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A film made in Maine, about a father raising his son in Maine, will be screened Sept. 29, at 6 p.m., at the Colonial Theatre, in Belfast. The evening features a live musical…

shot and produced in the Midcoast
Filmmaker Gideon Baeza, and producer Marta Denny. Photo by Kay Stephens

CAMDEN—Filmmaker Gideon Baeza, 26, producer Marta Denny, 26, and a cast and crew of approximately 20 recently wrapped three weeks of an intense shoot for Baeza's first feature film,…

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A special community screening of Saving Walden's World will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at 5 p.m., at Langlais Art Preserve, in Cushing.…

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre, in partnership with Finding Our Voices, presents a screening of the documentary Out at Six on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at 5:30 p.m., to mark…

filmed in part in Knox County and features local community members
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ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will host the Maine premiere of The Work in Progress, a new documentary from director Ian Cheney and executive producer Robert Reich,…

transforming a whites-only building into a library and community hub
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The Rockland Public Library will screen the documentary How to Build a Library, on Sept. 10, at 6 p.m.
 
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On Saturday, Sept. 12 Heartwood Regional Theater Company will hold low key auditions at the Poe Theater, 81 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle, from 10 a.m. to noon.  

If you…
a furloughed convict and his partners hunt high-level cybercrime
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Film Club for Adults, at Rockland Public Library, will meet on Monday, Sept. 14, at 6 p.m., in the…

more than a story about boats: it's about "a community, its craftspeople, and how they depend on each other"
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BROOKLIN —Brooklin Boat Yard (BBY), a custom wooden yacht builder and restoration yard on the Maine coast, is the subject of a new feature documentary,…
Joe Keller has built a successful business, but his prosperity carries a devastating secret
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ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will screen National Theatre Live’s presentation of Arthur Miller’s American drama All My Sons on…

The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer by Alessandra Sanguinetti

 

The Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) has announced its slate of features and short films for the 22nd edition of the festival, which will take place in…

Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
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August’s Sunday Classic film presentation at Strand Theatre stars Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby in High Society …

blending American folk music and New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine ancient mythology
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ROCKLAND — The Strand Theatre will screen the live theater capture of Hadestown: The Musical, Anaïs Mitchell's genre-defying musical theater. Showtimes are…

'clever observations and stories drawn from his own experiences'
man sits on miniature motorcycle

 

Watts Hall Community Arts will welcome national touring comedian Lee Hardin to Watts Hall, 174 Main Street in Thomaston, for one night of clean stand-up comedy on Friday, Sept. 11…
mistaken for a pickpocket, Chaplin’s tramp flees into the ring of a traveling circus
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Rockland Public Library presents a movie screening of Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus on Thursday…

panel discussion with Maine Dept. of Corrections Commissioner Randall Liberty and Maine Public’s Susan Sharon, Moderated by Jennifer Rooks
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On Monday, August 24, Maine Public will be at the Gracie Theatre in Bangor for a special screening of an upcoming documentary called 

"Everybody Loves Pirates"
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Join the Carver Memorial Library on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 1:30 p.m., as Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers presents "Everybody Loves Pirates". This show will be held at Union Hall, the…
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ROCKLAND — Comedian Paula Poundstone will bring her distinctive brand of spontaneous observational comedy to the Strand Theatre on Friday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m.…

Mystery, intrigue, beauty, passion, and murder
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Caravaggio, "the most extensive film ever made about one of the greatest artists of all time," according to a Strand Theatre news release, will be presented…

Q&A with Producer Michael Sherman, actors Lillian Carrier, Gretchen Mol, Jerod Haynes
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The Strand Theatre will present a special screening of the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed film Horsegirls on…

dance, stage illusions, and a variety of Vaudevillian and circus-inspired feats
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Belfast Maskers announces the cast of its upcoming production of Pippin,” with book by Roger O. Hirson and music and lyrics…

opening act by Oceanside High School talent show winners
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Janoah the Jester (aka Janoah Bailin) will bring “mAyHeM,” an interactive performance of juggling, unicycling, and feats of balance, to the Strand Theatre’s "Family…

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BELFAST — Wild Blueberry Collective and Niweskok are collaborating to present The Blueberry Blues, a Canadian…

a meditation on betrayal, forgiveness and the power of theatre
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Camden Shakespeare Festival opens "The Tempest" on July 15 in the Camden Amphitheatre.

