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Your 2022 St. Paddy’s Day Rundown
Wed, 03/16/2022 - 12:15pm

It’s been two years since we’ve been able to bring this feature back. Sláinte and make sure you have a designated driver or a smart plan! Wednesday, March 16 Liberator Brewing Co. in Rockland is hosting its third St. Patrick’s Day celebration from 3 to 8 p.m. serving O’Leary’s Cow Chocolate Stout, Highland Lager, and an Irish Red Ale. No cover and drink specials. Thursday, March 17 Belfast • Maine Celtic Celebration is partnering with...
Hey Sailor, Searsport’s new taco cocktail restaurant opens
Tue, 03/15/2022 - 12:30pm

SEARSPORT—‘Hey Sailor’ is serving a definite vibe, which, simply put, is “TACOS+. ART. BOOZE.” The newly opened bar and restaurant on 25 East Main Street is the latest venture of the owners of The Hichborn in Stockton Springs. Kirk Linder and Charlie Zorich opened Hey Sailor in late February after purchasing the building in 2019. However, the pandemic waylaid their plans for quite awhile. Early in 2020, they ripped everything down to the studs and slowly built out a kitchen, then began the work...
Weekend Spotlight: Everything worth seeing is in Belfast
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 1:00pm

Maine Restaurant Week continues into this weekend, so take a road trip this weekend to try out different cuisine around the state. Also, Belfast’s got it going on this weekend! With another bomb cyclone coming in this weekend, everything listed here is inside. Music at Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. Friday, March 11—Belfast Poster courtesy Marshall Wharf Brewing co. Muskeag, a Belfast band with h omegrown alt-country, alt-rock original music, is returning to...
Winter StoryWalk for children in downtown Searsport
Read a Ukranian folktale page by page while taking a walk
Tue, 03/08/2022 - 9:15am

SEARSPORT—What do you get when you combine an illustrated children’s book with a simple walk around a neighborhood? StoryWalk, a literacy project created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library, is a way to encourage families to get outside and be active while boosting childrens’ literacy. Carver Memorial Library and local businesses have parterned to present a winter-themed...
Weekend Spotlight: Outdoor events, Maine Restaurant Week, and Art Happenings
Thu, 03/03/2022 - 12:00pm

The kids are all right this weekend. Even though Weekend Spotlight is for adults, primarily, there are a couple of teen-centered events that will appeal to all ages. And here’s a great way to support the chefs, servers, and local purveyors for Maine Restaurant Week. Young Artists’ Gallery Takeover Friday, March 4—Belfast Poster courtesy Waterfall Arts As March kicks off Youth Art Month, Waterfall Arts is hosting its sixth annual Young Artists’ Gallery...
Despite a rocky start in high school, she has thrived at BCOPE in Belfast
Hail to the Rad Kids: Meet Mia, headed to the D.C. agricultural summit
Tue, 03/01/2022 - 9:30pm

BELFAST—Mia Fay, a junior at Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education (BCOPE) in Belfast, is headed for big things this spring, representing Maine at the National 4-H Youth Summit on Agri-Science . The 17-year-old got connected to nature as a child when she and her family lived in Florida. “I’ve always been drawn to the outdoors and had an interest in how animals interacted with the landscape,” she said. “We used to live near this little retention pond and I’d just sit there and watch...
Belfast makes a weekend out of ice sculptures and ice bars around town
Ice, Ice Baby
Sun, 02/27/2022 - 11:00am

BELFAST—The streets of downtown Belfast were alive on Saturday with hundreds of people walking around to take photos of ice sculptures, watch live ice carving demonstrations, and have a chill sip of something at multiple ice bars throughout the downtown. State of Maine Ice Carving Championship The weekend event was organized as a cabin fever reliever while following COVID-19 guidelines. The event continues on Sunday, February 27. Here is a schedule of events . Enjoy our gallery. Photos by Kay...
Weekend Spotlight: Well, at least Saturday and Sunday are looking good
Thu, 02/24/2022 - 12:00pm

