Culture

A Merry Barn premiere

Join us at the Merry Barn on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m., for the World…

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), conducted by Rohan Smith, returns to the stage for its 34th concert season with performances in Topsham and Lewiston from October 2023 to May of…

Saturday, Nov. 11

Grammy Award winning cellist Mike Block and his band blend original music with global influences to form a fresh and accessible sound. 7:30 p.m. concert. Advance tickets…

Lincoln County Television is celebrating the official end of summer 2023 with two “All New All Local” shows, the first Medomak Valley varsity football live stream, and a weekend marathon of…

    Self-guided journeys ... led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Paintings ... sculpture ... mixed media ... assemblage art ... photography…

September is a time when the fruits and vegetables of summer arrive in abundance. The new season brings a cornucopia of goodness, and a balance between day and…

Lincoln Theater
“There’s Only One Place To Go After Rock Bottom.” Addiction is an all-encompassing force, in not only of the lives of the afflicted, but also those around them.…
Boothbay Region Art Foundation

Enter Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s annual ARTinME Showcase! This juried, large format show will run Oct. 7 through Nov…

Robert Hamilton
Join us to enjoy 15 choice paintings by Robert Hamilton brought together on the first floor of Studio 53.
 
Robert…

MusicFest at Newagen Inn, featuring the Mallett Brothers, has been postponed until Thursday evening, Aug. 31 due to the forecast of rain on Wednesday. Same time (6 p.m.) and situations.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Dan Zajdel has been playing chess since he was 8 years of age.  “I think It’s interesting that here on the peninsula, we are able to participate in a growing national trend, maybe even…

The sound of musket fire and shouting filled the air this past weekend as the Third Maine Infantry Company A came to Boothbay Railway Village Museum. The non-profit reenactment group hosted the…

Janice Anthony

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 31, Gleason Fine Art in Boothbay Harbor opens two new shows: "Janice Anthony: At One with Nature" and "Roger Dale Brown: Painting the Town." The artists' reception for…

Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning, Part One”: - (PG-13; 2 hours, 43 minutes) - Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: to track down…

A lively crowd of about 30 local business people turned out for the Maine Art Gallery’s Business…
Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin preparations for its Sunday, Dec. 3 Boothbay Harbor…
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper

I'm the newest member of the Boothbay Register staff but no stranger to writing. My first experience in professional journalism was…

The last summer performance by the Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts Music Theater Camp, "Honk Jr.," was enjoyed by large crowds in the gym at the Y on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 24 and 25. The…

“Barbie” - (PG13; 1 hour, 54 minutes) - Living the perfect life in the perfect world, Barbie (Margot Robbie) has it all. Until one day when things start changing and her perfect…

Joy to the Wind Gallery
John M. T. Seitzer

The fierce beauty and drama of our rocky cliffs here in Maine are breathtaking. Water surges and splashes with each incoming wave. The  inhospitable surfaces are rough in spite of the continuum of…

The Salty Dogs, ME band

We are right around the corner from Labor Day and so is the 9th annual Bands for Books hosted by The Friends of Wiscasset Library. The fundraiser is on  Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at…

Join the Maine Outdoor Film Festival for an evening of outdoor adventure and conservation films at The Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St. in Waldoboro Friday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. The film program…
Wiscasset Art Walk

Charles Richards did not start his…

A quartet of musicians from the Portland Symphony Orchestra will bring classical music to the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor’s performance hall on Thursday, Aug. 31.…

New England children's author Susan Edwards Richmond will celebrate the launch of her fourth book for young children, “Night Owl Night,”  with signings at the Sherman's Book Store and Sherman’s…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
Kim & Philippe Villard
Villard Studios are pleased to present a new show of collections reflecting the range and versatility of collaborative artists Kim & Philippe Villard in the medium they are known for: the…
Southport Memorial Library
June Elderkin

The Southport Memorial Library is pleased to announce that June Elderkin will be our visiting artist for the months of September and October.  June is a Southport artist who moved from…

A full Civil War living history encampment will be open to the public on the…

The Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop in downtown Damariscotta now offers a large selection of art technique books and DVDs about painting and sculpture.

