Film and Theater

There was a full house at Damariscotta's Lincoln Theater April 29 for the premiere of “I Love Maine, the Musical” and it was an entertaining, rousing success!

The cast of 50 kids equally…

River Company in Damariscotta/Newcastle will be having auditions for John Cariani’s play, “Love/Sick” on Saturday, May 7 from 2-4 p.m. and Monday, May 9 from 6-8 p.m. at the LCTV studio, 29…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Zootopia” takes place in a rich and lush fictional city in which animals live and work side by side (like people). It's a melting pot where…

Ireland. France. Boston. Maine. Six fabulous vacation packages are up for grabs, in Heartwood’s third annual Vacation Property Raffle. Winning packages also include up to $1,000 cash, to be paid…

Film Review

Come Friday, April 29, when the lights go up at the Poe Theater, the famed Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, population: 2,642, will come into view. And when a man under those lights introduces…

Celebrating seven years of performing, Hearts Ever Young will take center stage at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, with this year's production of, “A Toast to Broadway.” The popular cast will…

The Harbor Theatre

“City of Gold” Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold shows us a Los Angeles where ethnic cooking is a kaleidoscopic portal to the…

“City of Gold.” The city is Los Angeles, the Gold, Jonathan Gold, LA Times film critic and 2007 Pulitizer Prize winner. In the film “City of Gold,” we accompany Gold throughout his days to and…

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“How to Die in Oregon” is the award-winning documentary about Oregon's right to die (with dignity) law. A Q&A follows the screening led by…

Film Review

Her name is Doris is and you're gonna love her.

At some point in our lives there is a crush at the office. Someone becomes smitten with the new guy or gal and more often than not, it's…

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) will begin selling individual show tickets to the summer season on Wednesday, April 27. This summer the professional theatre will again present four main stage…

The CLC YMCA and Boothbay Region YMCA Y-Arts and Humanities Director Emily Mirabile is looking forward to another great summer of theater at Camp Knickerbocker. Registration is now open and…

“Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, opened in 1938 in New Jersey, went on to enjoy Broadway success, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Heartwood Theater opens with their version of…

After a few technical issues, the second episode of “Era Man,” Boothbay’s one and only scripted television production, is finally available online through video hosting site Vimeo. The brainchild…

Phoenix, Arizona - After weeks of buzz playing in theaters around the U.S., the film about Phoenix’s most iconic restaurant, Durant’s Never Closes, is set to screen April 16 at The Harbor Theatre…

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“My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” Parenting and marriage is becoming tougher and tougher for Toula (Nia Vardalos) and her husband Ian (John Corbett).…

Hearts Ever Young (HEY), a musical adventure for seniors in the Midcoast, has begun fundraising efforts for the 2016 season. Each year, 50 or more talented folks put on three performances of song…

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When you purchase a Y-Arts $10,000 Lottery ticket, you buy a chance at a nice chunk of change for yourself, but you also help the Y-Arts kids so they can fly! They can fly! They can fly (you are…

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In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted death. The law was blocked for three years and finally enacted in 1997. Since then, 991 Oregonians have taken their mortality…

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The Chocolate Church Arts Center will celebrate mud season with humor and magic.

Vandini the Magician will reinforce that school break is a magical time,  Mainely Improv will invite audience…

Back in 2002 Toula Portokalos married her prince charming Ian Miller in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and it was fun - kind of “opa” even. It was a vastly popular film, delighting audiences worldwide…

If springtime has you thinking in adventure possibilities, then Heartwood’s 2016 Vacation Property Raffle provides just the ticket. Six diverse properties from Maine to Europe are on the slate…

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“Batman vs Superman – Dawn of Justice”  The follow-up to “Man of Steel” (2013)  and  the first theatrical release to feature live-…

Registration is under way for Heartwood’s 14th session of summer camp, with three sessions scheduled June 27 through July 7, for students entering grades 1-12. Heartwood’s theater camp is designed…

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The Harbor Theatre

“Superman vs Batman” Batman and Superman are on-screen together for the first time in this new $200 million super-hero extravaganza, the follow-…

Boothbay Harbor native Brian Papineau recently spent almost six months on a film set in New Zealand.

