Film and Theater

Harbor Theater is bringing you a three-day outdoor movie extravaganza with a giant pop-up screen, live music, food and drink (including popcorn and candy), and films for all ages on Thursday, Aug…

Two rising seniors at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle have teamed up with other youth across the state to create a film that brings to center stage the stories of Maine youth advocating for solutions…

WALDO THEATRE
An anonymous donor has offered the Waldo Theatre a challenge grant to help complete the third phase of the theatre’s renovations and to reopen The Waldo’s doors…

Imagine Maine without Maine State Music Theatre? It’s not hard to do because, like all our sister institutions,  we are not up and running this summer. MSMT was on pace…

Bob Milne

This summer’s altered concert schedule at the Opera House of  Boothbay Harbor has been met with enthusiasm from both audience members and performers. Upcoming performances include rockabilly,…

Heartwood Theater is offering a new Gap Semester Program for college students who will not return to school this fall and high school seniors seeking preparation for college or conservatory…

We are eager to welcome movie lovers back to our beloved Harbor Theater! But right now we are working on making the theater safe and comfortable for all during this pandemic.

So the movie…

Where It’s At
“Every time I have a date there's only one place to go. That's to the drive in. It's such a groovy place to talk and maybe watch a show. Down at the drive in,” the Beach Boys…

For college students taking a gap semester / year and high school seniors looking for a leg up in prep for college or conservatory training, Heartwood Theater is offering something new.

Maine International Film Festival
The Maine Film Center (MFC) announces the release of the complete lineup for the 23rd annual Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), which will offer programming this July 7-16 at the…

We Are One: A Global Film Festival is a free 10-day online festival, exclusively on YouTube, born out of the idea that the film community can come together in times of crises - both in celebration…

We have started offering memberships to our 2020-21 season with the hopes that we can produce this fall with people in the theater, but we will only do so if we can do it safely.  As we are moving…

Camden Spear submitted his first short film, “The Steel City Surfer,” in the Maine Outdoor Film Festival’s (MOFF) new competition Extra Credit Adventure Edit. MOFF selected Spear’s four-minute…

After heavy deliberation the Maine Outdoor Film Festival has whittled down its finalist list to 36 submissions. Up for grabs are two awards — a Jury and Audience award — in five categories and $2,…

At The Waldo, we are cautiously and determinedly moving forward with building renovation and programming plans for you, our community. Our goal is to be ready for the day this fall when the…

As we stay closed for the near future, and recommend that everyone practice social distancing, we are going to offer you a few select films that you may enjoy viewing online.
 …

After much consideration and taking direction from the federal CDC, Maine CDC, Bowdoin College, and the Town of Brunswick in regard to the Covid-19 crisis, Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) is…

Bradley Carter

Heartwood Theater's Latent Theater Project wraps up this week, with three final performances of love and high adventure, Wednesday through Saturday.  

Sometimes, limitations spawn creative solutions, as it is with Heartwood Theater's Latent Theater Project - a series of play readings being streamed live to audiences…

Social distancing limitations, juxtaposed with a desire to remain creative and connected, are providing the impetus for Heartwood’s new mini-series of play readings,…

Helena Farhi

In the context of public gathering restrictions for the coming weeks, Heartwood Theater has re-calibrated their spring performance season and will be presenting a mini-series of five (possibly…

The 2020 main stage series season starts off on June 3-20, with the production of “Titanic” in association with Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  

The best-selling musical in…

In accordance with recommendations issued by the CDC, and in hopes of slowing down the spread of Covid-19 in our community, Lincoln Theater of Damariscotta is…

A day after canceling upcoming performances due to concerns around the coronavirus, the Metropolitan Opera announced that it would stream encore presentations from the award-winning Live in HD …

In hopes of our helping slow the spread of the  coronavirus and Covid-19 in our community, the Lincoln Theater of Damariscotta is suspending  all programming as of Monday March 16. 

