BELFAST — With nearly 80 percent of American kids owning smart phones these days, you’d think that taking a photo of oneself as an art experiment would be as mundane as flipping through TV…
Culture
Bridge Exhibit at Waterfall Arts connects teens with much needed art expression
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Grammy-winning pianist and composer Paul Sullivan returns to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor stage in on Saturday, July 25, with “... a combination of my familiar compositions from my various…
WHAT’S NEW AT THE STRAND
ROCKLAND
LIVE SHOWS:
Saturday, July 18 at 7 and 9 p.m.: Comedian Bob Marley
Back by popular demand for two shows! In addition to television appearances on Comedy…
EVERY HERO HAS A STORY
WARREN — Warren Free Public Library hosts it’s Summer 2015 Reading Program. All ages are welcome, and encouraged, to attend. The Warren Library summer reading program is a five week program which…
Hundreds join 2nd Annual St. George Tubing Flotilla
WARREN—The party that floats on! The 2nd annual St. George Tubing Flotilla, a random group of several hundred Midcoasters with floatation devices, got a spectacular 90-degree day on the St. George…
Patrisha McLean turns lens on island children
Camden photographer Patrisha McLean packed her camera bag five years ago and set out to explore three islands of Maine, to understand and chronicle the children who are raised on the…
Becoming best friends and falling in love
ROCKLAND — Rosalie Tibbetts and Dan Skidell tied the knot on stage at the North Atlantic Blues Festival just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The two met at the Blues Fest years prior,…
ROCKLAND — Young musicians of the Midcoast, participating in a week long rock and blues camp, swung a cool groove as they opened the North Atlantic Blues Festival Saturday…
BELFAST — Hundreds descended on Belfast’s Heritage Park July 11 and12 to peruse the fine arts and crafts presented at the 20th annual Arts in the Park festival.
The event, which…
Blues crawl, river tubing, free concert with wine, Moxie Fest and more!
The weather’s playing peek-a-boo with us this weekend, but it’s going to pan out and stay on the sunny side. The Blues Fest will be taking over Rockland this weekend and there’s plenty of free or…
Camden Public Library...
CAMDEN — The Midcoast Brass Quintet will return to Camden for a concert of classical, jazz and popular music on Thursday, July 9 at the Amphitheater next to the Camden Library.
The Midcoast…
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Two nationally-touring, Grammy-winning bluegrass groups will be coming to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor for a mini bluegrass festival. The Steep Canyon Rangers will heat up the house on…
Update: After technical difficulties, they are now officially open July 9 at 11 a.m.
ROCKLAND—After more than a year and a half of renovations to 435 Main Street, the highly anticipated opening of Main Street Markets has opened July 9.
Along with Good Tern Co-op and Terra…
Farnsworth museum official: ‘...single largest gift to this museum ever...’
ROCKLAND — The Farnsworth Art Museum announced Wednesday it has received a $3 million gift from the Wyeth Foundation of American Art in Wilmington, Del. The gift will go toward the museum's Andrew…
Based in Portland, Kennebunkport, and Bar Harbor, the Tour owner chose Rockland’s expanding food and cultural scene for its new base.
ROCKLAND—Ten years ago, negative Trip Advisor reviews were stating about Rockland: “There’s nothing to do here.”
Cut to the present, when Rockland has been named “Best Small Town for Food”…
Big Al’s Fireworks Outlet better be stocked up, because the Fourth of July falls on a Saturday night this year (and the weather looks good) so everybody is going to be looking for something to do…
All cool events that have nothing to do with July 4th!
Since all the fireworks are hogging the attention this weekend, we bring you a column on the most interesting things happening this weekend that have nothing to do with July 4!
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Opening day is July 2, 2015
ROCKLAND — “The people whose first instinct is to smile when you make eye contact with them are some of the Earth’s greatest treasures.”
Today is the grand reopening of The Oyster Bar at the…
The theatre is up for sale, but the owners ‘are taking their time’
BELFAST—For the last two years, Michael Hurley and Therese Bagnardi, owners of The Colonial Theatre, have been discussing their next career change, and in mid-June, they announced the colorful,…
THOMASTON — After 17 years as Trekkers' executive director, Don Carpenter has decided to step down. Carpenter has spent nearly 18 years at the helm of the organization, which was founded by his…
An afternoon of sheer indulgence with winning recipe: Cellardoor Smackdown Lamb Burger
LINCOLNVILLE — In the last few years, Cellardoor Winery has made a name for itself not just as a winery, but also as a party planner that pulls out all the stops. On the weekend of June 26-28, the…
Voice of Twenty celebrating 15th anniversary year
ROCKPORT — VoXX: Voice of Twenty, formerly known as Ave Maris Stella, the highly regarded a cappella vocal ensemble based in Midcoast Maine will be presenting music by Rachmaninoff, Byrd, Grieg,…
ROCKPORT — New Work by Faculty, an exhibition of furniture, turned objects, carving and sculpture in wood, has opened for the summer at the Messler Gallery of the Center for…
It’s a foodie paradise with Maine Fare, Cellardoor Winery’s Smack Down, a Chowda Challenge and Noshbow Food Fest in Portland
The big thing this weekend is about stuffing your face. Maine Fare is the place to be along with Cellardoor Winery’s Smack Down. Don’t forget the Chowda Challenge and Portland’s Noshbow Fest as…
Elizabeth De Wolfe uncovers a 121-year-old scandal in her latest talk
The year was 1894. In Washington, a U.S. Congressman was cheating on his wife with a woman 30 years younger than him. Not that that’s really news today, but back then, the mistress, Madeline…
Union's Founders Day Celebrations...
