Prospect Community Center will be hosting its monthly benefit supper on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 4 to 6 p.m., at the Prospect Community Center dining room – corner of Rte. 1A and Rte. 174, across…
Culture
Fonkoze, a nonprofit dedicated to securing support for its Haitian partners working to alleviate poverty in the countryside of Haiti, is hosting events to celebrate its 30 anniversary and to…
The Rockland Public Library presents a program, Thursday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to all.
Join Courier-Gazette editorial staff in a trip through nearly two centuries…
The Waldo County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting its 80th Annual Meeting with speakers Peter Abello, NRCS District Conservationist and Chuck Hulsey, Wildlife Resource Supervisor.…
The inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the Millay House in Rockland, Melissa McKinstry, a poet from San Diego, California, will be offering a two-part Ekphrastic Poetry workshop at the Farnsworth…
Hope Works and Friends, a program of the Hope Library, continues this fall with a talk by Andy Swift of Hope who will share the story of Firefly Restoration Co.,the Hope-based company known as one…
Ragtime... Stride Piano... Early Jazz
The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue returns to Camden on Sunday, October 13, at Bay Chamber's Hammer Hall.
Founded by Artistic Director Aaron Robinson, of Alna, the Ragtime Revue has presented…
CAMDEN—Camden, with its picturesque small town and harbor, has been the backdrop to multiple films over the last several decades, including Stephen King's horror drama, Thinner, and the…
CUSHING — The Cushing Historical Society closes out its 2024 season, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m., with a Fall Potluck and special trivia contest: So You Think You Know Cushing?
The event is…
CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now)
The Camden Public Library will host another event in the Camden Talks Climate series cosponsored by the town of Camden and CamdenCAN (Climate Action Now) on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m., in the…
BELFAST — Belfast is one of six featured cities in the Annual Maine Craft Weekend, October 5 and 6, 2024. Belfast’s events will include live demonstrations, DIY workshops, classes, hands-on help,…
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will hold a fiddle workshop, Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., at The Waldo.
Based on the fiddle music of Scotland and beyond, this workshop is focused on…
ARTinME 2024 kicks-off with an opening reception at the Boothbay Region Art Foundation Gallery on Saturday, October 5 and runs through November 9.
Artists from all over Maine submitted more…
SEARSPORT — Maine Friend of Music makes a return concert to the First Congregational Church in Searsport, Sunday, October 13, at 3 p.m., at 8 Church Street.
This group, featuring soprano…
SEARSPORT — On Friday, October 4, 2024, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., a Maine U2 tribute band, Slane, will perform live at Hey Sailor! in Searsport. This concert is a special homecoming for two of the…
opening reception October 8
BELFAST — “Narratives,” a new exhibit of paintings by Belfast artist Sheep Jones, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of October. The exhibit, in…
ROCKLAND — Susan Metzger will be showing her paintings at Triangle Gallery on Elm Street in Rockland. In The Between, "exquisitely spiritual (sky/land/sea)scapes," will be in the upstairs gallery…
HOPE — Turning Point: An Evening of Songs and Stories will be held Friday, Oct. 11, from 7 to 9 p.m., at The Big Red Barn, Hope Orchards, 434 Camden Road, Hope.
With a theme of "Turning…
ROCKLAND — St. Euphemia's introduces a new community event for the Midcoast of Maine. The church's inaugural Contra Dance is set for Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, from 3 to 6 p.m., at 180 Limerock St.,…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will host a Ghost Story Slam on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 6 p.m., as part of their Phantom of the Strand Halloween program. This event is inspired by Gaston…
SEARSMONT — Boston area vocal collective, the Renaissance Men, return to perform in Searsmont as the closing performance of the Live Outside the Library 2024 concert program. The concert, on…
CAMDEN — The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, welcomes singer Rosemary Crimp to the church sanctuary for a concert on Sunday, Oct…
The not-for-profit Boothbay Region Art Foundation (BRAF) unveils its annual juried ARTinME show which, this year, spotlights large format works and small sculpture from Maine artists.
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artist’s reception Oct. 4
The Rockport Public Library will be hosting a show of color and black and white fine art photography by Harrah Lord, Oct. 2-30. The show entitled “Through These Eyes” features images that evoke…
Bringing Survivor-Speaks Presentations to Bangor, Falmouth, Portland, South Portland, Biddeford
Emotional, financial, sexual, and post-separation abuse will be among the topics of community conversation in the Finding Our Voices ”Let’s Talk About It Tour” coming to Bangor, South Portland,…
Union Historical Society presents the story of a prehistoric archeological site on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m., in the Old Townhouse. The program is being repeated for Union’s Sestercentennial,…
A new monthly series of dances called the MidCoast Maine Community Square Dance Party is beginning. The Party is dedicated to old time New England, Southern, Appalachian, Midwestern and French…
ROCKLAND — Award-winning artists Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin have joined forces on their upcoming Smithsonian Folkways release, symbiont (2024), and will bring their new collaboration to the…
Midcoast Music Academy (MCMA) will host an educational workshop with Washington DC based jazz pianist James Fernando and his trio on Saturday, October 5, from 1 - 2:30 p.m., in the Blue Cafe space…
SPRUCE HEAD — Organic, an exhibition of fine art by Spruce Head artist Katharine Cartwright, is on display at the Craignair Gallery.
