Rockland’s community radio station, WRFR 93.3, is hosting a “Public Party” at the Flanagan Community Center on Saturday, March 21. The event, which runs from 1 to 5 p.m., is open to all, with free admission.

“This is a community get-together, a chance for people to meet their Rockland neighbors and enjoy an afternoon of live local music, fun and games for all ages, local arts and crafts, food and drink - very informal, come when you can,” says station manager Joe Steinberger, in a news release.

ROCKLAND — "The AI Doc, Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, a stunning new documentary about one of the most urgent challenges facing humanity today," said Strand Theatre, in a news release, will be screened as part of the Points North Presents series at Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m., at the Strand Theatre. Admission is free for this first event in the new Points North series. 

"Like the daffodils and tulips, the first Friends of the Rockport Public Library Book Sale of the year is a beloved harbinger of spring," said RPL, in a news release.

This year’s event will be held in the Rockport Library’s lower level on Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season continues at the Strand Theatre with a simulcast of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” on Saturday, March 21, at 12 p.m. An encore screening will be presented on Wednesday, April 1, at 12 p.m. 

"After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives in cinemas worldwide on March 21 as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death," said the Strand, in a news release.

Belfast Maskers presents “Below the Belt,” a darkly comic satire by Richard Dresser, directed by Zafra Whitcomb. The production runs from March 19 - 29 at the Basil Burwell Community Theater, 17 Court Street in Belfast. The production stars Tucker Atwood as Dobbit, Cory Burns as Hanrahan, and Sally Mills as Merkin.

Certified end-of-life doula Kelly Osborn will explore the many functions that the role entails during a presentation, Thursday, March 26, at 2 p.m., at Rockland Public Library.

According to a Library news release, end-of-life doulas provide many forms of aid, including emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial support; practical planning and guidance; presence and comfort during the dying process; and bereavement and after-death support.

"Come with questions," said RPL, in the news release.

On Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., Belfast Free Library will host the screening of a short film, followed by a conversation about how the story of an underdog surf shop became a book, then a film. The event is free and open to the public, with Zoom registration available at belfastlibrary.org/events.

Camden-Rockport Middle School will present Rotten Apples, by Tracy Wells, on March 27 and 28, at 6 p.m., and March 29, at 1 p.m., in the Bisbee Auditorium at CRMS. The production is directed by Michelle Leeman and is open to the public.

Rotten Apples is a fast-paced comedic mystery that brings together a cast of recognizable, larger-than-life characters who are forced to face the music for their misdeeds while being blackmailed into solving a puzzling crime.

PORTLAND — The Portland Public Library will host author Afarin Bellisario, PhD, for a talk on her debut historical novel, Silenced Whispers, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. The event, presented in partnership with the Camden Conference, will explore the historical tensions between modernity and tradition in Iran.

In celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 341st birthday, Broad Bay Congregational Church invites the community to drop in and pause for a March 20, at 1 p.m., concert by Dr. Kevin Birch of Bangor, for organ and harpsichord. Broad Bay Congregational Church is at 941 Main Street in Waldoboro.

Carter Jones Meyer, a history professor and Native art collector who recently retired to Midcoast Maine from New Jersey, will present “Vessels of Dawnland: A Personal Exploration of Wabanaki Basketry” on Sunday, March 22, at 2 p.m., at the Cushing Public Library. This collaborative community event, co-sponsored by Cushing and Thomaston public libraries, is free and open to the public.

The Belfast Free Library and Mark Salwasser will present a wooden egg painting workshop for children in grades 3-6 for some springtime creativity! 

Public Church Supper at Second Congregational Church of Warren

5:30 p.m.

Hearty Casseroles, Delicious salads, Homemade pies, drinks and special door prize.

252 Main Street - Warren (207) 273-2338

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Join us for Pi(e) Day, Saturday, March 14, from 11-1 at the Belfast Free Library. 

Swing by the library and buy a pie, or make a donation in support of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Waldo County. 

Pies will be sold for $31.40, which is the cost to provide one child under age 5 one book a month for a year. 

An exhibition of work by Port Clyde artist Kenneth Schweizer is now on view at the Rockport location of Eastern Tire & Auto Service.

The display includes nine works: primarily oil paintings, along with several prints and one original drawing. All works are for sale.

An opening reception will be held March 26, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Eastern Tire & Auto Service, 70 Rockville Street in Rockport.

The acclaimed DaPonte String Quartet brings two masterworks of the string quartet repertoire to audiences in Maine and New Hampshire in an upcoming series of concerts featuring Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2, and Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36.

The quartet will be in Belfast, Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m., at First Church in Belfast.

Professor Bob Gastaldo will lead an online presentation on Tuesday, March 17, at 12 p.m., via Microsoft Teams called, Non-Analog Forests of the Coal-Forming Ice Age. This presentation is hosted by Merryspring Nature Center.

Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), has launched Points North Presents, a new monthly screening series taking place on the fourth Thursday of March, April and May at the Strand Theatre.

The Rockport Public Library announces a new series of programs to be held throughout 2026 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The first presentation in the series, “Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors,” will be given by Helen Shaw on Wednesday, March 18, at 1 p.m., in the library’s lower level.