All are welcome. Snacks provided.

Join us from 4–6 PM at the newly re-opened Custom House—now home to the Open House of History. Experience the art and emotion of local history, as objects from the Waldoborough Historical Society are presented in a fresh, thought-provoking light.

Stroll through the space, strike up a conversation, and share your memories. Leave a note on the walls using post-its provided, or record yourself at one of the audio stations set up throughout the building. This space will host ongoing community conversations—what topics matter most to you? What kinds of events or activities would you like to see here? We invite your ideas and reflections, thoughts and feelings.

At 6 PM, we’ll share our vision for the Custom House and offer a glimpse into the kinds of programs and themes we hope to explore with you. Join us for a brief, guided brainstorming session to help shape what comes next.

Photo by Jan Griesenbrock

Date to be announced

Join us again from 4–6 PM at the newly re-opened Custom House—now home to the Open House of History. Experience the art and emotion of local history, as objects from the Waldoborough Historical Society are presented in a fresh, thought-provoking light.

Stroll through the space, strike up a conversation, and share your memories. Leave a note on the walls using post-its provided, or record yourself at one of the audio stations set up throughout the building. This space will host ongoing community conversations—what topics matter most to you? What kinds of events or activities would you like to see here? We invite your ideas and reflections, thoughts and feelings.

At 6 PM, we’ll share our vision for the Custom House and offer a glimpse into the kinds of programs and themes we hope to explore with you. Join us for a brief, guided brainstorming session to help shape what comes next.

Photo by Jan Griesenbrock

All are welcome. Snacks provided.

Drop in to help create our ground-floor community map! Add your home, favorite spots, and places of personal meaning. This is the beginning of our participatory mapping project that will focus not on market value, but on the emotional, cultural, and social importance of place. Become an integral part of shaping a renewed understanding of Waldoboro through memory, feeling, and story.

Join us for a 90-minute walking tour around the abandoned Sylvania factory lot, the adjacent Hoffses House, and the woods and river nearby. Together, we’ll trace the emotional echoes of past inhabitants—from Wabanaki people and colonial settlers to a governor and a U.S. Congressman—and re-feel Waldoboro’s emotional history as it will come to inform our new community park.

Note: This tour leaves from the site of the old Sylvania plant. Terrain near the river includes elevation changes and may be challenging for some. Comfortable footwear recommended.

Photo by Jan Griesenbrock

In Partnership With Studio B

All are welcome. Food provided.

An evening of art, music and performance by community members in recovery from addiction and other struggles. Through song, story, and creativity, we’ll experience how lives affected by hardship have opened paths to hope. Some performers will share how art has helped them process their histories— and how we can build on that healing together.

* Before the show, join us 4-6pm for the opening reception of the Beyond the Blue art exhibit at the Waldo Theatre Gallery next door. At 5 pm, there will be a gallery conversation with the artists.

In partnership with Waldoboro Pride

All are welcome.

Come hear the remarkable story of Harriet Newell Haskell, a trailblazer in women's education who grew up just across the street from the Custom House. The daughter of a local shipbuilder, Haskell served as principal of Waldoboro High School before becoming the longtime head of Monticello Seminary, a pioneering junior college in Illinois—with her lifelong partner, Emily Gilmore Alden, by her side. Together, we’ll explore the foundational role of women’s same-sex love in the achievements of girls and working-class people, and in broader social and educational reform.

In partnership with a citizen-led initiative (Voices of the Medomak) and the Waldoboro Recreation Department

A water journey from Dutch Neck Landing to Pine Street Landing, exploring the history, ecology, culture, and economy of the Medomak River. We’ll stop along the way to hear from community members about the river’s evolving role in local life and reflect on how its many facets have interacted over time.

Note: Tandem kayaks and a motorboat will be available to accommodate participants of all ages and abilities.

In partnership with Studio B, Maine Team Sharing, and International Overdose Awareness Day

All are welcome.

Join us on a reflective community journey beginning at the historic home of John H. Kennedy, a 19th-century shipbuilding financier who died of an overdose on the eve of the Civil War. Participants will continue to the Custom House for a remembrance installation honoring lives lost to substance use, followed by a sharing circle for surviving loved ones. The event invites reflection on the historical context for understanding overdose and the ways history can guide present-day healing.

In partnership with The Waldo Theatre

All are welcome.

OHOH will co-produce the Waldoboro Talent Show—an annual event that blends individual performances with video interludes featuring older residents, an in memoriam segment, appearances by town services, and other unique Waldoboro acts. The result is a performative, intergenerational potluck that invites the community to feel the spirit of Waldoboro and rediscover its people in surprising and expressive ways.

Poster design by Willy Wong