Cool cats and kittens should cruise their hot rods to Waldoboro to catch the closing weekend of “Grease” at Medomak Valley High School. The dazzling spectacular musical about teenagers in the 1950s opened on Friday, Nov. 7 and continues on Friday, Nov. 14, Saturday, Nov. 15, and Sunday, Nov. 16.
Art is Science at Monhegan Museum of Art and History
Artistic expression and scientific research collide in an exhibition thousands of years in the making and now at the Monhegan Museum of Art and History on Monhegan Island. “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands” is more than an art show; it is also a biology lesson, a history class, and a community effort.
High Adventure’ in Y Arts’ ‘Aladdin Jr.’
Featuring big musical numbers and a strong cast, “Aladdin, Jr.,” presented by the Boothbay Region YMCA Y Arts summer camp program, brought the house down at the Lincoln Theater on Thursday, July 17.
PopUpCycler Turns Plastic Trash into Art During Botanical Gardens Visit
Youth of all ages turned trash into art at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay on July 18-20.
Watershed Celebrates 30 Years of Salad Days
The picnic party in the woods in Newcastle gets bigger every year, as ceramic artists and their supporters from all over the world descend on the usually quiet campus of the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts for the annual Salad Days fundraiser.
Bristol Author Debuts Mystery Novel Series In Library Event July 9
A fictional murder in a semi-fictional Midcoast Maine town is the subject of the new novel “Blaze Orange: A Midcoast Maine Mystery,” by Allison Keeton. The Bristol author will read from “Blaze Orange” at the Bristol Area Library on Wednesday, July 9.
Grateful Bookbinder Shares ‘Artistically Conceived’ Works
Whitefield Library’s artist of the month is grateful for the opportunity to share what she does with her neighbors and friends. Celine Lombardi is a custom bookbinder, which means most of her work is in private collections. Over the years, she has built up her own collection of her work of workshop sample books and exhibition pieces. This month marks Lombardi’s first solo show.
Whitefield Teacher Expands Arts Workshop Business
Art teacher Sally Wattles retired to Whitefield with a few goals in mind: recover her own creative talent, help people learn to appreciate their artistic talents, and support a community of artists.
LA Students Bring ‘Sonnets to Orpheus’ to Life
Lincoln Academy students venture into the underworld and the depths of the human psyche in the original one-act play “Sonnets to Orpheus,” which premieres Friday, March 14 at Parker B. Poe Theater in Newcastle.
Local Brothers Launch Video Game Company
Art galleries and zombies battles have something in common: their own video games from Lincoln County’s own Shyborg Games, the latest collaboration from brothers Jesse and Jason Hinman.
Damariscotta Native Returns to Lincoln Theater to Premiere Horror Film
Two years after a cast and crew descended on Damariscotta Lake to make a horror film, Lincoln Theater will host a premiere event for “McCurdy Point” on Saturday, Nov. 2.
Sweet Treats and Smiles at Third Annual Wild Blueberry Festival
Maine’s native fruit was the star of Wild Blueberry Weekend as droves of locals and visitors attended the third annual festival at Fields Fields Blueberries on Saturday, Aug. 3 and Sunday, Aug. 4 in Dresden.
Final Years of Damariscotta’s Chapman Farm Recounted in Memoir
Priscilla “Chris” Chapman read from her memoir “Farm Raised: Stories from a Damariscotta Childhood” on that same farm, now Inn Along the Way, on July 17.
World’s Top Chamber Musicians Highlight Salt Bay Chamberfest
Music in Blue – the color, the emotion, the musical style – will be celebrated this August when Salt Bay Chamberfest returns to the Midcoast for its 30th season.
‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ now playing at Parker B. Poe Theater
“Do we smile? Are we happy? Or are we in character?” asked Nanette Fraser. Fraser plays the oldest, sternest sister Kate in “Dancing at Lughnasa,” now playing at the Parker B. Poe Theater in Newcastle. Fraser and the rest of the ensemble cast were about to take a few promotional photos after their second-to-last rehearsal […]