Better hunker down Friday night because it looks like we’re going to get hit with a dumpload of snow (fourth weekend in a row) but the rest of the weekend looks clear and that’s great news for the multiple winterfests happening around the state. Belfast Ice Festival Friday, February 25 through Sunday, February 27—Belfast Sorry Heat Meiser, this weekend is for the cool kids. Given the weather situation, I’m just going to launch into Saturday and Sunday’s...
Medomak Valley High School and Middle School students participated
School protest walk-outs cause disruption
Sun, 02/20/2022 - 10:00am

WALDOBORO—Medomak Valley High School and Middle School students walked out Feb. 14 to raise awareness on sexual assault. Prior to that, a news article stated the former principal of MVHS, who is in the midst of a lawsuit , denied allegations he sexually harassed a former student. At 11:55 a.m., about 50 students walked out; an email from MVHS Principal Linda Pease and MMS Principal Kate Race went out to the community later that day acknowledging the walkout. Feb. 15, students from both schools...
Weekend Spotlight: Looks like it’s a road trip kind of weekend
Thu, 02/17/2022 - 12:00pm

With school vacation right around the corner, the fun stuff is happening mostly out of town this weekend (with the exception of a vinyl jam in Rockland), so brace yourself for the pain at the pump and gas up for a good time around the state. Killer Road Trip: Carnaval in Portland Thursday, February 17 through Sunday, February 20—Portland Rail Jam. Photo courtesy Carnaval’s Facebook page. Carnaval ME is a winter festival in Portland’s Eastern Prom, with Bites...
Weekend Spotlight: Toboggan Races, Valentine’s Day and where to watch the Super Bowl
Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:15pm

It’s going to be downright balmy at the start of the weekend so you know hard-core Mainers will be wearing T-shirts and waterproof boots on the ice at the U.S. National Toboggan Championships. It’s a triple threat weekend with Valentine’s Day and the Super Bowl as well, so get ready for a jam-packed weekend. 31st US National Toboggan Championships Returns Friday, February 11 through Sunday, February 13—Camden Photo courtesy Camden Snow Bowl. Outdoor...
Belmont Hill, Mass. students do practice runs ahead of U.S. National Toboggan Championships
Students apply physics to building and racing toboggans
Thu, 02/10/2022 - 11:15am

CAMDEN—Last Sunday, 12 teenage boys from Belmont, Mass., hopped off the bus with Athletic Director George Tahan and arrived at the Camden Snow Bowl with six toboggans, rarin’ to go. But they weren’t there to practice for the U.S. National Toboggan Championships. The boys are ninth-grade students from Belmont Hill, a private school for boys grades 7-12 in Belmont, Massachusetts. As part of a science class called “Applied Physics and Design,” the students not only hand-built each toboggan, but...
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
The ‘PC Guy’ wants your old computers to fix up and give to people who can’t afford them
Tue, 02/08/2022 - 7:45pm

THOMASTON—One Midcoast man is on a mission to free up landfills from junked computers and to turn those parts into usable devices for people who can’t afford a new computer. Gordon Knowlton, from Thomaston, has had a life-long interest in taking computers apart and putting them back together. “I took one course in college for audio engineering, but I really got into repairing PCs after I bought a Gateway computer around 2003,” he said. “It wasn’t cheap, around $1,800, and every time I had a new...
From ice carving to 1920s burlesque
Weekend Spotlight: Finally, some winter fun ahead
Thu, 02/03/2022 - 1:30pm

I don’t know whether post-holiday fatigue was going on in the last couple of weeks in January but it was like tumbleweeds in the Midcoast. Then this weekend is like —shazam— let’s see how many crazy different things we can do and see this weekend! Here’s what’s going on. Camden Winterfest Returns Saturday, February 5—Camden Master Carver Tim Pierce. (Photo courtesy of Camden Public Library) After last year’s cancellation, folks are pretty happy to see...
Each month Waterfall Arts will host the outdoor firepits with a theme
Belfast Fireside chats are a social experiment in building connections
Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:30pm

