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Silk Road to Searsport: Armenian Picnic, July 27
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Maine Wood 2026 Biennial Exhibition calls for entries

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Meet some Monarchs at Lincolnville Historical Society

Alix Morris. (Photo courtesy Left Bank Books)
Two author talks in a week at Left Bank Books: Alix Morris and Penny Guisinger
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Paint Night to benefit Jean H. Kislak Community Dog Park in Camden, all welcome

Art

  • Maine Wood 2026 Biennial Exhibition calls for entries
  • Langlais Art Preserve exhibits its first contemporary sculpture installation: Forest Geometries
  • 'Maine Summer' exhibit by Susan Dowley on display at Kramer Gallery
  • Homegrown filmmakers screen debut with 'Rivers Edge' July 5
  • North Haven artist Michele Kirchner holds second solo exhibit: Bathymetry
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Dining Out

  • QP Burger rolls onto St. George Peninsula serving burgers and hotdogs
  • Camden is on board with new charcuterie business
  • 67 Midcoast eateries offering yellow food, drink in July's 'Into the Light!' festival
  • Ribbon cutting in Thomaston celebrates opening of YOIKI Japanese Express
  • Belfast Lions Club has fun at 2025 Spring Brunch
  • Lafayette Hotels buys Oceanside Golf Resort
  • Maine Seaweed Week returns to restaurants, panel discussion added at seaweed expo
  • Pies on Parade to benefit AIO returns March 14 - 16
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Film and Theater

  • 'Matinicus A Lighthouse Play' to be performed on three Maine outer islands
  • Watts Hall Community Players present musical comedy 'The Drowsy Chaperone'
  • Belfast Maskers presents One Act Festival, with a twist
  • The Waldo announces cast for 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'
  • 'Twelfth Night' cast announced as part of 2025 MidCoast Summer Shakespeare Festival
  • 'If a Tree Falls' musical by Ecology Learning Center graduates offers final audition date June 8
  • Watts Hall Community Players announce cast of The Drowsy Chaperone
  • First Annual Maine Palestine Film Festival takes place through May in Maine theaters
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Lectures and Conferences

Helping Hands to hold fundraiser with Heather Cox Richardson and Rick Wahle at Lincoln Theater
Bigelow Laboratory’s 2025 Café Sci program kicks off July 16
Old Bristol Historical Society hosts 2025 Summer Speaker Series
UMaine Extension offers online equine speaker series covering topics across the lifecycle
Seasonal programming at Lincoln County Historical Association begins Memorial Day
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Literature

Finding wonder in the ordinary: Artist Colin Page publishes first book in series of three
Rockport Public Library 2025 Summer Reading for children: 'Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.'
No Shelf-Control is an authors' collaborative that aims to be a force for Maine writers
Rockland library offers passes for adult cardholders
Millay House Rockland announces Writer-in-Residence winners
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Music

  • Pianist Conrad Tao headlines Bay Chamber's Summer Concert Series, July 31 - Aug. 10
  • BBH Opera House: Grammy winner Tommy Emmanuel July 23
  • Bay Chamber offers summer guitar, ukelele workshops for beginners, intermediates
  • Tapestry Singers to hold auditions for Fall Semester
  • BBH Opera House: Cécilia playing July 3
  • Camden Summer Sounds series of free concerts returns to Snow Bowl in August
  • String Theory in Camden is far more than a music store
  • Pure Prairie League plays Boothbay Harbor July 6
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Rock around the jailhouse block in Wiscasset, Aug. 9
LCHA volunteer Dan Watts assists a youngster with a Jenga tower at last year's "Jailhouse Rock!" event. (Photo courtesy Lincoln County Historical Association)

Jailhouse Rock, at the Old Lincoln County Jail on Federal Street in Wiscasset, will be held Saturday, Aug. 9, from 5 - 8 p.m. The stewardship committee of Lincoln County Historical Association’s (LCHA) Old Jail invites young and old for an evening of music by the jazz-rock-blues band Leopard Girls, and their set of foot-tapping music. 