He was working as a special…

Writer, director, producer Willard Carroll on his short film of all the locations in Peyton Place

CAMDEN — It was a book that hit close to home for many Camden residents. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Grace Metalious’ novel Peyton Place. Steeped in…

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“Brooklyn” Set in the early 1950s, this film tells the story of a young Irish woman's immigration to New York, where she quickly falls into a…

Ian Holm as King Lear

All the world’s a stage … come and experience it!

Marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, Lincoln Theater is pleased to host a free screening series in partnership with BBC…

Noelle Timberlake began performing at the age of 7 with Y-Arts here in Boothbay Harbor, traveling with the group to Atlanta and the iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival – and has never stopped. She'…

Tony fears Eilis won't come back to him once she lands back in Ireland, because “home is home.” But, she proves him wrong, and the adage “home is where the heart is” right, in “Brooklyn,” now…

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“45 Years” — An intimate, moving and beautifully restrained portrait of a marriage shaken to its core by things left unspoken. Kate Mercer (…

Film Review

A woman’s heart is a fragile thing. 

Imagine being married to a man for 45 years and discovering your relationship was not…

BRHS One Act Competion cast 2016 with director Mary Miller

Boothbay Region High School thespians were selected as the runner up (second place) acting troupe in Division B at the Maine Drama Festival’s Regional One Act Competition March 6 for their…

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“The Lady in the Van” Based on Alan Bennett's true story of Miss Shepherd ( Dame Maggie Smith), a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily”…

Film Review

Dame Maggie Smith brilliantly reprises her role as “Mary Shepherd” for the third time in this film adaption of British author-playwright-actor Alan Bennett's book and radio play, “The Lady in the…

New Hope For Women

The Maine Women's Network (MWN), in benefit of New Hope for Women, will present a screening of The Representation Project's film “The Mask You Live In” on Saturday, March 12 at The Strand Theater…

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“Hail Caesar,” is an all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age written and directed by four-time Oscar winning…

Portland Stage is producing Frank McCourt’s irreverent musical “The Irish … And How They Got That Way” in collaboration with Maine State Music Theater (MSMT) from Aug. 16-Sept. 4.…

“Beware the Ides of March,” cautioned the psychic to Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play.

Here's a caution for you: Beware “Hail Caesar” playing at The Harbor Theatre this week. No, you…

Original poster art y Lynda Riess Lathrop

Having completed the “top three” Gilbert & Sullivan (G&S) operettas in sold-out concert productions, LCCT (Lincoln County Community Theater), the resident theater company at Damariscotta’s…

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“The Revenant,” inspired by true events, is a visceral cinematic experience capturing one man's epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary…

“The Revenant” is finally here and opening at The Harbor Theatre Friday night at 7 p.m. And, if you've been waiting to see this movie, I can tell you: It was worth that wait.

This is an…

Wiscasset High School’s (WHS) Drama students are in the midst of rehearsing for the Regional One Act Festival. This year’s performance is “Two Sisters” by Caroline Harding.…

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"The Big Short" tells the true story of the housing market collapse and the brokers who profited from it. In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry…

Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta anounces two new Broadcast Live from the National Theatre in London productions: Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” on Thursday, Feb. 25, and Martin McDonagh’s “Hangmen…

The screenplay of “The Big Short,' written by Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, is based on the book by Michael Lewis, is excellent.

Audiences are taken behind the scenes to the year 2005,…

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“The Finest Hours” tells the remarkable true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. On Feb. 18, 1952, a massive storm…

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) announces local auditions for the 2016 season, open call, on Saturday, Feb. 27. Children auditions will begin at 10 a.m. and, for adults, at 1:30 p.m. All…

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“The Finest Hours” is based on the book written by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman about a heroic sea rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard.