PHILLIPS — The Sandy River Ramblers will bring their Maine-flavored bluegrass show to the Phillips Area Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 3. The band is known for their vocal harmonies, instrumental playing and songwriting. Stan Keach, guitarist and chief songwriter of the group, is a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter, with several national hit songs to his […]
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Bowdoin art museum presents talk on camera technology
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will present a talk by Todd Gustavson at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in conjunction with the exhibition “Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting.” Gustavson, curator of the Technology Collection, the George Eastman Museum, explores the evolution of camera technology in the 19th century […]
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Gallery 302 welcomes artist Will Harney
BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 welcomes Will Harney to the group of more than 40 artists who exhibit work at the gallery. As a youngster, Harney was always interested in drawing and once painted an entire dinosaur mural in the add-on room in his family’s home in Danvers, Massachusetts. He studied at Rhode Island School of Design, […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 17
100 years ago: 1918 Farming operations on quite an extensive scale are being carried on at the big place of Calvin Irish on the North River Road in Auburn. The farm contains over 200 acres of land and eight horses are kept to do the work and the lumbering done in winters. To feed the […]
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Midcoast Symphony begins season at Franco Center
LEWISTON — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 29th season Saturday with works by Berlioz, Milhaud and Delibes at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. “Symphonie Fantastique” will be directed by conductor Rohan Smith at 7 p.m. Saturday. The orchestra will also present the program at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. […]
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Oasis of Music present Mary Murphy this week at Trinity Church
LEWISTON — Mary Murphy will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. Maine singer/songwriter Mary Murphy, accompanying herself on either piano or guitar, connects with her audience while performing a variety of original music and covers, from classical to blues. Her audiences range from Maine to South Carolina and […]
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Gaslight Theater to present final show of the season
HALLOWELL — The Gaslight Theater will feature performances of “Not About Nightingales” by Tennessee Williams as its last show of the 2018 season. This early work by the revered playwright caused a sensation in Houston, New York and London. This is a raw, sprawling dramatization of real events at a Philadelphia prison in 1937. Convicts […]
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Sawyer Memorial to host spooky stories and ice cream social
GREENE — There will be spooky stories and an ice cream social to get people in the Halloween spirit at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, when Maine Author Tim Caverly presents “An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile.” “A damping cloak of darkness approaches; it […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 16
100 years ago: 1918 At a meeting of the Bates College faculty Monday afternoon, it was decided to close the college to the day students for a week. There is said to be 19 cases of the epidemic at Rand Hall and five at the Frye Street house. The sickness seems to be confined to […]
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Maine Event Comedy's Tightest Five returns to Bear Bones Beer
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy’s Tightest Five comedy contest returns to Bear Bones Beer at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18. In the second preliminary round, Mark Turcotte will host 10 hopefuls as they perform their best five minutes of original material. Five will advance to the semifinals. Along with bragging rights, the winner’s prize package includes […]