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2025 Gingerbread Spectacular

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2025 Gingerbread Spectacular

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
12/12/2025 | 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Three days of holiday magic inside the Opera House. Plan your season to include a visit to check out the 2025 confectionery creations – gingerbread castles and cabins, farms and cottages, and dozens of surprises both large and small. Community members and bakers from afar always dazzle us with their creativity, while competing for the coveted honor of “Most Spectacular!” This event also features live music, and a wonderful holiday bake sale by The Friends of the Opera House. Free, open daily: Friday, December 12 from noon-6:00pm.

Saturday, December 13 from 10am-4:00pm. Sunday, December 14 from 11am-3pm.

Those interested in designing and building an entry for this year’s Gingerbread Spectacular are asked to contact the Opera House at 207-633-6855 for rules and entry dates.

Sponsored in part by support from the First National Bank, Boothbay Harbor! Thank you.

2025 Gingerbread Spectacular

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2025 Gingerbread Spectacular

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
12/13/2025 | 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Three days of holiday magic inside the Opera House. Plan your season to include a visit to check out the 2025 confectionery creations – gingerbread castles and cabins, farms and cottages, and dozens of surprises both large and small. Community members and bakers from afar always dazzle us with their creativity, while competing for the coveted honor of “Most Spectacular!” This event also features live music, and a wonderful holiday bake sale by The Friends of the Opera House. Free, open daily: Friday, December 12 from noon-6:00pm.

Saturday, December 13 from 10am-4:00pm. Sunday, December 14 from 11am-3pm.

Those interested in designing and building an entry for this year’s Gingerbread Spectacular are asked to contact the Opera House at 207-633-6855 for rules and entry dates.

Sponsored in part by support from the First National Bank, Boothbay Harbor! Thank you.

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

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The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
12/14/2025 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Three days of holiday magic inside the Opera House. Plan your season to include a visit to check out the 2025 confectionery creations – gingerbread castles and cabins, farms and cottages, and dozens of surprises both large and small. Community members and bakers from afar always dazzle us with their creativity, while competing for the coveted honor of “Most Spectacular!” This event also features live music, and a wonderful holiday bake sale by The Friends of the Opera House. Free, open daily: Friday, December 12 from noon-6:00pm.

Saturday, December 13 from 10am-4:00pm. Sunday, December 14 from 11am-3pm.

Those interested in designing and building an entry for this year’s Gingerbread Spectacular are asked to contact the Opera House at 207-633-6855 for rules and entry dates.

Sponsored in part by support from the First National Bank, Boothbay Harbor! Thank you.

Seedy Folk with Featured Guest: Andrew Rothlisberger

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Seedy Folk with Featured Guest: Andrew Rothlisberger

Oxbow Brewing Company
274 Jones Woods Road
Newcastle
12/15/2025 | 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Seedy Folk is excited to welcome Andrew Rothlisberger to Oxbow Brewing in Newcastle on Monday, December 15th. Andrew’s songs feature huge melodies that will be lodged in your head for days. Make sure to make it this one, you’ll be glad you did. At the taproom at Oxbow Brewing on Monday, December 15th from 5-7pm.

Holiday Potluck & Carol Sing

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Holiday Potluck & Carol Sing

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
12/17/2025 | 6:00 pm

Doors open at 5:45, potluck dinner begins at 6:00, followed by holiday music presented by pianist Kevin Kiley and his holiday voices. This is a free community event and no tickets are required, but please bring a potluck dish ample enough to share with neighbors and new friends while celebrating the season! If not available to attend the potluck, please arrive at 6:30 for the music!

Sons of Serendip – Holiday Concert

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Sons of Serendip – Holiday Concert

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
12/20/2025 | 7:30 pm

Billboard charting classical-crossover quartet, Sons of Serendip, won the hearts of fans and judges alike as finalists on America’s Got Talent with their ethereal and emotionally stirring interpretations of pop music, arranged with a unique blend of vocals, harp, piano, and cello. With 4 successful albums and soulful live performances, Sons of Serendip has lifted audiences both nationally and internationally.

Notable performances include collaborations with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and Cynthia Erivo.

We can think of no finer way to celebrate the holiday, and to close out the 2025 concert season than with these 4 unforgettable talents.

Advance discount tickets $30, available only from the box office at 207-633-5159 (open Wed – Fri from 10-2). Regular tickets $35 online at boothbayoperahouse.com, and on the day of show if available.

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir Presents Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season on Dec. 20 and 21

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St. Cecilia Chamber Choir Presents Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season on Dec. 20 and 21

Damariscotta Baptist Church
4 Bristol Rd
Damariscotta
12/21/2025 | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its popular annual Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 4:00 p.m. at Bowdoin College Chapel in Brunswick, and Sunday, Dec. 21 at 4:00 p.m.
at Damariscotta Baptist Church. Linda Blanchard is St. Cecilia’s artistic director, assisted by organist Sean Fleming. Advance tickets are strongly encouraged for these concerts. “You were as good as ever!” “The whole thing was just beautiful!” “I’m so glad we came!” are a few of the audience comments from recent concerts.

A beautiful new setting of the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “The Bethlehem Star” by former King’s Singers member Bob Chilcott will be featured. The John Rutter favorites “Sing We To This Merry Company” and “Past Three O’Clock” will be performed, as well as Richard Francis’ ever-popular “People, Look East” based on Eleanor Farjeon’s Christmas poem. The Choir will sing a jazz-influenced setting of the Thomas Hardy poem “The Oxen” by former Swingle Singers music director Jonathan Rathbone. And “Drop Down, Ye Heavens” by the phenomenal organist Anna Lapwood. Also featured will be works by Stanford, Archer, and Taylor Scott Davis. A professional string quartet will accompany the group on select pieces. As a special treat, Eric Whitacre’s “Glow,” composed for the “World of Color – Winter Dreams” show which premiered at Disney California Adventure Park in California, will be performed.