We…

Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm will host a potluck and screening of the film “In the King of Prussia” on Friday, March 20, starting at 5 p.m. at the Midcoast Friends Meetinghouse, 77 Belvedere…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor * 633-0438 * www.boothbaycinema.org

“Just Mercy” - (PG-13; 2 hours, 17 minutes…

Maine Drama Festival 2020

Boothbay Region High School placed third overall at the 2020 Maine Drama Festival for “War Letters,” directed by Mary Miller and performed by Grace Campbell, Nataleigh Blackman and Journey Bennett…

Harbor Theater presents “The Quiet Man,” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara, everybody’s favorite Irish movie to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, one show only, on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.…

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG) and Boothbay Harbor’s Harbor Theater have rescheduled their public screening of The Pollinators for Thursday, March 12, at 6 p.m. Per director Peter Nelson,…

Female characters take center stage with the students at Boothbay Region High School and Wiscasset Middle High School, both competing in the annual Drama Theater Festival/One Act Competition.…

Due to equipment failure last week at Harbor Theater, our schedule has been rearranged for the week of March 9. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens' special showing of "The Pollinators," with an…
LINCOLN THEATER

In celebration of the Maine’s bicentennial, the Maine Film Center and 19 other arts and education organizations and independent cinemas, including Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater, have joined…

Harbor Theater is closed Thursday, Feb. 27; Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, Feb. 29 for repairs to the projector.

A sudden failure of a circuit board on Wednesday, Feb. 26  caused the…

Christophe Herreros will return to Boothbay Harbor in late March focused on scouting shooting locations for his new film project. Herreros and his film crew were in Boothbay Harbor from Paris in…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor * 633-0438 * www.boothbaycinema.org

“1917”  -  (R, 1 hour, 40 minutes) -…

Johannes Vermeer

Exhibition on Screen’s popular art series continues with “Vermeer and Music,”  a fresh look at arguably one of the greatest artists of all – Johannes Vermeer, painter of the famous Girl with a…

Camden Opera House

The second annual Cabin Fever Film Festival will take place Feb. 28 through March 1, at the Camden Opera House at 29 Elm St.  Cabin Fever is an extension of the CIFF Selects monthly screening…

First National Bank recently donated $2,500 to the Harbor Theater as a 2020 business partner.

Harbor Theater is a non-profit independent cinema founded in…

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, is coming to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on March 2 at Lincoln Theater with a curated selection…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

Tchaikovsky’s essential masterpiece “Swan Lake,” is being broadcast direct from the Bolshoi Ballet to the big screen at the Lincoln Theater, Sunday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. This most beloved ballet of…

Feeling the winter blues and in need of some Summer lovin’? Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater has the solution: Grease is the word! Join in on some fun with a “Grease Sing-A-Long” (PG-13), Thursday…

Dr. Anne Innis Dagg

A timely, urgent, and relevant documentary, “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” profiling Canadian biologist Anne Innis Dagg, is coming to Lincoln Theater Thursday, Feb. 20 at 2 and 7 p.m. and Friday…

HARBOR THEATER

185 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor ~ 633-0438 ~ www.boothbaycinema.org

“Bombshell…

Jonne Trees

No doubt locals noticed the tall figure of Jonne Trees filming at community events during the last few months of 2019. He was there as the returning station manager for BRTV Media Center/Channel…

Harbor Theater
Lillian Gish

“Way Down East,” D. W. Griffith’s 1920 silent film will be shown at Harbor Theater (free for members) on Saturday, March 7 at 2 p.m., as part of the “Maine in the Movies Festival,” a project of…

Hearts Ever Young (H.E.Y.) has been rehearsing for a marvelous original show about “Love.” The show tells a tale through song, dance and humor, performed by H.E.Y.'s multi-talented theatrical…

Mark your calendars, gather your family, friends, and neighbors and head to Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater to experience the play that first established Arthur Miller as a playwright and received…