Step into a celebration of Brazilian music at the Chocolate Church Arts Center honoring the legendary Caetano Veloso, a pivotal figure in Brazilian culture and music, Thursday, Sept. 12. Fresh off a tour to the Lincoln Center, this special performance brings together Gaia Wilmer, the esteemed multi-Grammy-winning producer and composer; cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, who produced […]
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Pints on the Pier set to cap off the summer
The beer fest located in the city of shipbuilders is quickly barreling down on the pier of Maine Maritime Museum.
Midcoast launches 100+ Women Who Care chapter
Local women unite to bolster area nonprofits.
BIW celebrates keel plate signing with Medal of Honor recipient
Navy Capt. Thomas Kelley participated Friday in the signing of the keel of the ship that will bear his name at Bath Iron Works.
From the Chocolate Church: An evening of immersive spectacle and sensory delights at CCAC
We believe the Chocolate Church is most successful when there is a wide array of offerings. We are not a farm growing one crop. We are not a restaurant serving one kind of food. We are not a library with one genre of book. We see ourselves as an arts center with wilder sensibilities. Our […]
Oceanographer who discovered the Titanic wreck to visit Bath maritime museum
Maine Maritime Museum will host a presentation by oceanographic researcher Dr. Robert Ballard, the man who first discovered the wreck of the infamous Titanic.
Bath Iron Works lays keel for future USS William Charette
The keel laying marks the beginning of construction of the USS William Charette, named for a Medal of Honor recipient.
Bath Book Bash kicks off Sept. 7
The fourth annual Bath Book Bash is slated for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, with “Wings of Fire” author Tui T. Sutherland as the headliner. The festival will also feature over 30 children’s authors and illustrators along with family-friendly activities, games, workshops and more. “The mission of the Bath Book Bash is […]
Bath busker brings a taste of the oldies
A local accordion player has become a fixture at Brackett’s Market IGA in downtown Bath. People who pass by him are hit with a wave of nostalgia for the old tunes he loves to share with locals and visitors.
Stories from Maine: Riot epidemic hits 1850s Bath
In the spring of 1854 “a riotous epidemic” was “prevailing throughout … the country.” While the Kansas-Nebraska Act stoked the flames of abolition, new radical groups formed to divide the moral and political landscape of America. One of these groups had a destructive effect on the City of Bath. Many Americans were frustrated by the mid-18th […]