BELFAST—Anyone who has ever cozied up to a blazing campfire with s’mores anticipating a story will surely enjoy Waterfall Arts’ latest offering: monthly Fireside Chats, “meant to ignite conversations, boost empathy, and offer a platform for shared stories.” “We were trying to think of ways people could gather outside in a larger group as a way to [meet Covid-19 indoor restrictions] but we were also thinking of neutral ways to bring people together in today’s reality where everything seems so...
Specializing in books that explore, heal and edify
Arctic Tern Books, new boutique bookstore, opens in Rockland
Fri, 01/21/2022 - 11:30am

ROCKLAND—It’s never a bad thing to have another independent bookstore open in the Midcoast and Arctic Tern Books is the newest bookstore to cement Rockland’s reputation as a thriving cultural scene. Owner Allison Worden opened the boutique bookstore in November after planning it for about a year. The space at 432 Main Street, formerly Hall’s Antiques, had been sitting empty for a few years. Once she saw its dark wood floors and soaring ceilings, she knew it was meant to be. “I walked in and...
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
If there’s a mouse in the house, Kathleen Maseychik is behind it
Wed, 01/19/2022 - 8:15am

JACKSON—Last week, we did a story on the off-the-beaten-path Marsh River Cooperative in Brooks and its special space for local artisans and crafters. Kathleen Maseychik is one of those crafters whose tiny, handmade felt mice grace a dollhouse in the center of the store. Her creations, which she has been making for 53 years, are under the banner of her nano business, Mouse Hole Workshop. She credits the author Beatrix Potter and The Tale of Peter Rabbit for...
Betty White Challenge calls on fans to donate to animal shelters on Jan. 17
Good Grief! Charlie Brown is anxious and needs a home
Mon, 01/17/2022 - 1:00pm

On January 17, actress and legend Betty White would have been 100 years old. While she was well known for her role on The Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore show, White was also an animal rights advocate for her entire life, s erving on the Los Angeles Zoo's board for more than 50 years as well as advocating for the ASPCA. Upon her death, her fans created The Betty White Challenge—a call to donate to animal shelters or animal rights charities on her birthday. PAWS Animal...
Switching up the fitness routine: six fun ways to get active in the Midcoast
Fri, 01/14/2022 - 2:00pm

Well, hello, January! You’re looking at your treadmill over there in the corner, which serves as a better laundry rack than an exercise machine. Boredom over the same old workout routine is why many people lose motivation to stay fit, as a 2020 study revealed, finding that even elite athletes lose the momentum to exercise when faced with a repetitive workout. Luckily, on the coast of Maine, we’re surrounded by a plethora of outdoor terrain, specialty gyms, and...
Weekend Spotlight: What to do, where to go in the new year
Thu, 01/13/2022 - 12:00pm

It’s “New Year, New You” time this weekend with the Samoset Resort Glacier Ice Bar returning, a Winter Fest in Brunswick, and a couple of brain-tickling events to get you out of your rut. When people ask “What is there to DO in the wintertime around here?” Weekend Spotlight is your answer. Glacier Ice Bar Returns Friday, January 14 and Saturday, January 15—Rockport Glacier Ice Bar. Photo courtesy Samoset Resort. It’s back! See the transformation of 50,000...
Day Trips: Marsh River Cooperative
Wed, 01/12/2022 - 2:15pm

BROOKS—As Marsh River Cooperative’s manager Matthew McKillop will tell you, “You’d be surprised to know there’s a lot going on in Brooks.” A tiny town in Waldo County with a population of little more than 1,000 has a gem of a store anchoring the center of town. The Marsh River Co-op is a year-round agricultural cooperative and retail market for artisans with nearly 200 producer and consumer members. The building, which used to be Paul and Audrey’s hardware store, became the focal point for...
Jamie Lucas of Jamie’s Miniatures organized the surprise miniature giveaway
Three Belfast business owners make kids’ tiny dreams come true
Thu, 01/06/2022 - 8:15pm

