community…
ROCKLAND — On Wednesday, Oct. 21, Bay Chamber Concerts, in partnership with the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, will present the Spectrum Ensemble for the first concert of the season in the…
PORT CLYDE — From Sept. 26 to 27, 17 junior high school students and three adult leaders participated in a two-day leadership training through Trekkers, an outdoor-based mentoring program that…
Waterfall Arts...
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts announces a call for work for the annual Handmade Show. They are looking for makers of unique, quirky, upcycled artwork and handmade gifts with an unconventional but…
ROCKLAND — Kickstarter-funded food truck 'Wich Please is becoming roomies with Comida, a downtown Rockland restaurant with a Spanish flare. Using a symbiosis strategy, 'Wich Please will operate…
Fall fests galore: Swine & Stein; Belfast Farm & Art; Hope Orchards; Open Creamery Day and more
A warming trend over much of the U.S. for the next week or so should be making you giddy, especially since there are so many outdoor fall events happening this weekend, including pig and beer,…
The PechaKucha presenter talks about three pieces that were the most fun to make
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”-Rumi..... Virginia “Ginny” Blanchard was one of the Midcoast…
A new shipment of 12 by 12-inch canvas squares has just arrived at 1 Townsend Avenue, Boothbay Harbor. This is the “green light” for all regional artists to obtain just the thing needed to create…
Artists Jill Caldwell and Stefanie Mojonnier turn their workspace into a gallery for one night
THOMASTON — Within a nondescript, low slung building next to Flagship Theater, festive balloons decorate the Midcoast Collaborative sign; otherwise, it’s easy to miss…
HELP BUILD PARADE PUPPET FOR FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL PARADE
ROCKLAND — Beginning on Oct. 12, in conjunction with the museum’s Annual Fall Family Festival, the Farnsworth Art Museum will host a week long mask and puppet-making workshop. Taught by Nance…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Maine artists are invited to enter their “personal best” for inclusion in ARTinME, Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) sixth annual juried fine-art exhibit that runs Oct. 17 to Nov. 9. The…
Now living in Portland, African master drummer Namory Keita plays for Midcoast kids
He was only here in the Midcoast for a weekend, and gone in a blip, but Penobscot Bay Pilot got a clip of master drummer Namory Keita in action with a booming percussive arrangement on the dunduns…
GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST AND MAINE PRESERVATION HELP SAVE ARTISTS HOME AND WORKS
CUSHING — Art lovers and fans of Bernard "Blackie" Langlais look forward to the formal opening of the Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing in 2016. The premier stop on the Langlais Art Trail,…
New traveling restaurant The Salty Soup Kitchen makes its debut
On Saturday night, October 3, The Salty Soup Kitchen turned a private barn in West Rockport into a random gathering, serving up locally sourced (and totally delicious) Mexican food.…
Conway House and Museum played host to festivities
ROCKPORT — The Camden-Rockport Historical Society held its Harvest Fest on Sunday to wrap up its season. Held from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the festival showcased the Conway House Farm, which dates…
Transformations
We humans are social creatures; however, it's also true that, to the bewilderment of the chronically social, some of us quite like solitude. Still, even those of us who are fine spending time with…
MOZART, SHOSTAKOVICH AND SCHULHOFF ON PROGRAM
The DaPonte String Quartet announces its Winter Series I: Enemies of the State. They play five concerts in southern and Midcoast Maine at various venues. Below are the dates in November…
TALKS, READINGS, SOUP, AND TRICK OR TREAT
UNION — The Vose Library in Union is sponsoring a wide variety of events this October; from author readings, art shows, informative talks and treats for ghosts and goblins! See listings below for…
“What’s In That Cocktail?”
LINCOLNVILLE—When September’s temperatures are high enough to wear a T-shirt, but not warm enough to go swimming, MaryAnn Mercier, co-owner of Youngtown Inn in Lincolnville lights the first fire…
INTEGRATE ART PROJECTS INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
ROCKPORT — The Maine Arts Commission has awarded the Center for Maine Contemporary Art funding of $2300 for its in school program. The Davis Family Foundation gave an additional $10,000 for the…
