PORTLAND — Maine’s largest flower show returns to Portland’s Thompson’s Point for its second consecutive year. The 2018 Maine Flower Show, owned and produced by MELNA, will be held from March 22 through March 25, with early-bird ticket sales now open. “The 2017 inaugural Maine Flower Show attracted nearly 16,000 attendees, and over 20,000 guests are expected […]
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40th 'Walk to Bethlehem' in Rangeley
RANGELEY — The Rangeley Friends of the Arts has been sponsoring the annual “Walk to Bethlehem” celebration for 40 years. This year it will be held on Sunday, Dec. 10. The event, which recreates Mary’s and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem, will begin at the Rangeley Inn at 5:30 p.m., with the reading of Caesar Augustus’ decree […]
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Community Chorus to present holiday concert
RANGELEY — Rangeley Community Chorus will present the annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, at Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St. There will be classic Christmas music and original holiday works from the full chorus as well as soloists and small group selections, poetry and readings. The RCC is under […]
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Looking Back on November 22
100 years ago, 1917“The waste house” so-called of the Columbia mills, Lewiston, made its autumnal attempt to burn down, Wednesday afternoon. Flammable material makes for many fires in this small wooden building. 50 years ago, 1967Santa Claus waved his invisible magic wand, the band played Christmas carols, and the lights on this huge tree in […]
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Continental Shakedown at Shooters, Buck-It
Continental Shakedown will perform Thanksgiving eve, Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Shooters in Mechanic Falls 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The trio will then bring its classic rock-blues-rockabilly-jam stylings to the Buck-It in Buckfield this Friday, Nov. 24, from 8 p.m. to midnight. 11/24, 8-12 no cover. There is no cover charge at either venue.
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Reich Museum to host Breakfast with Santa
RANGELEY — Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves will visit the children again this year from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Wilhelm Reich Museum Conference Center, Dodge Pond Road. Come and enjoy another great “Breakfast With Santa.” No one knows for sure what Santa’s elves will bring from the North Pole […]
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UMF to host poet Kaveh Akbar
FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington will host poet Kaveh Akbar as the next reader in its Visiting Writers Series. Sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, the reading will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is […]
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South Paris girl to sign books at Paris Public Library
PARIS — The Paris Public Library will host a book signing by Juliese Padgett for her children’s book, “The Newest Flower,” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. Because adoptee Juliese experienced being thrown into a new culture, the 12-year-old author wrote the tale of a flower garden where a new flower appears. […]
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MMS Chorale hosting Heritage Christmas Concert
LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society will again present its traditional Heritage Christmas Concert at the Gendron Franco Center for Heritage and the Performing Arts on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10, but this year it will also include music from the traditions of Chanukah, the Jewish celebration of light. The 60-member chorale […]
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Lovchinsky, Graybil to perform at Franco Center
LEWISTON — Concert pianists Igor Lovchinsky and Matthew Graybil will perform at the Gendron Franco Center in Lewiston on Friday, Dec.1. This program, the third in the center’s 12th Piano Series season, begins at 7 p.m. and will feature two-piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, Anton Arensky and Darius Milhaud, as well as solo works by […]