Blenheim Park is hosting Wintertide: A Holiday Market, a magical holiday experience featuring the charm of a European market, Friday through Sunday, Dec. 13-15. Guests can explore a festive wonderland filled with local artisans, delicious tastings and holiday spirit in a farm store and lakeside tea house. This three-day event will run daily from 10 […]
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‘A Christmas Carol’ returns to The Public Theatre in Lewiston
This holiday season, for one weekend only, The Public Theatre in Lewiston presents its adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” this weekend, Dec 13-15. This inventive version, performed by six actors and a fiddler, was developed at The Public Theatre by former Executive/Co-Artistic Director Christopher Schario. It has since been published and performed by theaters around […]
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The Christmas countdown is on: 12 ways to spend the 12 days leading up to the holiday
Here are a dozen things to do and see every day in southern Maine to hype yourself up for the holidays.
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What it takes to get L.L.Bean sparkling for the holidays
Beth LaBossiere leads the team responsible for the Northern Lights holiday installation on the retailer’s Freeport campus, which includes 400 trees and 300,000 lights.
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New owners bring Hollywood experience to Brunswick’s Eveningstar
Sean Hoessli and Lindie Kuzmich moved to Maine from Montreal to take over the arthouse movie theater.
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From the Chocolate Church: Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem with Darlin’ Corey to light up the stage
At 7:30 p.m. this Friday at the Chocolate Church Art Center’s newly renovated Annex, we have the most perfect remedy to December chill and early darkness: world-class American roots music with Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem and special guest Darlin’ Corey. The musicianship will be virtuosic. The vibe: cozy and warm. And the setting: intimate. […]
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St. Cecilia Chamber Choir to perform Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts
St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its annual Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Damariscotta Baptist Church and at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Bowdoin College Chapel in Brunswick. A new setting of the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “The Bethlehem Star” by former King’s Singers member Bob Chilcott […]
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Friends of Merrymeeting Bay series features kids’ theater-meets-documentary work
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s next installment of its 28th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Our Town! Adventures in Richmond History,” features the Piti Theatre Company and the 2023-2024 fourth graders of Richmond’s Marcia Buker Elementary School. The event will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11. Visit fomb.org for the Zoom link. This program premieres the […]
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History center to celebrate 19th Santa Day and open house
Santa Claus will return to the Victorian Skolfield-Whittier House on Park Row in downtown Brunswick from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. The free event is hosted by Pejepscot History Center. All ages are welcome to attend. The event includes a fully decorated first floor open to the public. Bowdoin College’s women’s a […]
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From Harpswell family tradition to festive business venture
Generations of Mainers have made a living working seasonal jobs, including wreath making. Pam Douglas and her son Sterling reflect on the tradition’s legacy, from 10 wreaths sold at Cook’s Lobster House to thousands from their home studio each season.