HALLOWELL — The Harlow will offer a series of textile workshops during November at 100 Water St. Registration is open for Hat Knitting taught by Brookes Smith, Stitched Stories taught by Maggie Muth and Intro to Needle Felting taught by Lauretta Rose Dietrich. Preregistration is required for all workshops. Spaces are limited. Learn to Knit: […]
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Palaver Strings Celebrates Maine’s Immigrant Communities at Denmark Arts Center
DENMARK — Denmark Arts Center presents Palaver Strings Celebrates Maine’s Immigrant Communities with their “Welcome Home” program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. The program performed by the Portland-based Palaver Strings celebrates the vitality of Maine’s immigrant communities through music and storytelling. In partnership with the Immigrant Welcome Center of Greater Portland (IWC), the program […]
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Bates Dance Company returns with Marcy Plavin Fall Concert
Marcy Plavin Fall Concert, this year’s annual fall dance program by the Bates College Dance Company, includes work by guest choreographers Mark Jeffery, Kimberly Bartosik and Kendra Ross from their recent residencies, as well as projects by Bates faculty and dance students. The program will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, 2 p.m. […]
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Artist talk, opening reception set for Garcia exhibit
Award-winning Vermont artist Wylie Garcia explores identity and emotional spaces through painting, drawing and textiles
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OHMPAA to present production of ‘Godspell’
NORWAY — The Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association will present “Godspell” at the Norway Grange in November. “Godspell,” written by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelek, tells the story of Jesus’s life, using songs, stories and a healthy dose of comedy. OHMPAA’s production is helmed by experienced actors and first-time directors Jonathan Potter and […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Dennis Fogg at 49 Franklin
RUMFORD — Maine Event Comedy presents 25-year comedy veteran Dennis Fogg at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at Rumford’s 49 Franklin. Featured acts include Bryan Valencia, Dennis Price and Jake Jacobson. Fogg’s comedy and restaurant, Uncle Andy’s Diner in South Portland, were featured on the Food Network’s “Restaurant Impossible,” with a follow-up episode in the […]
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UMF creative writing student and author has second book published
FARMINGTON — Hannah Binder, junior at the University of Maine at Farmington, always felt she was a writer at heart. Now, with her second published work, there isn’t any doubt. Binder, who writes under the name Hannah Paige, came to the small western Maine community from a city 10 times the population in the East […]
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Carrabassett Valley photographer, adventurer featured artist at SugarWood Gallery
Johnna Haskell, noted wildlife photographer, educator, author and paraglider, is SugarWood Gallery’s featured Artist of the Month for November. An ppen house reception will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. Her work will remain on display and available for sale through […]
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Mainely Improv back at 49 Franklin
Mainely Improv Interactive On the Spot Comedy, one of Maine’s most popular improvisational troupes, brings its madcap antics back to 49 Franklin in Rumford at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. Much in the style of television’s, “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” the troupe makes up comedy “on the spot” based entirely from audience suggestions. […]
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Thea Dunn students and friends featured in Kaleidoscope art showcase
“Fall Kaleidoscope” takes place on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 49 Franklin’s Mystic Theater in Rumford. Visual and performing artists showcase their skills in drawings, music and more. Visual artists create art in front of the audience as performers take the stage. Fall Kaleidoscope features music from the students of Thea Dunn, and also an interactive […]