DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., will present “Back to the ’50s,” featuring the Mollyockett Singers at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Imaginative, talented, and often very funny, the Mollyockett Singers perform a combination of upbeat songs, ballads and popular tunes in four-part acapella harmony, often called “barbershop” style. “Back to the […]
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Donnie Hebert to play at The B.B.Q. Pit on Friday
Donnie Hebert, from the band The Veggies, will be performing acoustic music from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at The B.B.Q. Pit, 838 Lisbon St., Lewiston. Hebert covers popular music spanning the ’80s, ’90s and a bit of new country. There is no cover charge.
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Arts center to hold kids' costume Halloween party, art opening
DENMARK — Denmark Arts Center, 50 West Main St., will present “Metaphysical Follies,” a kids’ costume and Halloween party and art opening from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. The fall is a time of harvest, bounty and plants dying and returning to the earth. This year the DAC is exploring the mysteries around […]
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Maine author Bill Roorbach to give reading, discussion at Bates
Maine author Bill Roorbach, recipient of the Flannery O’Connor and O. Henry prizes, as well as the Maine Literary Award in creative nonfiction, will give a reading and discussion at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at Bates College. His works include the story collection “The Girl of the Lake” and the best-selling “Life Among Giants,” […]
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John Coltrane subject of New Commons Project at UMF
FARMINGTON — A giant in the world of jazz, American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his work are the next featured selections of the New Commons Project of the University of Maine at Farmington. An iconic figure of 20th-century jazz, John William Coltrane (1926-1967), also known as “Trane,” is best known for his brilliant improvisation. Born […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 18
100 years ago: 1918 Thursday the President’s reply to the Germans has created a new state affair in diplomatic discussions relative to peace. There have been passionate discussions of the President’s reply of all of the meetings of the groups of the Reichstag, but no line of policy has been determined, although there have been […]
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L-A Community Little Theatre to present 'The Music Man'
AUBURN — “The Music Man” is marching into town for a must-see theater experience for adults and children alike. The L-A Community Little Theatre, 30 Academy St., announces the cast of “The Music Man.” L-A CLT is to present this all-American musical classic and winner of an Oscar for Best Music, multi-Tony Award winner including […]
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Arts center to present 'Animal Farm' for Bath students
BATH — Three hundred students from Bath Middle School will attend a live performance of “Animal Farm,” a play based on the acclaimed novel by George Orwell, from 8:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St. “Animal Farm” will be presented by the New Repertory Theater’s Classic […]
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Digital music concert to conclude Bates College symposium
A public concert concludes a daylong Digital Music Symposium at Bates College with Hiroya Miura, a composer and associate professor of music at Bates College, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Emerging composers present works created with handmade instruments, systems using bodily sensations and motions to interact with the computer, and a live interactive video game […]
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Bates, Franco Center celebrate francophone culture with Tournees Film Festival
LEWISTON — In partnership with Bates College and the Gendron Franco Center, the Tournees Film Festival returns to Lewiston for the third year to present French-language film screenings from Oct. 24 through Nov. 7. The lineup comprises six films new and old and in diverse genres. Ranging from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Paris, […]