Magic Lantern Innovation Center

The Magic Lantern 4-H Innovation Center is a creative hub of activity with a focus on youth aspirational programs in literacy and the arts, math, design, and engineering, as well as local food systems. These program areas lend themselves well to cross-discipline learning, creative thinking, and problem-solving. The goal is to preserve the theater while utilizing the non-profit revenue-generating operations to fund local youth education. The project runs through a local collaboration between the Maine 4-H Foundation and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in partnership with a local community board.

Be sure to share your ideas and help us learn what is popular with our community. If you wish to schedule a special program, or have requests for specific activities and programs please contact Susan Jennings at: [email protected]

Below are our upcoming events. We look forward to seeing you here!

If you are looking for our regular movie schedule, please click here.

Saturdays at 1 pm

Free Family Film Series

Join us Saturdays at 1 pm for Free Family Films! Sponsored by Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation and Chalmers Insurance Group.

4/29: Lego Batman

5/6: Spirit Untamed

5/13: Chicken Run

5/20: The Secret Life of Pets 2

6/10: Trolls World Tour

Time: 1pm

Open for all ages and families of all shapes and sizes

Saturday, June 3

Friday, Feb. 24

Maine State Competition Solar Sprint

The Maine State Solar Sprint competition sponsored by RLC Engineering and the Maine 4-H Foundation invites teams of two or more 5th through 8th-grade students to create the fastest, most interesting, and best-crafted solar-vehicle possible. The State Final will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Magic Lantern Innovation Center in Bridgton. Curriculum, limited materials, and supplies are available for classrooms, homeschool groups, and others. For more information contact Rebecca Mosley, Solar Sprint State Coordinator at: [email protected]

Time: TBD

Monster Week: Monster Circus with Catcushead Puppets

Saturday, April 29

This event has been postponed

Take Action to Foster Better Futures

Join us for a free family event! Learn more about foster care and the need for resource families, ad enjoy a screening of the documentary "Foster" (PG-13)

Time: 9 am- Noon

Cost Free Please Click Here to Register

Wednesday, April 19

Open Interviews

Now Hiring Open Interviews Drop in anytime between 11am-1pm

Time: 11am-1pm

Thursday, April 20

Bug Hotel

Everybody needs a home even the bugs in your garden. Come learn about the beneficial insects living in your yard and make a bug hotel to take home.

Time: 10am

Cost $6 All ages welcome

Contact us

Box office: 207-647-9326

9 Depot Street Bridgton, ME 04009