The Third Annual Queer Film Fest will be held June 27, from 7 - 9:30 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. This event is a finale event of the Pride Month season, according to a Camden Pride Pop-Ups…
Film and Theater
ROCKLAND — Celebrated British artist David Hockney, considered one of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st…
Maine State Music Theatre
As the nation prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the…
father and daughter share music, prose in 'The Gift of Word and Song in Challenging Times'
CAMDEN — Folk music legend Noel Paul Stookey, known worldwide as a member of Peter, Paul and Mary, joins his daughter, poet A.S. Aubrey, on August 1, for a unique…
the woman behind the crown and the moments that shaped a monarch
Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit production of “The Audience” in this National…
three short films and a public discussion
BELFAST — The Colonial Theatre will be the next stop in the…
Becoming an empty nester hits everyone differently, according to a Camden Opera House news release. For some, sorrow, for others, joyful liberation. For comic…
their unlikely relationship unfolds through a series of encounters
An independently-produced reprise of Rajiv Joseph's play "Gruesome Playground Injuries" returns to the Basil Burwell Community Theater in Belfast for one…
Watts Hall Community Players is well over halfway through rehearsals for the well-loved musical “Annie” to go up the last weekend in June, according to the theater group, in a news release. They’…
Would we think about her differently if we knew her full story?
BELFAST — MidCoast Shakespeare Studio presents its original work, "(Lady) Macbeth," performed outdoors at Belfast City Park. Audiences are invited to enjoy six performances:
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When her reporting goes viral, officials launch an aggressive cover-up
Rockland Public Library will screen the documentary Black Snow (2024), Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m.
In a remote Siberian coal town, homemaker-…
stepping up against book censorship
The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County, in collaboration with The Belfast Free Library, will show the documentary The Librarians on Wednesday, June 17, at 6 p.m., in the Abbott Room…
plus a special screening on North Haven
Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), announces the next three films of their ongoing…
WALDOBORO — On Friday, May 29, four local high school students will premiere an original performance created through The Prism Project, a 12-week theatre program hosted…
With nods to armed forces, American composers, baseball
Camden Ballet Theatre presents its 4th annual Student Showcase, May 30 and 31, at 2 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. This year’s…
Belfast Maskers announces the cast of its upcoming Maine Playwrights One Act Festival, running June 4–14, at the Basil…
her rebellious, passionate, turbulent life
A presentation of Exhibition On Screen’s “Frida Kahlo” will be screened on Saturday, June 13, at 5 p.m., at the Strand…
with Eddie Muller, host of 'Noir Alley' on Turner Classic Movies
The Strand Theatre will present the “Strand Summer Bash: A Film Noir Cocktail Party Fundraiser” on Thursday, June 4, at 5:30 p.m., at the theater. This…
film at Colonial Theater; discussion at Belfast Free Library
Belfast Maine, the documentary film by Frederick Wiseman, sent shock waves through Belfast when it was released in 1999. Directed by one of…
Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth
The Strand Theatre will conclude its season of Metropolitan Opera simulcasts with the premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” a portrait…
documentary will be followed by a community conversation
The award-winning documentary Natchez, which explores the Mississippi town’s reliance on romanticized…
Playing May 9 & 10 at Waterville's Maine Flm Center
MIDCOAST—Canoe Dig It, a new mockumentary by Portland native Samuel Dunning, will be paddling its way through Maine this spring and summer.
The…
receive audio directly to compatible hearing aids, cochlear implants, earbuds, smartphones
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre announces a new partnership with local audiologist Gary D. Schwartzberg, AuD, to bring Auracast broadcast audio technology to the historic…
free Outdoor Performances of Original Adaptation, June 24 – 28 at Belfast City Park
BELFAST — MidCoast Shakespeare Studio announces the cast of its upcoming summer production of (Lady) Macbeth, "set to thrill audiences with outdoor performances at Belfast City Park, from June 24…
The Rockport Public Library welcomes The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine and their stage adaption of the beloved novella, …
"Chimera – a Shapeshifter’s Journey"
Theatre Nouveau launches its 2026 season with an intimate hour with Lisa Stathoplos, with performances on May 15, at 7 p.m., and May 16, at 2 p.m., at the…
The Inthrive Film Festival, the nation's only touring festival dedicated to showcasing the genius of incarceration survivors, is screening at the Maine State Prison, Damariscotta, and…
A short film created by Marina Bannister, of Belfast, will be shown on May 7, 2026, at…
including "Maine’s Seaweed Moment" with midcoast connections
DAMARISCOTTA — Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust will host the 9th annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Thursday, April 30, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Lincoln Theater, in Damariscotta.
Among…
fun, short dance works that celebrate guitarist Carol Kaye
ROCKLAND — Boston Dance Theater (BDT) will perform their work “The Carol Kaye Project” on Saturday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. “The Carol Kaye…
German schoolchildren are persuaded to enlist
Join Rockland Public Library, Thursday, April 30, at 2 p.m., for an afternoon screening of 1930 Best Picture winner, All Quiet on the Western Front.
…chipping away at the status quo
The award-winning documentary Cutting Through Rocks, which follows the first Iranian woman ever elected to…
BELFAST — Beginning April 18, 2026, Belfast Maskers presents “A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar)” by Lulu Raczka, directed by Stephanie Natale…
Craig Ferguson will be performing at The Waldo on April 9, at 8 p.m.
Craig Ferguson is a multiple Grammy nominated, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, producer, director and…
When three children die of leukemia, two mothers partner with a hydrogeologist to investigate
In collaboration with POV by PBS, a screening of the documentary The Age of Water (2024) will be held Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m., at Rockland Public…
Strand Family Series
ROCKLAND — Join the Halcyon Quartet for Robert McCloskey’s Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man, on Saturday, April 11, at 2 p.m., at…
A photographer and his young wife are stranded in a remote village
Film Club meets in the Rockland Public Library's Board Room on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m.
"It’s like a book club but with movies!" said RPL…
ORONO — Actor Timothy Simons has spent much of his career delivering lines on television and film sets. This spring, he’ll step onto a different…
“The eclipse only lasted a few minutes, but for the people of Houlton it became something much bigger"
Maine Public is providing four opportunities to view the documentary A Moment of the Sun in April. The film…
ticketed performances and free events
THOMASTON — After more than six months of closure for renovations, Watts Hall Community Arts is set to reopen its doors this April with a full lineup of music, dancing…
Belfast Maskers
Belfast Maskers will host a talk-back with playwright Richard Dresser and actor Xander Berkeley…
Belfast Maskers will hold auditions later this month for two upcoming productions: the Maine Playwrights One Act Festival and the summer musical “Pippin.” Auditions for…
a father-to-be on a quest to understand the world his child is about to inherit
ROCKLAND — "The AI Doc, Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, a stunning new documentary about one of the…
the occasion also marks the advent of a new Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season continues at the Strand Theatre with a simulcast of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” on Saturday, March 21, at…
March 26 performance followed by conversation with playwright Richard Dresser
Belfast Maskers presents “Below the Belt,” a darkly comic satire by Richard Dresser, directed by Zafra Whitcomb. The production runs from March 19 - 29 at the Basil…
how the story of an underdog surf shop became a book, then a film
On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., Belfast Free Library will host the screening of a short film, followed by a conversation about how the story of an underdog surf shop became a book, then…
Fast-Paced Mystery Comedy Opens March 27
Camden-Rockport Middle School will present Rotten Apples, by Tracy Wells, on March 27 and 28, at 6 p.m., and March 29, at 1 p.m.,…
