GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park, Route 26, presents popular Maine kids’ singer, Rick Charette, from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 8. Over 1,000 children and their families have come out each year to hear Charette and see the show under the pines of the park picnic area. This year, Rick will sign autographs […]
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Western Maine Art Group to host September art exhibit
NORWAY — Two prominent local art collectors will be honored in September by the Western Maine Art Group’s second annual exhibit, “The Art of the Collector: Selected Works from the Collections of Dennise Whitley and Charlotte Snedecker.” This exhibition series celebrates local residents whose commitment to the culture in our area enriches our communities and […]
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Poets Christian Barter, Jeffrey Thomson to read at The Harlow
HALLOWELL — The Harlow Gallery, now at 100 Water St., will host nationally-known, award-winning poets Jeffrey Thomson and Christian Barter at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. Thomson is a poet, memoirist, translator and editor, and is the author of multiple books including the memoir “fragile,” “The Belfast Notebooks,” “The Complete Poems of Catullus” and the […]
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'The Early Evening Show' returns to Celebration Barn
PARIS — Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Celebration Barn Theater presents Mike Miclon’s ‘The Early Evening Show,” a late-night TV show spoof full of sketches, soulful music and wild improvisations that have made it the longest running variety show in Maine history, now in its 20th season. This month’s show will feature scenes from “The Last […]
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Chuck Feil and Steve Luttrell featured at SugarWood in September
FARMINGTON — Photographer Chuck Feil and poet Steve Luttrell will be featured artists during September at SugarWood Gallery. Chuck Feil is known for his Maine aerial photography coffee table books, “Maine A View From Above,” “Lighthouses From Aloft,” “Maine Guess Where From the Air” and “Kittery to Calais The Maine Coast From Above.” In this […]
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Maine author releases debut novel
Maine author Jesse McKinnell is releasing his first novel, “DEAD CATS and Other Reflections on Parenthood,” a dark comedy that raises serious questions about wealth, power and contemporary masculinity. Meet Joel Peterson, a Porsche-driving dentist who lives in the garage behind the lovely home he once shared with his wife and two young daughters. He’s […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 27
100 years ago: 1918 Here’s a little story of patriotism and determination that is pretty hard to equal. Mrs. James Watson of Holland Street, Lewiston, received a telegram this morning that her brother, John E. Irving of Chatham, N. M., now in France with the British expeditionary forces, has been wounded in the left leg. […]
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Swingin' Bears announces first beginners class
PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club of South Paris will have its first class for beginners who would like to try square dancing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5.This first lesson will be free. We encourage all ages (singles, couples and families) to come to the cafeteria at the Oxford Hills Middle School, […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 24
100 Years Ago: 1918 Mrs. Dorcas A. Barker and her daughter, Miss Katherine Ricker, the well-known opera singer of Boston, have been visiting relatives at the Mansion House this week. On Thursday morning at the regular daily concert, Miss Ricker delighted the guests at the Poland Spring house with several solos. 50 Years Ago: 1968 […]
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New exhibit features art of Kennebec rail trail
HALLOWELL — The Harlow, in partnership with Friends of the Kennebec River Rail Trail (FKRRT), invites Maine artists to submit work inspired by or depicting the Kennebec rail trail for an upcoming exhibition “Life on the Trail.” The deadline for email submissions is 11:59 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1. Submissions will be reviewed by a curatorial […]