APPLETON — Appleton Library is exhibiting drawings of Hope Elephants' Rosie and Opal.
Local artists were invited by the late Jim Laurita to visit the elephant barn and spend time drawing and…
Culture
ROCKPORT — The Rockport Public Library will be celebrating National Poetry Month with various poetry readings from Maine poets and groups.
Poetry Reading April 2 …
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio is holding registration for MAS jr. Summer Youth Musical Theater Camp, July 13-24 at Troy Howard Middle School. Jason Bannister, artistic director of…
ROCKPORT — This past weekend, 18 schools competed for the State Championship, and the honor of representing Maine at the New…
BELFAST — Everyone loves a good story, yet too often, the best ones told disappear when when the storyteller passes on. On March…
Transformations
One day, as I was rummaging through a box of old photos, I came across a picture of a gentleman dressed in a formal, three-piece morning suit. Planning to appropriate its silver frame, I pulled…
BELFAST — The name of a new Midcoast eatery sounds like what you’d say in the middle of a good story, but it’s not one you’ll forget. Meanwhile in Belfast is the name of a wood-fired pizza place…
ROCKLAND — Each year, New Hope for Women partners with Deana's Educational Theater in an effort to bring live, theatrical productions to students at least once during their elementary years,…
Thursday, March 26
The Meaning of Tea featuring a film screening and tea with director Scott Chamberlin Hoyt, 7 p.m., at the Camden Public Library. Hosted by the CRMS Japanese…
Hip and happening events in the Midcoast
We’re updating the Weekend Picks format, scrunching it down and providing a quick peek at not-to-miss events each weekend. Away we go!
Sweet…
Camden-Rockport Middle School presents two evenings of fun
CAMDEN — The Camden-Rockport Middle School will present its production of William Gleason’s “The Pink Panther Strikes Again,” Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, at the Camden Opera…
ROCKPORT — This week last year, persistent cold had all but frozen Tom Cox out of his sugarhouse. And although the sap had run for a day-and-a-half this week and allowed him to collect a few…
HOPE — For Sweet Tree Arts’ third annual Storytelling Slam on March 20, tellers are going to have to muster more fortitude than just getting up before an audience to tell a story —they’…
Get involved in the local arts community
BELFAST — Belfast Creative Coalition will be holding the following meetings for its three major programs: Belfast Arts, Calendar Sync, and Cultivate: Belfast Area Farm and Art Trail. The…
The Collective Bash was a sold-out success
ROCKLAND — With no sight of spring around the corner, the dreary winter white landscape of Maine was transformed into eye candy this past Saturday night when the Farnsworth Art Museum’s Collective…
The Mid-Coast School of Technology’s Hospitality program allows teens to run a World Café restaurant
ROCKLAND — On the day before St. Patrick’s Day, a group of 16 teenagers from Mid-Coast School of Technology were finishing up the prep work to serve Corned Beef and Cabbage, Shepherd’s Pie, Dublin…
ROCKLAND — Midcoast Music Academy is raising $15,280 in 45 days to spread music education in the Midcoast. Midcoast Music Academy (MCMA) is a community music school founded in January 2012 by…
Who’s dancing in Wayfinder School’s seventh annual extravaganza?
The seventh annual Dancing with Local Stars will be held on Friday, April 10, at the Camden Opera House. This popular event pairs Midcoast celebrities with professional dance instructors who take…
St. Patrick's Day falls on Tuesday this year, making for a super awkward Wednesday work day. Regardless, here is your rundown of all things Irish and happening around the Midcoast this St. Paddy'…
Thursday, March 19
Midcoast Audubon Society presents "Monitoring Winged Migrations in Acadia National Park," with Seth Benz, 7 p.m. at the Camden Public Library. National parks are natural…
The Collective BASH may be sold out, but there’s still high octane alternatives; Will Mallett and more!
The Collective BASH may be sold out, but there's still high octane alternatives; plus cardboard box races, Will Mallett and more!
