Current & Coming
By Dagney C. Ernest - Jun 29BELFAST African art, crafts and clothing, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, Aina Moja at the Wellness Health Center, 39 Main St. FMI: ...
Poster ‘children’ (and chickens)
Jun 28Festival season is upon us, and posters for annual events are jostling for space on Midcoast bulletin boards and telephone poles. The art on some ...
GoFundMe for ‘Peter Pan’ rigging
Medomak Valley Players prepare to fly
By Dagney C. Ernest - Jun 22School’s out for summer, but the Medomak Valley Players are well into preparations for their fall musical — “Peter Pan,” which was famously staged ...
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Summer season at Camden Opera House
Jun 22The downtown Camden Opera House will officially kick off summer with a tribute concert to the Allman Brothers and conclude Labor Day weekend with ...
Sculptor of iconic junk goes flat
By Ethan Andrews - Jun 21In conversations that get as far as "where do you live?" Tinker sometimes adds that his house with is the one with all the metal sculptures in the ...
‘Technicolor’ coat of many shows
By Dagney C. Ernest - Jun 21For the next two weeks, Watts Hall Community Players will fill their venerable downtown auditorium with the kind of spirited energy and can-do ...
PechaKucha Night Midcoast: Summer Edition
Jun 20The next PechaKucha Night Midcoast evening of visual storytelling will take place Friday, June 30, at the new United Farmers Market, located ...
For issue of July 6
The call is made: early A&E deadline ahead
Jun 15Presenters, galleries et al are encouraged to send their press releases in sooner than later for the issue of July 6. Due to the printing press ...
Documentary, Paint Night at Medomak Arts
Jun 14The nonprofit Medomak Arts, located at 13 Friendship St. in the village, continues its June series of events with a film screening and discussion; ...
Arts & Entertainment
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Free dance lesson, dancing in Camden
Jun 26Sam and Marjorie Bartlett will offer a free Foxtrot lesson Friday, June 30, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., followed by two hours of dancing practice to ...
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Cold Comfort auditions for Nickleby tale
Jun 26Cold Comfort Theater will hold auditions Saturday, July 1, for its August show, “The Tragedy and Triumph of Smike,” based on a story adaptation ...
'Collective Voices' tell tales in Camden
Jun 16“Collective Voices: In The Beginning,” a Midcoast Women's Collective storytelling event, is set for Thursday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. at the Camden ...
Youth dance program focuses on body image
Jun 16The Arts … for Kids and Their Families initiative of Rockland Public Library offers a six-session Contemporary Dance for Teens: Building Body ...
Backstage Pass
Returning to France for WWI memories
Jun 23Friends of Rockland Public Library, Rockland Public Library and Bartlett Woods Retirement Community present a talk by author Richard Rubin about ...
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Valentine signs novel at Sherman’s
Jun 22Fiction writer Judi Valentine will sign her book “The Crystal Chain” Saturday, July 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop, 14 ...
Maine Postmark Poetry Contest calls for same
Jun 22The Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, a statewide competition, is held in conjunction with the 13th annual Belfast Poetry Festival, set for Saturday, ...
Ahearn intros Salt Water cookbook
Jun 20Lincolnville’s Annemarie Ahearn will be passing out tasty bites and signing her new cookbook, “Full Moon Suppers at Salt Water Farm: Recipes from ...
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Edwards’ books lead to posters, auction
Jun 20Come Spring Diner on Route 17 is exhibiting posters depicting scenes from the historical novels and children's books of local author Jean Edwards. ...
Bookmarks
Program on WPA artist Bock in Rockland
Jun 28Farnsworth Associate Curator Jane Bianco will present a program on Vera Bock, a WPA artist who lived in Lincolnville, Tuesday, July 11, at 6:30 ...
Also: ice cream, slides July 12
Historical Society joins ArtWalk Waldoboro
Jun 28Three red balloons will mark the Waldoborough Historical Society’s support of the ArtWalk Waldoboro Saturday afternoon, July 8. The museum will ...
Hayne Galleries opens with diverse trio
Jun 28For its 2017 season, Haynes Galleries, 91 Main St./Route 1, presents three distinct exhibitions that journey from sailing the high seas to ...
Prey opens summer with oils, prints
Jun 28Barbara Prey Projects will celebrate the season with “Barbara Ernst Prey: New Oil Paintings and Prints” featuring two distinct series: never ...
Farnsworth summer tours
The Wyeth Experience begins
Jun 27Beginning on Friday, July 7, the Farnsworth Art Museum will present a special tour series titled The Wyeth Experience. These intimate three-hour ...
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Annual Maine Coast carving, art competition
Jun 27The 2017 edition of the Maine Coast Carving and Art Competition will take place the second weekend of July at the Belfast Boathouse, at the foot ...
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Artists converge for open studio
Jun 27In conjunction with Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts' Salad Days event and the New England Craft Tour, ceramic artist Simon van der Ven will hold ...
Ellis-Beauregard Artist in Residence
First Friday-only show at Lincoln Center
Jun 27The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Artist in Residence Program’s inaugural season will feature work by Johanna Moore on display at the Lincoln ...
