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Where It’s At

Heartwood Regional Theater Company’s final production of its 20th anniversary season, "Hamlet," is a perfect example of the high caliber performances that have been drawing audiences to the Poe…

The annual Lobsterbake & More returns to the Lincoln Home on Saturday, Aug. 12, from 4 to 7 p.m.  Get your tickets early for a fun summer evening under the tent on the shores of the…
Sylvan Gallery
Neal Hughes

Sylvan Gallery is delighted to welcome back renowned landscape artists, Neal Hughes and Crista Pisano, for an exhibition of their latest paintings. The exhibit opens Thursday, Aug. 3 and continues…

LCHA’s party planners were inspired to create this year’s Preservation Party dinner and auction around all things Italian. The annual fundraiser, to be held Sept. 10 on the grounds of the…

The All Saints by-the-Sea organ recital, originally scheduled for July 16, will take place this Sunday, July 30 at 4 p.m. at the chapel on Southport Island. The recital is a free gift to the…

The Waldo Theatre

The Waldo Theatre will hold a Summer Fundraising Gala on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m., overlooking Muscongus Harbor in Round Pond. This year’s theme “Once Upon a Time on the Medomak…

Farnsworth Library

Rockland, Maine -  The Farnsworth Art Museum is launching a new storytelling series for children ages four to 10 that will feature Maine authors and illustrators reading their own works. The…

Created in the imagination and realized in granite, marble, quartzite, bronze, metal and steel ... carved into abstract shapes, archetypal figures, birds, animals, and people – including two…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

One of my son’s favorite books growing up were the Frog & Toad books by author and illustrator Arnold Lobel written back in the 1970s. There is something timeless and innocent…

Joy to the Wind Gallery
Lynne Seitzer

Throughout history flowers have played an important role in human culture. Flowers are woven into the fabric of medicine, cooking, hygiene, embalming, folklore, symbols and environmental…

Lincoln County Television is proud to present another week of original programming for Midcoast residents and visitors on local channel 7 and…

They said they'd be back, and they're coming back! 

Upon learning that the unexpectedly large crowd that turned out for their program at the Boothbay Region Historical Society on Thursday…

Castle Tucker was Silas Lee’s dream house, on land he spent 15 years piecing together from “teeny” properties he bought up, owner Historic New England’s Midcoast Maine Site Manager Peggy Konitzky…

“Past Lives” -  (PG-13; 1 hour, 46 minutes - In English and Korean) - Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from…

“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…

Yankee Magazine has named the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop “The Best Maine Used Bookstore.”

The designation appears in the Best of New England section of the magazine’s May/June issue.…

Ryan Bernsten, author of “50 States of Mind: A Journey to Discover American Democracy,” gave an author’s talk to about 20 attendees at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library on Friday, July 20. The talk…

Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper

I started writing as a news contributor for the Register in July 2014, and my first assignments were covering the county commissioners, Westport Island and Woolwich selectmen meetings. Over the…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library (BHML), a community hub since 1924, is gearing up for a busy summer of activities and events. Executive Director Joanna Breen explained, “circulation is almost…

Witty, whimsical and surprisingly heartfelt, Greta Gerwig’s much anticipated “Barbie” has finally arrived, and is on track to be the biggest three-day debut of 2023…

Friday July 21, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (BLOS) welcomed hundreds of visitors to an open house on its East Boothbay campus. Throughout the four-hour event, staff scientists gave talks…

We see lots of paintings of lobster buoys and lobster boats, of pretty farm fields, but what about the men and women who haul the traps and pick the produce in our beautiful state? They’re often…

Four quintessential roots instruments: the banjo, double bass, acoustic guitar, and fiddle come together on the Boothbay Harbor Opera House stage on Friday, July 28, and what happens next is…

Wiscasset Bay Gallery
Jean Salabet

"Impressionism and Beyond: American and Continental Art" will open Thursday, July 27 at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery. The gallery is celebrating its 39th year and the exhibition opening coincides…

Where It’s At

The first image directly in front of you as you enter Maine Art Gallery is the color photograph of Kaleb, a Bath Iron Works shipfitter taken by Bath photographer/artist Heather Perry. Kaleb is…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Tim Sample

Tim Sample is a Maine native whose unique New England style of humor has gained him a national following. When introducing Tim on ABC’s Good Morning America Charles Gibson referred to him as, “The…

