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An intimate look into the lives of one of the most iconic folk-rock bands in America - the Indigo Girls. With never-before-seen archival and intimate vérité the film dives into the songwriting and storytelling of the music that transformed a generation.

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

Everything he draws is about to get real.

Americans Who Tell the Truth and Bethel Area Arts & Music (BAAM) invites the community to the unveiling of artist Robert Shetterly’s portrait of Bethel Maine resident and Inaugural Poet and Poet Laureate Richard Blanco.

Chaos loves company.

Join us for a unique performance by John John Brown. He brings his show "Songs, Stories, & Art-Lessons from Strangers" to Bethel on August 9th at 7:00 pm.

Everyone loves turtles--but few realize these "common" animals should astound us with their beauty, their distinctive personalities, and their otherworldly powers. National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery will speak about her latest bestseller, OF TIME AND TURTLES, which highlights her time working at a turtle hospital during the pandemic and how land conservation protects these often critically endangered animals upon whom so many other creatures in our world depend.

You've waited an eternity for this.

Help us welcome iconic pop weirdo and indie-cult favorite Spookey Ruben to Bethel on Friday, September 6th at 7:00 pm. 

BAAM at The Gem Presents Dreaming Water, A Flow-Motion story in art, dance, video, and music on Saturday, October 5th at 6:00 pm.

Every year, in the Fall, the Maine Outdoor Film Festival (To Be Held INDOORS) makes its way to Bethel to bring outdoor films to the Maine people, where they are. We feel super privileged to be one of the stops on The MOFF Tour of Maine. Please join us for this special event on Saturday, October 12th! PLEASE NOTE: MOFF is a film festival about the outdoors. The screening itself will happen INDOORS! Don't worry, we'll keep you warm, dry and well-fed!

Join BAAM at The Gem for a screening of "Voices from the Barrens: Native People, Blueberries and Sovereignty" with filmmaker Nancy Ghertner and Brian Altvater, the President of the Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Company on Friday, November 1st at 6:00 pm.