CHESTERVILLE — Mt Blue High School’s student ensemble, The Franklin County Fiddlers, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House. The Fiddlers have agreed to donate their time and talent to help raise funds for bell tower repairs to the 1851 Meeting House at 3 Borough Road. Admission is […]
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Atlanta rapper bound for Bates
Bates College presents Waka Flocka Flame, the Atlanta rapper known for his influence on the high-energy Trap movement. Famed for the hit single “No Hands” (No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100), Flame brings a performance style that helps explain his nickname “Turn Up God.” The show is at 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, Gray […]
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'Hillbilly Pink Floyd' at Chocolate Church
BATH — New York’s Slambovian Circus of Dreams bring their warm, raucous — and decidedly unsleepy — brand of “Punk Classical Hillbilly Pink Floyd” to the Chocolate Church for one night, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. The historic arts venue is at 804 Washington St. The classic rock-steeped band from New York’s Hudson Valley has […]
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Music Theater, Curtis Memorial Library presenting children’s programs
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre and Curtis Memorial Library will present two special programs for young audiences at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Morrell Meeting Room of the library. The programs are free on a first-come, first-served basis and are recommended for children up to third grade. They will focus […]
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Connie Francis tribute show to come to Franco Center
LEWISTON — It was September 1994 when Reindeer Theatre Company presented its debut performance of “Among My Souvenirs,” a tribute to legendary princess of pop Connie Francis, in the upstairs auditorium of the Warren Memorial Library in Westbrook. It was a show that was a long time in the making, a jukebox musical created by Louis […]
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Exhibit to explore intersection of art, nature
BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College Museum of Art permanent collections will exhibit the complex intersections of art and the environment in “Material Resources: Intersection of Art and the Environment,” which will be open from Dec. 6 through June 2, 2019. Showcasing objects from antiquity to today, the collection will examine artists’ dependence on earth’s material resources over a […]
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Craft Brew Underground to begin 'Brews and Blues' series
AUBURN — Craft Brew Underground kicks off its Brews and Blues series at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, with Studebaker John on slide guitar and blues harmonica with accompaniment by his longtime drummer, Earl “King of the Money Beat” Howell. The show at 34 Court St. has been enthusiastically received at Chicago clubs, such as […]
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Museum opens Sunday to commemmorate WWI centennial
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum officially marks the closing of its exhibition, Over There and Down Home: Mainers and World War I, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11. The event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of the Great War. The museum will honor veterans and include […]
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Looking Back on Nov. 3
100 years ago: 1918 Austria-Hungary is out of the war. Deserted by her last ally, Germany fights alone a battle which means ultimate defeat or abject surrender. After days of pleading, an armistice has been granted Austria-Hungary, whose badly defeated armies in the Italian theatre are staggering homeward under the violence of the blows of […]
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'Makin' Whoopie' to open in Lewiston next weekend
In The Public Theatre’s production of “Makin’ Whoopie!” Ida, played by Susan Poulin, tackles the big questions like, “What do a whoopie pie and marriage have in common?” “How do I get my sexy back?” and “You want me to do what with your ashes?” Is anyone’s “happily ever after” in need of a little […]