PORTLAND — With flights of romantic fancy and sensuous displays of physical artistry, Circus Maine will celebrate the month of love with its third annual Cupid’s Night Cabaret. Held the weekend after Valentine’s Day, Friday through Sunday, Feb. 16 to 18, the cabaret will feature not-to-be-missed visiting artists, such as a “flash” juggler (think Tom […]
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Local auditions at Maine State Music Theatre
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will hold local auditions on from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at 22 Elm Street. This is an open call audition. Those who wish to audition should show up, sign in, and will be seen in the order in which they arrive. Times are: • Children 6 […]
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Portland singer-songwriter to appear in Fryeburg concert series
FRYEBURG — The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center’s “Bradley Backstage” concert series returns at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9. The first show of 2018 will feature award-winning singer-songwriter Connor Garvey. Hailing from Portland, Maine, Garvey offers the amiable presence of an entertainer, the lyrical depth of a poet and the enchantment of a storyteller. […]
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Sandy River Players holding auditions for 'Comedy Tonight'
FARMINGTON — If you think you’re funny, if people think you’re funny, then you should audition for the Sandy River Players’ evening of comedy called “Comedy Tonight.” The production will be an evening of comic sketches, jokes, stories and songs, all strung together with the concept of an evening with Mr. and Mrs. Whosit and […]
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Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation underwrite Rangeley play
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts has received a grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to write and produce an original play this summer. The volunteer group of writers is called the “Lakeside Playwrights” and includes Janice Adler, Elyse Andrews, Joanne Dunlap, Mary Ellen Simon, Carolyn Smith, Tim Straub and Valerie […]
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Kill The Chill Concert Series heats up with Heather Pierson Trio
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome Heather Pierson, an award-winning pianist, multi-genre singer/songwriter, arranger, bandleader and performer, on Friday, Feb. 9, as part of the Kill The Chill Concert Series. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Annex, 804 Washington St. At first glance, Pierson appears to be the girl […]
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Faculty concert at Portland Conservatory of Music
PORTLAND —The Portland Conservatory of Music is hosting a faculty concert to raise money for student tuition scholarships at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11. The concert will be held in the sanctuary of Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St. The program will feature performances by faculty members and will be followed by a reception in […]
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Polar Blast Celebration in Eustis-Stratton
EUSTIS-STRATTON — The villages of Eustis and Stratton in the western mountains will celebrate all things winter on Friday through Sunday, Feb. 8 to 10, at the Polar Blast Celebration. Family events will include cardboard sled slide, fireworks, ice skating, chili chowder contest, silent auction, music, dancing and the largest event: Saturday’s snowmobile radar run […]
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Looking Back on January 31
100 years ago, 1918H. A. Free, Androscoggin county chairman of the federal food administration, announces a drastic enforcement of the law which proscribes for the crime of hoarding of food a fine of $5000 or two years imprisonment, or both. Hoarding is defined as meaning the holding of, or contracting for, necessaries of life in […]
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Children's author at Carrabassett Valley Library
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The Carrabassett Valley Public Library & Community Center is hosting children’s author and educator Julia M. O’Brien-Merrill at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, for a book talk and signing. She wrote “Charlie on the M.T.A. Did he ever return?” Young readers had better bring an extra nickel along before they hop aboard […]