One can learn how one can help children in Lincoln County become more resilient by attending a free community film viewing of “Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope.” The film will be shown on Monday, Feb. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the Boothbay Region YMCA and on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 p.m. at Wavus Camp in Jefferson.

The combined musical talents of The Boneheads and The Holy Mackerels will open up the 2018 season at the historic Opera House at Boothbay Harbor. On Saturday, Jan. 27, the music will start at 7 p.m. and the good times are promised to begin as soon as the doors swing open.

Accomplished musician Helen Newell will perform her senior recital on violin on Sunday, Jan. 21 at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 380 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The walls of the Damariscotta River Grill brighten the dreary days of winter, showcasing a variety of artists, subjects, styles, and mediums.The restaurant’s Art at the Grill series is currently hosting 16 members of the Pemaquid Group of Artists from Tuesday, Jan. 23 through Tuesday, March 13. An opening reception on Wednesday, Jan. 24 from 4-5:30 p.m. to meet the artists while savoring Chef Rick Hirsch’s delicious hors d’oeuvres. 

Celebrate the end of January on Thursday, Jan. 25, with a French feast at Harbor Theater, starting at 6:30 p.m. Local chefs will provide French cheese and pate, eclairs, macaroons, and other French delicacies, and Harbor Theater will serve free red wine and coffee to go with the feature film, “Paris Can Wait,” showing at 7 p.m.

For 40-plus years, Newcastle painter Helen Warner largely devoted herself to a nursing career. Retirement afforded her the time to focus on her watercolor and oil painting. Her nature-focused oils and watercolors were the subject of a summer 2016 exhibit at the Pemaquid Watershed Association office-gallery in Damariscotta.

Author Linda Greenlaw is coming to Waldoboro Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 p.m. to kick off the library’s speaker series of 2018. Greenlaw will discuss her newest mystery novel, “Shiver Hitch,” and her life as a lobster boat captain. She is the author of the bestsellers “The Hungry Ocean,” “All Fishermen are Liars,” “The Lobster Chronicles,” and “Recipes from a Small Island,” as well as the Jane Bunker mysteries, including “Slipknot” and “Fisherman’s Bend.”

Union artist Kathy Felch will present her “Upcycled and Repurposed” exhibition at the Hall Gallery at LincolnHealth’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta from Saturday, Jan. 6 through Friday, Feb. 9. The exhibit features 20 wood and linoleum block prints on recycled papers surrounded by repurposed frames. A portion of the sale price for any art sold in this exhibit will go to  benefit the Miles Memorial Hospital League.