ROCKPORT — Camden Hills Regional High School drama students will travel to Caribou for the Class A Regional competition of the 2019 Maine Drama Festival.
The actors are among 1500 students…
Film and Theater
BELFAST — Cold Comfort Theater in Belfast is accepting submissions of original, un-produced short plays of up to 30 mins in length for its 2nd Annual Festival of Short Plays, to be held May 24 and…
Midcoast Actors' Studio is pleased to announce the cast of its spring 2019 production, the Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Based on 2003…
CAMDEN — The Points North Institute has announced the slate for its inaugural Cabin Fever Film Festival, which will take place March 1 and 2 at the Camden Opera House. Highlights from the festival…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers will be holding open auditions for an evening of one-act plays, Saturday, Feb. 23 (5 - 7 p.m.) and Sunday, Feb. 24 (12 - 2 p.m.) at their new home, The Basil Burwell…
Announce capital campaign
BELFAST - Thanks, in part, to a grant from the Maine Community Foundation, the new Belfast Maskers theater (“The Bazz”- named after the company's founder, Basil Burwell) is getting greener.
…CAMDEN and PORTLAND – The Points North Institute is partnering with the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies at the Maine College of Art to bring the Camden International Film Festival’s…
Weekend event adds one more matinee for Sunday, Feb. 10
CAMDEN— Celebrating everything outdoors this weekend is the 18th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival as it comes to Maine on its world tour in tandem with the U.S. National Toboggan Championships…
‘I never thought I’d get to a point where complete strangers would thank me for the tips and tricks I share on my channel’
CUSHING — If you see Kristina Moro with a camera in hand, it is likely the fifth grade teacher at Cushing Community School is either in the process of vlogging her experience as a teacher for her…
Duo to present All-ages bilingual performance
CAMDEN - Clown duo Pinot & Augustine will bring their joyful, family friendly show to the Camden Opera House on Wednesday, February 6 at 6 p.m. The Camden Public Library and Camden Opera…
BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes, the nonprofit arts organization that produces first Friday community and contra dances, recently donated ten contra dance DVDs to the Belfast Free Library's video…
‘Friends Giving’
WALDOBORO — In the spirit of the season, in late December, a group of Waldoboro residents got together to celebrate their friendship and their community. …
BELFAST — Auditions for Midcoast Actors' Studio's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be Saturday, Jan 19 and 20, from 6 to 9 p.m., with callbacks January…
A dash of humor, liberal sprinkling of personal stories, a splash of gorgeous cinematography featuring the Boothbay region and Mumbai, blended well … just a snippet of the recipe used for the…
Los Angeles-based Khanlarian Entertainment has optioned Kay Stephens’ 2009 novel, The Ghost Trap, for an independent film.
Stephens’s debut novel tells the story of Jamie Eugley, a…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers nonprofit theater group has received $13,000 from the Belvedere Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency Grant program. The funds will…
BELFAST — The Belfast Maskers are proud to announce the cast for their upcoming production of A Christmas Story, the holiday musical based on the 1983 film by the same name.
This…
AUGUSTA — The Everyman Repertory Theatre has been touring Hold onto Your Hat!, an original one-woman show, written and performed by Andrea Itkin and directed by Scott Anthony Smith, since…
ROCKPORT — The Camden Hills Regional High School will perform their fall musical “Anything Goes” November 2, 3, 9 & 10 at 7 p.m. and November 4 at 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased online at …
Having covered this event since its inception for various newspapers and magazines, the Camden International Film Festival is one of those events that started small in 2005 and blew up to be this…
The second of MOFF's three Midcoast screenings
BELFAST—Every September, Maine Outdoor Film Fest (MOFF) takes its uniquely curated program of short outdoor adventure and conservation films on the road and screens them in all 16 counties of…
BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio, which recently closed its critically-acclaimed summer production of the musical Cabaret, is back in rehearsals, this time for The Crucible. …
Students planning on auditioning for the Camden Hills fall musical Anything Goes are encouraged to attend dance workshops on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Aug. 21-23, from 3-4:30 p.m.…
The 10-day event kicks of July 13 to July 22
WATERVILLE—With more than 100 films shown over a 10-day span, the Maine International Film Fest is gearing up once again to highlight some of Maine and New England’s exceptional filmmakers from…
BELFAST - Wilkommen, Bienvenue, and Welcome to Midcoast Actors' Studio's summer musical, Cabaret. Set in 1931 Berlin as the…
Snapshot
Russ Krauss sent along a photo he took June 22, capturing a vivid sunset from his viewpoint on North Shore Drive in Owls Head.