Summer is in full swing for local youth at Adventure Camp at Hearty Roots. Nine kids from all over Lincoln County embarked on a recent trip from Osborn Finch to Hog Island, a hardy paddle they…

The Beachcombers’ Discovery Center at Pemaquid Beach Park is now open for its 20th season, offering fun, interactive learning activities,…

Winding roads with picturesque views, and then a steep gravel drive, lead to artist André Benoit’s scenic studio property in Boothbay Harbor. It is a sunny spring day and he has just finished “Rub…

Oysthers Raw Bar & Bubbly opens in Bath

BATH—Captain Angus McGregor Crosby was a lobsterman since he was 14 on Georgetown Island before he died unexpectedly in 2021. His daughters, Lauren Crosby, 29, and Sadia Crosby, 28, each had her…

“Music, Masts, and Lobster Traps” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath. Special dayside events will celebrate Maine's lobstering heritage.…

Lincoln Theater
On Sunday, July 23 at 2 p.m., the historic Lincoln Theater and local filmmaker Barbara Cray are pleased to present a special event screening of the documentary film “Votes for Women: The…
The Waldo Theater

Award-winning folk musician John John Brown is bringing giant comics and iconic photographs to The Waldo stage on Sunday, July 30 at 4 p.m. Titled “Songs, Stories, & Art - Lessons from…

The final Blistered Fingers summer event is Thursday, Aug. 24 - Sunday Aug. 27 at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road, Litchfield.

The lineup/schedule for our 59th year: Thursday:…

Back by popular demand, Maine Friends of Music, a professional chamber ensemble composed of renowned soprano Mary Sullivan, flutist Linda Brunner, bassoonist David DeBolt, and keyboardist Sean…

“Hamlet,” the capstone production of Heartwood Theater’s first 20 seasons, opens July 28 with six evening performances ending Aug. 5.  For those who love Shakespeare, for those who have never seen…

“Blackberry” - (R; 1 hour, 59 minutes) - ‘BlackBerry’ tells the story of Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the two men that charted the course of the spectacular rise and…

Boothbay Region Land Trust

It is an art extravaganza this summer at Oak Point Farm, and you are invited! This year Boothbay Region Land Trust will be hosting the Art for Acres Stone Symposium & Art Auction, which…

Snowlion Repertory Company drew an enthusiastic, sizable audience July 11 for “The Christmas Bride,” a two-hour concert version of a classical musical romance based on the Charles Dickens short…

Lincoln County Television in Newcastle is proud to present another week of original summah’ programming for Midcoast residents and visitors on Spectrum/Tidewater 7 and…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Join us on the Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library lawn on Friday, July 21 at 6 p.m. for an Author Talk with travel writer Ryan Bernsten discussing his fascinating new book “50 States of…

David Estey, “Sisterhood”

“David Estey Reimagined” is a solo exhibit by the Belfast, Maine artist of 23 paintings, two thirds of which have been reworked from earlier states. They are improvisational…

It all started with Nancy Drew.

At least, it did for Maine author Barbara Ross. July 14, Ross discussed the recently…

“Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning, Part One” - (2 hours, 43 minutes) - Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new…

On Wednesday, July 12, Victoria Browning Wyeth, granddaughter of famous artist Andrew Wyeth, arrived at the Opera House to deliver her lecture, “I Paint My Life.”…

Where It’s At

First Friday energy was evident in and around Boothbay Harbor art galleries July 7! Participating in this month’s event were Gold/Smith Gallery, Boothbay Region Art Foundation, Gleason Fine Art,…

All Saints by-the-Sea

The organ concert at All Saints by-the-Sea scheduled for this Sunday, July 16 has been postponed until later in the summer.

Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce invites the public to enjoy the free Alive on the Common Concerts for 2023. The concerts are performed on the bandstand on Wiscasset Common, in front of Lincoln…

The 2024 edition of photographer Robert Mitchell’s “Around Boothbay Harbor” calendar is hot off the presses. Can this really be his 23rd? Yes, he published his first in 2001.

There’s more…

Fast, funny family entertainment opens on Heartwood’s stage this weekend, as students present two performances of “Scapino!” in the Poe Theater at Lincoln Academy.  Open seating is available (no…