Editing Camden, Maine (section)

===Music and culture===
Music and cultural interests have long flourished in Camden.  In 1912, [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]] read "[[Renascence (poem)|Renascence]]," a poem she wrote from the top of Mt. Battie, to the guests at the Whitehall Inn, one of whom offered to pay her tuition to Vassar. After graduating from Vassar, she went on to write poetry and plays that made her one of the most famous women in America and an inspiration for the Roaring Twenties, winning the Pulitzer Prize. 

The French harpist, composer and conductor, [[Carlos Salzedo]], founded the internationally renowned Salzedo Summer Harp Colony in Camden and each summer held a Harp Festival in the amphitheater beside the library. Camden/Rockport also is home to Bay Chamber Concerts. Theatre productions at the Opera House and Shakespeare in the Amphitheatre enriched the lives of residents and summer visitors for generations. 

In the 1950s, artists and writers of significant reputation began moving to Camden and neighboring Rockport, where local artists organized Maine Coast Artists. Wayne Doolittle began publishing [[Down East, The Magazine of Maine|Down East Magazine]] in 1954, and in 1956 ''[[Carousel (film)|Carousel]]'' was filmed in Camden, followed by ''[[Peyton Place (film)|Peyton Place]]'' in 1957, because the quaint, old town with its picturesque harbor and scenery, looked like the picture-perfect American town.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Since then Camden's setting has not gone unnoticed by [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] with Steven King's ''[[Thinner (film)|Thinner]]'' and ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]'' in 1995, [[Todd Field]]'s ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' in 2001, and with the [[soap opera]] ''[[Passions (soap opera)|Passions]]'' using Camden for shots depicting the fictional town [[Harmony (Passions)|Harmony]].

The town is home to a summer Shakespeare festival, the Camden Shakespeare Company, which performs in an amphitheater behind the town library. During the second weekend of February, the annual [[U.S. National Toboggan Championships]] are held at the town-owned Camden Snow Bowl. This nationally known race started as a lark for something to do during the long Maine winters, and more than 20 years later is one of [[New England]]'s premier cold-weather events. The iced chute is {{convert|400|ft|m}} long, and the four-man teams attain speeds of up to {{convert|35|mi|km}} an hour.  Most racers arrive in costume, and 100% percent of race revenue is used to offset operating expenses for this recreation area.

Camden is the location of the 2001 [[HGTV]] Dream Home.

The Points North Institute, located in Camden and [[Rockport, Maine]], is organizing the annual [[Camden International Film Festival]] (''CIFF'') founded in 2005. It focuses exclusively on documentary film and building community among the professional filmmakers. The ''Points North Forum'' was launched in 2009 to provide debates about documentary developments on a par with peers. Over the following years more than 50 funders, broadcasters, distributors and producers have been participating annually. Further on, in 2015 as a partnership with [[Tribeca Film Institute]] the Camden/TFI Retreat was started, a week-long educational program. Additionally was introduced: the Shortform Editing Residency, the North Star Fellowship, Points North 1:1 Meetings, and the 4th World Indigenous Media Lab.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camden has grown into a major documentary event |url=https://pointsnorthinstitute.org/about-us/our-story/ |access-date=July 18, 2020 |website=pointsnorthinstitute.org}}</ref>

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File:Main Street, Camden.jpg|Main Street
File:Boats_at_dock_in_Camden,_Maine.jpg|Camden harbor
File:Camden Public Library.jpg|Public Library
File:First Congregational Church, Camden, Maine.jpg|Baptist Church
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