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Weekly Highlights in Maine

Every featured event of the week, past and present

Scary Readings at Boothbay Harbor
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Scary Readings at Boothbay Harbor

The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor hosts its annual Scary Readings and community Halloween potluck on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, with technical director Kevin Kiley dressing the historic, reportedly haunted hall for the night.

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Chesterville Poetry Night at the
Weekly Highlight Oct 26 – Nov 2, 2026

Chesterville Poetry Night at the

Chesterville Poetry Night returns to the historic 1851 Center Union Meeting House at 3 Borough Road on Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m., free and open to poets and listeners of all ages.

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Lady Lamb's Strings Show at Lincoln
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Lady Lamb's Strings Show at Lincoln

Aly Spaltro, the Brunswick-raised songwriter who became Lady Lamb, brings her string-arranged "An Evening with Strings" to Damariscotta's Lincoln Theater on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026.

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Teen Tarot 101 at Portland Public
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Teen Tarot 101 at Portland Public

Deck creator Isabella Rotman leads a free Teen Tarot 101 workshop at Portland Public Library's Downtown Branch on October 21, 2026, with decks provided for those who don't bring their own.

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Mid Mall Trunk or Treat in Bangor
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Mid Mall Trunk or Treat in Bangor

The 3rd Annual Mid Mall Trunk or Treat brings free candy, decorated trunks, food trucks and a fundraiser for Sarah's House to 31 Bangor Mall Boulevard on Friday, Oct. 23, from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Good Times Double Feature at
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Good Times Double Feature at

The Hot Suppers and Tricky Britches split an all-ages Saturday at Belfast's Marshall Wharf Brewing Co. on Oct. 24, 2026, playing 3-6 p.m. and 7-10 p.m.

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Cilla Bonnie at Belfast's
Weekly Highlight Oct 19–26, 2026

Cilla Bonnie at Belfast's

Portland bassist and songwriter Cilla Bonnie brings her trio to the basement of the Basil Burwell Community Theatre in Belfast on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, for a $10-$20 listening-room show.

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Auburn Farm & Forest Tour 2026
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Auburn Farm & Forest Tour 2026

Auburn's 3rd Annual Farm & Forest Tour on Oct. 17, 2026, opens farms, forests, and homesteads to the public for a free self-guided day across the city.

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Preserving Antique Treasures in
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Preserving Antique Treasures in

A professional conservator shares how to save family photos, paintings, and heirloom clothing at the Boothbay Railway Village's Town Hall on Oct. 16, 2026.

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Maine Adventurer at Poland Museum
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Maine Adventurer at Poland Museum

Madelyn Given, the first woman in Maine to run a marathon on every continent, shares her Kanchenjunga trek at the Poland Historical Society's Schoolhouse Museum on Oct. 14.

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Dick Powell Memorial Chess
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Dick Powell Memorial Chess

Ellsworth Public Library and the Ellsworth Chess Club host a beginner-friendly memorial chess tournament on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, honoring the Maine coach who led Deer Isle-Stonington to 39 state scholastic titles.

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Salter Saturday in Freeport
Weekly Highlight Oct 12–19, 2026

Salter Saturday in Freeport

A free day of talks, a river walk, and the launch of Tom Pero's book "Salter" celebrates Maine's sea-run brook trout on Oct. 17, 2026, at the Freeport Community Center.

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A Last Civil War Veteran Honored
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

A Last Civil War Veteran Honored

A Waldoboro ceremony invites the descendants of John W. Palmer, the last Civil War veteran buried in Lincoln County, to gather at his grave.

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Students Haunt Their Own Trail
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Students Haunt Their Own Trail

Seventh and eighth graders at Damariscotta Montessori School turn their stewardship of the campus nature trail into a first-ever Haunted Folklore Trail on Oct. 10.

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Whitman Comes to Callahan Hall
Weekly Highlight Oct 5–12, 2026

Whitman Comes to Callahan Hall

A Cambridge actor who has played Walt Whitman more than a thousand times brings his one-man show to a free evening at the Lewiston Public Library.

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The Last Chapter Comes Home: Jerry
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Last Chapter Comes Home: Jerry

A hometown book-release party at Brady's Restaurant will close out the 'Red at Night' series with signatures, live music, and a few familiar 'local' faces.

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First Flight on a Fall Morning
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

First Flight on a Fall Morning

Volunteer pilots from EAA Chapter 87 will give kids ages 8 to 17 free airplane rides at the Wiscasset Municipal Airport on Oct. 3 — the latest chapter in a program that has put millions of young people in the air since 1992.

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The Dance That Came Back: A Square
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

The Dance That Came Back: A Square

After a nine-month silence, a scrappy, volunteer-run square dance series returns to a century-old Rockport hall where the ticket booth still stands by the door.

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Fifty Years on Common Ground: How a
Weekly Highlight Sep 28 – Oct 5, 2026

Fifty Years on Common Ground: How a

The Common Ground Country Fair returns to Unity for its 50th year, still trading carnival rides for sheepdog demos, heirloom seeds, and a rule that every bite sold on the grounds must be organic.

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A Home for Families: Inside the
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

A Home for Families: Inside the

After 127 years of serving Maine's children and families, Maine Children's Home brings four core programs under one roof at 93 Silver Street, marking a milestone in coordinated care.

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A decade of free care: Husson's
Weekly Highlight Sep 14–21, 2026

A decade of free care: Husson's

For 12 years, the SOARing Eagles Healthcare Clinic has quietly served Bangor's uninsured and underinsured — one appointment, one student therapist at a time.

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Maine flag
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

The Biggest Little Fair in Maine

For more than seven decades, the Clinton Lions Agricultural Fair has turned a tiny Kennebec County town into a four-day celebration of agriculture, engines, and community.

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A Saint's Legacy: Dragonship
Weekly Highlight Sep 7–13, 2026

A Saint's Legacy: Dragonship

Each November, the Barony of Dragonship Haven gathers artisans from across the East Kingdom to honor Saint Eligius with a day of competition, display, and medieval hospitality in Durham, Connecticut.

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A Medieval Farewell to Summer in
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

A Medieval Farewell to Summer in

The Barony of Ruantallan welcomes the changing season with tournaments, ink-making, cheese-crafting, and fireside fellowship at River Grove Campground.

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Fifty Years of Common Ground: A
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Fifty Years of Common Ground: A

As the Common Ground Country Fair turns 50, all of its iconic posters come together in a free Waterville exhibition that tells the story of Maine's organic movement.

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Maine flag
Weekly Highlight Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

A Medieval Mystery Comes to Maine

For four days this June, Othonia's 'Who is the Man of the Shroud?' exhibit — complete with a life-size replica — brings the world's most studied religious artifact to the granite walls of Lewiston's Franco-American landmark.

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Maine flag
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

A Shared Table in Wayne: A Community Supper That Feels Like Welcome

At the Wayne Community Church, the fellowship hall opens for a simple supper of casseroles and conversation, with a door that welcomes everyone.

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A Shared Table in Wayne: A
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

A Shared Table in Wayne: A

At the Wayne Community Church, the fellowship hall opens for a simple supper of casseroles and conversation, with a door that welcomes everyone.

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Puck in the Pines: Shakespeare's
Weekly Highlight Aug 24–30, 2026

Puck in the Pines: Shakespeare's

For two late-August weekends, Viles Arboretum's 224 acres of Maine woods become Shakespeare's enchanted forest in a promenade production of 'A Midsummer Nights' Dream.'

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