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Culture

Joan Wright, Fishweir #9, 30” x 51”, archival print. (Photo courtesy Rockland Main Street)
First Friday Art Walk in Rockland, Aug. 1
Film still from CatVideoFest 2025. (Photo courtesy Strand Theatre)
Cat Video Fest 2025 comes to Strand Theatre, Aug. 10-14

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Maine fiction author Shannon Bowring to speak in Thomaston

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Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers 'Everybody Loves Pirates' show at Rockland library
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Mondaynite Jazz Orchestra lawn concert at Rockland library

Art

  • David Estey solo show at Studio 53
  • Project Sturgeon Bride melds science, art, climate education in Midcoast Maine
  • 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
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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
  • Homegrown filmmakers screen debut with 'Rivers Edge' July 5
  • 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
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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

  • BH Opera House: Ireland’s The Henry Girls Aug. 6
  • 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
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Arts on the Hill program brings the band 'Rockville'
Rockville. (Photo courtesy Coastal Mountains Land Trust)

Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings the band Rockville to Beech Hill Preserve on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m., as part of this free summer concert series. 

Gawler Family Band performs at Camden Summer Sounds series, Aug. 10
Gawler Family Band. (Photo by Dylan Ladds)

Camden Opera House’s annual Camden Summer Sounds series of free outdoor concerts continues with the Gawler Family Band, performing Sunday, Aug. 10, at 4 p.m., at the Camden Snow Bowl, 22 Barnestown Road. 

Author talk in Tenants Harbor with children’s book author, illustrator Annie Higbee
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On Saturday, Aug. 2, at 10:30 a.m., the Jackson Memorial Library, in Tenants Harbor, will host “Annie Higbee: The Hummingbird & the Narwhal,” a reading and discussion with Maine children’s book author and illustrator Annie Higbee.

Friends of Rockland Public Library annual meeting, Aug. 19
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Friends of Rockland Public Library annual meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 3:30 p.m., in the Community Room of the Library. All members and those interested in the Friends are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

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'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' film and conversation with casting director, actor
Maxwell Simba Owino and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a scene from The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. (Photo courtesy Strand Theatre)

The Strand Theatre will screen The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 5:30 p.m.

First Friday Community Dance and Contras, Aug. 1
(Photo by Dylan Ladds)

On Friday, August 1, take a spin on the dance floor and let your shoes fly at the First Friday Community Dance & Contras.

Annual Port Clyde Fisherman Doll Fair, Aug. 6
Port Clyde Dolls. (Photo courtesy Port Clyde Fisherman Doll Fair)

The annual Port Clyde Fisherman Doll Fair will be held Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

"The Pirates have seized the day," said Kimberly Arnett, in a news release. "Come and join them and the many other dolls they have captured. You can, also, enjoy some goodies at the baked good table, some treasures at our small flea market and hand-crafted items at our craft table."

The sewing circle is looking for hand sewers, knitters and stuffahs to bring the new dolls alive.

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Lady Knox DAR talks about its book in Waldoboro: Fighting for Freedom, Fighting for Survival
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The Lady Knox Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will present their newly published non-fiction book, Fighting for Freedom, Fighting for Survival, Sunday, July 27, at 1 p.m., at the Waldoboro Historical Society Museum, 1164 Main Street, Waldoboro.

Strand Theatre’s Family Sunshine Series
Shidaa Projects brings West African drumming, dance to Rockland
West African drumming and dance presented by Shidaa Projects. (Photo courtesy Strand Theatre)

Ghanaian drummer Jordan Mensah and dancer Samuel Maama Marquaye will bring a family-friendly performance that features percussion, movement, and cultural celebrations of Ghana and West Africa to the Safe Harbor Gazebo, 60 Ocean St., in Rockland, on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 1 p.m. As part of the Strand Theatre’s Family Sunshine Series, admission is on a $0-20 sliding scale.  

CANCELLED: Sap Line Band concert in Searsport, Aug. 10
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A July 23, 2025 update provides the following statement: Due to unforeseen circumstances the SapLine concert at the First Congregational Church on Sunday, August 10 is cancelled.


Initial news release:

The Sap Line Band will perform a concert, Sunday, Aug. 10, at 3 p.m., at the First Congregational Church in Searsport, 8 Church Street.

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Fighting Fraud: AARP prevention presentation at Quarry Hill
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Quarry Hill welcomes Michele Langstaff of the AARP Fraud Watch Network to the Anderson Inn on Monday, July 28, at 3 p.m.

Learn how to protect yourself from scams and fraud by understanding the latest tactics used by scammers, how to recognize warning signs, and ways to safeguard your personal information.

Part of Quarry Hill’s ongoing awareness series designed for adults aged 50 and better, the program is free, but advance registration is required. To sign up, please call Quarry Hill at 301-6116 or email qhinfo@mainehealth.org.

Restorative Justice Project Maine potluck, community building circle
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Restorative Justice Project Maine holds its next quarterly in-person potluck and community building circle, Thursday, Aug. 7, from 5:30 - 7 p.m., at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Rockland. 

RSVP here.

Warren Village Businesses is August topic for Warren Historical Society meeting
Far right shop Mrs. L. M. Doham millenary. Photo taken after 1903. (Photo courtesy Warren Historical Society)

The Warren Historical Society will host a presentation of Warren Village Businesses by Karin Larson W.H.S. historian, Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 7 p.m., at the Society's Dr. Campbell house, located at 225 Main Street in Warren. 

The talk will cover the history of Warren village buildings and a history of known businesses that occupied the buildings.

All are welcome.

All picnic profits and donations benefit art projects and library purchases for war-affected children in Armenia
Silk Road to Searsport: Armenian Picnic, July 27
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"The rich and ancient culture of Armenia thrives in Maine on the last Sunday of July each year in the form of a Garden Picnic," said  Astrig Koltookian Tanguay, in a news release.

The annual Garden Picnic will take place Sunday, July 27, at Searsport Shores Ocean Campground. Gates open at 11 a.m., with food served from 12 - 3 p.m.  

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Two author talks in a week at Left Bank Books: Alix Morris and Penny Guisinger
Alix Morris. (Photo courtesy Left Bank Books)

Left Bank Books in downtown Belfast invites the public to two author talks and signings the week of August 4.

The first event, Monday, Aug. 4, at 6:30 p.m., features Alix Morris and Kathryn Miles in conversation to discuss Morris' new book, A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea’s Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures.

Paint Night to benefit Jean H. Kislak Community Dog Park in Camden, all welcome
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Volunteers are organizing a Paint Night, 6 to 7:30 p.m., to be held at American Flatbread Pizza, 399 Commercial Street, in Rockport, July 22, to benefit the Jean H. Kislak Community Dog Park in Camden and animals at the PAWS animal shelter in Camden.

Funds will be used for general upkeep and maintenance of the dog park. A volunteer effort is underway to make the dog park more self-sufficient and not draw on funds that are dedicated to housing and finding homes for shelter animals.

dancing, food, lawn games, tours of jail cells
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.

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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. 

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