The cast of Belfast Maskers' production of Is He Dead?, a comedy penned by Mark Twain and adapted by David Ives, gathered for an early read-through of the script at Waterfall Arts…
On Saturday, May 19, Shannon and Amanda Mahan, of Mac Tree Service, in Pemaquid, and a group of volunteers gathered at the Waldo Theatre for a spring clean up of the grounds and interior in…
Filmmaker Terry Boivin recently spent time recording the final preparations of the schooner Bowdoin prior to an upcoming voyage to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
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Letter
Friends of Midcoast Actors' Studio,Thank you so much for supporting us and attending our recent production of Peter and the Starcatcher. There has been a lot of buzz about the show. We…
Rockport Dance Conservatory’s 11th annual Spring Showcase
CAMDEN — The Rockport Dance Conservatory will present The Selkie Child and other original choreography at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street on May 25 and 26. The story of The…
This weekend
ROCKPORT — Just short of 300 dancers take the stage at the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School, Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20, for Studio Red's production of What…
The Belfast Maskers theater company has finalized the cast for their 2018 summer musical, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man.
Based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey, The…
Watts Hall Community Theater’s production team has cast over 40 local people from ages 7 to 75 for this summer’s show, Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. The theater group will once…
Shows Friday and Saturday at the Camden Opera House
CAMDEN – Camden Rockport Middle School will present Disney’s Aladdin Jr. Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. and two shows on Saturday, April 28, at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. The show will…
Camden Shakespeare Festival, the Midcoast’s professional Shakespeare theatre, is seeking high school students for its summer plays. The performances take place from July 25 to August 12.
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BELFAST — Midcoast Actors' Studio will be holding auditions for its summer musical, Cabaret. Auditions will be…
Watershed School presents the production on stage
ROCKPORT – Students of the Watershed School, in Camden will present John Cariani's play "Almost, Maine” on April 7 and 8 in the Rockport Opera House. The production will feature 17 Watershed…
THOMASTON — Watts Hall Community Players announces auditions for its upcoming summer show, Pirates of Penzance. Auditions will be held in Watts Hall on Main Street, Thomaston on Saturday…
The theatrical group Watts Hall Community Players has received two grants to upgrade the lighting system in the 103-year-old theater in Watts Hall on Main Street in Thomaston.
Thanks to…
Film and panel highlight the need for immediate local, state, and federal climate solutions
BELFAST – On March 11, the Maine Conservation Voters hosted a free film screening of "The Age of Consequences", which investigates the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity,…
Waterville/Auburn/Bucksport also on card
ROCKPORT – North Haven and Vinalhaven schools took to the stage for the 2018 Maine Drama Festival in the Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School. Also taking the stage for the…
UMO play runs two weekends in February and March
ORONO—If Anton Chekov were alive today, he might be tickled about "Stupid F##king Bird," an irreverent contemporary adaptation of his 1896 play “The Seagull” to debut this weekend of February 23-…
Film reviews
Every Friday evening, the residents of Quarry Hill in Camden hold Movie Night. The next morning, the Coffee Club there talks about the films and reviews each one. Because conversations take place…
The Banff Film Festival’s World Tour comes to Rockport February 9, 10
ROCKPORT—Swinging back up to Maine once again, the Banff Film Festival’s World Tour is coming to Camden Hills High School Strom Auditorium in Rockport February 9 and 10.
For the last 18…
‘Stories To Tell’ founder Meghan Vigeant offers new workshop in the style of Moth Radio Hour
HOPE—Meghan Vigeant, an oral historian and writer, has made the art of telling a story her life’s work. After 12 years of producing audio narratives and books for private clients, organizations,…
Pecha Kucha: Behind The Slides
One of Pecha Kucha Midcoast’s most recent presenters was Michael Gorman, an installation and experimental theater artist and founder of “The…
Feb. 2 show at FOG Bar pairs Grammy winner Stephane Wrembel with acrobatics
ROCKLAND — In February, the winter seems to stretch on. But photographer and film artist Jason Elon Goodman is not one to hibernate. “I know for a lot of people this time of the year is kind of…
ORONO— The University of Maine Cooperative Extension video series "Growing Maine" received a first-place, Eastern Region award from the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer…
BELFAST — Cold Comfort Theater is proud to announce that they have received a generous grant from the Davis Foundation in the amount of $4,400.
This grant makes possible the purchase of up-…
