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Coffee with Candidates Saturdays

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Coffee with Candidates Saturdays

Red Cup Coffee House
29 Commercial Street
Boothbay Harbor
07/28/2018 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am

All interested voters are invited to Coffee with Candidates on Saturday mornings between 10-11 a.m. to talk informally with local candidates while enjoying baked goodies and coffee. The gatherings are free but the locations vary so be sure to look at each specific week’s event info.

This week State House candidate, Holly Stover, mixes it up to meet with voters on the Boothbay peninsula. Stover is seeking to capture the HD89 seat representing Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Edgecomb, South Bristol (Part), Southport, and Westport Island.

Thompson Ice House Tours

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Thompson Ice House Tours

Thompson Ice House
1871 Maine State Route 129
South Bristol
07/28/2018 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Volunteer docents conduct tours of the ice house museum and pond. A short DVD of the winter ice harvesting is available for viewing. Come and see how the fishermen got their fish to market with community harvested ice. Donations are gratefully accepted.

Maritime History of Boothbay Harbor

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Maritime History of Boothbay Harbor

07/28/2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

This guided walk will show you a side of Boothbay Harbor’s waterfront you’ve never seen! You’ll learn the ins and outs of
lobstering, see the sites of shipbuilding, hear of early fisheries, lighthouses, rum running and even pirates. What industries used to line the shore? Were there sea serpents? Was there any Naval activity in the area?

Tour the shore with Maine’s largest walking tour company to hear all of the above and more, including shanties, as you walk in the footsteps of early Boothbay Harbor mariners! Appropriate for all ages and easy walking, it’s something the whole family will enjoy.

By reservation only; $20 for adults, $10 for children under 12, free for children under 5. http://www.redcloaktours.com or 207-380-3806

Oyster, Wine & Champagne Tasting Cruise

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Oyster, Wine & Champagne Tasting Cruise

Damariscotta River Cruises
40 Main Street
Damariscotta
07/28/2018 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Oyster, Wine Champagne Tasting Tour Damariscotta River Cruises 207-315-5544

This tasting cruise will include sumptuous wines and bubblies paired with the freshest Damariscotta River oysters while cruising down the River past all seven oyster farms, basking seals, bald eagles and other wildlife aboard the comfortable and roomy River Tripper. A scenic and educational cruise with an expert local wine docent and raconteur guarantee to amuse as well as inform. The event includes the wine and bubblies tasting, gourmet cheese & bread platter and 6 oysters per person. If your interest is piqued, then reserve your seat now!

If you don’t want the wine or bubblies, you can substitute them for selected drinks at the bar onboard. Please let us know in advance.

Hot Club of Cowtown at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

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Hot Club of Cowtown at The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
07/28/2018 | 7:30 pm

You might think a band from Austin, Texas with the word “Cowtown” in its name spends its time off from touring herding cattle at a West Texas ranch or maybe in Nashville writing songs about whiskey and loose women. Not this band. “We recently took a band vacation to the Gypsy Festival at St. Maries de la Mer in the South of France,” says the band’s fiddler and vocalist, Elana James. Whit Smith, Hot Club’s guitar player and vocalist, is a regular at the prestigious Djangofest Northwest on Whidbey Island, Washington, and bass player Jake Erwin has the Hungarian folk band Csokolom in regular rotation on his home stereo. “Our band is fiddle, guitar, and bass, and they can do anything together. We’ve always played a combination of hot jazz and Western swing,” says James, but they can play anything. Artist website: hotclubofcowtown.com. Advance Box Office Tickets $25, Regular Tickets $30.

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor presents Frank Vignola Trio

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The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor presents Frank Vignola Trio

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
07/28/2018 | 7:30 pm

With nearly 1,000 engagements in the four years they’ve been performing as a duo,acoustic guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo have become one of the most popular and sought-after duos on the international music scene. A typical performance will take the audience on a breathtaking whirlwind tour of musical history. Bach, Mozart and Beethoven will be freely mixed with Ellington and Waller, blended with Gershwin and Carmichael, peppered with Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Sting and Lennon/McCartney and spiced with Rodrigo and Lecuona. Tonight, come in and be dazzled by Frank Vignola Trio. Advance Box Office Tickets $20, Regular Tickets $25.

