Culture

Stretch your writing muscles and banish the winter blues with Writers’ Workshops at the Merry Barn. Kat Kassidy offers workshops for kids and teens, and Diana Mullins facilitates a six-session…

Join us on Friday, Dec. 29 at 5:30 p.m. for the next in our popular Family Read & Watch series. We'll be reading the action-packed, hilarious, and perfectly…

The Boothbay Harbor Opera House has been celebrating its 20th season with a full schedule of concerts featuring acclaimed artists and community events this year. The final performance of the…

The last train to the North Pole left the station at 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon (Dec. 17), after three weekends of sold out trains at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum. Santa received…

“Maestro” - (R; 2 hours, 9 minutes) - Nominated for four Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Drama. Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the…

“Maestro” -  (R; 2 hours, 9 minutes) - “Maestro” is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn…

Announcing the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor’s 2023 Gingerbread Spectacular award winners, drum roll, please ...

Most Spectacular -  Christmas Train Station, Carla…

Boothbay Region Y Arts performance

A classic Christmas tale came to life at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta in the first of two performances (Dec. 14-15) by the Boothbay Region Y Arts Youth Actors on Thursday, Dec. 14.

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Waldo Theatre
GA-20
GA-20 clearly is on to something big. It’s a movement, a new traditional blues revival. The dynamic, throwback blues…

Wednesday, Jan. 3

The menu at the Wiscasset Senior Center will be: vegetable noodle soup, garlic bread, salad, spaghetti and meatballs with brownies a la mode with chocolate sauce.…

Harbor Theater

There is something about seeing images on a huge screen is a darkened room full of people that takes you to places you simply can’t experience when watching TV. Some of my fondest family memories…

Join U.S. Army SSG (Ret.) Travis Mills, founder and president of the Travis Mills Foundation, for a signing of his new book, “Bounce Back: 12 Warrior Principles to Reclaim & Recalibrate Your…

Sixteen students at Southport Central School presented their Winter Concert, “Once Upon a Winter’s Tale ...” for a packed Southport Town Hall Wednesday evening, Dec. 12.

A story of Santa…

Emily Schmall, award-winning New York Times correspondent and co-author of the Times' recent groundbreaking series, Daughters of India, will be a featured speaker at the 2024 Camden…

Ukuleles for the Holidays

The Skidompha Strummers, the ukulele ensemble of Skidompha Public Library (184 Main St.) in downtown Damariscotta, will perform a free concert of familiar holiday songs in…

Harbor Theater

Hungry for some delicious movies? 

The lucky participants in the Harbor Theater Fall 2022 Food & Film series will long remember the delectable boeof bourguignon that accompanied “Julia…

Lincoln Theater
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the aspiring thespian in your life? Or have you always wanted to try your skills out on the stage? Well, you’re in luck because Lincoln Theater is…

On Thursday, Dec. 14 and Friday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m., the Y Arts Youth Actors will present “Rudolph, the Red-…

Lincoln County TV

Lincoln County Television invites the community to attend this Sunday’s 2 p.m. full-concert experience of “Yellow Brick Road, a Tribute to Elton John” at the Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta.…

The Waldo Theatre
The Waldo is excited to bring Adam Ezra Group to the stage this Saturday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. with special guest Hayley Reardon.
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Potluck dinner gatherings are a staple of small town Maine, while Christmas caroling with a group may be more a thing of the past. On Wednesday, Dec. 20, the historic Opera House in Boothbay…

Tuesday, Dec. 19

The Southport Memorial Library will host a Holiday Open House from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  There will be a children's story time and craft at 10 a.m., live piano music from 1…
Abbie Read

River Arts in Damariscotta invites artists to submit work for the upcoming juried show, “New Works.” This exhibition will showcase artists’ recent fresh and contemporary works. Pieces that have…

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Y Arts Presentation - Because of his shiny nose, Rudolph doesn’t feel like he belongs in Christmastown and sets off to find a place that accepts…

“The Holdovers” - ( R; 2 hours, 13 minutes) -  From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, “The Holdovers” follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep…

Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre returns to its roots as a beautiful movie house and community gathering place with a Free Family Film screening of “The Polar Express” on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 3 p.m.

