SUMMERTIME!
New sculpture on the Trail
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 Lash of Vermont, installed “Bang!” on Thursday, Aug. 10.
Lash, formerly of Gardiner, writes on his website about his work: “From the subtle suggestions in wood such as a hole piercing the work and showing a glimpse of the inside of the form, to steel forms where half the form is exterior… Read more
2023 Maine Authors Book Festival Aug. 26
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 and sell their books. The event will also include a children’s area hosted by the Coastal Children’s Museum, presentations, raffles, live music by Don and Cindy Roy, food and drink from Station 118, and ice cream from Stone Fox Farm Creamery.
From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., children’s authors… Read more
‘Coyote and the Boy, Ben’ : A marionette show for the family
A unique experience awaits all who attend the “Coyote and the Boy, Ben” marionette show at Midcoast Conservancy’s Hidden Valley Nature Center, 131 Egypt Road in Jefferson on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. This is a marionette show about the wonderful relationships in our lives….and in the lives of the wild ones who share our planet with us.
… Read moreBands For Books silent auction
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.
The Committee is pleased to announce we have several new and different donations from area residents and businesses. You may wish to bid on Dzerts by Daphne – a dessert each month for 12 months; a photograph of Cuckold’s Pass; a nautical canvas bag full of goodies; four general admission… Read more
Ninth annual Gardens Aglow tickets on sale Sept. 25
This week at Lincoln Theater
“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 final film in our 2023 Summer Blockbuster series, “Forrest Gump.” Slow-witted Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field), he leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the gridiron as a college football star… Read more
Ford Film Fest to celebrate with screening in Damariscotta
In their hometown of Portland, Maine, the brothers were known as Frank and Jack “Bull” Feeney. Born to Irish Immigrants from… Read more
‘716 Candles’: Honoring lives, creating awareness
Healthy Lincoln County is proud to present "716 Candles," a transformative series of events commemorating International Overdose Awareness Day. Taking place throughout late August 2023, this community-driven project aims to shed light on the human cost of substance misuse and the opioid epidemic while fostering healing, unity, and understanding within the Lincoln County community.
In Lincoln County, Maine, substance use disorder and the overdose epidemic touch nearly every individual… Read more
Members’ exhibit reception is Aug. 19
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. Artists were invited to submit two works for display. “The approaches, technical skills and imagery are wide ranging, which makes for a lively show,” said Mark Coates, exhibit chair.
An opening reception at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 19 features guitarist Jud Caswell. This exhibit will run… Read more
World famous flutist will perform with Lincoln Center musicians
A concert starring MacArthur “Genius” Award-recipient flutist Claire Chase will highlight the final week of this year’s 29th annual Salt Bay Chamberfest, an acclaimed chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta. The 2023 season, called Goddess, will come to a grand conclusion with an exciting performance on Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater. In addition, free events will take place on Aug. 17 and 19.
Aug. 19, Chase will perform works for various… Read more
This week at Harbor Theater
“Barbie” - (PG13; 1 hour, 54 minutes) - One week only! Wear pink to any show and take a selfie in our Barbie picture frame! Living the perfect life in the perfect world, Barbie (Margot Robbie) has it all. Until one day when things start changing and her perfect world seems to fall apart. From her shower being cold to falling off her roof, rather than floating down, and her heels falling flat to the ground — Barbie now has to choose between her perfect life and finding out… Read more
Live Edge Music Festival features Maine bands
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 wine set in the midst of HVNC’s 1,000 acres of trails, pond shore frontage and bogs. This year’s all-Maine musical line-up includes Primo Cubano, The Boneheads, The Hot Suppers, and Papa Tim and the Desperate Man’s Blues Explosion.
The Hot Suppers are beloved musicians of Waldo County,… Read more
Chats with Champions: Adam Hochschild
Hochschild has written a “masterly” (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were… Read more
Capital City Improv bringing on-the-spot comedy to the Waldo
The Waldo welcomes Capital City Improv for a night of fun and laughter on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. Using audience suggestions and interviews, Capital City Improv creates unique, on-the-spot comedy shows that live for one night only!
Dennis Price, founder of Capital City Improv, studied and performed improvisation in Chicago with The Second City and IO Theater (formerly ImprovOlympic). While performing with IO house team Honeyslide, Dennis watched and… Read more
‘Art at the Grill’ celebrates summer in Maine
Canada’s Cecilia at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House Aug.12
Traditional music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing every venue – that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada's finest musicians, it is a pleasure to see how much enjoyment Timi Turmel, Erin Leahy, and Louis Schryer find in playing together. While honoring their heritage as Cécilia, their music making has an undeniably fresh and high-spirited sound.
