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Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Rural beauty in Waldoboro show: There is a nice little art exhibit up at the Waldoboro Public Library through the end of September, featuring the pastel, oil, and acrylic work of Waldoboro artist George Hayes. Hayes is a former technical illustrator and graphic designer who studied painting and drawing at New York’s Wallkill River School of Art.

Rachael Richmond Artwork at Miles

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The work of Rachael Richmond, a local artist, will hang in the hall gallery at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta from Saturday, Sept. 7 through Oct. 18.

Three Maine Artists at Damariscotta River Grill

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Three Maine artists, Terrilynn Dubreuil, Rabee Kiwan, and Marc Poirier, each with very different backgrounds and styles, complement each other at the new Art at the Grill show at Damariscotta River Grill.

Irish Diva Returns to Maine to Perform at Edgecomb Day Submitted article

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Talented Irish singer songwriter Kate McDonnell – known to her fans and followers as the one and only “Katie McD” — will be returning to Maine under the auspices of the National Library of Health and Healing in Waldoboro to perform at the Edgecomb Day celebration on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. at the Edgecomb Community Church, 15 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb.

Federal Street Studio Crawl is Sept. 21

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Members of the public are invited to come to Wiscasset on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 4-8 p.m. for the very first Federal Street Studio Crawl.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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The revived art of the painted photograph: In early August, as readers know, I visited Monhegan to take in the wealth of art offerings on that lovely little island. I happily focused much of my time on the current exhibit at the Monhegan Museum of Art & History, “A Life Made in Art: Maud Briggs Knowlton,” which I reviewed for the LCN.

‘Traces of Summer’ at Heywood Gallery

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The Heywood Gallery, at 921 Main St. in Waldoboro, is opening a new exhibition, “Traces of Summer,” for the September ArtWalk Waldoboro on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 4-7 p.m.

‘Sense of Time and Place’ Show at Gallery One

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Gallery One, at 1 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor, upstairs above the Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery, presents “A Sense of Time and Place: Four Seasons Maine, New Work by Jean Kigel.” The exhibit runs from Aug. 28 to Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Lincoln County Artsbeat

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Elderkin the great: Last week I had the distinct pleasure of spending a morning in Boothbay Harbor with Southport artist June Elderkin. We met at the art gallery (upstairs) at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, where Elderkin currently has a wonderful show of her paintings.

‘Democracy and Its Discontents’ Art Reception at Hurricane Gallery

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Waldoboro’s Hurricane Gallery opens its 2019 exhibition with a reception on Saturday, Aug. 24 for the show “Democracy and Its Discontents,” which is a clear nod to Sigmund Freud’s famous essay “Civilization and Its Discontents,” with its emphasis on the eternal battle between the rational and the irrational, consciousness and the unconscious, civilization versus the individual’s instinctual need for freedom.

Review: ‘Grand Night for Singing’ is ‘Best Show Ever’

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When someone emphatically describes a performance as “the best show ever,” as one individual did to this reviewer on the night of Thursday, Aug. 15, referring to LCCT’s production of “A Grand Night for Singing: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein” at Lincoln Theater in Damariscotta, one pauses and asks oneself, “Really?”

This Week at Harbor Theater

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Audiences have raved about “Maiden,” so we are holding it over for one more week, through Wednesday, Aug. 28, with two shows that day, at 2 and 7 p.m.


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