According to Camden Shakespeare Festival, in a news release,

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Two of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, who were also the greatest of rivals, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, will be featured in an  

Strand Theatre event
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ROCKLAND — Sandglass Theater will present “Oma” as part of the Strand Theatre’s Family Sunshine Series on Wednesday, July 22, at 10:30 a.m. The…

a PBS documentary
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A free screening of the film Andre, The Seal Who Came Home will be offered Sunday, July 19, at 3 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
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ROCKLAND — This July, the Strand Theatre will host a two-part film and conversation series, "Postcards from Italy," featuring live, in-theater…

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The Third Annual Queer Film Fest will be held June 27, from 7 - 9:30 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. This event is a finale event of the Pride Month season, according to a Camden Pride Pop-Ups…

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ROCKLAND — Celebrated British artist David Hockney, considered one of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st centuries, according…

Maine State Music Theatre
"1776" cast members John Treacy Egan (Benjamin Franklin), James Patterson (John Adams) and Quinn Corcoran (Thomas Jefferson). Musical opens June 25 at MSMT. Courtesy of MSMT

As the nation prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Maine State Music Theatre will bring one of…

father and daughter share music, prose in 'The Gift of Word and Song in Challenging Times'
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CAMDEN — Folk musician Noel Paul Stookey, best known as one-third of the trio Peter, Paul and Mary, will take the stage at the Camden Opera House on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 7:30 p.…

the woman behind the crown and the moments that shaped a monarch
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Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hit production of “The Audience” in this National Theatre Live…

three short films and a public discussion
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BELFAST — The Colonial Theatre will be the next stop in the Recovery in…

their unlikely relationship unfolds through a series of encounters
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An independently-produced reprise of Rajiv Joseph's play "Gruesome Playground Injuries" returns to the Basil Burwell Community Theater in Belfast for one…

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Becoming an empty nester hits everyone differently, according to a Camden Opera House news release. For some, sorrow, for others, joyful liberation. For comic storyteller Clay…
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Watts Hall Community Players is well over halfway through rehearsals for the well-loved musical “Annie” to go up the last weekend in June, according to the theater group, in a news release. They’…

Would we think about her differently if we knew her full story?
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BELFAST — MidCoast Shakespeare Studio presents its original work, "(Lady) Macbeth," performed outdoors at Belfast City Park. Audiences are invited to enjoy six performances: 

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stepping up against book censorship
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The Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County, in collaboration with The Belfast Free Library, will show the documentary The Librarians on Wednesday, June 17, at 6 p.m., in the Abbott Room…

When her reporting goes viral, officials launch an aggressive cover-up
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Rockland Public Library will screen the documentary Black Snow (2024), Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m.

In a remote Siberian coal town, homemaker-turned-journalist…
plus a special screening on North Haven
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Points North, the nonprofit organization behind the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF), announces the next three films of their ongoing…

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WALDOBORO — On Friday, May 29, four local high school students will premiere an original performance created through The Prism Project, a 12-week theatre program hosted…

two people standing, one person laying on floor

Belfast Maskers announces the cast of its upcoming Maine Playwrights One Act Festivalrunning June 4–14, at the Basil…

With nods to armed forces, American composers, baseball
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Camden Ballet Theatre presents its 4th annual Student Showcase, May 30 and 31, at 2 p.m., at the Camden Opera House. This year’s…

her rebellious, passionate, turbulent life
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A presentation of Exhibition On Screen’s “Frida Kahlo” will be screened on Saturday, June 13, at 5 p.m., at the Strand…

with Eddie Muller, host of 'Noir Alley' on Turner Classic Movies
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The Strand Theatre will present the “Strand Summer Bash: A Film Noir Cocktail Party Fundraiser” on Thursday, June 4, at 5:30 p.m., at the theater. This…

film at Colonial Theater; discussion at Belfast Free Library
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Belfast Maine, the documentary film by Frederick Wiseman, sent shock waves through Belfast when it was released in 1999. Directed by one of

Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth
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The Strand Theatre will conclude its season of Metropolitan Opera simulcasts with the premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s “El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego,” a portrait…