Due to the overwhelming popularity of the planned Come Spring Bus Tour during Union's Founders Day celebrations, a second bus has been scheduled to depart from Old Town House on Town House Road on…
When then 20-year-old Keith Wass took over his ex-wife’s uncle’s hot dog stand in Rockland in 1972, he was studying psychology in college.
The owner of the newest branch of Wasses Hot Dogs…
Art Space Gallery will host an opening reception on Friday, July 3 from 5 to 8 p.m.
This reception will feature four member artists in the front room: photographer Lori Davis, potter Bunny…
CAMDEN — The Camden Falls Gallery opens the summer season with a show featuring two of the gallery’s most popular marine artists. Both masterful oil painters, Todd Bonita and Kirk McBride share a…
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Paul Sacaridiz is Haystack Mountain School of Crafts’ new director. He will begin his tenure at the Deer Isle school in September.
"There are few places like Haystack, and those who have…
“Elegant.” That was a word that kept making its way into a conversation during an event at The World is Mine Oyster in Boothbay Harbor one recent June evening.
Chef Stephen Richards, the…
CAMDEN — The first thing you need to know about J. E. Moores’ latest self-published book, Snotgrass, is yes, that is his mother and her foot-and-a-half-high Marge Simpson bouffant on the…
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Boothbay Region Fellowship is sponsoring young gospel pianist Timothy Noble in a free community performance at the Opera House on Thursday, July 2 at 7…
Cyr’s exhibition ‘Becoming Nomads’ is on display at CMCA in Rockland through July 5
ROCKLAND — As a kid, Maine native Kevin Cyr would go camping with his parents and older brothers every summer in a 1977 fiberglass pop-up Apache. Living in Madawaska, the northern most town in…
Belfast Maskers and Marsh River Theater have joined forces for On Broadway, a touring show of songs from the heart of the American theater. Included are selections from West Side…
ROCKLAND — The Center for Maine Contemporary Art continues its summer 2015 lineup of gallery talks Wednesday, June 24, at 5:30 p.m. at this summer’s…
ROCKPORT — Maine Coast Heritage Trust seeks artists to submit pieces for the annual Art Show and Sale, to be held Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the historic farmhouse of Aldermere…
CAMDEN — The Camden Downtown Business Group and the Camden Public Library are collaborating once again in offering walking tours of downtown Camden…
CAMDEN — The library will host the following events through July 9:
Friday, June 26
Free Walking Tours resume for the summer, every Friday at 4:00 pm, starting at the…
SEARSPORT — Historic images from Penobscot Marine Museum's collection of more than 140,000 photographs will be available at the Maine 2015 Antique Paper Show Saturday, June 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 3…
BELFAST — The Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, a statewide competition, is happening again this year in conjunction with the 11th annual Belfast Poetry Festival, to be held Oct. 16 and 17. Maine…
Outdoor solstice events; Wine on the Waterfront; crazy music and of course...wife carrying!
Saturday is when all the action is happening this weekend and luckily we're looking at an amazingly perfect 70-degree day. Thanks Mother Nature! Kick off the longest weekend of the summer with…
ROCKLAND— Café Miranda’s Kerry Altiero has been selected Best Chef by Down East Magazine in their annual Best of Maine issue for 2015. The Best of…
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School has announced its summer concert season for 2015, the nonprofit organization's 55th year of presenting top-tier classical, jazz and world music…
ROCKLAND — The Audience will be presented as a special encore broadcast from London's National Theatre Tuesday, June 30, at 2 and 7 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St.
Helen…
BELFAST — In concert with Maine Fare Friday and Saturday, June 26 and 27, Maine Farmland Trust has organized a number of art-full events throughout the city…
Penobscot Bay Pilot’s wayback machine
Does anybody know where this old store was and what store is now sitting at this location?
Out of several guesses, only one person got the actual date and situation of last week’…
TENANTS HARBOR — Jackson Memorial Library invites full- and part-time residents of Maine who create fine art to apply for exhibition of their works in the library. Preference is given to two-…
Mural will be featured outside Planet Toys
ROCKLAND — Knox county youth will collaborate with professional artists in the…