Rosie Bensen, co-manager of the shop…

“Barbie” held over by popular demand!  And “Beethoven” is the FREE drive-in movie in the Meadow Mall parking lot Sunday, Sept. 3!

“Barbie” - (PG13; 1 hour, 54…

“Afire” - (NR; 1 hour, 43 minutes - In German with English subtitles) - While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised by the presence of…

Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper

It truly has been a privilege writing for The Boothbay Register. For a brief time, I covered all four towns, but my primary coverage area is Boothbay, Southport and Edgecomb.

I’ve always…

River Arts
Cathy Bennigson

River Arts is pleased to announce abstract artist, Cathy Bennigson’s upcoming solo show “Color and Motion” in the River Room August 24 through September 13. Bennigson’s vibrant abstract paintings…

Southport Memorial Library

Join us at the Southport Memorial Library on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 to welcome author Gerry Boyle for an author talk.

Gerry Boyle is the author of 16 crime novels,…

Skidompha Public Library
Chats with Champions is proud to present historian Adam Hochschild, the author of  “American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.” Hochschild will speak on…

The Carriage House Restaurant in East Boothbay has become a stop on the Boothbay Harbor Region Sculpture Trail. 

Sculpture Trail board members Dan Ucci and Bill Royall, with artist Rob…

Maine Authors Publishing will be hosting their fourth annual book festival Saturday, Aug. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 12 High St. in Thomaston. Forty-eight authors will be in attendance to sign…

Midcoast Conservancy
Primo Cubano

Sunday, Sept. 10, Midcoast Conservancy will hold the 11th annual Live Edge music festival at Hidden Valley Nature Center from 12-6 pm, a fun-filled day of live music, great local food and beer and…

Bluebird Ocean Point Inn
Kristen Walsh

Learn to paint with wool with artist Kristen Walsh on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m.at Bluebird Ocean Point Inn, 191 Shore Road,…

Kathleen Horst

Two well-known local artists showing at the Pemaquid Art Gallery, Kathleen Horst and Cindy Spencer, create delightful watercolors but with charmingly different sensibilities.

Horst is…

Veggies to Table

Veggies to Table, a grow-to-donate farm, is one of four beneficiaries of the 2023 Gorham Savings Bank Maine Marathon in Portland on Sunday, Oct. 1. In addition to providing thousands of pounds of…

Maine Art Gallery
Denise Barth

Works in painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, assemblage, collage, photography, and digital imagery are among the more than 100 individual pieces in the upcoming Maine Art Gallery Members Show…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Just because you choose to homeschool your child, doesn’t mean you necessarily want them to be isolated from their community. We all need social integration at some level, and our kiddos are…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as we begin preparing our December “Ceremony of Lessons and Carols” concert. Drawing inspiration from the world-famous King’s…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Savannah Fields fondly remembers spending time with her mom in museums and her local library growing up in Southern Maine. “It was always a grounding space,” Savannah recalls, “my friends and I…

On Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lakehurst Lodge, 30 Lakehurst Lane, in Damariscotta, the Bands for Books Fundraiser for Wiscasset Public Library returns with its silent auction…

“Forrest Gump” -  (PG-13; 2 hours, 22 minutes) - What better way to celebrate summer than with some old favorites on the big screen! Lincoln Theater is pleased to present the…

Carousel Music Theater (CMT) in Boothbay Harbor is hosting an original 1940s USO musical show, “Liberty Belles,” through Aug. 30. “The show was written in-house, specifically for this cast by…

Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper

If you grew up doing the Portland Press Herald crossword, reading “How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse got together” over and over because it was that good, reading the dictionary page by page for…