BELFAST—Avonlea Lecher, 10, and her brother, Cole, 12 are big fans of the tiny world of miniatures. Together, they have made their own room boxes out of shoeboxes, filling them with handmade furniture. It just so happens that their dad, Matt Lecher, owns a store, Heavenly Bean Bags, down the hall from Jamie’s Miniatures, located in the Belfast Mall on High Street next to the Colonial Theatre. The siblings, who are part of a family of eight children, would often pop down the hall to marvel at...
Hobbyist photographer Josh Povec captures Gatsby-esque green light across the water
The story behind this stunning photo
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 9:45am

CAMDEN—There’s a passage in “The Great Gatsby” where the narrator Nick observes Jay Gatsby reaching his arms out at the end of a dock to embrace what looks like green light across the water. The literary device symbolizes Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for a brighter (less depressive) future. A digital photograph that film producer Josh Povec took with a Sony A7iii across the bay in Camden 90 minutes after sunset in October is the green light we all need right now. It is from the vantage point at an...
A slimmed-down listing with alternative activities to stay safe
Your New Year’s Eve Rundown 2021-2022
Thu, 12/30/2021 - 8:45am

After nearly two years into a pandemic, people are weary of not being able to socialize with friends and family, but also cautious as the Omicron variant spikes over the holidays. Here’s your slimmed-down guide to what’s happening in the Midcoast for New Year’s Eve 2021-2022—whatever your comfort level. Belfast Photo courtesy MetroCreative New Year’s By The Bay Belfast’s biggest wintertime event is not taking place for the second year due to the Covid-19 virus...
A round of pickleball, a weekend in a yurt, and a lovely picnic in a meadow
Shop Local: Three Maine gifts of experience
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 1:45pm

For the holidays and to highlight activities and adventures, we’re shining the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. Shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. Pickleball with Friends or Family Rockport, Maine The back story : If you’ve never heard of pickleball, Mid-Coast Recreation Center is the place to find out what makes the game so fun. The game, a cross-between ping pong, badminton, and...
Satori makes a sophisticated “Holiday Stimulus”
What’s in that cocktail?
Fri, 12/24/2021 - 12:00pm

BELFAST—Wind Tracy, co-owner and bartender for Satori, a Sushi restaurant and cocktail bar in Belfast, has put a Japanese spin on the holiday cocktail for the season—with a wry name perfect for “these pandemic times.” The Holiday Stimulus is a Japanese whisky-based cocktail that perfectly packs substantial sweet and sour flavors in a coupe glass. “We first made this cocktail last year for the holiday season; we were still shut down because of the COVID-19 virus, and the stimulus checks were all...
From a bad decision to ‘Betty The Brilliant ArtVan’
Tue, 12/21/2021 - 4:00pm

BELFAST—An old 1980s Toyota Huntsman camper van that had been sitting in Larraine Brown’s backyard for about a month has come back to life as a traveling art van. Rechristened “Betty The Brilliant ArtVan,” the camper is like a Bookmobile, only with art. Brown, a board member of the Belfast Area Community Coalition, dba Artivism In Maine (AIMe), is candid about Betty’s origins. “It was a bad buy,” she said, “A bad decision, so after it had been sitting there for so...
Find out where the women-owned businesses are in The Midcoast
Shop Local Spotlight: Maine Women’s Business Directory
Tue, 12/21/2021 - 1:15pm

PORTLAND—Sometimes a brilliant idea for a new business is just a phone call away. For Sarah Guerette, Director of the CEI Women’s Business Center, that idea sprung from multiple phone calls to the center, which assists aspiring female entrepreneurs. “We get calls all of the time from individuals who want to shop from women-owned businesses or from institutions looking to hire women specifically,” she said. “And there was no state directory available.” In the last year, CEI Women’s Business...
Weekend Spotlight: Two A & E happenings and two business openings
Thu, 12/16/2021 - 12:30pm

