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stories, crafts, carnival games, stuffed farm animal show

County Fair story time at Camden Public Library

CAMDEN — Just in time for fair season! Join guest reader Miss Stephanie on Saturday, August 31, at 10 a.m., at the Camden Public Library for a special county fair-themed story time. There will be...
Friday Night Film Series at Thomaston Public Library

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....
CIFF

Camden Library to host Camden Film Festival sneak peek

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...
local and statewide leaders driving community and regional change

Annual Islesboro Energy Conference returns, Sept. 7

ISLESBORO — On Saturday, September 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., The Islesboro Energy Team will hold its 5th annual Islesboro Energy Conference at the Islesboro Community Center. The conference ...
founding member of the Byrds, singer of ‘Turn, Turn, Turn’ and ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’

Folk rock’s Roger McGuinn to give Labor Day Weekend concert at Camden Opera House

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House continues its tradition of bringing a renowned artist to perform during the Windjammer Festival with An Evening with Roger McGuinn. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer...
The Space Foundation

Student artists: Participate in 10th annual International Student Art Contest

The Space Foundation is now accepting entries for its 10thAnnual International Student Art Contest. Student artists ages 3 to 18 years old are invited to enter the 2020 contest by submitting their...
Midcoast Community Chorale fall auditions offer new opportunities to sing

Calling all singers! The Midcoast Community Chorus is auditioning singers for its MCChorale winter 2020 semester. Auditions will be held by Steven Weston, Artistic Director, at the First...
As husband abandons the office for a career as a fine artist, the couple shares the trials, blunders and triumphs they endured.

Searsport author presents ‘A Journey into Fine Art’

ROCKPORT — Author Kim Yesis will give an account of her husband’s mid-life transformation from engineering to fine art and her own vicarious journey in support of his venture. "A Journey into Fine...
Irish guitarist John Doyle with Mick McAuley at Boothbay Harbor Opera House

Impossibly in demand in the studio and on the road, immensely talented and blessed with an acute ear, a wicked sense of rhythm and seemingly endless stream of magic in his playing, composing,...
street musicians bringing traditional New Orleans sound

New Orleans band ‘Tuba Skinny’ to amp up Belfast Summer Nights

BELFAST — New Orleans Street musician band Tuba Skinny will bring its concert to Beaver Street, in Belfast, Thursday, August 22, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Formed in in 2009, Tuba Skinny has steadily...
Author of Maine Clambake series to speak in Bremen

BREMEN — Barbara Ross, author of the Maine Clambake Series, will speak at the Bremen Library on Thursday, August 22, at 7 p.m. Ross is the author of seven Clambake Mysteries. The eighth, Sealed...
Darlingside at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

The Boston-based Darlingside quartet features four distinct voices with tightly-arranged tunes drawing from the unexpected, including strains of bluegrass, classical, and even barbershop. Accompanied...
‘Animal Alchemy’ by Linda Shepard currently hangs until Aug. 30

Kaleidoscope colors swim through fabric artist’s quilted wall hangings

UNION—Linda Shepard doesn’t consider herself an artist, yet there is no denying the beauty and craftsmanship in her quilted fabric tapestries hanging at the The Art Gallery at the Maine Coastal...
Let's Draw Together! September Harvests

Children's drawing classes at Rockland Public Library

ROCKLAND — Children, and those young at heart, will explore farming, harvest, and seasonal themes in this September's ongoing drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library. The...
Scenes of September in Maine

Adult art workshops at Rockland Public Library

ROCKLAND — Catinka Knoth will teach drawing "Scenes of September in Maine," with a focus on buildings, most Mondays in September, at 11 a.m., in the Community Room of Rockland Public Library. Led ...
explore and celebrate Wonder and Amazement at Merryspring Nature Center

Outdoor worship service to celebrate wonder and amazement

CAMDEN — Join the members and friends of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Camden on August 25, at 9:30 a.m., for an outdoor worship service at Merryspring Nature Center, located at 30...
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

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...
merging North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop, rock, and modern jazz

Red Baraat brings joyful, hard-driving world music to Strand stage

ROCKLAND — Red Baraat, a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York, will appear on the Strand Theatre stage, on Saturday, Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m. Conceived by dhol (double-sided barrel drum) player...
Goes from August 16 to 18

Handmade fine crafts from Maine Crafts Guild at Belfast’s United Farmers Market

BELFAST —Maine Crafts Guild artisans show their handmade fine craft in wood, metal, fiber, clay and mixed media at the United Farmers Market Event Center, August 16-18, 2019. For more information...
Waldoboro Selectman Abden Simmons to race for The Waldo

WISCASSET — Waldoboro Selectman Abden Simmons will be racing in the Enduro on Saturday, Aug. 24 at Wiscasset Speedway to benefit the Waldo Theatre. The 100-lap race is designed to provide entry-...
Linda Aldrich, Jane Brox, Christopher Fahy, Bruce Willard

Annual Poetry Reading at Thomaston Public Library

THOMASTON — Thomaston Public Library's Annual Poetry Reading, sponsored by Martha Rhodes of Four Way Books, will be Tuesday. August 27 at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend, and light refreshments will...
Protecting Special Places in the Ocean – Marine National Monuments

Wildlife Visitor Center to screen ‘Living Monuments’

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...
composing original flute music and making flutes using only hand tools and fire for more than 25 years.

