Skosh will perform at Pedro O’Hara’s this Friday from 8 p.m. to midnight. Skosh is a five piece jam/rock/alternative country band from Buckfield. Formed in 2007, the band is comprised of Jedidiah Allen on drums/vocals; Elijah Allen on bass; Tyler Russell on guitar; Sam Berce on guitar; and Peter Richard on saxophone. The band has […]
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Bowdoin to hold December Dance Concert
BRUNSWICK — The Department of Theater and Dance at Bowdoin College will present the December Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30–Dec. 2, in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall. The December Dance Concert features choreography by Bowdoin Dance faculty Aretha Aoki, Adanna Jones and Gwyneth Jones with performances by Bowdoin students. Some students will also perform […]
Sacred Steel Christmas show at Chocolate Church
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., will host the Campbell Brothers Sacred Steel Christmas show at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, for their only New England appearance this season. The Campbell Brothers present a compelling, rich variety of material from the African-American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, […]
Live music at Mixers all this weekend
SABATTUS — Shiny Objects will play at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge, 136 Sabattus Road. The band plays rock, classic rock, pop, dance and groovy rock from the 1970s to today. Musicians are Derek Ayer, lead guitar, lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals; Judy Jolicoeur, lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals; […]
Looking Back on Nov. 16
100 years ago: 1918 All members of Knights of Pythias who are interested in the convention to be held at Augusta next Monday evening are requested to meet at the Eureka Hall Friday evening. Those who are interested in the convention and are unable to make this meeting are asked to telephone Grand Chancellor Walker […]
Lewiston man's book on Rock Hudson getting big-screen treatment
NEW YORK — Rock Hudson, the Hollywood screen icon whose death in the 1980s put a mainstream face on the growing AIDS crisis, is getting the big-screen biopic treatment. Universal Pictures has optioned “All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson” by Mark Griffin of Lewiston. Plans are to turn it into a film […]
49 Franklin to host Nova Scotia Celtic band Coig
RUMFORD — Coig will rock the house to wrap up the 2018 Celtic Cabaret at 49 Franklin with a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. The group has a unique mix of talents. Fiddler Chrissy Crowley has touches of world and contemporary music. Pianist Jason Roach has a jazz degree. Darren McMullen, who […]
USM to host screening of hemp documentary
PORTLAND — Healing Harbors, in partnership with area businesses, is hosting a screening of “The Hemp Road Trip,” a powerful documentary that chronicles Rick Trojan’s multi-year, 48-state campaign to educate and advocate for the end of a federal prohibition of cannabis across the United States. The film screening takes place at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. […]
Tuba ensemble to perform in West Paris
The tuba ensemble Low Commotion will present a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at the First Universalist Church of West Paris. Low Commotion, which was formed in 2013, is an ensemble of euphoniums (tenor tubas) and full-sized tubas. The group performs several concerts each year at senior living centers, veterans homes, churches and libraries. […]
CLT to present 'Holiday Spectacular!'
AUBURN — The L-A Community Little Theatre will celebrate the holiday season with songs, stories and laughs when it presents “Holiday Spectacular!” on Dec. 7 and 8. Director Cody Watson says that the concept of the show is all about Christmas memories, and the many emotions they bring. “A story will be told between each […]