We’ve got a couple of fun things to do this weekend and then Weekend Spotlight will be taking a hiatus until the holidays are over. We’re looking forward to some arts and entertainment in 2022! Weird, Wild, Wonderful Maine — A Reading Friday, December 17—Camden Photo courtesy Earl Brechlin/Islandport Press “When you try to define ‘Maine’ there’s no one thing that can, which is why it’s neat to find all of these legends and stories about the culture and spirit...
Lobster buoys, sailcoth bags, and lobster rope wreaths
Shop Local: Three upcycled, reclaimed unique Maine gifts
Mon, 12/13/2021 - 2:15pm

For the holidays, we’re shining the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. Shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. Each week, until the end of December, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. Reclaimed Maine Buoys Portland, Maine The back story : Husband and wife J esse and Sheryl Bennett started Reclaimed Maine Buoys in the midst of the pandemic when...
Weekend Spotlight: Some lovely music, wine and hors d’eouvres
Thu, 12/09/2021 - 12:00pm

It’s raining cats and dogs this weekend (figuratively) with a holiday party dedicated to animals, a tribute show named after a cat, and a mellow jazz concert, which has nothing to do with cats or dogs. Tinsel & Tails Holiday Gala Friday, December 10—Camden PAWS Animal Adoption Center is throwing their annual holiday fundraiser at High Mountain Hall starting at 5:30 p.m. with music, a cash bar, complimentary wine, heavy appetizers, a Fund-a-Cause...
Shop Local: Three quintessential Maine gifts
Mon, 12/06/2021 - 8:45am

For the holidays, we’re shining the spotlight on Maine craftspeople. Shop locally and support innovators and entrepreneurs who keep the creative economy alive in this state. Each week, until the end of December, we will bring you this series until you can’t take it anymore. Ready. Set. Go. Beach Star Ornaments Appleton, Maine The back story : Lorraine Coffey started Maine's Natural Inspirations in 2014 as a creative outlet. “I have always loved...
Weekend Spotlight: 21+ over events for artists and adventurers
Thu, 12/02/2021 - 12:45pm

Whether it’s scouring for events that give you a respite from the holiday madness or finding things to plunge you into the holiday madness, we’ve got it covered this week. The “Best Of” Christmas by the Sea Friday, December 3 through Sunday, December 5 —Midcoast As followers of this weekly spotlight know, I tend to pick events for the 21+ crowd. Get in the holiday spirit Friday night with a little nosh and sip in Camden with The Vintage Room’s c hef Andrea...
Bee Wild Farmacy opens next to Cardinal Cove Mini Golf Center in Rockport
A farmer just took over a mini golf course and the result is a wild new business
Tue, 11/30/2021 - 11:00am

ROCKPORT—Farmer Mary Nelson née Clayton and her husband, Tom, recently bought the nearly 40-year-old Cardinal Cove Mini Golf Center and an adjacent house with big plans for its future. The first floor of the house, on Commercial Street in Rockport, which used to be an arcade, has turned into a small retail space for Nelson’s natural-made products called Bee Wild Farmacy. She just held her grand opening Sunday, November 21. Having grown up in Rockland, Nelson moved to central New York for a...
Rockland Historical Society spearheaded the addition
A new Family History Center is built in the Rockland Public Library
Tue, 11/30/2021 - 8:45am

ROCKLAND—For Midcoast history buffs, a new Family History Center built into the lower level of the Rockland Public Library is sure to be a treasure trove. Spearheaded by the Rockland Historical Society , which has rooms adjacent on the lower floor of the library, the room is filled with shelves of old Courier-Gazette negatives, boxes of old photos from photographer Jim Moore, who worked for the Courier-Gazette and The Portland Press Herald...
Weekend Spotlight: Post T-Day, Here’s What’s Happening
Thu, 11/25/2021 - 11:15am

Buckle up Piloteers, we’re in for about a month of holiday-themed events, starting this weekend, so I’ll do my best to find the most entertaining things to do for locals as well as for friends and family visiting. Time for a complete recharge! Tropical Skate Night Friday, November 26 —Rockport Get ready to shoot the duck in a pair of roller skates post-Turkey Day (if you can squat down that far). Mid-Coast Rec Center is hosting Tropical Skate Night with...
Midcoast Entrepreneurs
Knitted hats with a naughty message
Wed, 11/24/2021 - 8:00am

