ROCKLAND — A live broadcast of the Met’s premiere of Grounded will be presented Saturday, Oct. 19, at 1 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. An encore will be screened on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m. 

Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded wrestles with often-overlooked issues created by 21st-century war making: the ethical conflicts created by the use of modern military technology and the psychological and emotional toll supposedly safe remote technology takes on our servicepersons.

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 from the Prospect Fire House.

Baked beans, hotdogs, pulled pork, lasagna, American chop suey, scalloped potatoes, broccoli, clam, and chicken casseroles, fresh salads, homemade pies, cakes, yeast rolls.  

Adults $12; children under the age 12, $2.

Benefit for building maintenance and community concerns.  

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 uplift Haitian culture throughout the U.S. 

The events are a Haitian Children's Book Reading and Rara Experience, and a Haitian film screening: ‘Kite Zo A’ with Producer Q&A

Haitian Cultural Children’s Book Reading and Rara Experience will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at 10 a.m., at Barnswallow Books, in Rockport.

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 of newspaper history. They will discuss the evolution of the Courier-Gazette (est. 1846) over the decades and review notable issues and stories over the years. The program will conclude with a participatory discussion about how news and information are distributed today and their hopes for the future of news in the 21st century.

Presenters:

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 annual meeting takes place Friday, Oct. 25, at Fair Haven Camps, 81 W. Fairhaven Lane, Brooks.  

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 Art Museum during her residency. The program is free and open to the public.  

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 of the best fire engine restorers in the U.S.

This event will be held at the Firefly Barn on Barnestown Road on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. Attendees should enter the barn on the Robbins Road end, near the caboose.  

Hope Works and Friends is a program of Hope Library showcasing the makers and creators in Hope and communities nearby. 

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 the world's best ragtime, stride, blues and early jazz pianists and performers from around the United States to the Midcoast area of Maine since 2019. 

This year's Revue proudly presents one of today's leading stride pianists: Three-time world champion, Grammy nominated Jazz-Ragtime pianist Brian Holland. 

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 supernatural fantasy, Casper.

What will the future of “work” look like? What part does work play in our psychological well being? What constitutes meaningful work? These are some of the questions the Camden Philosophical Society will address on Oct. 15, at the third session in a series of discussions on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The group discussed generative AI in August and September, focusing on the technology itself, the ethics and the philosophical quandaries this new technology raises.

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 dubbed as an evening of food, laughter, and trivia with friends and neighbors.

Bring a dish and your Cushing knowledge to share with everyone, and place setting to enjoy it on.

The trivia experience So You Think You Know Cushing? will be about the people, places, and things of Cushing.

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 Picker Room and via Zoom. 

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, shopping for locally made goods, live music, food, and much more.

Our Town Belfast provides the following description of Belfast participants:

Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas will hold a fiddle workshop, Saturday, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., at The Waldo.

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 than 100 works for ARTinME 2024: David Estey, Carolyn Gabbe, Tammy Ricker, Nathan Allard and Claudette Gamache among them. Awards for Best in Show, Second and Third Place and three Honorable Mentions will be announced at the opening reception on October 5.

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 Mary Sullivan, flutist Linda Brunner, bassoonist David DeBolt and keyboardist Sean Fleming, will present a fast-paced concert featuring a mix of classical, modern, and contemporary music. 

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 band’s members, Terry Patterson and Barry Dodd, who grew up one city over, in Belfast. The show will mark the first time the duo has performed together back home since their high school days.

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 conjunction with the Belfast Poetry Festival, will showcase Jones’ paintings as this year’s Festival artist. 

An opening reception takes place on Tuesday, October 8, from 5:30- 7 p.m., in the Kramer Gallery, located on the ground floor of the library, 106 High Street in Belfast.

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 and runs from September 26 to October 29. The opening reception will be Friday, Oct. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m., Rockland’s First Friday Artwalk.

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 Points," this annual event will feature Pixie Lauer and David Foley sharing folk, blues, and original music. Others will share stories, songs and poetry. Apple pie, etc. 

Sweet Tree Arts and Hope Orchards are once again collaborating to offer an evening of creative expression. This event is a departure from the usual autumn story slam. However, as with a story slam, there is a theme.