PORTLAND — In response to the devastating financial impact the current global health crisis is wreaking across the live music industry, a handful of Portland music venue operators and industry professionals have formed the Maine Music Alliance as a support system to help sustain Portland venues through the crisis. Over the past six months music […]
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Stephanie Chu-O’Neil hired as site coordinator for CASA
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WHA artwork includes watercolors, photographs
LEWISTON — The Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery at Central Maine Medical Center is displaying the watercolor paintings of Angelia Murray and the photographs of Beth Francis. Murray is known for her whimsical watercolor landscapes. The move from New York City to Lisbon, Maine, has allowed for an immersive experience in nature in forming […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 2
100 Years Ago: 1920 Mrs. Octavia Beals, 83 years old, was one of the women registrants Wednesday. Mrs. Beal is unusually active physically and mentally for her years. She in a native of Leeds and for many years lived in Monmouth having been at one time manager of the Monmouth town farm. She has been […]
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Androscoggin Historical Society to host programs at Knight House
The Androscoggin Historical Society will conduct two Sunday afternoon programs at the Knight House on the Riverwalk near West Pitch Park in Auburn. While both are free and open to the public, donations are welcomed. “Grand Parents Day,” will be celebrated from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, featuring old fashioned games, as well as […]
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Free art class offered in temporary park in downtown Hallowell
HALLOWELL – Vision Hallowell invites artists and aspiring artists to join local artist/art educator Hélène Farrar for a one hour drawing class from 9:30-10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, in the temporary pocket park at the corner of Central and Water streets. The one-hour session will explore the urban landscape and offer a how-to in perspective […]
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Closing reception to be held for exhibit at Barbara Prey Projects
This year marks the twentieth anniversary celebration of Barbara Prey Projects with a safe socially distanced all day closing reception for the exhibit, “20 IN 2020 Celebrating 2 Decades” from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5. The Saturday event marks the start of the final weekend to see the exhibition. A key figure in […]
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A conversation with photographer Walter Smalling
Photographer Walter Smalling will participate in a moderated online discussion at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, hosted by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. In 2018 and 2019, Smalling traveled almost 6,000 miles by car photographing the homes, studios, and favorite places of 26 celebrated visual artists who have found creative inspiration in Maine. […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 1
100 Years Ago: 1920 Ham Sweezy said he didn’t have such a doggone good time at the church ice-cream festival as he might have had. He sat down in a dish of ice-cream and now he has chilblains. 50 Years Ago: 1970 Pounding hammers and cutting saws were heard at Auburn police headquarters. The arrival […]