ROCKPORT—Sometimes you just want to say things you can’t out loud. Liz Polkinghorn, a knitter, understands that need, and designs the type of hat that ”allows you to put all the things you'd like to say out loud, but sometimes just can’t, onto your hat instead.” Her hand-knitted hats have become a home business called Bespolk Hats. It can sometimes take a whole day to custom create with 100 percent wool and pom poms of real fur, faux fur or cotton. And her biggest seller is a word you can’t say...
Specializes in outdoor apparel and provisions
Environmentally conscious Symmetree Base Camp sets up shop in Camden
Tue, 11/23/2021 - 4:00pm

CAMDEN—The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. In this case, the tree is Cynthia Trone, a long-time resident of Camden and the apple is her son, Jackson Berger, whose Oregon-based outdoor clothing store, Symmetree, has now branched out to become Trone’s retail shop on Bay View Street that goes by the name Symmetree Base Camp. Trone, who used to manage the former location of The Grasshopper Shop when it was on Bay View Street in the 1980s, has come full circle, back to her retail roots. The...
Weekend Spotlight: A wild weekend with Wolffs, a magical glow, fall bounties, and Nature
Thu, 11/18/2021 - 1:30pm

We’re heading into the crest of a wild weekend, the calm before the storm (literally) next week with storms coming in ahead of Thanksgiving. So, enjoy music from some talented sisters, a magical fantasy ride, a bountiful fall harvest, and a new business opening. I told you it’d be wild. The Wolff Sisters Friday, November 19—Camden Boston-based sisters Rebecca, Rachael, and Kat Wolff are coming to the Camden Opera House. J ust named New England Music Awards'...
Weekend Spotlight: Four indoor events to pique your senses and tastebuds
Thu, 11/11/2021 - 11:00am

We have a few interesting happenings on deck this weekend with another adapted musical, some food and drink tastings, an artistic craft fair, and some wild and scenic films for your enjoyment. Rent: School Edition Friday, November 12 through Sunday, November 14—Belfast Last weekend Camden Hills High School was the star player of the high school musical—this weekend it’s the Belfast Area High School’s turn. This weekend kicks off its fall musical - Rent:...
Searsport gains Rio’s Spiked Café with a European flair
Wed, 11/10/2021 - 5:15pm

SEARSPORT—Just five minutes over the Belfast bridge heading north on Route 1 sits the newly opened Rio’s Spiked Café, a European-style tapas bar and eatery. Owners Oana and Russell Manton who also own the adjoining business park, were avid worldwide travelers before the pandemic put a halt to their adventures. Self-described foodies, the couple decided if they couldn’t go to Europe to sample the food at the present time, they’d instead, bring Europe to Maine. For information and a glimpse of...
A Film Festival by Activists for Activists
Three wild and scenic films to catch virtually on November 14
Tue, 11/09/2021 - 12:30pm

The 2021 Wild and Scenic Film Festival is coming to the Midcoast on November 14, 2021. Midcoast Conservancy and Coastal Mountains Land Trust are hosting this live, virtual event to screen eight films that cover a broad range of topics and address issues from climate change to rare birds and orchids to finding common ground among tribes, ranchers, and government agencies. For nature lovers and environmental activists alike, this festival, which is a fundraiser for the South Yuba River Citizens...
Honey in the heart, Spamalot, and Crunk Witch
Weekend Spotlight: Dabble in art or check out three quality shows
Thu, 11/04/2021 - 12:30pm

Here we go, the last week of sunshine before Daylight Savings time plunges us back into the Dark Ages. To get your head around something different and creative, check out a few of our Spotlight events happening this weekend. Free live stream of sold-out show: Honey In the Heart Friday, November 5—Online Poster courtesy Honey in the heart Here’s a bit of myth and whimsy for your Friday night—and you don’t even have to go anywhere! The Camden Opera House’s sold...
The organizers wish to keep the yearly event manageable for safety precautions
Camden’s Pearl Street trick or treating is on this year...for neighborhood residents
Sun, 10/31/2021 - 8:00am

