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Culture

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Waldoboro Pride helps close out Pride Month with June 28 events
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Waterfall Arts exhibits 'Press Play' featuring Tara Morin, Tori Marsh, Tom Jessen

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Bay Chamber presents its 65th summer concert season

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Open reception for “Life's Reflections through Nature and Watercolors” by Linden O’Ryan
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Teen Writing Workshop at Rockland library

Art

  • Submissions open for Sixth annual Great Art for Great Reads Art Show
  • Petit Rex miniature parade makes big splash in Belfast
  • Camden-Rockport Middle School students hang artwork in downtown Camden to spark interest and change
  • Waldoboro library’s 6th annual Great Art for Great Reads Art Show, auction seeks submissions
  • Young artist gives back to MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital’s Family Birth Center
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Dining Out

  • Scullery Made, a new deli/cafe anchors in Searsport
  • Culinary Arts students serve four-course meal for Waldo County Hospice Volunteers
  • Dayboat Cafe opens in Waldoboro as a community hub and marketplace
  • Annual Belfast Ice Festival underway this weekend, Feb. 27 - March 1
  • What's in that cocktail? 8 Bells in Camden has Irish whiskey cocktail just in time for St. Paddy's Day
  • New tacqueria Salsa Shack spices up Bucksport this winter
  • Munchies in Maine, a new restaurant review duo, digs in for the best eats
  • New roast beef pop-up, Roasty's, takes over Main Street Markets' kitchen in Rockland
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Film and Theater

  • Points North at Strand Theatre screens three new documentary
  • The Prism Project, OUT Maine to premiere original theater performance in Waldoboro
  • Frederick Wiseman's 'Belfast, Maine', to be screened May 23; panel discussion follows on May 26
  • Maine filmmaker's mockumentary 'Canoe Dig It' spoofs the high-stakes world of canoe dancing
  • Strand Theatre introduces new audio technology in partnership with local audiologist
  • MidCoast Shakespeare Studio announces cast for "(Lady) Macbeth"
  • Belfast grad's short film to screen at Nickelodeon Cinemas in Portland
  • Belfast Maskers presents “A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar)”
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Lectures and Conferences

250th Anniversary of an American Revolution debate to be highlighted at Chapman-Hall House
Pascal Hall Authors Series announces 2026 schedule
Camden Rotary to hear about the growing risk of bank fraud during March 31 meeting
Portland Public Library presents The Camden Conference Community Events Series
Local DAR’s November activities focus on Veterans and Active Duty
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Literature

'Adopt a Summer Reading Pet' program at Rockland Public Library
Owls Head 'Here Comes the Bus' children (now 70-ish!) gather for laughter, a few songs, and remembrance of the old days with Bud Wood
Millay House Rockland announces Vincent Poetry Prize
New StoryWalk story at Belfast City Park
Dawn Potter appointed as Maine’s next Poet Laureate
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Music

  • Salt Bay Chamberfest awarded $45,000 grant by National Endowment for the Arts
  • Penobscot Bay Orchestra Youth Chamber Music Program, July 13–31
  • Celtic juggernaut Gaelic Storm concert June 11
  • Suzy Bogguss on stage May 30
  • Quebec trad folk band Traverse May 28
  • Andrew Duhon in concert May 23
  • Bay Chamber accepts applications for two music programs
  • Penobscot Bay Orchestra accepting applications for scholarship
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Bubble Party Kickoff to Carver Memorial Library summer reading
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'Painting thru the seasons...I try to grab the moment'
Work by Mary Ann Heinzen exhibits at Red Barn Gallery
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Mary Ann Heinzen will be a guest artist at this season’s opening exhibition of the Red Barn Gallery, from June 25 thru July 20, with a reception on June 26, from 4 to 7 p.m.

“Working primarily in watercolor, on location, here in coastal Maine, much of my work in this exhibit will be plein air," said Heinzen.
"Painting thru the seasons, when the weather cooperates, I try to grab the moment, to make a strong visual statement.”

 

'ALZ Fired Up!'
"The impact of Alzeimer's and Dementia in Our Community" talk in Lincolnville
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Join Lincolnville Historical Society, Thursday, June 25, at 6:30 p.m., at 33 Beach Road, in Lincolnville, for "The impact of Alzeimer's and Dementia in Our Community."

Learn about the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's, the 10 warning signs, importance of early detection, new advances in research and therapies, what the Alzheimer's Association does, and how to get involved.

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Inaugural First Responders Weekend at Transportation Museum
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The Owls Head Transportation Museum will host its inaugural First Responders Weekend on June 27-28, 2026, bringing together emergency service organizations, historic apparatus, modern response equipment, educational exhibits, and family activities to celebrate the individuals who help keep Maine communities safe.

Activities will take place throughout the museum grounds from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., both days, and are included with regular museum admission. Active First Responders and museum members will receive free admission to the event with a valid ID. 

Anni and the Rainmakers to perform lawn concert at Rockland library
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Anni and the Rainmakers will perform in a lawn concert, Thursday, June 25, at 6 p.m., at the Rockland Public Library.

Giant book sale, free informal appraisal event at Belfast library
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The Friends of the Belfast Free Library is sponsoring a giant book sale and free informal appraisal clinic, Saturday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, in Belfast.

