Lectures and Conferences

Starting a Garden from Scratch
Saturday, April 7, noon
Master Gardener and Washington resident Sharon Turner teaches the basics and answers beginner…

BELFAST — On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Belfast Library Abbott Room, the Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County will present a power point presentation on Korea to be given by…

It was early in 1936 that Camden Outing Club began building the winter sports facility that was to become the Camden Snow Bowl.

"From its humble beginnings in 1936, the Camden Snow Bowl has…

CAMDEN — Registration is now open for the 31st annual Camden Conference, New World Disorder and America's Future, February 16-18, 2018. The Conference will explore shifts in global power…

CAMDEN – "The greatest mark of civility they can show you is to invite you to drink tea with them." And so began Mary Kay Fenton, as she addressed the Camden Garden Club on the subject of tea. Tea…

BELFAST — The Maine Historic Organ Institute will hold a series of concerts, lectures, master classes, and guided tours of extraordinary 19th-century pipe organs October 24-28.

On Thursday…

BELFAST — Beginning Wednesday October 4th at 6pm, the Belfast Free Library will offer a three part book study group on "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the…

Event November 11

ROCKLAND — The organizers of Working on the Water are seeking fishermen and other mariners to participate in our annual gathering of an afternoon of tales, poems, and songs about the…

Monday, July 24, 9 a.m.: Strong Bodies, Strong Minds. Fitness class in the Amphitheatre with Amanda Strong. By donation. 

Monday, July 24, 8:15 p.m.: Monday Night…

85 years after original monument dedication, 154 years after Gettysburg

ROCKLAND – On July 2 and 3, 1863, 318 beleaguered Rockland area troops charged a hill occupied by 500 Confederate soldiers. Their commanding officer limped along with them, having fallen from a…

Takeaway from author Virginia Tuttle “Puttin’ on the Ritz: The Gilded Age Restaurants of New York.”

ROCKLAND – Want to know what the rich used to order to eat? Oysters and caviar for appetizers, turtle soup, beef or English sole, followed by a delicacy people rarely got in the winter, fresh…

Program still happening tonight!

LINCOLNVILLE - Veterinarian Hayden Sears will share stories from his "Thirty Touching Years" of caring for animals this Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Lincolnville Community Library.

Studies in Anthroposophy presents the Anthropos production

The story of Jesus' birth, childhood and youth will come to life at United Christian Church as professional New York actor and storyteller Glen Williamson performs The Incarnation of…

Rockport Garden Club hosts master builder

ROCKPORT – Matthew Carter of Topsham owns Green Island Stone Work, and he spoke to the Rockport Garden Club at their regular…

35 vendors from Midcoast and beyond

THOMASTON — Great Midcoast food was no stranger to the Knox Museum in Thomaston October 8 at the popular Taste of Thomaston. For the first time, the event was held inside the museum. Held in 2013…

Camden Conference Community Events Series...

CAMDEN - Refugees and migrants fleeing Myanmar by sea died at a rate three times higher than those in the Mediterranean last year, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency. Most were Rohingya…

Which captain will get the people’s choice award?

CAMDEN — The public is invited to the Camden Yacht Clubt July 6, 7 to 8:30 p.m. for an evening of tales from the sea, with local captains Aaron Lincoln, Jack Moore, Jim Sharp, and Camden Harbor…

returning the torn pieces to the whole

THOMASTON — On May 28, Vietnam veterans joined the Midcoast community at Thomaston’s Gen. Henry Knox Museum for the fifth annual Boots on the Ground ceremony, dedicated this year to the Vietnam…

HEAlth, food, stress and more addressed through the month

June events provided by the Penobscot Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital. Most events require preregistration so look at the dates of the events and get registered before space…

ROCKLAND — This Friday, May 20, radio station WRFR, 93.3 FM, and Rockland's Old School will host Seth Walton, teacher and career adviser at…

Top Gun Entrepreneurship Acceleration Semi-Finals

ROCKPORT — The competition is sure to be intense as Midcoast entrepreneurs prepare their best "pitch" for the Top Gun Entrepreneurship…

CAMDEN — Camden Town Planner Jeff Nims retired in 2010, but he’s been busy. He has a farm on Clarry Hill in Union where he cultivates blueberries. He has also been studying bluebirds and…

Vietnam’s The Moving Wall.

THOMASTON — Knox Museum seeks Vietnam combat veterans to participate in its Boots on the Ground.VIETNAM dedication ceremony on Saturday,…

Georges River Land Trust

This Mother's Day, bring your mom or any mom in your life out for an afternoon of daffodils and dessert! Growing up in Lakeland, Florida,…

GORHAM — On Saturday, March 26, the Belfast Area High School Science Olympiad Team traveled to the University of Southern Maine in Gorham…

CAMDEN — Here are some of the events planned by the Pen Bay Medical center at Quarry Hill and at the Midcoast Recreation Center.

ROCKLAND — Alexander Shaw of Renew Rockland will be on WRFR and at an Old School dinner symposium this Friday, April 8. The live broadcast…

Rockland Public Library

ROCKLAND — Children ages eight and up are invited to learn how to make a camera out of everyday materials and develop their own pictures in…

Maine Farmland Trust Gallery


BELFAST — From April 4 through May 30, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery is exhibiting black and white photographs, paintings, mixed media…

A freighter, Iceland, a paint brush and a GoPro

ROCKLAND - On Tuesday, March 29, at the Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Annile Skaar and Jonathan Laurence presented a travelog of their out-of-the-ordinary trip to Iceland aboard a freighter.…

On March 7, Maine Lobstermen Association members and staff boarded a bus to make the two-hour trip south to Seafood Expo Northeast taking…

Health watch: Talks and more around Knox and Waldo counties

Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital offer educational events, and which are usually free of charge unless materials are needed. Here is the latest listing by date with each…

NORTHPORT — Residents of the Penobscot watershed are invited to meet with scientists, researchers, business leaders, nonprofit…

BELFAST — Every year since 2009, Left Bank Books has hosted a series of talks at which distinguished speakers present educational and…

Questionable methods of Federal Bureau of Land Management

 Photographer John Steele will give a slide talk on “BLM’s Wild…

Camden Conference Event in Camden

CAMDEN – Camden resident, Marisa Lloyd, has worked with various NGOs and UN agencies in Congolese refugee camps and in the Democratic…

CAMDEN – Here are the upcoming events at the Camden Public Library for the period of Nov. 19 through Dec. 3. 

Thursday…

Camden Conference

CAMDEN — The 29th Annual Camden Conference, “The New Africa”, will be held at the Camden Opera House, Feb. 19 – 21. It will also be…

Thursday, Nov. 12

Weathering Shame will be…

CAMDEN — The Camden Lions Club will host a dinner and presentation Tuesday, Nov. 3 featuring Randy Pierce, the Lions Club President in…

PechaKucha Night

CAMDEN — PechaKucha, which assembles creative minds for unique visual storytelling, continues Friday, Nov. 13, at the Camden Opera House,…

Camden Conference free community events program for November...

The Camden Conference free community events program continues its monthly discussion series offering participants an opportunity to explore some key issues of the vast African continent — all in…

 Sunday, October 18

Midcoast…

Thursday, October 15
Midcoast Audubon Society hosts local bat enthusiast Annie Kassler with an update on…

You may have a favorite National Park, but which is your favorite National Wildlife Refuge? This year, take virtual tours of National…

TALKS, READINGS, SOUP, AND TRICK OR TREAT

UNION — The Vose Library in Union is sponsoring a wide variety of events this October; from author readings, art shows, informative talks and treats for ghosts and goblins! See listings below for…