Cartwright’s exhibition includes watercolor…
Director Todd Field will introduce the film
ROCKLAND — A 35mm screening of The Battle of Algiers (1966) will be presented as a Criterion Series “Filmmaker’s Pick” film on Friday, Oct. 4, at 5:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre…
the lives of ten interconnected people, exploring the dynamics of relationships
Belfast Maskers announces the upcoming production of "Months on End", a heartwarming and humorous play by award-winning playwright Craig Pospisil. This ensemble-driven piece will be performed at…
After decades of living a safe and predictable life, Smith ventured into the wild.
CAMDEN — Quarry Hill welcomes author Brenda E. Smith to present “Terra Incognita,” Thursday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m., at the Anderson Inn.
After decades of living a safe and predictable life,…
CAMDEN — Quarry Hill’s Awareness Series presents “Understanding Palliative Care,” an educational event to be led by Still Harbor Health PLLC’s Karin Woodworth, ANPBC, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m…
ROCKPORT — "It’s never too early to get ready for the spookiest holiday of all, Halloween," said Rockport Opera House, in a news release.
Real Ghost Stories will take place Saturday, Sept.…
ORONO — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk titled “It’s all about the grid: the past, present and future of…
Snow in the Jungle/Nieva en la Jungla
BELFAST — Join the extra fun in City Park this fall by completing the bilingual Story Walk that begins near the bridge to the playground and continues toward the ocean. Folks of all ages can enjoy…
annual 2-day salute to the diverse world of foreign automobiles
OWLS HEAD — Foreign Auto Rendezvous, Owls Head Transportation Museum’s last outdoor event of the 2024 season, takes place September 21 and 22, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“Join like-minded…
‘Rockwell, Maine, a seemingly idyllic town’
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre’s monthly Family Matinee Series presents The Iron Giant (1999) on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. The matinee series presents favorite family films from…
Ragtime Emeritus Award to be presented
CAMDEN — The 3rd Annual Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue will take place on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., at Bay Chamber's Hammer Hall, 5 Mountain St., Camden. In keeping with the tradition of the Harvest…
“skilled at helping her clients unravel their emotional dilemmas, but isn’t as successful with her own”
THOMASTON — Join Maine author Jane Sloven for an evening of mystery and suspense at a live event Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m., at the Thomaston Public Library. There is a strong possibility…
Scotland’s famed Celtic Connections award winners The Langan Band arrive in the U.S. this month and have included one stop in Maine. For nearly 15 years now, the three members of The Langan Band…
ROCKPORT — A new art exhibit at Pen Bay Medical Center features works by Judy O’Dell, Susan Garrett, Pat Nelson, Andre Benoit and Hillary Mishcon along the walls of the hospital’s main hallway.…
CAMDEN — Laura Evans will lead an outdoor presentation on Green Burials at Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 12 p.m., at Merryspring Nature Center.
“Natural burial is more than just a disposition option…
ROCKLAND — The Rockland Public Library presents Jessie Dowling, Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m., in the Community Room and via Zoom. This event is free and open to all.
Jessie Dowling,…
ROCKPORT — Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings two bands to Beech Hill on the same day.
“Dust off your dancing shoes for Sunday, September 22, beginning at 4 p.m…
Belfast's Got Talent
BELFAST — Do you have talent you’d like to let everyone know about? Singing, Instrumental, Dancing, Comedy, Mime, Magic? Maybe you play the Kazoo or have a Traveling Flea Circus?
On…
a greedy, rich, childless “magnifico” pretending to be on his deathbed
ROCKPORT — Everyman Repertory Theatre presents its final reading of their 'Forgotten Classics of the Stage' series, Ben Jonson's 'Volpone,' on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m., at Pascal Hall, 86…
cast out into a hostile universe
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces their 2024-25 National Theatre Live series, which opens on October 3. National Theatre Live is an initiative presented by the Royal National Theatre in…
also the ArtFeeds artist bowls exhibit
CAMDEN — Page Gallery presents “Story Suggested,” an exhibition of artwork from David Graeme Baker, Sal Taylor Kydd, and Holden Willard. The show highlights artists who use images to tell a story…