Jailhouse Rock is an event for all ages with dancing, food, lawn games, and tours of the jail cells.

Bring your own picnic or purchase food at the jail.

some fled to the water, others followed behind a bulldozer along the causeway
Mac Smith author talk in Stockton Springs: The Great Fire of 1947 and the End of Bar Harbor’s Golden Era
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On Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m., the Stockton Springs Community Library presents author and historian Mac Smith as he introduces his new book and talks about his process writing about Maine’s history and rich heritage. 

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Points North hosts free screening of Ian Cheney’s 'Observer'
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Points North Institute will kick off the 21st Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) with a special free community screening for the first time. Observer is a new documentary by Camden-based filmmaker Ian Cheney. The screening will be held on Wednesday, September 10, at 6 p.m., at the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School.

London stage production of Titanic the Musical screens at Strand Theatre
Scene from Titanic The Musical. (Photo by Pamela Raith)

ROCKLAND — The five-time Tony Award-winning production Titanic the Musical, captured live on stage in London for cinema screenings, will be presented at the Strand Theatre on August 5 - 7. Showtimes are Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m.; Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 3 p.m.; and Thursday, Aug. 7, at 1 p.m. 

Outerspace opens 2025 Summer Sounds concert series at Camden Snow Bowl, Aug. 3
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The Outerspace Band, in its only Midcoast appearance this year, opens the Camden Summer Sounds, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m., at the Camden Snow Bowl.

"This neo-Frisco R&B roots rock band has been defying gravity for more than a half century of fun on our planet," said Camden Opera House, in a news release. 

two families in Portland, Maine in the turbulent 1800s
Maine history talk by Carol Gardner: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery
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The Rockland Public Library presents Carol Gardner, Thursday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.

Carol Gardner will offer a talk based on her latest history book, The Divided North: Black and White Families in the Age of Slavery, which contrasts two families in Portland, Maine in the turbulent 1800s.

Blue Raven Gallery Poetry Reading Series hosts Kwame Dawes with Julia Bouwsma
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Kwame Dawes (Poet Laureate of Jamaica) and Julia Bouwsma (Poet Laureate of Maine) will read from their work, Wednesday, July 23, at 7 p.m., at Blue Raven Gallery, 374 Main Street, Rockland. The event is hosted by poet Bruce Willard.

Author/illustrator Peter Brown to speak at Rockport library
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New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Peter Brown will be at Rockport Public Library, Tuesday, July 29, at 1 p.m. Brown’s presentation will explore and demonstrate his process of writing and illustrating. There will be a book signing afterwards, with books available for purchase.

Watts Hall Band to play library lawn concert, July 28
Watts Hall Band. (Photo courtesy Rockland Public Library)

The Rockland Public Library will present a free Watts Hall Band concert Thursday, July 28, at 6 p.m., on the library lawn, This concert, originally scheduled for July 3, is free and open to all.

Mr. Drew and his Animals, Too, holds drop-in session at Appleton Library, July 27
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The Appleton Library in Appleton, will be hosting Mr. Drew and his Animals, Too on Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m. This is a walk-thru event, so you may view Mr. Drew's collection of lizards, insects, and exotic animals any time between the hour of 2 and 3 p.m.

This is a free event and open to all. 

Ed Epping exhibition confronts incarceration through visceral art
"ISOLATE" by Ed Epping, made of 100,000 hand-embroidered stitches on a vintage canvas cot cover.

It’s a numbing number: 100,000. 

According to artist Ed Epping, that’s how many people are in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons on any given day — and it’s also the number of hand-sewn stitches he used to embroider the solitary figure in his piece Isolate. 

lively, family-friendly, filled with music, energy, community spirit
Penobscot Bay Orchestra free concert: 'Pirates, Tangos, and a Little Night Music'
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Join Penobscot Bay Orchestra for Pirates, Tangos, and a Little Night Music, a lively, family-friendly concert filled with music, energy, and community spirit.