ArtLab for All Ages July 1 at CMCA
Jun 27The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., invites artists of all ages to create works of art during ArtLab for All Ages on Saturday, ...
CMCA fetes first anniversary with Good Host
Jun 27The Center for Maine Contemporary Art celebrates its first anniversary in Rockland by introducing the new Good Host membership program. By joining ...
Reception, artist talk
Grand re-opening for Michael Good Gallery
Jun 27Midcoast art icon Michael Good Gallery plans a big bash to ring in a new era. In celebration of the reopening of the Michael Good Gallery at its ...
McNeil to helm Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
Jun 26The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Maine has hired Donna McNeil, former director of the Maine Arts Commission, curator and author, as its founding ...
Hedstrom is July Artist in Camden
Jun 25The Camden Public Library welcomes fabric artist Carrie Connors Hedstrom to the Picker Room Gallery for the month of July. There will be an ...
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Stark opens Granite Gallery season
Jun 25The Granite Gallery, 68 Main St./Route 131, will open its 2017 season with a show of new work by Vermont artist Kathy Stark. There will be an ...
‘Summertide’ arrives at The Kelpie
Jun 24The public is invited to an open house and artist reception for “Summertide” Friday, June 30,from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Kelpie Gallery, 81 Elm ...
Plein air painting … at night
Jun 23On three consecutive Thursday evenings, July 6 through 20, the downtown Farnsworth Art Museum will host a workshop on plein air night painting. ...
Rockwell talks at the Olson House
Jun 23Beginning on Thursday, June 29, at 4 p.m., David Rockwell, nephew of Andrew Wyeth, will be at the museum’s Olson House to share with visitors his ...
Gervin artist talk at Carver Hill
Jun 23Carver Hill Gallery, 338 Main St., will host an artist talk with Portland documentary/street photographer Nick Gervin Saturday, July 1. The talk ...
Winter retrospective on Monhegan
Jun 23“Reckoning with Nature: Andrew Winter at Monhegan Island” is on view through Sept. 30 at Monhegan Museum of Art & History, 1 Lighthouse Hill. The ...
Workshop of old-master methods
Jun 23Farnsworth Art Museum will offer a five-day workshop, Painting and Gilding with Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov, Monday through Friday, July 3 ...
Akers print show opens the month
Jun 23The public is invited to the Green Schoolhouse on the St. George peninsula to meet egg tempera and watercolor artist Gary Akers Saturday through ...
Montpelier mounts ‘Muskets’
Jun 23Knox Museum will mount a special three-day only exhibition, “Muskets to Machine Guns,” Saturday through Monday, July 1 through 3, from noon to 4 ...
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Free museum admission for cardholders
Jun 20On the first full weekend of every month, Bank of America and Merrill Lynch cardholders enjoy free admission to more than 150 museums, in 33 ...
Lupines Paint Night June 30
Siegel workshop set for Art Loft
Jun 20Suzanne Siegel of Guilford, Conn., whose work is represented in Maine by Carver Hill Gallery in Rockland and Cynthia Winings Gallery in Blue Hill, ...
Midcoast/D.C. connections in Moser show
Jun 19"Dedicated to Art: Corcoran Gallery of Art & George Washington University Artists in Maine” will open with a 6 to 8 p.m. reception Thursday, June ...
Moeller’s ‘Montmartre to Monhegan'
Jun 18The Lupine Gallery and the Island Inn are displaying Stan Moeller’s paintings of Monhegan Island and Paris, France, in the 2017 Island Inn show, ...
Guest artist opens Port Clyde Art Gallery
Jun 18Carol Wiley of Jefferson will be showing her work at the Port Clyde Art Gallery, 5 Cold Storage Road, from Wednesday, June 21, through July 10. A ...
New Era ‘In the Garden’
Jun 18New Era Gallery, 60 Main St., presents “In the Garden” beginning Saturday, June 24. There will be an artists talk in the Windy Way Barn at 4:30 ...
Welcoming summer at CMCA
Jun 17The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., will celebrate the public opening of its summer exhibitions, and the one-year anniversary in ...
Art camp takes flight at Farnsworth
Jun 16The Farnsworth Art Museum is hosting a week-long art camp for children Monday through Friday, June 26 through 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at ...
Collage art in Good Tern café
Jun 13For the month of June, the Good Tern Co-op Café Gallery presents mixed media collages by Robin Yale Brawn of Belly Button Designs in Lincolnville. ...
Envisioning Whoopie Pie of the Future
Jun 11A Camden Hills Regional High School artist is among the five finalists for the Maine State Museum, Center Theatre and Maine Whoopie Pie Festival’s ...
Burns pays ‘Homage’ at Black Hole
Jun 11Black Hole, 403 Main St., will host an opening reception for Collin Burns' debut show, “Maine Homage,” Friday, June 16, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The ...
Season-opening reception at Mars Hall Gallery
Jun 10Mars Hall Gallery will open its 2017 summer season with "14 Miles to the Horizon," an ever-changing exhibit that showcases Maine art along with an ...
