Culture

Camden Conference
Sara Rademaker

The Camden Conference, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, presents Sara Rademaker, founder of American Unagi, LLC on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.

The global eel business can…

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra

The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO), conducted by Rohan Smith, returns to the stage for its 33rd concert season with performances in Topsham and Lewiston from October to June 2023. …

Laura Bianchi

The galleristi / owners of Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine have been spending winter’s in the Tuscany Region of Italy for 31 years. In that very creative time John paints and Karen…

Maine Art Gallery
Michel Droge

The seven artists and their mentor whose works are currently on display at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset have named this exhibit “Collective Imagination.” The title is an apt description, as…

Ready, Set, PLAY!

Join Teralyn Reiter, founder of Storytree Theatre and teaching artist extraordinaire, for an 11-week theatre journey. Under Teralyn's gentle guidance, kids will write,…

Join us Wednesday, Sept. 7 for an exclusive look at Villard Studios’ latest educational tool, “The Art Cart.” Through this creation, we continue to work towards the preservation of the…

River Company's zany production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” extends its run with shows at the Waldo and Lincoln theaters!

Performances at the Waldo, 916 Main…

The annual Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise aboard the Balmy Days is this coming Saturday Sept. 10 leaving Pier 8 at 6 a.m.

This…

Self-guided journeys led by an art lover’s desire to exercise their imagination. Go ahead - take a walk on the creative side!

Harbor Theater

Phil Grabsky, director of the popular Exhibition on Screen art films shown at Harbor Theater, and his co-director Shoaib Sharifi, have just won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (…

Where It’s At
John M.T. Seitzer

Last weekend marked the return of the Lincoln Arts Festival Art For Art’s Sake Show and Sale to Hodgdon Yacht Services for the first time since 2019, a.k.a. “B.C.” – Before COVID.

The…

Fun, interactive, energizing, lovely – those were some of the terms used to describe the Wiscasset Art Walk on Thursday, Aug. 25. “We enjoyed bringing smiles to the faces of each passerby and…

“Elvis” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 39 minutes) - The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Austin Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his…

Joy to the Wind
Lynne Seitzer
The earliest known still lifes (depictions of inanimate objects) were created by Egyptians in the 15th century BC. Many were these discovered on tombs. The Greeks and Romans created still lifes…
Cheryl Young

The Southport Memorial Library welcomes Cheryl Young as Artist of the Month, September and October, through the 29th.

Cheryl Young’s Maine roots go back to the 1600s. Cheryl primarily…

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” - (PG;  1 hour, 30 minutes) - Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their…

Sarah Wilde - Light Struck 2

“Wilde Abstraction” is a solo show of Sarah Wilde’s latest abstract paintings. See them on display during the month of September in the upstairs Harbor Room of the Boothbay Region Art Foundation (…

Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway

Board your train at Sheepscot station (97 Cross Road, Alna) for a steam-powered ride through the wild pine forests, farmlands and hamlets of the Sheepscot Valley to Alna Center where music and fun…

Amy Appell

River Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of a new gallery manager, Amy Appell. With a varied background in her employment primarily in education, Appell brings skills that will be…

Gleason Fine Art
Andrea Peters

East Boothbay artist Andrea Peters has been with Gleason Fine Art for more than two decades. Each year she dazzles us with her passion for paint--her yellows sizzle, her reds pop, and her blues…

Boothbay Harbor Art Foundation
Winslow Myers

Call for artists for the Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s 15th annual juried Art in Maine exhibition to be held at the foundation gallery Oct. 8 through Nov. 13.

Art in Maine exhibit…

Pack up the lawn chairs, pillows and blankets and head for the Meadow Mall for a drive-in movie.

Yes, Harbor Theater is bringing another free drive-in to the Mall parking lot this Sunday,…

Skidompha Public Library

The Skidompha Strummers ukulele ensemble will perform outside the Skidompha library’s front door in downtown Damarsicotta from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, International…

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library patron

Sarah Duggan, 38, from Boothbay Harbor is a lifelong learner. She went to CTL in Edgecomb, and then graduated from Boothbay Region High School. Duggan…

Where It’s At

“Blue and Yellow: Persist.” This show is running through Oct. 2 at Mathais Fine Art over in Trevett. It is a recording of the destruction and death, and is also a celebration of the Ukraine people…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

Over the years nearly every branch of the military has sent their top-ranked professional musicians to Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House to perform. While travel was restricted during the height of…

Join us on the library lawn at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9 to hear author Gerry Hawes discuss his book, “The Albatross.”

