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In her betrothed knight’s absence, a devious foreign knight bids for her hand
‘Raymonda’ opens Strand Theatre’s Bolshoi Ballet In Cinema season
Fri, 10/11/2019 - 9:30am

ROCKLAND — A captured-live, high definition broadcast from Moscow of Raymonda, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet, will be presented on Sunday, October 27, at 1 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. The Bolshoi Ballet In Cinema season will continue with Le Corsaire on November 17; The Nutcracker on December 15; Giselle on January 26; Swan Lake on March 1; Romeo and Juliet on March 29; and Jewels on April 19. All shows are at 1 p...
performer of Ukraine and America’s got talent to create, morph, and obliterate sand into real-time stories
CANCELLED Sand artist Kseniya Simonova to perform on Strand stage
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND — Sand artist Kseniya Simonova and Guy Mendilow Ensemble team up to present “The Forgotten Kingdom – Sand Stories” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. In this U.S. premiere tour, Simonova creates, morphs and obliterates sand imagery in real-time, crafting a captivating and soulful narrative of Sephardi women’s stories lost to war, driven by the Ensemble’s evocative music and radio-theatre-style storytelling, according to the Strand, in a news release. Over the...
Strand Theatre adds broadcasts, live events to schedule
Thu, 10/10/2019 - 11:15am
ROCKLAND — Three high definition broadcasts and two live performances have been added to the Strand Theatre’s list of upcoming entertainment. LIVE: Nov. 8: ALPHONSO HORNE: Mother Kofi - The Tale of An African Princess Dec. 14: LULA WILES HD: Oct. 26: Met Opera LIVE: Massenet’s MANON Nov. 5: Met Opera ENCORE: Massenet’s MANON Nov. 7: National Theatre Live: SMALL ISLAND FILM: Oct. 19: FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES Oct. 25: OFFICIAL SECRETS...
performing in churches, community centers and concert halls in hopes of uniting people in a time of difference
CIFF Selects 2019 ends with screening of ‘Gay Chorus Deep South’
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 2:45pm

CAMDEN — The Points North Institute will close its 2019 CIFF Selects series with a special, pre-theatrical release screening of the documentary Gay Chorus Deep South, Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. The film is being co-presented by OUT Maine. Gay Chorus Deep South follows the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they embark on a tour of the American Deep South in response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBTQ laws in Southern states. Joined by The...
‘love triangles, mistaken identities and transformations… with hilarious, but dark consequences’
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ presented in high definition from London
Wed, 10/09/2019 - 9:15am

ROCKLAND — A captured-live high definition broadcast of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from London’s National Theatre will be presented on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Strand Theatre. Show times are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedy will be captured live from the Bridge Theatre in London. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) , Oliver Chris (Green Wing, NT Live: Young Marx) , David Moorst (NT Live: Allelujah!) and Hammed Animashaun (The...
Grants available for female playwright retreats on North Haven Island
Tue, 10/08/2019 - 11:30am
NORTH HAVEN — Waterman’s Community Center, located on the Midcoast Maine island of North Haven, is offering three 10-day residential retreats to developing female playwrights in late winter and early spring 2020. Designed to encourage new voices in theater, the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation grant will offer selected candidates time to create in a unique and beautiful setting and connect with the community there, sharing the power of theatre to inspire. Accepted playwrights will spend 10 days...
At the Strand: Maine representative, prison heads, reentry founder
Prison film, panel discussion to focus on personal struggles of prisoners
Fri, 10/04/2019 - 9:00am

ROCKLAND — A showing of the movie, The Work , featuring the work of the Inside Circle being conducted with prisoners in New Folsom Prison in California, will be held Sunday, Oct. 13, at 2 p.m., at the Strand Theater, in Rockland. Admission is free and open to the public. The movie will be followed by a panel discussion led by Steve Spitzer, founder of the Jericho Circle Project, which conducts similar work in Massachusetts’ prison facilities. Panelists include Bruce Noddins, founder-...
National Wildlife Refuge Week
Free wildlife refuge films to screen in Rockland
Wed, 10/02/2019 - 12:00pm
ROCKLAND — Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week with films highlighting wildlife refuges around the country. Films, lasting about an hour, will be shown Tuesday, October 15 through Friday, October 18, at 2 p.m. each day. Different wildlife refuges will be highlighted each day. The entire visitor center, including the Maine Coastal Islands art gallery will be open as well. Free admission. For questions, call 594-0600 x5 or email, info@...
in Canada, unions do not bargain for healthcare
Healthcare movie ‘Off the Table’ screens in Belfast
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 9:30am

