The Edgecomb Historical Society annual meeting will be held on Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Town Hall. There will be a slide show, update on EHS projects and future events, and election of officers. Books and maps will be available for sale. All interested members and non-members are invited to attend.

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Film Office is launching a one-time Film in Maine Reimbursement grant program created to stimulate film and television production in Maine while supporting economic development and job creation. 

Festival passes and packages are now available for preorder at miff.org for the 29th Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), which will return to Waterville, Maine July 10–19.

Lincoln Theater is pleased to present a free screening of the documentary film “Observer,” playing Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m. Directed by Maine-based filmmaker Ian Cheney, “Observer” invites audiences to look more closely at the world around them through an unusual global experiment.

Are you passionate about the environment? Do you want to help do something for the planet? Do you love expressing yourself through  art—or willing to  try for the first time? The Boothbay Region Climate Action Team (BRCAT) wants your art. 

Maine is a very special place for artists. Its ragged coast and interior woods, fields, and mountains have long provided inspiration for creative expression. Maine Art Gallery (MAG) in Wiscasset has chosen to focus its 2026 exhibition season on the ways in which imaginative individuals respond to the natural world and to the state’s place in the sustainable agriculture movement. 

"EPiC" - (PG-13; 1 hour, 36 minutes) - Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in a new cinematic experience from visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. A mix of a documentary and concert film made using unused footage from “Elvis: That's the Way It Is,” the film of Elvis' legendary 1970 Summer Festival in Las Vegas and his road concert film from two years later, “Elvis on Tour,” that were found during the production of 2022's “Elvis.” Final showing Thursday, March 19 at 2 p.m.

A Blue Café performance by local favorite Alice Limoges will be at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1 at the Camden Opera House.

Take Two is a series from reporters and movie buffs Fritz Freudenberger and Isabelle Curtis to review entertainment options in the region. This month’s pick is 2001’s “Donnie Darko,” directed and written by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal in his breakout role. The Cinema Clubhouse will host a free showing at the Harbor Theater Sunday, March 29 at 6 p.m. 

"Wuthering Heights" 

Art lovers and history enthusiasts alike will have a rare opportunity to explore one of the most compelling rivalries in art history with Exhibition on Screen’s Turner and Constable, coming to the Lincoln Theater big screen Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20. Directed by David Bickerstaff, this new documentary celebrates the 250th anniversary of the births of J. M. W.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML) is excited to announce its Storybook Ball fundraiser will be held on Sunday, Aug.  2 at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club, themed to Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." Whimsical, romantic, and timeless, this enchanting comedy celebrates imagination, community, and the transformative power of love, the perfect inspiration for an unforgettable summer evening.

BRHS Drama took to the stage in regional Class B (schools with fewer than 500 students) competition at the Maine Drama Festival’s regional One Acts tournament held at Camden Hills Regional High School, Friday, March 6, with their hilarious production of Jonathan Rand’s “Check, Please!” with permission from Boiled Sweets, LLC. Senior Matthew Little and sophomore Olivia Carlson received All Festival Cast Acting Awards and the entire cast received a Special Commendation for Physical Comedy.

The acclaimed DaPonte String Quartet brings two masterworks of the string quartet repertoire to audiences in Maine and New Hampshire in an upcoming series of concerts featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2, and Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36.

Audiences will have the rare opportunity to journey through the entire Romantic era of classical music in the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) March concert, “Ambition and Destiny.”  The concert’s title reflects the ambition of the composers’ experimentation with new forms as well as the theme of fate embodied in Tchaikovsky’s passionate symphony.  

What do Oguquit Playhouse, Eartha, Damariscotta’s Norumbeg Oysters, Tucker Auto Musuem, Wild Blueberry Land, the Madawaska Festival, Nubble Point Lighthouse, Ellsworth Candlepin Bowling, Penobscot Narrows Observatory, and The Maine Solar System Model, have in common?

They are some of the historical, and culturally significant, attractions along Maine’s Route One, and they are the subjects of Bob Krist’s new film, "100 Years of Route One: A Centennial Roadtrip." The film is scheduled to air on PBS stations from Thursday, March 26 through Sunday, March 29 in various time slots.

Each generation, perhaps once a decade, bluegrass experiences a band or an artist that redefines and recenters the genre itself. Della Mae is one such band. Hear them at The Waldo Theatre Friday, March 27 in a 7:30 p.m. concert.

The Grammy-nominated string band was founded in 2010 and over the next decade and a half they’ve demonstrated to the roots music world, once and for all, that a band of all women is not, nor has ever been, a mere novelty.

Solas is lighting up stages across the globe as they celebrate three decades of pushing boundaries and honoring traditions in Irish music. And on Sunday, March 15 they will take the Waldo stage for a 7:30 p.m. concert.

Hailed by The Boston Globe as “the finest Celtic ensemble this country has ever produced,” and by The Wall Street Journal as “an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness,” Solas continues to captivate audiences with their spellbinding musicianship and genre-defying creativity.