August Open Mic Plus features indigenous and flute pieces

STOCKTON SPRINGS — The Open Mic Plus series continues Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m., at the Sandy Point Community Hall, 684 US-1. The events run on the third Wednesday of every month, May through...
representing the philosophy of ZEN through three symbols: the circle, the triangle, and the square

‘ZEN’ opens at CRAFT Gallery

ROCKLAND — The power of ZEN opens at CRAFT Gallery in mid August. The gallery has selected four artists to represent the philosophy of ZEN and their use of the three symbols of the circle, the...
Midcoast Community Chorus opens registration for January concert

CAMDEN — Midcoast Community Chorus welcomes singers of all ages, experience, and abilities to register for the fall semester of weekly rehearsals. An audition is not required. Registration-in-person...
Bay Winds North Ensemble at Camden Public Library

CAMDEN — Enjoy a picnic in the park and the sounds of the Bay Winds North Ensemble, Sunday, Aug. 25, at 2 p.m., in the Camden Public Library’s Amphitheatre. Bay Winds is a community concert...
Nature walk: Mushrooms and Other Fungi

CAMDEN — Coastal Mountains Nature Program presents Mushrooms and Other Fungi, Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the St. Clair Preserve (Knights Pond) in Northport. On this walk,...
Belfast Through the 1980s: slide talk to show history through photographer’s lens

BELFAST — “Belfast Through the 1980s” will be the presentation of the Belfast Historical Society’s meeting, Monday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m., in the Abbott Room, at the Belfast Free Library. Megan Pinette...
Dark Follies Vaudeville Troupe at Camden Public Library

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,...
‘Opera buffa, tragedy, romantic drama, symbolist poetry, and slapstick comedy’

Cyrano de Bergerac presented in high definition from Paris

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...
Weekend Spotlight: Bread & Brews, Jamaican Treats, Demolition Derby, Cardboard Boat Challenge

If I could personify this weekend, it’s like someone who realizes there are only three more weeks of summer and is now trying to cram it all in. So what do we have? Smash em’ up cars, a beer and...
12 years old when her mother was murdered, Perry seeks truth during turbulent upbringing

Author talk in Rockland: ‘After the Eclipse’ by Sarah Perry

ROCKLAND — Maine author Sarah Perry will discuss her memoir, After the Eclipse, Thursday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m., at Rockland Public Library, as a part of the Maine Humanities Council Read ME!...
Coddiwomple: Two Itinerant Artisans hosts open house

STOCKTON SPRINGS — See what is new in the Two Itinerant Artisans studio this summer and view the sculpture, paintings, drawings, and textile art of some of its artists. The studio will host an open...
Hutchinson Center hosts ‘Hanging by a Thread' exhibit, reception

BELFAST — More than 50 works by Maine fiber artists will be featured in the exhibit “Hanging by a Thread,” Sept. 6 – Nov. 22, in the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Gallery at the UMaine Hutchinson Center...
Maine currently has 29 infected lakes, some near Liberty.

Invasive Plant ID workshop in Liberty

LIBERTY — Wondering what they look like??? If you’ve ever wondered what the aquatic invasive plants look like and if maybe that weed near your dock or tangled in your fishing line is one of “them,”...
All former members invited

Twin Town Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps steps out smartly for a 50th reunion

ROCKPORT — The Twin Town Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps once filled the streets, fairgrounds and school playing fields with their exuberant rhythm and beat that can only be produced by drums and horns....
Boothbay Harbor Opera House: Blues master Chris Thomas King

Born in 1962, guitarist Chris Thomas King became the last major folk blues discovery of the 20th century when he was discovered in Louisiana in 1979 by a folklorist from the Smithsonian Institute in...
Le Vent du Nord at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House

The award winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and...
Public Supper to benefit United Methodist Economic Ministry

ROCKLAND — Everyone is invited to a public supper on August 24, at 5 p.m., at Aldersgate UMC to enjoy beans, casseroles, and homemade pies. In lieu of tickets, monetary contributions are encouraged...
Belfast’s Dancing in the Park series concludes at Railroad Station

BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes, the nonprofit that produces first Friday community and contra dances, concludes the “Dancing in the Park” series on Saturday, September, 7, at 3 p.m., at City Point...

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