BELFAST — A free screening of Off the Table will be hosted by the Waldo County Chapter of Maine AllCare, Thursday, Oct. 10, at 6:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library. The film shows how, in Canada, unions do not have to bargain for healthcare. Healthcare is Off the Table. When Canadian workers go on strike, or are locked out, they don’t lose their health coverage. Hear U.S. and Canadian rank and file workers, leading officials from the USW and UE and doctors from Physicians for a...
‘Featuring unusual score with astounding and innovative use of chorus and orchestra’
Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ Met Opera to screen in Strand HD
Mon, 09/30/2019 - 9:00am

ROCKLAND — The 2019 - 2020 Metropolitan Opera’s Live-in-HD season of broadcasts from Lincoln Center to the Strand Theatre opens, Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., with a simulcast of Puccini’s Turandot. An encore broadcast will be presented on Tuesday, October 22, at 1 p.m. Franco Zeffirelli’s production returns to cinemas, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met’s Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer music director, conducting his first Puccini opera with the company. Soprano Christine Goerke takes on...
‘An Inconvenient Sequal: Truth to Power’ climate film to screen in Belfast
Fri, 09/27/2019 - 2:00pm

BELFAST — A free screening of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power will be hosted by the Belfast Area chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) on Thursday, October 3, at 6 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library. “A decade after An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change into the heart of popular culture comes the riveting and rousing follow-up that shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution,” said CCL, in a news release. Former American Vice President Al Gore...
movies starring actress Kristin Scott Thomas
Friday Night Flix at Belfast Free Library
Fri, 09/27/2019 - 1:00pm
BELFAST — In October, the Belfast Free Library’s Friday Night Flix film series will feature movies starring actress Kristin Scott Thomas. Born and raised in the UK, Scott Thomas was educated in theater, both in London and Paris. A very versatile actor, performing in comedic roles as well as drama, she is perhaps most well-known for The English Patient, according to the Library, in a news release. Starting out Friday, October 4 is I Loved You So Long (2008). “This very well...
Family Movie, Pizza Night at Thomaston Public Library
Fri, 09/27/2019 - 9:15am

THOMASTON — Visit the Thomaston Public Library, Monday, October 7, at 5 p.m., for Family Movie & Pizza Night. Free and open to all, and pajamas are welcome. “We're excited to bring you Pokémon Detective Pikachu this month!” said the Library, in a news release. The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a...
Friday Night Film Series at Thomaston Public Library
Fri, 09/27/2019 - 9:15am

THOMASTON — Creepy and Chilling are the October themes for The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library’s Friday Night Film Series, at 6:30 p.m. October 4 - The Night of the Hunter 1955 NR 93 Minutes Tall, handsome Rev. Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) - his knuckles eerily tattooed with “LOVE” and “HATE” - roams the countryside spreading the gospel, and leaving a trail of murdered women in his wake. “Spellbinding, ominous, and hauntingly suspenseful, this classic remains one of the most...
Read all about it! Belfast High presents Newsies
Thu, 09/26/2019 - 9:15am

BELFAST — Belfast Area High School presents Newsies - The Musical as its fall musical production. Performances will take place at the Crosby Center, 96 Church Street in Belfast. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, Nov. 15, 16, 22, and 23, at 7 p.m.; and Sundays, Nov. 17 and 24, at 2 p.m. The Broadway hit Newsies is based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, and tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big...
African music featuring dancers from Rockland’s Studio Red; and visual theater ensemble
Strand Theatre receives two grants for Family Series programming
Wed, 09/25/2019 - 1:15pm

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre recently received two grants to support its Family Series programming. The Strand Family Series offers high-quality arts programming for all ages, with “Pay-What-You-Can” admission prices so that cost is not a barrier to attend, according to the Theatre, in a news release. The Maine Arts Commission (MAC), an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, awarded a grant for Mother Kofi: Tales of an African Princess. This...
Waterfall Arts to screen ‘Speaking With A Thousand Tongues…The Primordial Work of Joseph Ascrizzi’
Tue, 09/24/2019 - 7:15pm

