BATH Sagadahoc Preservation Inc. will screen the Maine documentary “Reviving the Freedom Mill” on Thursday, May 15. It is the true story of environmentalist Tony Grassi and his crazy gamble to rehab an abandoned mill. Grassi’s dream inspires both skepticism and hope that its revived bond with the river will breathe new life into the […]

DAMARISCOTTA The benefits of eating locally grown food and painting local scenes come together with “Sustainable Paintings: The Local Landscape”, an exhibition of landscape paintings by artist Anne Heywood at Savory Maine Dining and Provisions, 11 Water St., Damariscotta, starting May 7. Connecting to places that recharge the body, soul, and mind is so very […]

EDGECOMB In 1990, Nancie Atwell turned into a reality her vision of a school that practiced active learning and taught other teachers. She founded the Center for Teaching and Learning, a K–8 demonstration school in Edgecomb. The school has a double purpose: to teach kids in powerful ways and develop effective methods. “That’s been the […]

LISBON — After combing through the Lisbon Historical Society archives and their own private collections, long-time Society members Charles Plummer and Merton Ricker have discovered and restored many historic photos of barely remembered places from Lisbon’s past. Their May presentation for the Society will feature many of their finds, beginning at the old Crooked Bridge […]

BOWDOINHAM — Come see why Down East Magazine named Bowdoinham Maine’s Creative Epicenter and one of six Best Places to Live in Maine. With 12 Open Studio locations and over 20 participating artisans and craftspeople, from potters to painters to woodworkers to musicians, there’s something for everybody. Hideaway Farm will be providing horse wagon ride […]

BRUNSWICK — The 10×10 Benefit Art Exhibit and Sale, which provides funding for the program “Arts are Elementary,”, putting artists in local public schools, will be holding its exhibit and sale in September, but the time is now for applying to have a piece of art entered into the show. The art is sold for […]

BATH — On Tuesday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m., Portland author Kate Christensen will be at Patten Free Library in Bath to talk about and sign copies of her bestselling book Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites. Bath Book Shop will handle sales of the paperback edition, which was released on May 6. […]

BATH The next “3rd Friday Concert” at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath on Friday, May 16, brings outstanding Maine performers to the arts center at 804 Washington Street. The concert series dovetails with Bath’s “3rd Friday Art Walks” which spotlight the talents of artists in the mid coast area. Three presentations from talented […]

PORTLAND — Brunswick’s own Studio 48 “Kids Broadway Troupe” performs Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. at Catherine McAuley High School in Portland on Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m. and at 6 p.m. Tickets are $12 and $10 and can be purchased at the door. FMI: Call 798-6966 or email studio48pac@comcast.net.

As Topsham prepares to celebrate its 250th year as a town, you cannot overlook where many of the first residents came from, and it’s not just England. The Scots- Irish or Ulster Scots, those who moved first from Scotland to Northern Ireland, and eventually to America…many eventually found their way to the Mid Coast of […]