Film: The Princess Bride (1987)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright. While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather reads him a story called The Princess Bride.

Free

No Toddler Time today!

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Mr. Mark is on vacation – see you soon!

Free

No Book Babies today!

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Mr. Mark is on vacation – see you soon!

Free
Event Series River Company Auditions

River Company Auditions

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Auditions for “Trifles” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” are coming up! Want to get in on the action? Auditions are at Skidompha!  To sign up please email one-acts@rivercompany.org

Event Series River Company Auditions

River Company Auditions

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Auditions for “Trifles” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” are coming up! Want to get in on the action? Auditions are at Skidompha!  To sign up please email one-acts@rivercompany.org

Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold. A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll.

Free

Family Film: Finding Nemo (2003)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould. After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.

Free
Event Series River Company Auditions

River Company Auditions

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Auditions for “Trifles” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” are coming up! Want to get in on the action? Auditions are at Skidompha!  To sign up please email one-acts@rivercompany.org

Film: Quartet

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi’s birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of…

Free

Film: Cocoon

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox. The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to Earth to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the…

Free

Family Film: How to Train Your Dragon

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse   A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

Free

Sweet Reads Book Club

Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Do you like your reads short and sweet? Join us for this short fiction book club! Each month we select 3 to 5 short stories from various authors, on various topics, time periods or places,…

Book Club: In My Life

Secondhand Bookstore 17 Backstreet Landing, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This will be a gathering of those in the, In My Life Book Club, to discuss Augusten Burroughs book, “Running With Scissors”.

Film: The Way We Get By

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Joan Gaudet, William Knight, Gerald Mundy   On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected…

Book Club: Engaging Fiction

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This will be a gathering of the Engaging Fiction Book Club to discuss the novel “A Man Called Ove” written by Fredrik Backman.

Free

Chats With Champions: Kevin Johnson – Marine Penobscot Museum

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Kevin will give a guided tour of the photography archives of the Penobscot Marine Museum, including many startlingly crisp photos from old glass plate negatives.  Penobscot Marine Museum has the largest photography archives in the…

Free

Book Club: Other Worlds

Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This will be the gathering together of those that are in the ‘Other Worlds’ book club for a discussion based upon September’s book, “The Keeper of Lost Things” by Ruth Hogan.

Free

Traveling Back to our Ancestors’ Neighborhoods

Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Genealogist Kathleen Maclachlan will recount the details of researching and planning to visit four areas in Ireland and Scotland where her ancestors and her husband’s ancestors lived and the surprises which the trip held.  She…

Free

Film: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in…

Free

Family Film: Babe

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh   Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett.

Free

Film: Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation.

Free

No Film!

We will not be showing a film on October 11 due to a scheduling conflict. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Genealogy Beginner Class (Full)

Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Designed for REAL beginners, this one-evening class will help participants know the basics of best practices for family research, giving a solid foundation for future research.  Staff genealogist Kathleen Maclachlan will also recommend books and…

Family Film: ParaNorman (2012)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse. This film is FREE and open to the public. It will be shown in Skidompha’s Porter Hall.

Free

Chats With Champions: Zip Kellogg

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

First National White Water Canoe and Kayak Champions    A film long thought lost will be shown at Porter Meeting Hall in Skidompha Library on Tuesday, October 16th at 10 a.m. Please allow time for…

Free

FILM: Ready Player One

Join us for an after-school showing of Ready Player One.