Those hoping to see and taste some creative cooking are invited to attend Rutherford Library’s second annual Edible Book Festival on Saturday, April 13 in South Bristol.

The Waldo Theatre is very excited to have 10,000 Maniacs in Waldoboro for the first time ever, in their only Maine performance.

With just a few months left before Maine’s busy summer season of houseguests, travel, and work around the house, it’s a good time to plan ahead and schedule personal enrichment activities.

The Waldo Theatre, at 916 Main St. in Waldoboro, opens its April art gallery show by combining the color, imagination and creative processes used by two local artists to transform the natural world into tactile art.

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour, hosted by Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, returns to Damariscotta at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, at Lincoln Theater with a curated selection of the festival’s 2024 films.

The Merry Barn Writers’ Retreat is honored to welcome novelist Ellen Baker as the featured author for The Sounding Board on Thursday, March 28.

In a turn-of-the-century barn, with a listening room vibe, songwriters and musicians find community, connection, and a place to explore their craft. Audiences of all ages experience the beauty and power of story and song in intimate performances spanning genres from indie, folk, rock, and blues, to multicultural music.

The Harbor Theater ends its 2023-2024 classic film series on great directors with “East of Eden,” directed by Elia Kazan, about whom Roger Ebert said, “More than any other single person, he presided over the modernization of American film acting.”

Maine’s premier Celtic folk duo Castlebay will perform a concert of traditional Irish music at Broad Bay Congregational Church, at 941 Main St. in Waldoboro, on St. Patrick’s Day, Sunday, March 17.

On Thursday, Feb. 29 and Friday, March 1. Damariscotta’s historic Lincoln Theater is bringing audiences the ultimate romantic ballet, “Giselle,” performed by former Bolshoi Ballet principals Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi.

On Wednesday, Feb 7, Medomak Valley High School sophomore Sadie Smith competed in the Maine Poetry Out Loud regional competition at The Public Theater in Lewiston, and helped complete a circle of love for learning about and reciting poetry.

Come to the Merry Barn from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10 to learn about the Lunar New Year and usher in the Year of the Dragon.

River Arts in Damariscotta welcomes artists to submit for the upcoming show “Night and Day.”