Zorach retrospective in Morehouse wing
Farnsworth opens major summer show
Jun 10On Saturday, June 17, the Farnsworth Art Museum will open a major retrospective of the works of Marguerite Thompson Zorach. Titled “Marguerite ...
Art for the animals at Pope Memorial
Jun 09In keeping with the long tradition of local artists supporting the Pope Memorial Humane Society, the shelter has established an Art Wall for ...
Cirillo, Midcoast members at River Arts
Jun 08River Arts on Route 1 invites the public to the opening reception for its annual member show, including work by Midcoast artists, Friday, June 9, ...
Art in the Capitol
‘Painting Islands,’ with light
Jun 04“Painting Islands: Uniting Community with Art” is on view in the Maine State House through the end of June as part of the Maine Arts Commission’s ...
Fine Arts
Bay Chamber announces summer season
Jun 27Bay Chamber Concerts has announced its Summer 2017 Concert Series and Screen Door Festival program. Running from Thursday, July 13, to Aug. 20, ...
Frantz, Quist at Rock City Coffee
Jun 27On Friday, July 7, Rock City Café, 316 Main St., welcomes Matthew Frantz, a maverick in the music world, from 7 to 9 p.m. Not easily pigeonholed, ...
Advance ticket deadline for North Atlantic Blues Festival
Jun 27The 24th North Atlantic Blues Festival is just weeks away, ready to fill Harbor Park Saturday and Sunday, July 15 and 16. Advance festival ...
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Logan plays at the River side
Jun 26Singer/songwriter Kat Logan of Friendship will perform a concert from 6:30 to 8 pm. at the Saint George River Café, 310 Main St. in the village. Lo...
Bluegrass gospel, under The Tent
Jun 24Friday, June 30, will mark the fifth week of The Summer of Praise Under The Tent at the Top of The Hill (Maine Top Mill), Route 1 across from ...
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Jazz at the River Café
Jun 23Vocalist Cindy Millar and By the Bay Trio will play Saturday, July 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Saint George River Café, 310 Main St. in the ...
Juke Rockets play the Amphitheatre
Jun 23The Juke Rockets will bring their some rockin’ blues to the Camden Amphitheatre Thursday, July 6, at 7 p.m. Camden Public Library’s free Summer ...
Allman tribute at Camden Opera House
Jun 23The Peacheaters, called “the greatest tribute act in America” by Henry Paul of The Outlaws, will bring celebrate the best music of the Allman ...
Rascals, Outlaws headline Lobster Fest
Jun 23Tickets are now on sale for Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals and The Outlaws performances at the 2017 Maine Lobster Festival. The Rascals will play ...
Folkie from Down Under for Rockland Arts
Jun 22Australian singer and recording artist Margaret Walters will make her first-ever solo appearance in Maine in a house concert for Rockland Folk ...
DaPonte starts summer in Rockport
Jun 22The DaPonte String Quartet’s 26th summer season has treats in store for music lovers with two very different concert series. In July, the DSQ will ...
Camden’s annual free holiday treat
Music by the Sea, plus fireworks
Jun 22As it is every year, Camden will be the place for music lovers on Independence Day — Tuesday, July 4. Four bands, each with a distinctive style, ...
Monday Night Blues gets Wicked
Jun 22The Monday Night Blues series continues July 3 with a 7 to 10 p.m. concert by Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin in the upstairs music room of Time Out ...
Seal Bay Fest among NEA grant recipients
Jun 22The National Endowment for the Arts will award a total of $856,300 in grant funding to arts programs throughout Maine to encourage artistic ...
Give Me Shelter (for the shelter)
Jun 20Everyone is invited to dance for the animals at Give Me Shelter, a rock ‘n’ roll fundraiser for the Pope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County. Ra...
Rusty Hinges, Limoges play Rock City
Jun 20Native music makers return to Rock City Café Friday, June 30, and July 1, performing from 7 to 9 p.m. in the downtown venue at 316 Main St. On ...
Red, White & Boots benefit ahead
Jun 16Luxury boutique hotel 16 Bay View is sponsoring Red, White & Boots, a country music event to benefit Maine Farmland Trust, Saturday night, July 1. ...
Free lawn concerts return
Jun 14The annual summer series of free, weekly lawn picnic concerts at the Rockport Masonic Center, 361 Main St., are back, taking place Wednesdays at 6 ...
Musical Notes
World War I, by those who were there
Jun 24The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library presents the Friday Night Film Series, screening movies every week at 7 p.m. in the historic Thomaston ...
Outdoor movies return in Camden
Jun 23Camden Public Library will kick off its annual Monday Night Movie Series Monday, July 3, at sunset (approximately 8:30 p.m.) in the Camden ...
Early bird film fest tickets on sale
Jun 17The Points North Institute is offering early bird discounts on passes to the 2017 Camden International Film Festival and Points North Forum ...
‘Almost Sunrise’ gets Maine premiere
Jun 16Rockland Public Library will present the Maine premiere screening of the 2016 documentary “Almost Sunrise” Thursday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. The ...