As a boy, Hawes dreamed that he…

Harbor Theater

“Adorable,” “Delightful,” “Quirky” and “Winsome.”  Who could bear to miss getting acquainted with Marcel? The Harbor Theater and Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library  are partnering to bring Marcel…

“Brian and Charles” - (PG; 1 hour, 30 minutes) -  An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a…

This week we bring you a special one night only presentation of the documentary film “Art is Not A Solace,” welcoming artist Alan Magee and filmmaker David Berez to our stage for a talkback…

“Once you start hunting for rocks to paint you’ll never look at them the same again!” Mari McGuire said laughing. “You look for what you can see in them – LL Bean boots and lady slippers – and…

A rockin’ good time was held in the woods of Camp Knickerbocker in Boothbay Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18 and 19 as the Y Arts Theater Camp really “moved it” in their presentation of “Madagascar…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Le Vent du Nord

The award-winning and acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord are a leading force in Québec’s progressive Francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and…

John Sawyer

Historic New England will be hosting a reception for the Plein Air Painters of Maine on Thursday, Aug. 25, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the…

Michael Culver

The oft-used phrase, “History repeats itself,” was the basis of Mark Twain’s perspective when he said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

Together with images from the…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The Alt

Together, musicians John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary make up the trad group, The Alt. Originally hailing from Ireland this trio of musicians come together with their guitar, flute,…

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is holding auditions for all voice parts as it begins preparing the Dec. 9, 10, and 11 “Ceremony of Lessons and Carols” concerts. Drawing…

Open Mic celebrating music and verse continues in the big red tie out barn at Inn Along the Way’s, Chapman Farm, 741 Main Street, in Damariscotta, Maine. The sounds and spirit of summer’s end…

Sheepscot Chorus invites you to join us as we begin preparations for our December holiday concert, featuring Handel’s “Messiah,” performed with professional…

Novel Jazz is returning to the Skidompha Public Library in Damariscotta for an evening of jazz on Friday, Aug. 26 from 7 to 9:30 p.m.  The band’s last performance at Skidompha was in November 2019…

Join us for an art soirée at Villard Studios. The presentation by Philippe Villard, “Art of Cork,” will be held Wednesday, Aug. 24 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Come early for some light refreshments.…

First National Bank is proud to announce the winners of its fourteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest. Fifteen color photographs have been chosen from over 300 entries, and each winning…

Squirrel Island

The Hennessy Five-Star Orchestra of Squirrel Island celebrated its 100th anniversary Aug. 12. The occasion called for pressed white ties and tails, tuxedos, bamboo canes, silk stockings and…

Cheryl Young isn't sure how it happened, but growing up, she was always “the animal person.” Young’s great-grandfather had originally operated a farm on the…

Remember what fun we all had at the Harbor Theater drive-in the last two summers? Due to public demand, we are doing it again, one more time, on Sunday, Aug. 28, 8 p.m.

Andrea Goodman

Andrea Goodman will give a presentation featuring the bandura, the national instrument of Ukraine. You are invited to join us at Mathias Fine Art on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 4 to 5 p.m. for this…

Sunday, Aug. 14 was an especially vibrant day at the Boothbay Railway Village Museum! Hundreds of children came together on the Village Green to celebrate a day that was designed all around them!…

Where It’s At
Lynne Seitzer

The August First Friday began at Joy to the Wind for me. I hadn’t made it over to see John and Lynne Seitzer’s gallery on the east side of the Harbor and that needed to change.

As soon as…

The 2022 Williams-Fossett Vintage Car Show attracted some 55 mega-cool vehicles, shattering last year’s total of 34 registrants.

Vintage Show organizers received positive feedback from…

It’s the Lincoln Home’s 95th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event will be  rain or shine, as it will be held under a large tent. Tickets are $50, and can be purchased on-…