BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival, one of the world’s premiere music institutes, will take place June 24-Aug. 4. The festival has announced its season, with concerts and special series slated for the six-week-long schedule. “Each year we wait in anticipation as our artistic directors and faculty carefully craft a body of repertoire to inspire […]

Walking around Monhegan Island and Harpswell on a sunny Maine day, Hati Modr sees images just begging to be drawn: Boats leaning up against the back of a shed in early morning light, shadows of an old store behind the Island Inn, purple hues on a dock. Inspired by sunlight and the shadows it casts, […]

ROCKLAND Farnsworth Art Museum will have a tour of its recently opened exhibition, “Andrew Wyeth in Rockland,” this week. The tour, led by the Wyeth Study Center staff, will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the museum. It is free with museum admission. Wyeth made occasional painting sojourns to Rockland between 1939 and 1989, […]

WEST BATH Three unpublished, previously unperformed one-act plays will soon see the light of day. The works will get their debut at the Studio Theatre of Bath’s Festival of New Works, scheduled for one weekend only — April 26-28. “I wanted to do something different,” said Kendray Rodriguez, who is producing the Festival, in a […]

ARIES – MAR 21/APR 20 This is an excellent week to get out and be active, Aries. Whether you hike, walk or go cycling, take some time to enjoy the great outdoors. This will benefit the mind and body. TAURUS – APR 21/MAY 21 Taurus, take charge of your health because it is the most […]

BATH Mustard Seed Bookstore will celebrate local young poets this week. The store will host the event at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, in which awards will be presented. This was the second year of the contest presented by Mustard Seed, designed for Regional School Unit 1 students in grades six through 12. Students were invited earlier […]

BRUNSWICK Maine State Music Theatre is celebrating its 60th anniversary season this year, and tickets are set to go on sale this week. Tickets for the season go on sale at midnight Tuesday; there are already a limited number of single tickets available. The season kicks off with “Million Dollar Quartet” from June 6-23, chronicling […]

BRUNSWICK Live blues will benefit the Brunswick Naval Museum and Memorial Gardens next week. The Blue and Gold Benefit Concert will take place Friday, April 27, at the Brunswick Naval Museum and Memorial Gardens, located at 179 Admiral Fitch Ave. at Brunswick Landing. There will be a social hour at 6 p.m., and Blue Steel […]

BATH This spring, following a nearly year-long restoration at the Maine Maritime Museum, the 1906 schooner Mary E will be launched into the Kennebec River for the third time in her storied career. The public is invited to the museum for a celebration and recommissioning ceremony on Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 […]

BATH Aside from Bath Iron Works’ 5,700 employees, those living in or visiting the Midcoast may have little idea what happens beyond the great green walls and iron gates that line upper Washington Street. Coming soon, that may change, thanks to an upcoming exhibit at Maine Maritime that promises an inside view of the manufacturer […]