CAMDEN—For the last decade, the residents of Camden and Pearl Street organizers have put together candy drives and a spooktacular presence for Halloween, drawing approximately 1,000 parents and kids from neighboring towns to come trick-or-treating, as PenBay Pilot reporters have covered over the years in galleries such as this and this. Last October 2020, the COVID-19 virus put the organizers in a tough position and they had to cancel...
Updated with more adult parties and Trunk or Treat locations
2021 Halloween Rundown: Events for adults, parents, and kids
Sun, 10/31/2021 - 7:00am

2020 was the year Halloween got canceled, much like everything else, but this year, it has roared back to life. Unfortunately, one of Midcoast’s biggest Halloween attractions, Fright at The Fort is not planning to run again this year. However, in the weeks leading up to October 31, we have combed through every cool event going on to bring you a comprehensive rundown of Halloween-themed events. From parties to art, from poetry to theater, we’ve color-coded these events for adults and parents,...
‘Straight From The Heart’ is an homage from Center for Furntiture Craftsmanship’s Executive Director Peter Korn
‘Macaw’ is like an old house with secret rooms and passageways
Tue, 10/26/2021 - 7:30pm

ROCKPORT—The farewell exhibition at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship for Executive Director and furniture maker Peter Korn includes a mysterious cabinet by Silas Kopf that features the image of a macaw in a cage. It’s magnificently created—as all of the furniture and art pieces out of this gallery tend to be—but it’s also furniture with built-in Easter Eggs and delights. This cabinet has a trompe l’oeil door, mechanical parts, and secret compartments activated by motors. While...
Something social to do Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Weekend Spotlight: No Halloween stuff, just three notable events
Thu, 10/21/2021 - 12:00pm

Since Halloween is dominating the next two weekends, we’ll soon have a separate official rundown for you. Not especially enthused about Halloween? Don’t worry, we have you covered. For those who prefer their escapades to be a little more down-to-earth as opposed to in the shadows, here’s a small smattering of events to check out this weekend. BYOB: Bring Your Own Brain Friday, October 22—Orono The UMaine Orono campus is offering a night that promises “a fun,...
207 Eats is latest food truck to hit Midcoast with organic, local fare
Tue, 10/19/2021 - 3:15pm

THOMASTON—Locally sourced, delicious food—that’s the Maine way—and entrepreneurs Tai Leavitt and Darren Albers are using the state’s area code as their Maine brand in their latest food truck venture, 207 Eats. 207 Eats has used the late summer and early fall as their launchpad for a soft opening. Operations are currently on hiatus while Albers is traveling and 207 Eats plans to re-open Monday, November 1. Located in Thomaston, near the Rockland town line (218 New County Road —Route 1) close to...
Weekend Spotlight: Peak foliage, spooky happenings, and interactive theater
Thu, 10/14/2021 - 12:00pm

Peak foliage hits the Midcoast this weekend, according to MaineFoliage.com , and that’s the best reason to do a leaf-peeping, apple-picking road trip , or a chairlift ride from The Camden Snow Bowl. And, as we’re leading up to Samhain, PenBay Pilot has three under-the-radar spooky family-friendly events and a fall festival killer road trip to make it the best weekend ever! Halloween Trail of Terror...
‘Molly built a dream I didn’t even know I wanted’
Lucky Betty’s, a boutique bar, opens in Camden
Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:15pm

CAMDEN— Betty Forever , the garage bar and art studio in Camden, which had to close during the pandemic, has recently had a streak of good luck. Now re-opened by Daiva Deupree, an actor and Betty Forever’s bartender, the boutique garage bar has been renamed Lucky Betty’s. It’s a quirky gem in the midst of a tourist town, a combination of high-brow and low-brow, as Deupree describes it. On Instagram, the tagline for the place is: “Cold PBR & fancy olives...Nice...

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