They bring the best of many musical worlds together in their explorations of traditional, Celtic and… Read more
Pat Colwell/Soul Sensations: ‘Women of Soul’ at The Waldo
Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations are bringing their 100% old-school soul revue to The Waldo in Waldoboro this Saturday, Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. A loving tribute to the female giants of soul music, Women of Soul is 90 minutes of pure, unadulterated joy featuring the sounds of superstars Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Gladys Knight, Etta James, and Dusty Springfield.
They’ll also be taking a deep dive into the musical genius of lesser known, but brilliant artists like Ann… Read more
Reception for artist Scout Dunbar Aug. 17
Kerr+Jones Fine Art and Craft in East Boothbay continues to showcase noted contemporary Maine artists with a reception for artist Scout Dunbar on Thursday, Aug. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Dunbar’s works in ink, paint and colored pencil stand alone in the realm of creativity. Her dreamlike, primitive images of birds, boats, fish and flowers evoke a playfulness that draw in the viewer to a magical sense of place. In her current collection, she finds steady inspiration along the shore of… Read more
This week at the Lincoln Theater
“GODDESS” - 2023 Salt Bay Chamberfest Festival Concert Series - . On Friday, Aug. 11, join them for their second festival concert, featuring the Brentano String Quartet. And on Tuesday, Aug. 15, the third concert, features mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich, violinists Susie Park and Sean Lee; with Che-Yen Chen and Natalie Loughran on viola, and cellists Oliver Herbert and Wilhelmina Smith. Festival concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. with pre-concert lectures at 6:30. Information on each… Read more
‘Night of the Living Rez’ author speaks on Monhegan
The Monhegan Memorial Library is pleased to welcome Morgan Talty in our fifth annual Distinguished Writers Series on Monhegan Island. Winner of several prizes including the National Book Critics John Leonard Prize, his debut work “Night of the Living Rez” is a series of connected stories about life on the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation. Talty has been heralded for his “electric and captivating voice,” a part of the “canon of great Native American Literature.” (The New York Times… Read more
An exuberant celebration of Mainers at work
Visitors to the current exhibition at the Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset will find an exuberant celebration of Mainers at work that is not to be missed. “Working Maine” encompasses a wide variety of mediums ranging from photography, watercolors, pastels, acrylics and oils to whimsical wood assemblages. And the images in the show represent the grit, determination, and creativity of the people who make our state so special.
The Maine Art Gallery… Read more
A visual history fundraiser like no other Aug. 20
There really could not be a better fundraising idea for a historical society than that of the upcoming event for Boothbay Region Historical Society. On Sunday, Aug. 20 at Harbor Theater, world renowned freelance photojournalist/filmmaker Bob Krist will present six of his mini-documentaries that feature coastal Maine. Krist has invited photographer Ben Williamson who from 2012 to 2022 he was Down East magazine’s staff photographer, photo brand… Read more
‘Something Rotten!’ opening at MSMT Aug. 10
What happens when you take one part “Spamalot,” one part “Book of Mormon,” and add a rhyming couplet (or two) with a large splash of thrilling dance routines? You get the hilarious musical comedy that brings Shakespeare to glorious, vibrant life … “Something Rotten!”
Set in 1595, “Something Rotten!” follows the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom, two struggling artists struggling to succeed in the Elizabethan theatrical world – constantly in the shadow of The Bard himself,… Read more
‘GODDESS’ kicks off Aug. 8
Salt Bay Chamberfest (SBC), an annual chamber music festival centered in Damariscotta, is set to open its 29th season next week. This year’s festival, entitled “GODDESS,” celebrates five centuries of women in music as creators, storytellers, and muses. More information and tickets can be found at www.saltbaychamberfest.org.
Running Aug. 8-19, the nationally recognized festival will feature a series of concerts as well as free community events. The first concerts will take place on… Read more
‘Hamlet’ : Final four performances this week
To be there – or not to be there? The answer: “yes!” Heartwood Theater’s production of “Hamlet” - the greatest play ever written, is a must-see, with a gorgeous set and modern costumes, beautiful lights and soundscape – and incredible acting by a well-cast, strong ensemble, in the black-box space of the Parker B. Poe Theater.
Opening weekend audiences leapt to their feet, with thunderous applause. The most frequently heard exiting comment was… Read more
Book talk and signing by Michael Culver: Aug. 10
Michael Culver is the featured artist of the show and he will present a book signing and talk on Thursday, Aug. 10 from 3 to 4 p.m.
