BRIDGTON — The Rufus Porter Museum has changed its name to the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity. This update reflects the museum’s new mission to celebrate the life, times and legacy of Rufus Porter through the preservation and promotion of creativity and invention. Karla Leandri Rider, museum executive director, explained that while Rufus […]
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Looking Back on June 25
100 Years Ago: 1920 Lewiston and Auburn summer recreation grounds, The Lake Grove Theatre, will open the season of 1920 on Monday, according to the announcement made this morning. What is more, the plans for this season call for the most elaborate season in the history of this popular amusement park, and it is the […]
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Art Walk L-A continues with virtual events
LEWISTON – The next “virtual” Art Walk L-A happens Friday, June 26, on www.laarts.org/artwalk/, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram and includes visual arts, microfiction, and dance, featuring: “The Empress,” a speed painting by artist Mary Bottom; Auburn River Walk story boards, featuring work by Edward Little student artist Sophia Therrien; Waltz competition danced by Bates College ballroom […]
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Lifelong Fab Four fan to present final ‘Beatles Uncovered’ presentation ‘The Long & Winding Road to Making Let It Be’
MONMOUTH – Mark S. Cartier’s “Beatles Uncovered” series at Theater at Monmouth, which has celebrated the early years of the Beatles’ recording career as well as the 50th anniversaries of subsequent Beatles’ albums since 2012 concludes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, with “The Long & Winding Road to Making Let It Be.” In […]
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International Fly Fishing Film Festival features worldwide angling adventures
RANGELEY — The International Fly Fishing Film Festival, featuring 10 films, 6 to 16 minutes in length, from all corners of the globe showcasing the passion, lifestyle and culture of fly fishing, will be presented on Saturday, July 11, at the Bald Mountain Camps Resort. Among the films to be screened are “Particles and Droplets” […]
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River Arts launches call to artists for Members’ Show
DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts is pleased to announce the first show in their newly renovated downtown gallery. The gallery will open in July with a Members’ Show. All current and new members are invited to submit one piece for this exhibition. Artists may drop off work at 36 Elm St. beginning Wednesday, July 8. The […]
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Bailey Library to virtually host astrophotography presentation
WINTHROP — The Bailey Library will virtually host astrophotographer Mike Taylor at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, as part of a yearlong series celebrating Maine’s bicentennial that will explore outdoor recreation in Maine. The public is invited to attend via Zoom by visiting baileylibrary.org/athome and navigating to the “Virtual Events” tab. The program is free […]
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Looking Back on June 24
100 Years Ago: 1920 A khaki-clad outfit of sturdy Maine boys swung up L Street at Camp Devens late Saturday afternoon, fell out and swarmed over the section of the big concentration camp, filled barracks and started to make things ship-shape. They did it with the same zest, the same get-at-it-ness and know-how of the […]
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Looking Back on June 23
100 Years Ago: 1920 Gov. Calvin Coollidge of Massachusetts is not a big man; weighed in ability, farsightedness, and understanding of human nature, he is all bigness. He is not a great talker, but as a listener he is a wonder. His face is serious and his eyes are gray, but in those eyes there […]