Bruce Makin, a rare book auction professional will discuss the significance and possible value of your rare and collectible books.

"Any informal appraisal is an opinion only, not suitable for insurance or estate purposes," said a Friends of the library news release.

 

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Maine dance company brings Cambodian dance to Rockland as part of Strand’s Sunshine Series
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ROCKLAND — Khmer Maine Dance Co., a youth performance ensemble dedicated to preserving and sharing the art of classical Cambodian dance, will bring a family-friendly performance to the Safe Harbor Gazebo, 60 Ocean St., in Rockland, on Wednesday, July 8, at 10:30 a.m. As part of the Strand Theatre’s Family Sunshine Series, admission is on a $0-20 sliding scale.  

'our climate and our democracy, both melting down'
'Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun' lecture by author Bill McKibben
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On Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m., author Bill McKibben will present a lecture entitled “Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun” in the sanctuary at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden.

Drawing from his bestselling book, Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben will speak about our climate and our democracy, both melting down.

Rockport Masonic Center weekly lawn concerts in 2026
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The air around Simonton Corner will again be filled with music, beginning June 17, from 6 to 7 p.m., and every Wednesday evening through September 9, according to the Rockport Masonic Center, in a news release.

The events are FREE to the public with pass the hat donations taken for the band.

"You are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy the summer nights and music with friends and family," said the Masons.

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Halcyon String Quartet brings 'The Future is Here' with Alisa Amador to Strand stage
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Halcyon String Quartet will perform “The Future is Here,” a multi-media performance featuring Alisa Amdador, on Tuesday, July 7, at 7:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. Tickets are available on a sliding scale of $5 - 25. 

What does our world look like when the climate crisis is no longer a problem we will deal with in the future, but a problem we are solving in the present?

Camden Rotary announces July 4 Music by the Sea bands
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The Camden Rotary Club’s annual Music by the Sea celebration will bring four free concerts to Camden Village Green and the Library Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 4.

The music will run from noon to 7:30 p.m., "leaving time to grab dinner before fireworks light up the skies at 9 p.m.," said the Rotary, in a news release.

Concertgoers may bring picnic blankets and beach chairs to the Amphitheatre. Free water and popcorn will be available, and the club will welcome voluntary donations to support local food banks.

Benefit dinner for Katherine Paige and Wayne Woodbury
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A benefit dinner for Katherine Paige and Wayne Woodbury will be held June 28, from 2 - 6 p.m., at the Belmont Town Office.

Hiroya Tsukamoto to perform free concert at Blue Café
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250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
Folded Star wall hanging craft for adults, teens at Belfast library
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Work with Jane McLean at the Belfast Free Library to create a wall hanging using red, white and blue paper in the traditional Folded Star quilt design in celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

Two programs: one for adults on Tuesday, June 23, from 2 - 4 p.m., and one for teens ages 11-17, on Thursday, June 25, from 2 - 4 p.m.

Both events by registration only at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street, Belfast. 

Watts Hall Community Players to perform musical “Annie”
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Watts Hall Community Players is well over halfway through rehearsals for the well-loved musical “Annie” to go up the last weekend in June, according to the theater group, in a news release. They’re having fun with a large cast ages 6 and older practicing under the stage direction of Lois Pernice, musical direction of Sean Fleming, and with local Maeve Schick McPherson premiering in her first Community Players show as the title role of Annie. 

Paul Doiron book signing of 'Storm Tide' in Belfast
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Paul Doiron, internationally acclaimed author of the Mike Bowditch series of mysteries set in Maine, will be at Left Bank Books in Belfast on Tuesday, June 30, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., to celebrate that day’s release of Storm Tide, his sixteenth book in the series. No reservations are required for this event— Doiron will be at the shop’s center table to meet and greet his fans and sign copies of all his books.

My Family’s War, 1933-1946
Author Barbara Kent Lawrence to speak on recent book 'Both Sides of the Pond' in Camden, June 11
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Celebrate summer with English Country Dance
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BELFAST — "On Sunday, June 14, Belfast Flying Shoes presents an English country dance with one of the nation’s most sought-after dance leaders, Joanna Reiner Wilkinson, of Philadelphia," said Flying Shoes, in a news release.

Wilkinson will call the dances to live music by Jessie Boardman on violin and Daniel Raine on guitar and cittern.

Join the fun from 6 - 9 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church, 37 Miller St., in Belfast. Admission is $15-25, and includes "punch & crunch," according to Flying Shoes.

Country Tea and Tours at Andrew Robinson Homestead, June 13
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The St. George Historical Society presents Country Tea and Tours, Saturday, June 13, 2026, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Andrew Robinson Homestead, 945 River Road, St. George.

Tea and treats served throughout the day Harpist Alexander Bigney will be on site providing live music. Homestead and barn open for tours.

Free admission. Donations appreciated.

The Andrew Robinson Homestead is owned by the St. George Historical Society and maintained entirely by volunteers, according to a news release.

Gibbs Library 2026 Summer Art Show exhibits 'Displacement: Immigrant Portraits'
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Gibbs Library's Summer art show will be "Displacement: Immigrant Portraits" by Waldoboro artist Jean Kigel. A reception with light refreshments will be held Sunday, July 19, from 2 to 4 p.m.

"These moving watercolor paintings have comprised a topical traveling art show, which will have our library as its summer home," said the Library, in a news release.

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