ROCKLAND — The Maine Eastern Railroad will launch its ninth season of passenger excursion service on Saturday. The company, which is owned by the Morristown & Erie Railway in New Jersey, is a full time, year-round freight rail operation that runs on the state-owned tracks known as the Rockland branch of the former Maine Central […]

POWNAL — An opening reception for “Steel and Stone,” sculptures by Roy Patterson and Stephen Porter, will run from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 2 at Hawk Ridge Farm, 90 Minot Road. The exhibit runs through July 29. “Steve Porter designs and constructs precise abstract forms in stainless steel as well as granite,” according […]

BRUNSWICK — “Pedal-Driven: A Bike-umentary,” a documentary film about conflicts related to mountain bikers using public lands, will screen at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Frontier Cinema and Café in Fort Andross. The film “examines the longstanding confrontation between mountain bikers and federal land management agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service over bikers’ […]

BATH — Joy and Larry Scott will host a grand opening on June 2 for their expanded Coastal Art Glass studio and gallery at 233 Water St. “The new studio was needed both to expand production and give easy access to the location,” a Coastal Art Glass release states. Coastal Art Glass plans to participate […]

BRUNSWICK — Sally Loughridge’s artwork is on view at the Brunswick Inn Carriage House. The South Bristol painter’s show includes colorful oil and soft pastel works. “I’m always drawn to the contrast between light and shadow and the ephemeral, yet powerful impact of light upon all it touches,” Loughridge said in a release about the […]

GEORGETOWN — A new art exhibit called “Coast and Country” opens today at the Old Post Office Gallery, 833 Five Islands Road. A public reception will run from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Among the artists with works on view will be Barbara Bean, Cory Hart, Letty Husson, Lea Peterson and Sue Zimmerman. First […]

PHIPPSBURG — Folk musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen will play in concert at 7:30 p.m. today at the Phippsburg Congregational Church. “The evening’s program will include original and traditional songs of the heart and songs of the New England coast, old-time fiddle, Scandinavian fiddle duets, traditional Irish tunes and more,” a release from organizers […]

BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) added a second performance of the Dartmouth Aires, an a cappella group from Dartmouth College, at 2 p.m. June 18, at Pickard Theater on the Bowdoin College campus. A 7:30 p.m. performance already scheduled for that date quickly sold out when tickets to all MSMT events went on […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School Music Department will present spring concerts on Wednesday and Thursday. The Brunswick High School Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, under the direction of Michael Scarpone, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Crooker Theater at the school. The program will feature works by Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Karl […]