When The Waldo’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony and Drama Desk award winning musical comedy, opens on Sept 5, two things will be quickly…
Film and Theater
A screening of the new film Meet Cute in Manhattan, from local producer Kacey Montana…
After a wildly busy first year, the artistic team at the heart of Belfast’s CounterCurrent Collective — John…
filmmakers shot the movie in just seven days for $7,000, with a three person crew
When Burt, a 69-year-old street musician living with Parkinson's, is visited by a young man claiming to be his son, a quiet weekend spirals into a tense, darkly funny cinematic exploration of…
Post-screening Q&A with author and producer
The documentary film 76 Days Adrift will be shown Sunday, Aug. 24, at 2 p.m., at the Strand Theater, as…
The Waldo Theatre
On many of the balmy and breezy summer days we have here in Midcoast Maine, you’ll likely to find Boothbay’s Soren Barker captaining one of Balmy Days Cruises tourist boats, including the…
Musical Theatre students from Camden Ballet Theatre will perform the youth adaptation of “Newsies Jr.,” a Broadway show inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys…
ROCKLAND — A presentation of Exhibition On Screen’s “Michelangelo: Love & Death” will be screened on Saturday, Aug. 16, at…
flipping the familiar tale of Aladdin on its head
"Belfast Maskers soars headfirst into darkly hilarious territory with its summer musical offering of 'Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal
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Tosi and LilyBet, two local canines, are featured in Camden Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Yes, Shakespeare really wrote an actual dog into this play, most likely because that…
Lead actor Oliver Cooper and filmmaker Joe Burke will be in attendance for a fun Q&A following the opening night screening of Burt.
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CatVideoFest 2025, a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos, will be screened August 10-14, 2025, at…
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers present "Everybody Loves Pirates," Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, from 6 - 7 p.m., in the Community Room of the Rockland Public Library.
"End…
against impossible odds
The Strand Theatre will screen The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) on Saturday, Aug…
live music and post-screening Q&A
Points North Institute will kick off the 21st Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) with a special free community screening for the first time. …
ROCKLAND — The five-time Tony Award-winning production Titanic the Musical, captured live on stage in London for cinema…
LEGEND OF THE BANANA KID
ROCKLAND — Little Chucky heads to the Wild West to outwit outlaws in the cowboy adventure Legend of the Banana Kid, to be presented by the…
Q&A to follow Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 screenings
The Strand Theatre will screen two locally-produced maritime films, The Ghost Trap (2024) and…
public table reading July 15
Belfast Maskers will hold open auditions for Maine playwright Travis Baker’s poignant comedy “One Blue Tarp”. Auditions for the award-winning play are Thursday,…
MidCoast Shakespeare Studio presents its inaugural Summer Shakespeare Festival with a lively, family-friendly production of Twelfth Night, performed outdoors at Belfast City Park.
Audiences…
'The significance in the history of Maine island life is poignant and inspiring'
The Penobscot Theatre Company (PTC) has partnered with Maine Seacoast Mission to stage “Matinicus: A Lighthouse Play” on three of Maine’s remote, unbridged…
The Strand Theatre will screen The Last Class (2025), a new documentary about Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, on…
On Friday, July 18, at 5:30 p.m., the Rockport Public Library will host Prismatic Magic for a music and laser light show extravaganza in the auditorium of Camden-Rockport Middle School.
The…
A love triangle gone mad in one of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies
Camden Shakespeare Festival opens "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," premiering on July 16 in the Camden Amphitheatre.
In "The Two Gentlemen of Verona",…
A movie written, directed, and filmed locally will premiere at The Strand Theater in Rockland on Friday, July 5. Rivers Edge has been a labor of love for…
'a fresh and honest perspective that eviscerates the status quo'
Emmy Award winning comedian Dulcé Sloan will take the Strand Theatre stage on Friday, Aug. 8, at 7:30 p.m. The two-time NAACP Image Award winner is known for…
a happily married father of two abruptly leaves for a week-long trek
ROCKLAND – The Strand Theatre will screen the movie Granite Rapids Moon as a fundraiser for Trekkers on Thursday, July 17…
Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Joe Canale, Brad Morris
The improvisational comedy collective Bluebird Improv will bring their show to the Strand Theatre stage on Sunday, July 27, at…
Camden Opera House’s annual Summer Theater Week roster is filled; some 52 youngsters will spend a week working with the acclaimed Missoula Children’s Theatre team to produce a…
the political and social shifts which sparked the new approach to art
A presentation of Exhibition On Screen’s Dawn of Impressionism: Paris, 1874 will be…
Watts Hall Community Players presents The Drowsy Chaperone, "a Tony Award-winning musical comedy that brings the golden age of Broadway to life in a delightful, madcap romp that’s perfect for the…
creating the first public dyslexic school in New York City
The Strand Theatre will screen the movie Left Behind on Tuesday, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. …
The Strand Theatre and Room 310 Media co-present the world premiere of Rivers Edge, a…
Belfast Maskers presents its latest One Act Festival—this time with a twist: All four plays featured in this year’s event are written by Maine…
june 23 meeting for community members interested in being part of the production crew
WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre, in Waldoboro, has announced the cast of its upcoming community theatre production of …
Ages 4 – 10 are invited to Rockland Public Library to engage their body, mind, and sense of play with Portland Stage's Play Me a Story, Wednesday, June 25, from 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Enjoy a…
ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre presents the Strand Summer Bash, a “Roaring 20’s” cocktail party fundraiser, Thursday, June 26, from 5 - 7 p.m., at the theater.…
a group of teenagers exposes a shocking environmental conspiracy
On Thursday, July 10, the Points North Institute will host its annual CIFF Summer Party at the Strand Theatre in Rockland, featuring a screening of the…
ROCKLAND — Comedian Paula Poundstone will bring her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy to the Strand Theatre on Friday, Sept…
a dynamic mix of local talent and guest artists
BELFAST — MidCoast Shakespeare Studio announces the cast of its upcoming summer production of Twelfth Night, set to entertain audiences with outdoor performances at Belfast City Park from July 25…
Sunday, June 8 will be the final audition date for the musical "If a Tree Falls."
"If a Tree Falls" is a full-length musical written by recent Ecology Learning Center…
people who age cheese and what it's like for humans to grow old
The Rockland Public Library and Bartlett Woods Retirement Community present a screening of Shelf Life from Executive Producer…
National Gallery in London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition
ROCKLAND — A presentation of Exhibition On Screen’s Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers will be screened on Saturday, June…
Join Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Cornerpsring Montessori School, and Otter Trails on Thursday, May 29, at 5:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, to…
Auditions for the Maine premiere of 'EUREKA DAY' by Jonathan Spector will be held Tuesday, June 10, from 7 - 9 p.m., and Thursday, June 12, from 6 - 8 p.m., second floor of the…
Watts Hall Community Players brings the Tony Award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone to life this summer. Performances run June 27 through July 6 for this "madcap love letter to the musicals of…
ROCKLAND — A live broadcast from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera of Rossini’s effervescent comedy Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of…
The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will present the second half of the film From Ground Zero, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 6 pm, at the Belfast Free Library.
An award…
WALDOBORO — The Waldo will host a tour stop of the Water Women Film Festival, a groundbreaking collection of documentary films presented by Waterstruck Wellness…
the abused and unhinged heroine
ROCKLAND — A live broadcast from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera of Strauss’s one-act tragedy Salome will be presented…
