On Friday, Aug. 12, Oxbow Brewing Company’s tasting room in Newcastle will be hosting a free concert featuring The Rocks, a rock band made up of local youth and one guitar-playing dad. In addition to the guitars — bass and electric — band members also sing and play the saxophone, percussion, and keyboard.

One week from tonight, at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 11, we will hold the theater’s annual meeting. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate the past year at Lincoln Theater and get a look at the year ahead. Come also join us for the grand re-opening of the old entrance to the theater – the much-beloved staircase! We are excited to be able to use the old entrance for special events – and as an opportunity to bring back many great memories.

The last showing of “Star Trek Beyond” will be at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, followed on Friday, Aug, 5 by “The Secret Life of Pets” this week at The Harbor Theatre.

“Star Trek Beyond” continues this week at The Harbor Theatre, along with the new, locally produced short film, “Watershed Video.”

Along with two delightful films this week, Lincoln Theater has its last special broadcast of July — a star-studded celebration of William Shakespeare featuring some of the world’s greatest actors each giving a separate take on how to say “To be or not to be.” Audience members will find themselves laughing throughout this truly once-in-a-lifetime event, captured live on the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Lincoln Academy alumnus and Damariscotta native Bob Page, along with his Jazz Babies bandmates, will be featured during a special performance to benefit Lincoln Academy at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, at the Lincoln Theater, 2 Theater St., Damariscotta. General admission tickets are $25.

“Finding Dory” plays through Thursday evening, July 21, at 7 p.m., followed by the premiere of “Star Trek Beyond” on the same evening at 9 p.m. this week at The Harbor Theatre.

With Theresa May taking over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, now is the ideal time to imagine what her meetings with the Queen must be like. There is no better way to picture them than by watching Helen Mirren portray Elizabeth II through various stages in her life and various prime ministers in this week’s encore screening of “The Audience.” Then beat the summer heat by enjoying some cool music with Yo-Yo Ma, in “The Music of Strangers,” in the cool air conditioning of Lincoln Theater.

A blue tang fish stars in this summer’s biggest blockbuster, “Finding Dory,” continuing this week at The Harbor Theatre.

This week we have our final conversation for 2016 in our Talking Art in Maine series. If you’ve never had a chance to join us for one of these talks, don’t miss it. They are a pleasure. And, in this season of political drama, we open a political documentary that includes a number of players in the current political landscape and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It is also already being spoken of as a top contender for this year’s Oscar.

The Damariscotta River Association will present its annual Midcoast Music Fest, a summer concert series taking place at 6:30 p.m. on both Thursday, July 14 and Saturday, July 16. This year’s festival lineup features Primo Cubano, the Jason Spooner Band, the Oyster Creek Fiddlers, and more. The public is invited to enjoy music, food (including oysters), and beer in the Darrows Barn at DRA’s Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane, Damariscotta. The Midcoast Music Fest supports the conservation and education work of the DRA.

Along with a terrific period drama this week, we once again are showing the broadcast of the tennis finals, live from Wimbledon, on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Strawberries and cream, anyone?