Red Cloak Haunted History Tour

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Red Cloak Haunted History Tour

Damariscotta
Main Street
Damariscotta
07/29/2018 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Led by the mysterious “Lady in the Red Cloak” with her lantern, you will see buildings that once seemed ordinary but will take on eerie new dimensions as she relives their history, and that of the ghosts that are said to still reside there. Wind through the back streets and learn the early history of Damariscotta, visit the site of countless seances, experience the haunted Maine Hotel, take a trip by the river to hear about the Mystery Ship, and more.

The moderate walk, suitable for all ages, lasts approximately 90 minutes and is by reservation only; $15 for adults, $7 for children under 12, free for children under 5. redcloakhauntedhistorytours.com, 207-380-3806.

Maritime History of Boothbay Harbor

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Maritime History of Boothbay Harbor

07/30/2018 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

This guided walk will show you a side of Boothbay Harbor’s waterfront you’ve never seen! You’ll learn the ins and outs of
lobstering, see the sites of shipbuilding, hear of early fisheries, lighthouses, rum running and even pirates. What industries used to line the shore? Were there sea serpents? Was there any Naval activity in the area?

Tour the shore with Maine’s largest walking tour company to hear all of the above and more, including shanties, as you walk in the footsteps of early Boothbay Harbor mariners! Appropriate for all ages and easy walking, it’s something the whole family will enjoy.

By reservation only; $20 for adults, $10 for children under 12, free for children under 5. http://www.redcloaktours.com or 207-380-3806

Egghead Evening: MLK’S POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN

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Egghead Evening: MLK'S POOR PEOPLES CAMPAIGN

Victory 2018 Campaign Office
521 Main Street
Damariscotta
07/30/2018 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

“Egghead Evenings” take place on various Mondays from 7 – 8:30 p.m. throughout the summer at the Lincoln County Democratic Committee Campaign Office, 521 Main St., Damariscotta. These open discussion groups will focus on policy-related or historical topics featuring experts who live in or frequent Midcoast Maine.

Joseph Rosenbloom, author of Redemption: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last 31 Hours (Beacon Press, 2018), will lead the July 30 discussion. Rosenbloom will be available to sign copies of his newly published book available through most booksellers, including Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shops in Damariscotta and Boothbay Harbor.

King’s reputation as a credible, non-violent leader of the civil rights movement was in jeopardy just as he was launching the Poor Peoples Campaign. Rosenbloom will lead a discussion on the pressures facing King in his final hours, and what happened to his Poor Peoples Campaign as a result.

Rosenbloom is an award-winning journalist who has been a staff reporter for the Boston Globe, an investigative reporter for
Frontline, and a senior editor for Inc. magazine. He has written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, American Prospect, among other publications, and lives in Newton, MA, and summers in Boothbay Harbor.

The Lincoln County Democratic Committee’s Victory 2018 Campaign Office is located in the second floor of the Overlook Building at 521 Main St. in Damariscotta. There is plenty of parking and easy access from the rear of the building located across from Round Top Ice Cream.

FMI: Barb Burt, LCDC Campaign Chair, at 207-687-7052 or office@lincolncountydemocrats.com.

Summer Craft Show

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Summer Craft Show

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Lawn
4 Oak Street
Boothbay Harbor
07/31/2018 | 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Popular juried crafters with unique products created on the Mid-coast of Maine. Items include artisan jewelry, decorative metal work, sea glass items, pottery, decorative wooden boxes/bowls, potholders and place mats, decorative lamps, one-of-a-kind canes and walking sticks, ornaments, stained glass, note cards and much more.


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