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Waterfall Arts will present the premiere screening of Speaking With A Thousand Tongues … The Primordial Work of Joseph Ascrizzi . In this 40-minute movie on the work and life of artist Joe Ascrizzi, of Freedom, we're in his shop watching him shape wood and bone into sacral offerings, then we're in the kitchen watching him shape fresh peas into pasta piselle, seasoning everything with his usual candor, wisdom and humor. It's all there—sun, moon,...
Linda Ronstadt film, live broadcasts added to Strand schedule
Sun, 09/22/2019 - 12:15pm
ROCKLAND — Two films and two high definition broadcoasts have been added to the The Strand Theatre’s October schedule. New this week: HD: Oct. 24: National Theatre Live: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Oct. 27: The Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: RAYMONDA FILM: Oct. 5: LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE Oct. 11: BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE STRAND THEATRE LIVE SHOWS : Sunday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 pm: FLOR DE...
Waldo Theatre awarded foundation grants
Fri, 09/20/2019 - 9:30am

Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised the matching funds in August. In addition, The Waldo just received a $20,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s Belvedere Historic Energy Efficiency Fund. The Sandy River Foundation funds are being used to build capacity through the hiring of The Waldo’s new executive director, Kate Fletcher, and the...
comedy about some sort of woman living her sort of life
‘Fleabag’ shown in high definition at Strand Theatre
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 5:45pm

ROCKLAND — A captured-live broadcast of Fleabag from London’s National Theatre will be presented, Thursday, Oct. 3 at the Strand Theatre. Show times are 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. This hilarious, one-woman show played to sold-out audiences in New York and London and inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, according to Strand, in a news release . Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is...
long-form improvisational comedy
Winterport Open Stage presents improv with The Focus Group
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 1:30pm
WINTERPORT — Winterport Open Stage welcomes back The Focus Group, Saturday, October 19. A Brewer-based improv troupe that has performed in venues across Maine for the last 10 years, the Focus Group specializes in long-form improvisational comedy and promises an evening of laughter you won’t soon forget, according to Open Stage, in a news release. “ And who knows – you might just become a part of the action!” said Open Stage. This is Focus Group’s second time performing in Winterport and they...
Sandy River Charitable Foundation and Belvedere Fund
Waldo Theatre awarded two foundation grants, third grant promised
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 1:00pm
WALDOBORO — Last spring, The Waldo was awarded a $40,000 challenge grant from the Sandy River Charitable Foundation, which required a dollar for dollar match. The organization successfully raised the matching funds in August. In addition, The Waldo just received a $20,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation’s Belvedere Historic Energy Efficiency Fund. The Sandy River Foundation funds are being used to build capacity through the hiring of The Waldo’s new executive director, Kate Fletcher...
Wild and Scenic Film Festival
Thu, 09/19/2019 - 11:00am

In all, 10 films about various environmental issues will be screened at the Hutchinson Center, 80 Belmont Ave. in Belfast as part of the Wild and Scenic Film Festival Saturday, Nov. 9 from 3-5 p.m. Topics also include a climate-change journalist whose kidney disease diagnosis catalyzed her political action; Dr. Konrad Steffen, the Swiss climate scientist whose research let to “An Inconvenient Truth;” and the efforts of a singer and a filmmaker to document the front lines of a battle in British...
Strand adds two broadcasts, two community events to schedule
Fri, 09/13/2019 - 11:00am
ROCKLAND — Two high definition broadcasts and two community events have been added to the Strand Theatre lineup. UPDATES added this week: HD: Oct. 12 at 1 pm: Met Opera LIVE: Puccini’s TURANDOT Oct. 22 at 1 pm: Met Opera ENCORE: Puccini’s TURANDOT COMMUNITY EVENT: Oct. 10 at 7 pm: JULIE & JULIA - Fundraiser screening for Meals On Wheels Oct. 13 at 2 pm: THE WORK - Screening co-presented by...
Free and low-cost bite-sized films to catch at CIFF this year
Thu, 09/12/2019 - 11:30pm

Click on the following to see each block’s line up of shorts. Strength: These shorts represent strength, determination, courage, and power. Friday, September 13 - Free Camden Opera House (10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) The Devil: These are about borders and attachments, and invite us to transcend the restrictions and thought patterns that keep us constrained. Friday, September 13 - Free Farnsworth Art Museum (...
why did a community fall under government surveillance?
Rockland library to screen ‘The Feeling of Being Watched’
Wed, 09/11/2019 - 6:30pm