Meet these artists at the opening celebration, July 18
'The Friendship Show' exhibit features more than 12 Friendship artists
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Salt Pond Studio, in Friendship, presents “The Friendship Show," July 16 - 27, 2025.

More than 12 Friendship artists show their works at Salt Pond Studio as part of the Friendship Day Celebration. Meet these Friendship artists at the opening celebration, Friday, July 18, from 4 - 8 p.m. The exhibition runs from July 16 through the July 27.

Laurent Jochum concert celebrates 150th Anniversary of church organ
E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings Company built the Broad Bay Church organ in 1875. (Photo courtesy Broad Bay Congregational Church)

Organist Laurent Jochum from Paris, France presents a program Tuesday, July 29, at 7 p.m., at Broad Bay Congregational Church. It is the first of three concerts in the coming months to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the E. & G.G. Hook & Hastings organ.

music, community voices, and stop-motion animation
Halcyon String Quartet performs 'Listen' in Waldoboro, Aug. 3
Halcyon. (Photo by Luke Fatora)

Join Halcyon String Quartet on Sunday, August 3, at 7 p.m., at the Broad Bay Church in Waldoboro, for "Listen: an evening of beautiful music, community voices, and stop-motion animation."

music, service dogs in training, fire truck, kids activities, and more
35th Annual Searsmont Town Library Book, Bake Sale, July 19
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The 35th Annual Searsmont Town Library Book & Bake Sale will be held this Saturday, July 19, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., rain or shine, in the Searsmont Community Building.

"There will be deftly organized oodles of books," said the Library, in a news release. "There will be fresh baked goods full of grandeur."

A Grandma's Attic will be run by the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, benefiting STL and professional and personal growth of Maine women in education.

Celebrate Maine’s craft beverage scene
Steins and Vines tasting event returns to 78th Maine Lobster Festival
Steins & Vines 2024. (Photo courtesy Maine Lobster Festival)

The Steins & Vines Tasting Event is back this summer, showcasing a lineup of Maine-made and Maine-distributed brews, wines and spirits. This tasting experience is set to take place on the Festival grounds on Wednesday, July 30, and Thursday, July 31, offering two tasting sessions each day, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

introducing the complexities of her latest thriller
Author talk with Tess Gerritsen in Cushing, July 31
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Acclaimed author Tess Gerritsen continues the exploits of the Martini Club, a seemingly ordinary group of retirees who are not quite who they seem to be. 

Gerritsen introduces the complexities of her latest thriller, The Summer Guests, on Thursday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m., at the Cushing Community School. The school is located at 54 Cross Road in Cushing. This collaborative community event, co- sponsored by Cushing and Thomaston Public Libraries, is free and open to the public.

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Guest artist at Local Color Gallery to give talk during Fourth Friday Artwalk
With Ease by Sue Vittner, acrylic. (Photo courtesy Local Color Gallery)

Sue Vittner will be a guest artist at Local Color Gallery from Tuesday, July 22 through Sunday, August 17. She will give an artist’s talk at 5:30 p.m. during Belfast’s Fourth Friday Artwalk on July 25 (4 to 7 p.m.) 

same name, lived in same locations, same interests, different artistic styles
'Elizabeth and Elizabeth: Painters from parallel lives' exhibit at Arts in the Barn
Elizabeth Reed, "I've been thinking 'Ruth'" oil on linen. (Photo courtesy Arts In The Barn/Cushing Historical Society)

Arts In The Barn exhibits “Elizabeth and Elizabeth: Painters from parallel lives,” August 1 - 3, 2025, with an opening celebration Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, from 5 - 7 p.m.; refreshments served.

“Elizabeth and Elizabeth” is about two painters with the same name, who lived in the same locations, and have the same interests, but have different artistic styles. They have both studied and participated in the art world most of their lives.

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