Celebration Barn is set to present Dean Evans’s Magical Exploding Mime at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at 190 Stock Farm Road in South Paris. This wordless, action-packed show is geared toward all ages. According to a news release from the barn, creator and performer Evans reaches beyond the limits of language to playfully turn […]
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Paul Sullivan concert set for Stonington
Opera House Arts plans to welcome Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Paul Sullivan to the Stonington Opera House stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17, at 1 School St. in Stonington. Sullivan will play many of his own songs from over the years and debut new material. Sullivan is the consummate musician’s musician. He has […]
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Mallett Brothers plan Lewiston concert
LEWISTON — The Mallett Brothers will perform in person at 7 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. Doors will open at 6 p.m. The Mallett Brothers spent time off-stage during the pandemic doing backyard concerts, putting together a new album, and experimenting with different sounds in the studio. The band […]
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Johnson Hall Free Waterfront Concert featuring Runnin’ Down a Dream
Johnson Hall’s Free Waterfront Concert Series featuring Runnin’ Down a Dream is set for 7 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Gardiner Boat Landing. The band is a Tom Petty tribute band from New England. Fireworks will follow the concert. Other concerts in the series include Random Ideas on June 24, Unfinished Blues Band on July […]
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‘Be Here Now’ to be staged in Lewiston June 17-26
The January production has been postponed.
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Looking Back on June 10
100 Years Ago: 1922 Employees of the Cushman-Hollis Shoe Co. of Auburn are to descend en masse on Tacoma Lake Saturday. It is the annual outing and more than 1000 are expected to be present. A dozen special cars have been engaged from the A&K for the day. An elaborate list of sports and entertainment […]
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Bridgton woodworker is juried artist at Gallery 302
Nick Todisco of Bridgton, a woodworker, is a juried artist showing all year at Gallery 302, a cooperative gallery at 112 Main St. in Bridgton. According to a news release from the gallery, his passion for woodworking began in seventh grade when he was first introduced to it in school. Todisco continued woodworking through high […]
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Gold LEAF Institute to open ‘The Art Among Us2’ exhibit June 17
Gold LEAF Institute, the senior college at the University of Maine at Farmington, is set to present an all-new exhibit, “The Art Among Us2” from Friday, June 17 to Friday, July 29. The exhibit is at the UMF Emery Community Arts Center Flex Gallery on Academy Street on the UMF campus. An opening reception is […]
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New book teaches techniques for Finnish kantele
South Paris native Sarah Cummings has written and published “Finnish Kantele – Techniques, Exercises, Tunes and Arrangements for Five and Ten-String Kanteles.” This book provides instruction in both plucking and strumming techniques for 5 and 10-string Finnish kanteles. Explanation of musical notation, rhythm, and other elements of music theory are provided for the novice, yet […]
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UMA professor publishes book detailing impact of Irish immigrants in Belfast, Maine
Kay Retzlaff, professor of English at the University of Maine at Augusta, recently published “Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770 –1870: Bridget’s Belfast” which examines how Irish immigrants shaped and reshaped their identity in a rural New England community. Forty percent of Irish immigrants to the United States settled in rural areas. Achieving […]