ROCKLAND — On Thursday, September 26 at 6:30 p.m., the Rockland Public Library presents a documentary film screening of the 2018 film The Feeling of Being Watched. The screening is a collaboration with POV, a nonfiction film series by PBS. In the Arab-American neighborhood outside of Chicago where director Assia Boundaoui grew up, most of her neighbors think they have been under surveillance for over a decade. While investigating their experiences, Assia uncovers tens of...
Rain Date: Now Sunday, September 8
Three humorous Maine films to catch on the Camden stop of Maine Outdoor Film Fest
Sun, 09/08/2019 - 9:00am

Note: Due to the rain, this event has now been moved to Sunday night, September 8, 2019 CAMDEN—The line up of the annual Maine Outdoor Film Festival (MOFF) has always centered around outdoor life and conservation, but when MOFF hits the Camden Snow Bowl on Saturday, September 7, a few notable and funny films will be part of the mix. Now in its 8th year, Each MOFF screening is uniquely curated for the geographic location. According to MOFF director Nick Callanan, a couple of stand out films...
Belfast Maskers comedy ‘Dearly Departed’ Sunday matinees
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:00am

BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers announce the cast for the comedy, Dearly Departed , written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Dearly Departed takes place in the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt. The beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Not since Steel Magnolias has a more colorful and dysfunctional group of Southern eccentrics gathered below the Mason-Dixon line, according to Maskers, in a news...
‘Under Our Skin, The Untold Story of Lyme Disease’: two films and discussions
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:00am

CAMDEN — Camden Whole Health is hosting a free movie screening of the Under Our Skin film on Sunday, September 29, at 6 p.m. This film is chilling tale of microbes, medicine and money, this film has changed the landscape of the Lyme epidemic, bringing unprecedented awareness in an engaging and accessible way, according to Camden Whole Health, in a news release. The definitive record of the Lyme controversy, Under Our Skin exposes a hidden story of medical and scientific...
Belfast Maskers comedy ‘Dearly Departed’ Friday, Saturday evenings
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 10:45am

BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers announce the cast for the comedy, Dearly Departed , written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones. Dearly Departed takes place in the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt. The beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Not since Steel Magnolias has a more colorful and dysfunctional group of Southern eccentrics gathered below the Mason-Dixon line, according to Maskers, in a news...
small group of photojournalists on a mission to expose the truth
Camden Conference to co-present CIFF film ‘Nightcrawlers’
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 8:45am

ROCKLAND — The Camden Conference and Pine Tree Watch co-present the world premiere of The Nightcrawlers at the 15th annual Camden International Film Festival, Friday, September 13, at 4 p.m., at the Strand Theatre, in Rockland. The filmmaker will be in attendance and the 40 minute film with be followed by a Q & A session. With unprecedented access, The Nightcrawlers, is an unflinching exposé of Filipino President Duterte’s war on drugs, in which some claim that more than...
In honor of RDNA’s 90th Anniversary: photo ops with 1914 Rolls Royce from Owls Head Transportation Museum, live jazz ensemble
RDNA, Strand Theatre to host red carpet screening of ‘Auntie Mame’
Wed, 09/04/2019 - 4:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Rockland District Nursing Association (RDNA) and The Strand Theatre invite the community to a red carpet screening of Auntie Mame , Thursday, September 26, at 7 p.m., in honor of RDNA’s 90th anniversary. 1920s cocktail attire is encouraged for this glamorous evening to celebrate RDNA's founding in 1929. There will be photo ops on the red carpet and with a 1914 Rolls Royce from the Owls Head Transportation Museum in front of the theater (weather-permitting). Inside, a...
“making it as easy as possible for folks”
Camden Opera House switches to no-fee ticketing
Wed, 09/04/2019 - 3:45pm
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House has introduced a no-fee ticketing policy this summer. In the past, patrons have had the option of buying advance tickets in-person at the Town Office in order to avoid the typical add-on fees for credit cards. But now, Camden Opera House’s ticketing is no-fee across the board. The policy applies to both online and in-person purchases, in advance and at the show-day box office. “Handling fees are a completely legitimate way to cover one’s expenses, but we want to...
first fall forum
Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County to screen ‘The Great Hack’
Wed, 09/04/2019 - 9:15am
BELFAST — The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will show the 2019 documentary, The Great Hack, at its first fall forum at the Belfast Free Library, Wednesday, September 18, at 6 p.m. The film explores how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “In the face of the upcoming election, we should understand what can happen when the internet is used for information warfare,” said the...
Strand Theatre adds four films to September schedule
Tue, 09/03/2019 - 3:30pm
ROCKLAND — Strand Theatre, in Rockland, added four films and an HD live broadcast to its September lineup. HD: Oct. 3: National Theatre Live: FLEABAG FILM: Sept. 16: MAIDEN Sept. 21: AFTER THE WEDDING Sept. 27: WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE Sept. 27: DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME LIVE SHOWS : Sunday, Sept. 22 at 7:30pm: FLOR DE TOLOACHE Latin Grammy winning, New York-based all-female ensemble Flor de Toloache continue to win...
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Magic Beyond Imagination
Tue, 09/03/2019 - 9:45am

