BATH At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, Patten Free Library will host a public viewing of “Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird,” a film by Mary McDonagh Murphy. Admission and refreshments are free. This is the last in the summer series of events cosponsored by the Library and The Mustard Seed Bookstore […]
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David Rosenfelt at Maine Coast Book Shop
DAMARISCOTTA David Rosenfelt will be at the Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, to talk about and sign copies of his two new books, “Lessons From Tara: Life Advice from the World’s Most Brilliant Dog” and “Who Let the Dog Out?” Rosenfelt’s loyal readers of the Andy Carpenter […]
Jennifer Koh, Robert Moody in Bowdoin International Music Festival finale Friday
BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin International Music Festival wraps up its 2015 season Friday evening, Aug. 7. The program opens with a recent work by composer Kevin Puts, Seven Seascapes (2013), performed by Janet Sung, violin; Phillip Ying, viola; David Requiro, cello; Kurt Muroki, double bass; Tao Lin, piano; Krysia Tripp, flute; and Josh Thompson, horn. Festival […]
Best of Times Jazz Quintet to kick off Olde Bristol Days
DAMARISCOTTA The Best of Times Jazz Quintet will help kick off Olde Bristol Days with a concert at Damariscotta’s Lincoln Theater at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12. The Best of Times lives up to their name by performing music from “Standard Swing to Pop Rock” in a Jazz Style. You may hear Jazz standards like […]
‘The Real Inspector Hound’ at Theater at Monmouth
REVIEW Perhaps Tom Stoppard referred to a checklist while writing his hyperbolic satire “The Real Inspector Hound” to be sure the play contains all the tropes of a British mystery. Remote English manor house a la Manderley? Check. A bumbling detective? Check. Smarmy upper class gits drinking too much gin? Change the gin to whiskey […]
Footlight Follies to feature Schooner Fare
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre’s “Footlight Follies” will feature Maine folk band Schooner Fare and New York City’s 2 Ring Circus on Monday, August 10, at the Pickard Theatre on the Bowdoin College campus. From 6:45-7:25 p.m., seven outdoor stages will highlight a variety of entertainment free to the public. The main stage show […]
Opening reception for three new shows at Gleason
BOOTHBAY HARBOR From 5-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, Gleason Fine Art is hosting a reception for three new shows: “Henry Isaacs: Working Color,” “Carole Hanson: Stone and Sea,” and “Abbey Ryan: New Still Lifes.” All three shows run through Sept. 1. Cranberry Island artist Henry Isaacs paints with energy and self-assurance. His style — broken […]
Sebascodegan Artists Gallery August Show
ORR’S ISLAND — Sebascodegan Gallery artists invite the public to a reception for the August Show from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, August 9. The gallery is located at 4 Old Orr’s Island Rd. off Harpswell Islands Rd. Rt 24, 7.5 miles from Cooks Corner. The gallery is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through […]
Impressionist works at Wiscasset Bay Gallery
WISCASSET “Belgian, French, Dutch and American Impressionism” will open at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Saturday, Aug. 8. Impressionist views of the Netherlands, Paris and New York will be exhibited alongside views of Venice and the French countryside. Of particular note is a richly painted oil by Belgian artist Albert Roosenboom (1845-1875). Roosenboom died at […]
The making of ‘Young Frankenstein’
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will hold a panel discussion titled “Peek Behind the Curtain — Young Frankenstein” from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The discussion will feature a panel of MSMT artists, actors and staff involved in “Young Frankenstein,” showing […]