His new book, “Sparring in the Dark: The Art and Life Of Maine Painter Henry Strater,” chronicles the untold story of Ogunquit and Lost Generation artist Henry Strater who first contemplated a literary career had strong ties to the literary community in the interwar years. He is known for two portraits of Hemingway and for his illustrations of Ezra Pound… Read more
This week at Lincoln Theater
Auditions! For Lincoln County Communiy Theater’s 2023-24 season on Monday, Aug. 7 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Skidompha Library’s Porter Hall. The 2023-24 season will include a Fall play with production dates planned for November 10-12, 17-19, as well as a spring musical with production dates planned for May 3- 5. For those auditioning for a play, cold reading sides will be provided. You can prepare an audition piece, such as a monologue, but it is not required… Read more
Storytime at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library presents “Frog and Toad”
Storytime, a summer event series hosted by Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library, performed a reading and special musical performance of “Frog and Toad” on the lawn Saturday, July 29 to a crowd of near 70 parents and excited children. The event was organized by Bethany Schmidt, programs and technology manager for the library.
Actors Imij Armstead (Toad) and Scout Martin (Frog) sang “A Year with Frog and Toad” (Robert and Willie Reale, 2002) from the musical of the… Read more
Debbie Myers to play at North Nobleboro
‘Ed Parker: All in the Same Boat’
Southport artist Ed Parker's new show, "All in the Same Boat," at Gleason Fine Art opens Aug. 3 and runs through Aug. 29, with a reception for Ed on First Friday, Aug. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Ed Parker likes a good story, one with a twist or one that might be called a tall tale. He also loves pretty much anything to do with the sea; animals, exotic ones like sea serpents and more ordinary ones like dogs, cats, and moose; and history, especially the 19th century, otherwise known as the… Read more
The Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper – hometown news you just can’t get anywhere else.
Lobster Boat Races
SATURDAY of FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND
Races begin at 10 a.m.
Commemorative Ts and sweatshirts at sign up table at Brown’s Wharf on Atlantic Avenue go on sale at 8 a.m. - and they go fast (not as fast as the lobster boats, but pretty close!)
The lobster boat season revs up here in Boothbay Harbor the Saturday of Father’s Day weekend each year!
22 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor
207-633-7200
Sail the Bennie Alice from Pier 6 in Boothbay Harbor to Cabbage Island, a quintessential Maine experience. The Moore family hosts guests 7 days a week from mid-June through Labor Day serving up traditional Downeast clambakes cooked on the water's edge.
Pier 6, Boothbay Harbor.
207-613-7339
Take the Harbor Princess or Pink Lady II for adventure ... Whale watching - Puffin and pelagic bird trips - lighthouse tour - Reggae cruise - and so many more!
Ticket booth at Pier 8.
207-633-2284
Book a trip aboard the Novelty, Balmy Days II, Miss Boothbay, or Friendship sloop Bay Lady.
Trips include: Monhegan Island, mackerel fishing, harbor tours, more!
Ticket booth on Pier 1 - 20 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor
207-633-6598
Day sails, sunset cruises, private charters aboard Eastwind and Applejack (formerly the Lazy Jack)!
120 Commercial St./Bristol Marine
Please note: Schooner Isaac Evans is not sailing in 2023.
92 Wall Point Road, Boothbay Harbor
Freedom Boat Club offers an affordable alternative to boat ownership.
207-650-6027
66 Fort Road, Edgecomb
Held the last Thursday in June through September.
Art gallery events, entertainment, food, public participation art projects, more!
First Friday Art Tour
Held between the hours of 3-8 p.m. on the first Friday of June through October.
A self-guided walking (or driving) tour of the art galleries in Boothbay Harbor. See new work by local artists and gallery owners, refreshments; often with live demos and/or music! Times vary. Look for the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber info table outside Coastal Maine Popcorn for the map of participants the first Friday June - Oct. and/or check out the listings in the week’s edition of the Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper!
296 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor
Dinner and a music-filled show - summer stock that’s not to be missed! Visit the website for show dates.
Call 633-5297 for reservations.
Established in 2017 as the Boothbay Region Sculpture Trail by the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce. Sculptures of stone from granite to marble, metal, steel and more lead you along the Trail through town, and then by car to locations in Boothbay, East Boothbay and Southport Island. Trail maps are available at the Chamber, 192 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor, and other locations to be announced.
50 Sugar Maple Lane, Boothbay.
Breathtaking vistas, challenging 18-hole golf course, and a sea breeze blowing off the ocean. The stunning new clubhouse is unlike any other facility in Maine with luxury amenities - including Giselaine’s Spa, and unparalleled service.