Three of the country’s greatest magicians will be gathered on one stage in Midcoast Maine this September, when the Magic Beyond Imagination team arrives to amaze the audience at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor on Thursday, Sept. 19. The “Mental Madness Show” will feature Garrett Thomas, Kozmo and Joe Maxwell. Garrett Thomas is a magic creator, technician and artist as well as the TV consultant to David Blaine. Blaine says that, “Garrett is simply the greatest close-up magician alive today.”...
Elks Club to host comedy night fundraiser
Mon, 09/02/2019 - 4:00pm

ROCKLAND — The Rockland Elks Club will be hosting a comedy night fundraiser, Saturday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. Comedians Jody Sloane, Kyle Crawford, and Matt Barry will take the Elks Club stage for the benefit of the Maine Childrens Cancer Program. Tickets are $15 each, and will not be sold at the door. To purchase tickets, call 207-594-9200.
Family Movie, Pizza Night at Thomaston Public Library
Mon, 09/02/2019 - 8:45am

THOMASTON — Join the Thomaston Public Library on Monday, September 9, at 5 p.m., for Family Movie & Pizza Night. By popular vote, staff will show The Secret Life of Pets 2. From the studio: "Max faces some major changes after his owner Katie gets married and now has a child. On a family trip to the countryside, Max meets a farm dog named Rooster, and both attempt to overcome his fears. Meanwhile, Gidget tries to rescue Max's favorite toy from a cat-packed apartment, and Snowball...
Friday Night Flix at Belfast Free Library
Wed, 08/28/2019 - 1:30pm
BELFAST — In September, Friday Night Flix, the library’s free movie program, will present four highly acclaimed recent films, all of which are available through Kanopy. All features will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Abbott Room. On September 6, the Oscar-winner for Best Picture, Moonlight will be shown. This film is a moving and transcendent look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to adulthood, as a shy outsider dealing...
National Geographic ‘Paris to Pittsburgh’ to screen in Belfast
Wed, 08/28/2019 - 10:30am
BELFAST — There will be a free screening of the National Geographic film Paris to Pittsburgh, highlighting the issue of global climate change, Friday, September 6, at 6:30 p.m., at Belfast Area High School. Sponsored by the Belfast Climate Change Committee, Belfast Area High School Ocean Sciences Bowl Team and The First Church in Belfast, UCC’s Social Justice Team. For more information, call 338.2282. All are welcome.
tracing Hendrix’s rise to his largest concert amid the dark shadow of the nation’s civil unrest
Jimi Hendrix journey concludes Guitar Heroes Film Festival
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 8:30am

ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre presents a series of documentary films about guitar icons and legends in the Guitar Heroes Film Festival, showing in conjunction with Rockland’s First Friday Art Walks. Part four of the series is Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church (2015) , screening on Friday, September 6, at 8 p.m. Electric Church presents the legendary guitarist in full flight at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival before the largest U.S. audience of his career. This critically...
Additions to Strand Theatre itinerary include Grammy winner, notable films
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 8:15am
ROCKLAND – Ani DiFranco has been added to the list of live entertainment the Strand Theatre, in Rockland. Also added to the itinerary are the films Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, and The Triplets of Belleville. UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE STRAND THEATRE LIVE SHOWS : Sunday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m.: FLOR DE TOLOACHE Latin Grammy winning, New York-based all-female ensemble Flor de Toloache continue to win the hearts of both...
‘I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of sharing one’s life world-wide’
Oceanside valedictorian Gabby Simmons uses YouTube to showcase passion for creating content
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 8:00pm