To add…

Waldo Theatre

The Heather Pierson Trio brings their holiday 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' show to The…

What’s better than a night out with…
Press release

Maritime weather may be a seasonal concern for many Mainers, but for Rick Miller, it is a 24/7/365 passion. 

Miller, who recently stepped down as a dean of faculty/full professor of Marine…

Join us for Christmas at Norlands, at 90 this Saturday, Dec. 9! As always, we will have a variety of 19th century activities and attractions.

*Horse & Carriage rides * Cookie walk * …

The Downeast Brass Quintet will return to perform in the annual Holiday Concert, this year on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. at St. John’s/Meetinghouse (next to the Town…

Would you like some company and a great meal this Christmas?

The Boothbay American Legion Hall is now taking reservations for a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Serving on…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Ret Talbot is an award-winning independent journalist and writer who covers ocean issues and animals at the intersection of science and sustainability. 

Talbot lives on…

Harbor Theater

What could be more romantic that exploring Rome on the back of a Vespa driven by an incredibly handsome man? Throw in the fact that the beautiful young woman with her arms around the charming…

St.Cecilia Chamber Choir

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its annual Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. at the Bowdoin College Chapel, 14 Campus Road N. in Brunswick, and Sunday, Dec…

Boothbay Region Garden Club

Friday, Dec. 1, Boothbay Region Garden Club’s Holiday Festival was held for year two at St. Columba’s. The church parking lot was packed with cars when the festival opened at 10 a.m. 

“A Medieval Christmas: Hodei Chritus Natus Est” - Lincoln Theater is pleased to welcome The Boston Camerata live in concert. “A power beyond words, elevating your heart with the…

Come hear local favorites Boogie2Shooz this Friday, Dec. 8 and support the…

What began in 2007 as a way to involve the Boothbay community in a bit of gingerbread house building fun has grown into a three-day exhibit of enormously creative confectionery constructions being…

Join us for our first Wednesday open captioned (OCAP) matinee of the season:  “The Holiday” - (2006; PG13 - 2 hours, 16 minutes) -  Two women, one from the United States and one…

I love a mystery!

Hard to believe now, but It was way back in 2017 when the “I love a mystery column” first started.  The response from locals and online readers…

Wednesday, Dec. 20

Menu: Black bean soup, rolls, salad, roast beef, mashed potato with gravy, green beans, mocha chocolate cake. 4:30-7:30 p.m. $10/members/$12 non-members. Additional…

A lot of people put their cameras away when the sun sets because shooting after dark can be challenging and the results can be disappointing. With the holiday lights upon us, you can make some…

Singer-songwriter Tim Winchester will perform at the Merry Barn (417 River Road, Edgecomb) on Saturday…

Merry Barn

Prolific Round Pond poet, Elizabeth Potter, will be the featured author at The Sounding Board, on Friday, Dec. 8 from 5:30…

Damariscotta River Grill
Pamela Browne
A  new show opens at Damariscotta River Grill, just in time for some holiday gift shopping! Three talented Maine women artists, Pamela Browne, Lonie Ellis and Cheryl Young will share…
Seacoast Community Orchestra

Seacoast Community Orchestra will present a free fall concert of classical music this Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at Great Salt Bay Community School. This family-friendly concert will feature…

Tapestry Singers is pleased to present their annual December concert entitled, “’Tis the Season,” featuring fiddler, Owen Kennedy and bass-baritone, John Adams. There are two…

Last year, Boothbay Harbor selectmen approved a $500 donation to Harbor Theater on behalf of the town, according to Executive Director Lynn Thompson. Thompson and President Hamilton Meserve came…

All cookbooks at Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta will be on sale at half price from Tuesday, Dec. 5 through Monday, Dec. 18.