With audience sing-along caroling using several of David Willcocks’ arrangements, this concert is sure to be a treat for the whole family.

Tickets are $25 for the Bowdoin Chapel concert and $20 for the Damariscotta Baptist Church concert. Admission is free for students and children. Tickets are available online at ceciliachoir.org, and at Sherman’s Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta. For more information, please email info@ceciliachoir.org, or visit
facebook.com/stceciliachamberchoir and ceciliachoir.org.

The Boneheads – Season Opener!

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The Boneheads – Season Opener!

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
01/10/2026 | 7:30 pm

The Boneheads are one of our favorite Maine groups – from original music to covers they are hard to match. Join us for our opening concert of the 2026 season. Don’t stay tucked in at home – come out, see friends and neighbors and listen to great music guaranteed.

The Boneheads are: Bob Colwell, Scott Elliot, Dick Hollis, and Steve Jones. Tickets available now – a great holiday gift!!!! Advance discount tickets $20, available only from the box office at 207-633-5159 (open Wed – Fri from 10-2). Regular tickets $25 online at boothbayoperahouse.com, and on the day of show (if there’s any
left!)

Boothbay Harbor Ocean on Tap: Fishes May Not Speak, but They Have A Lot to Tell Us!

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Boothbay Harbor Ocean on Tap: Fishes May Not Speak, but They Have A Lot to Tell Us!

Footbridge Brewery
25 Granary Way
Boothbay Harbor
01/15/2026 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The next Ocean on Tap is Thursday January 15, 6pm, at Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor. Join Dr. Robyn Linner, of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, for a conversation about how scientific surveys get fishes a “voice” to teach us about our changing ocean.

Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and hosted by Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor. Our goal is to bring people of the community together over the fascinating world of the ocean. At these events, speakers will share their corner of expertise in the ocean, and attendees are encouraged to ask questions.

January Open Mic

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January Open Mic

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend Avenue
Boothbay Harbor
01/16/2026 | 6:00 pm

The 2026 Open Mic Season begins tonight. Doors for sign-ups open at 5:30pm and the mic goes live at 6pm. Bring a song, a poem, a comedy sketch or what-have-you (?) and gather with neighbors and friends in the upstairs bar area of the Opera House. Emcee: Eric Lowe. In an effort to allow as many people as possible to share their talent, mic time is limited to 10 minutes/2 songs. Depending upon how many sign-ups there are at the door, a second trip to the mic may be possible. Cold drinks for sale at the bar. Our volunteer Friends group will have homemade chili and cornbread, coffee & desserts for sale.

Cover charge for all – $5 at the door.

Kitten Restorative Yoga & SOUND HEALING for Midcoast Humane

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Kitten Restorative Yoga & SOUND HEALING for Midcoast Humane

Live From Love Center
145 Waldoboro Rd
Bremen
01/22/2026 | 12:00 am

We have he sweetest little kitten litter traveling to us here in Lincoln County for socialization, interaction, snuggles and lots of
laughter as we gather for yoga and SOUND HEALING!

For more details and to book soon (spots sell out quickly!)
Book through the Midcoast Humane Website Directly 🙂
Kitten Yoga in Lincoln County!

Midcoast Humane is proud to partner with Live From Love Center in Bremen to offer Kitten Yoga to our supporters in Lincoln County!

This yoga class provides a great beginner yoga experience while also providing participants the stress-relieving benefits of kitten cuddles! Kittens join yogis in this class and help us learn to relax and stretch.

Participants:
Participants will be responsible for bringing their own mat, but an alternative can be provided if needed.

Run time:
The class will be 45 minutes long, with 15 minutes at the end to spend more time with the kittens.

Children:
We ask that only participants 13 and up attend.

ALL LEVELS
ALL ABILITIES

Join our cozy cuddle session, get your stretch on!

https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E146632&id=300

This link will lead you directly to the Midcoast Humane website for
enrollment and donations!!

Wiscasset Ocean on Tap: Unmasking “ghost” viruses in the ocean

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Wiscasset Ocean on Tap: Unmasking “ghost” viruses in the ocean

Aekeir Brewing
111 Main St.
Wiscasset
01/23/2026 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The inaugural Wiscasset edition of Ocean on Tap is Friday January 23, 6pm, at Ækeir Brewing in Wiscasset. Join Dr. Alaina Weinheimer, of Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, who will be speaking about a
revolutionary technology that led to the unexpected discovery of an ‘invisible’ group of viruses here in the Damariscotta River. Ocean on Tap is an informal, ocean-centric speaker series organized by researchers from Bigelow Laboratory and hosted by Footbridge Brewery in Boothbay Harbor and Aekeir Brewing in Wiscasset. Our goal is to bring people of the community together over the fascinating world of the ocean. At these events, speakers will share their corner of expertise in the ocean, and attendees are encouraged to ask questions.

Midcoast Poets Read at the Waldoboro Library

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Midcoast Poets Read at the Waldoboro Library

Waldoboro Public Library
958 Main Street
Waldoboro
01/24/2026 | 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

You’re invited to celebrate the Midcoast Poetry Journal’s second edition! Poets from the Midcoast will read from their work at the Waldoboro Public Library (958 Main St.) on Saturday Jan. 24 from 1:30 – 3:00PM, followed by an Open Mic, which members of the public may join. During the Open Mic, you can share your own poem or the work of a poet you admire.

The first and second editions of the Midcoast Poetry Journal will be available for purchase. Entry to this event is free of charge and it is sponsored by the Friends of the Waldoboro Library.

If you’re inspired by the poetry you hear, submissions are open to the third edition of the Journal until January 31st.


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