BOSTON — From early on in her life, 2018 Oceanside High School graduate and valedictorian Gabby Simmons has known she has wanted to be an entrepreneur, though her latest passion of being a YouTuber has blossomed substantially since she uploaded her first video at the start of August 2018. “I’ve always known I wanted to be my own boss in life, take on entrepreneurship, and avoid corporate America and a 9-5 at all costs,” she said. After her 2022 graduation from Bentley University in Boston,...
Bah Humbug!
Belfast Maskers to hold open auditions for holiday musical
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 9:15am

BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers announce open auditions for the children’s holiday musical, Bah Humbug! Based on Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol. This Bill Francoeur musical is an adaptation of the Christmas classic. Auditions will be held Sunday, September 8, from 4 to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, September 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, in Belfast. Anyone interested in auditioning will be asked to sing a favorite show tune or Christmas Carol (...
Friday Night Film Series at Thomaston Public Library
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 8:45am

THOMASTON — The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents Friday Night Film Series, at 6:30 p.m., at the Library. September 6 - Seven Days in May 1964 NR 118 Minutes U.S. President Jordan Lyman (Fredric March) hopes to bring an end to the Cold War by signing a nuclear dis-armament treaty with the Soviets, much to the dis-pleasure of the hawkish Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James Scott (Burt Lancaster). When Scott’s aide (Kirk Douglas) stumbles on shattering evidence...
CIFF
Camden Library to host Camden Film Festival sneak peek
Thu, 08/22/2019 - 8:30am

CAMDEN — On Tuesday, September 3, at 7 p.m., the Camden Public Library will host a “sneak peek” of the films that will be featured in this year’s Camden International Film Festival (CIFF). Join Ben Fowlie, founder of CIFF and executive and artistic director of the Points North Institute, for a Q&A session and screening of trailers from the film selections that will be shown at the festival. “Considered one of the world’s top documentary festivals, CIFF is known for featuring incredible...
putting lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas porpoises and bring a vicious crime syndicate to justice
CIFF Selects to screen Nat Geo’s Sea of Shadows
Sun, 08/18/2019 - 8:15pm

CAMDEN — The Points North Institute and the Camden Opera House will continue its 2019 CIFF Selects series on Wednesday, August 28, at 7 p.m., with a special screening of National Geographic Documentary Film’s Sundance award-winner, Sea of Shadows . “Executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sea of Shadows is a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller,” said CIFF, in a news release. When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to...
Protecting Special Places in the Ocean – Marine National Monuments
Wildlife Visitor Center to screen ‘Living Monuments’
Fri, 08/16/2019 - 10:15am

ROCKLAND — Learn about Marine National Monuments on Wednesday, August 28, 6:30 p.m., at the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, in Rockland. This presentation will feature the film Living Monuments , which showcases the country’s five remote Marine National Monuments: Rose Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea, Marianas Trench, Pacific Remote Islands, all in the Pacific Ocean; and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts, the only one in the Atlantic Ocean. “They’re some of the...
Dark Follies Vaudeville Troupe at Camden Public Library
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 3:30pm

CAMDEN — Born of street theater and variety show performance, Dark Follies brings its special brand of street vaudeville from Portland to the Camden Public Library’s Amphitheatre, Thursday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. Family-friendly while still keeping an edge, Dark Follies features the live music of Rhythm Orchestra, dancing, juggling, storytelling, side show acts, flow artists, fire performers, and more. The performance is free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair or blanket for comfortable...
‘Opera buffa, tragedy, romantic drama, symbolist poetry, and slapstick comedy’
Cyrano de Bergerac presented in high definition from Paris
Thu, 08/15/2019 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — Cyrano de Bergerac will be screened at the Strand Theatre, Thursday, Aug. 29, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The performance is a Comedie Francaise production, broadcast from Paris. In the story, Cyrano is cursed with a prominent nose but gifted with words. He uses this talent to help handsome Christian win Roxane’s heart, whom he also loves. Opera buffa, tragedy, romantic drama, symbolist poetry, and slapstick comedy are all called upon to give life to this staging of one...

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