We are excited to have another weekend of classic songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein on our Lincoln Theater stage. Our Y-Arts camp friends return for their final musical for the summer, a highly acclaimed performance from the National Theatre in London is broadcast, as is one of the greatest concert films of all time. Exciting times ahead.

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts invites visitors to an open-house celebration of its newly renovated public program space and gallery on Tuesday, Aug. 20 between 5 and 7 p.m. Guests will have an opportunity to meet and view work by summer artists-in-residence, enjoy light refreshments, and learn more about Watershed’s programs.

A tasty new adventure from a local business combines the experience of Maine flavors like Moxie and wild blueberries with the heritage of Maine towns, including Damariscotta.

Local musical instrument manufacturer NS Design, a Ned Steinberger company, along with Schooner Landing Restaurant and Marina in Damariscotta are proud to co-sponsor The Company Stores on Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 6-9 p.m. at 40 Main St., Damariscotta.

Artists pitched in this past weekend to help out various local organizations during an annual event in Waldoboro called Paint the Town, Waldoboro. The event took place on Saturday, Aug. 3, with painting commencing bright and early at 7 a.m., at which point artists worked to paint a variety of scenes around the Midcoast town.

Patrons of Pemaquid Art Gallery will be honored guests at a festive “Opening II” event at the gallery, at Lighthouse Park in Bristol, on Thursday evening, Aug. 8 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Folk music has always been associated with storytelling and a prominent oral tradition.

An impressive audience packed into Skidompha Library’s Porter Meeting Hall to hear New York Times bestselling author Lynne Olson discuss “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France’s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler” on Tuesday, July 23.

The Heywood Gallery, at 921 Main St. in Waldoboro, will host the opening of “The Paintings of Allen Bunker” for ArtWalk Waldoboro on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 4-7 p.m.

Fueled by the belief that classic jazz feeds the heart and soul, The Hot Sardines are on a mission to make old sounds new again and prove that joyful music can bring people together in a disconnected world.

The well-known Shakespeare play “Much Ado About Nothing” could be interpreted as a very early version of the sitcom “Seinfeld,” the show about nothing that some consider the funniest show in television history. The production really is about nothing, or more accurately “noting,” which is a term from Shakespeare’s day that means “gossip, rumour, and overhearing,” according to Claire McEachern’s scholarly Arden Shakespeare introduction to the classic.

From Saturday, July 27 to Sunday, Aug. 4, the public is encouraged to visit the Boothbay Common to meet eight accomplished Maine sculptors, along with their guests from Japan and Canada, as they create works of art from granite and other stone during the Maine Stone Symposium.