POEM: A ‘symphony’ of ‘chirps’ and ‘cheeps’
Penobscot poet Sue Shaw on the joyful songs of our avian neighbors
REVIEW: Love and legacy in ‘Outside Mullingar’
The Stonington Opera House production explores the dynamics of two neighboring families in rural Ireland
Electrician by day, acclaimed woodworker by night
Artist Chris Joyce crafts meticulous boxes, bowls, sculpture and furniture
Bucksport’s ‘Wednesday on Main’ series returns for 10th season
Performances bring music, theater, and dance to downtown
POEM: On arriving at the ‘banks of another spring’
Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, explores whats left when the ice is ‘finally gone’
New exhibit honors Maine ‘truth-tellers’
Portraits by Robert Shetterly highlight community leaders and activists
POEM: It’s a hard knock life for a bug
Poet Linda Swift on the short and frenzied life of a bug
POEM: Chasing a chicken with ‘a mind of her own’
Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, on following a chicken to ‘a sweeter place to be’
Concert series to benefit local nonprofits
The Burnt Cove Church Benefit Series will take place monthly from June through September
A little girl’s library book leads to a song about Annie Oakley
Gouldsboro musician sings her song about American sharpshooter Annie Oakley
POEM: ‘It’s party-time and you’re the snack!’
Poet Linda Swift on the ‘frenzied dance’ of spring
Eli West performs in East Blue Hill
Pacific Northwest musician brings blend of old-time, country, and blue grass to Peninsula
Guy walks into a BBQ place. ’Something Good’ happens.
Blue Hill musician Tim Seeley shares a song he wrote about a chance encounter at a local BBQ restaurant and music hall
Haystack to host public programs series
Programming is part of the school’s 75th anniversary celebrations
'Sitting in the Mud,' an ode to curiosity and connection
Show features “stunning” formal portraits, ephemera from year in East Africa
POEM: “The man called it a mortar and pedestal”
Sometimes, you “just have to let sleeping dogs lay”
Haystack opens season with Island Workshop Day
Workshop offers “opportunity for friends and neighbors to reconnect and learn alongside one another”
POEM: An ode to rhubarb, “Queen of Tart”
Blue Hill poet Kathie Burnett shares an ode to rhubarb
POEM: Remebering Devereux’s ice cream parlor
Patricia Ranzoni, Bucksport’s former poet laureate, remembers a 1930s ice cream parlor in Castine
Castine Community StoryWalk features “The Moon Seed”
The story “reimagines the real events following the Apollo 14 mission, when an astronaut brought a bag of seeds into space”