Thursday, March 12…
Transformations
The demons are struggling to pull me back. They are short demons with bowed legs and arms reaching to the floor. They have large hands with long fingers and fingernails that scratch on the floor…
The 40th Maine Fishermen’s Forum hosted master classes from four seasoned chefs this past weekend
ROCKPORT—While whipping up a smoked lobster and seaweed salad for the audience during a master class held at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum over the weekend, executive chef Barton Seaver made some…
Brooklyn-based funk band Red Baraat will be the entertainment right off their international tour
ROCKLAND — On Saturday, March 14, the Farnsworth Art Museum’s [Collective] membership group will host its fourth annual BASH. David Troup, the museum’s Communications Officer said: “Annie Brown,…
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts holds its annual fundraiser party, this year titled ‘Spring Fling Music Thing’ Friday, March 20 (first day of Spring) from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p…
Friends of the Thomaston Public Library's Hallway Bookshop
THOMASTON — Spring into mud season with a stack of good reads. Through the month of March, all books in The Friends of TPL's Hallway Bookshop — large or small, paperback or hardback — are on sale…
LINCOLNVILLE — Stained glass artist Janet Redfield ahs created two large windows for the new Augusta Judicial Center, which will open to the public this month. The windows depict a river with its…
Thursday, March 12
Peter Pfeiffer, author of Hard Chance: Tree Farming in Troubled Times, tells about becoming an independent tree farmer in northern Maine, including a history of…
ROCKPORT — The CHRHS Jazz Band, under the direction of Nancy Rowe, earned a "Superior" rating at the District III Jazz Festival held at Brunswick High School on Wednesday, Feb. 25.
A "…
Personal historian Meghan Vigeant gets people to artfully air their dirty laundry
Welcome to our ongoing feature Behind the Slides, where we meet up with a presenter at PechaKucha Night and find out the deeper story beneath the images…
Maine Drama Festival this weekend
ROCKLAND — The annual Maine Drama Festival is this weekend (March 6-7). Results should be sent out by noon on Sunday, March 8.
This information and more is available on the Maine Drama…
Her body of work is legendary, as are the number of bodies — and body parts — it contains.
Her name: Tess Gerritsen, author of 26 novels of medical and crime thrillers and romantic suspense…
Foodieheaven! - Maine Restaurant Week, Seafood demo, Chili/Chowder Cookoff, BBQ Extravaganza
It’s a gastric-centered weekend from The Maine Fishermen’s Forum’s seafood master class demo to a Chili/Chowder Cookoff and BBQ extravaganza. And the…
Rehearsals begin April 9
CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) announces the formation of a youth chorus and invites all kids ages 12 and up to join their voices together to create change.
Based on the MCC model…
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library is partnering with OUT As I Want To Be to host Youth Story Hour, a new reading group for teens beginning Monday, March 16, 4 p.m.- 5 p.m., in the mural issue.…
Submit ideas for a Belfast bench
BELFAST — When summer rolls around in Belfast, new decorations will adorn the sidewalks and parks. Will they tickle a fancy or pique a curiosity?
Our Town Belfast Design Committee is looking…
From Quench Metalworks, now a bricks and mortar store in Belfast
BELFAST — With wedding season just around the corner, artist Jennifer Lisa, designer of eclectic jewelry called Quench Metalworks, decided to put a new spin on the old adage “Something borrowed…
Rockland Shorts: An International Short Film Series will be shown March 6
ROCKLAND — Shorts in winter, it’s what we all look forward to this time of year. The Farnsworth Art Museum and the Strand Theatre are screening the first of the 2015 international short film…
CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC) is now offering classes in music literacy and voice to the general public. The new semester will begin Tuesday, March 10 at the Congregational Church in…
ROCKLAND — Crafting is the key to March in the children's room of the Rockland Public Library.
All month there are planned special events to bring out creativity.
Beginning…
Thursday, March 5
The Camden Library Coffeehouse hosts singer-songwriter Nat Hussey, 7 p.m. Hussey now lives, works, and plays music on Matinicus. "A Maine native, I tell my story plus lots…
ROCKLAND — Tickets are now on sale for comedian Paula Poundstone's return engagement at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., on August 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Poundstone is known for her distinctive…
Transformations
It was 10:30 p.m. in the dead of winter. It was 3 degrees outside and the usual street noise was stifled by hour and snow. The snow was piled up against the living room windowed door, where my…
SEARSPORT — A huge walk-in camera is one of the many inter-active exhibits planned By Penobscot Marine Museum for this summer’s Exploring the Magic of…
BELFAST — Senior College at Belfast invites all Maine artists, 50 years of age and older, amateur and professional, to participate in the 2015 Festival of Art to be held at the University of Maine…
PechaKucha, swamp groove, free dance lessons, a Cuba Libre party and another Winterfest!
This weekend officially ushers in March and higher temps, so break out the T-shirts and shorts! Across the next four days, because we want all weekends to be four days long, enjoy some swamp…
ROCKLAND — Maggie Goes to Maine by Betsey Anderson (Maine Authors Publishing 2014) was the winner of the children's book category in the Dog Writers Association of America's 2014 Writing…
Poetry Month Rockland
ROCKLAND — Rockland Public Library and Poetry Month Rockland announce that the annual Poetry Month Rockland 2015 Poetry Contest in now open for submissions.
Participants are asked to send in…
Pilot Distractions
“I feel like in Maine you’ve just got to pronounce the words like you don’t give a sh** about them.” This comes from a West Coast…
