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Take the Steam train to visit Santa and enjoy Christmastime fun! The Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum (WW&F's) first Victorian Christmas Trains will depart Sheepscot Station…

The art of creatives of all media will be making the shopping scene at Studio 53 in downtown Boothbay Harbor in the annual Holiday Gifts for Giving show opening Saturday, Nov. 18. If that date…

The Camden Opera House presents “Love Finds Judy Garland,” a musical love letter by New York City vocalist Joan Ellison, Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The concert also features…

Hundreds of people will take a cold dip into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year’s Day for the 36th Annual Lobster Dip. It is the biggest winter party on Old Orchard Beach to kick off the New Year, all…

Waldo Theater

The Waldo is excited to bring acclaimed singer-songwriter Mat Kearney to the stage Wednesday, Nov.15 at 7 p.m. with special guest, Jon McLaughlin. Nashville-based, Oregon-born Mat Kearney is back…

The Boothbay Region Food Pantry will make Thanksgiving vouchers available to Food Pantry clients on Saturday, Nov. 11. The vouchers, made to order for each pantry family, may be…

“A Haunting in Venice” - (PG-13: 1 hour, 43 minutes) -  “A Haunting in Venice” is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve and is a terrifying mystery…

Where do creative ideas come from? Have you ever wondered, how did they think of that?

Boothbay Region Art Foundation welcomes artist and teacher Katharina Keoughan to the gallery on…

Brent McHale, horticulturist and lighting designer for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (CMBG), gave a lecture on lighting design, installation and safety at Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library…

Dozens of community members gathered Saturday, Nov. 4, at pier one to construct Boothbay Harbor’s 900-plus buoy tree.

Eric Gimbel, Jay Quinn and Ren Jones began installation of the wood…

Rick Dickinson is the featured artist at the Southport Memorial Library in November and December.

Dickinson grew up in West Sand Lake, a small town in upstate New York, where he first…

For nearly two decades Boothbay Harbor’s historic Opera House has been transformed each December with a display of dozens of gingerbread houses and castles, cabins and camps and more. The exhibit…

Gruesome ghouls, ghastly ghosts and a plethora of princesses filled the streets at the annual Halloween parade in Boothbay Harbor Oct. 31. Hundreds of families dressed in their spookiest best…

On Early Bird Saturday, Nov. 4, the Skidompha Secondhand Book Shop will hold a store-wide, half-price sale from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.

On sale at half-price will be thousands of hardcover and…

“Killers of the Flower Moon” -  (R; 3 hours, 26 minutes) -  Already being touted as an Oscar front runner in all categories- cinematography, directing (Scorsese) acting…

Harbor Theater

When our favorite Bates College professor and classic film consultant, Dr. Jon Cavallero and I began talking about the theme of this year’s classic series, “The Great Directors,” we, of course,…

Get an edge in the Gardens Aglow Lighting Contest! Join us on the library lawn on Saturday, Nov. 4, 11-11:45 a.m. for an outdoor lighting tutorial from Brent McHale, Coastal Maine…

The Everyman Repertory Radio Theatre will bring a radio dramatization of “Dracula” to the Strand Theatre stage in Rockland on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m. This live show will feature a…

Where it’s at

It just may be time to settle down with a magical or frightening book or film, or two, in the comfort of home. With the week before Halloween, or Samhain for we pagans out there, upon us the time…

’Round Town

Halloween for our family has always been a major event, perhaps even more so than obvious other holidays which remain more festive and universal.

When we lived in Boothbay Harbor, on…

A Heartwood Theater - Lincoln Academy production

In what has become an annual theater highlight in this community, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy present their 21st collaborative production in LA’s Poe…

“Joan Baez I Am A Noise” - (NR; 1 hour, 49 minutes) -  Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, but a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk…

There’s only one place in Maine to catch David Ferrario’s immersive documentary on Umberto Eco, the brilliant Italian writer best known for his novels “The Name…
Edgecomb Community Church

The Edgecomb Community Church has a busy holiday fundraising season approaching. The Thrift Store will be holding bi-weekly sales of Christmas clothing and décor along with bake sales and raffles…

Boothbay Region Art Foundation
The Boothbay Region Art Foundation’s (BRAF) highly popular annual show/sale, Art in the Square is opening Saturday, Nov. 18 running through early January. 
 
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“Killers of the Flower Moon” - (R; 3 hours, 26 minutes) - At the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in…

It’s getting close to Halloween and homeowners and businesses have shown their penchant for celebrating the holiday by decorating their properties with spooky and creepy items. We drove around the…

Merry Barn
Morgan Mitchell

Join Morgan Mitchell, Creatress and Flowcilitator, at The Merry Barn for a series of Creative Flow Circles, this fall and winter. 

Creative Flow Circles provide a…

From Nov. 18 to Dec. 31, 2023, our annual light show returns for its 9th season. This year, we have new community opportunities that we're excited to share. 

Gardens Aglow Community…

The Halloween Parade in Boothbay Harbor is a much loved local tradition. Each year, hundreds of children and parents dress…

Maine native Scott Moreau brings his hit one-man musical “Late and Alone: An Intimate Evening with Johnny Cash” to the Lincoln Theater on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.…

Where it’s at

It’s that time of year ... time for spine-tingling occurrences that stop you in your tracks ... the sudden cry of a raven, the call of a barred owl in the dark of night ... the howl of a…

“The Origin of Evil” -  (R; 2 hours, 3 minutes, In French w/ English subtitles) - When Stéphane gets in touch with wealthy Serge, announcing that she is his long-…

Harbor Theater’s new season of the much-admired Exhibition on Screen art series opens this Friday. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit (on screen) the most significant recent exhibitions of world-…

“She Came To Me” - (R; 1 hour, 42 minutes) - This film is a truly modern romantic comedy, a multi-generational love story set against the iconic backdrop of New York: A…

Philippa Beal
A new solo show opens at Damariscotta River Grill Oct. 17,  showcasing the work of Philippa Beal. Art is on display through Dec. 3.
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Theater at Monmouth

Theater at Monmouth On Tour will bring their innovative approach to Shakespeare’s “Henry IV” to the Strand Theatre stage with a performance on Friday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The show is suitable for…

As we are moving into the cooler season, gallery hours are changing.  Until Oct.15 Mathias Fine Art is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. and by…

Carol Wiley

Diana Kerr of Kerr-Jones Gallery in East Boothbay was ARTinME juror for the first "large format" show at Boothbay Region Art Foundation. Kerr chose Carol Wiley’s abstract, “E=Mc2” as Best In Show…

Rescue Charlie’s Friends, a dog rescue in Woolwich, is announcing its annual halloween event fundraiser. It is an event that brings the community together to provide a safe place for kids…
Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus

On Saturday, Oct.  21, the Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus will perform their annual public concert at the United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road in Brunswick.

That concert will…

Textile artist Michael Olszewski

“The crafts are as beautiful as the fine art,” said one visitor to Maine Art Gallery’s opening last Saturday of “The Artful Interior.” The age-old academic debate of the difference between crafts…