Friday, Aug. 11, from 8 to 11 p.m., singer and guitarist Ron Bergeron will be starting the weekend at Pedro O’Hara’s. He takes requests from a wide variety of genres, including quiet, sentimental pop ballads to high-energy rock anthems, country, blues and American standards. On Saturday, from 7 to 10 p.m., Chris Robley, a songwriter, producer and award-winning […]
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Seth Warner at Guthries tonight
Seth Warner will be joined by upright bassist, Duane Edwards, guitarist, Mike Derosier and drummer Marty Joyce tonight, Friday, Aug. 11, at Guthries, 115 Middle St., from 8 to 10 p.m. An evening of acoustic blues, folk, standards and the best of the singer-songwriter tradition including an entire set of music by the late, great Texas songwriter, Townes Van Zandt […]
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Looking Back on August 10
100 years ago, 1917The 20-Mule Borax Team is coming to Lewiston on its great tour from coast to coast. They are coming here with all the panoply and extraordinary investiture of this historic exhibition of the thrilling life of the earlier far west and Lewiston will see the great desert caravan for the last time. […]
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Klezmer duo at Poland Spring
POLAND — The Poland Spring Preservation Society will host Rabbi Sruli and Lisa at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at All Souls Chapel. The duo plays joyous Jewish folk music — Klezmer — on the clarinet, violin, accordion, drum, flutes and jaw harp. They have performed for PBS-TV, National Public Radio, the Augusta Heritage Festival and other […]
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'Outstanding,' 'stunning' apply to TAM's 'MacBeth'
MONMOUTH — An outstanding corps of actors create a stunning tale of political ambition that spirals tragically out of control in the current production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” by Theater at Monmouth. While Scottish noblemen and warriors revel in the glory of battles won, and wallow in murders performed to advance their positions, it’s a woman […]
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Photographer's work at Norway gallery
NORWAY — Local artist Rei Cortez is displaying his work at the Main Street Gallery, 426 Main St., this month. The Western Maine Art Group’s artist of the month, he presents photographs with the spirit of haiku and refers to them as Eyeku. The evocative images invite the viewer to open to possibilities beyond the […]
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Mystery author Milliken at Wayne library
WAYNE — Cary Memorial Library will host Maine mystery author Maureen Milliken at noon, Monday, Aug. 14. Milliken, a former journalist, most recently for the Waterville Sentinel, has more than 30 years’ experience at daily newspapers in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She grew up in Augusta and is proud to be part of a three-generation […]
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Mahoosuc summer concert Monday
BETHEL – The Mahoosuc Community Band will holds its summer concert at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 14, at West Parish Congregational Church. This concert features several new songs: “Runaway Baby” by Bruno Mars featuring the percussion section, “Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison, “In the Shining of the Stars” by Robert Sheldon, and “The Star […]
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Artist's Mt. Blue landscapes featured at Old Home Days
PHILLIPS — Noted watercolorist Terry Durell’s new landscapes of Mt. Blue will be on display at the Phillips Public Library during Old Home Days, Aug. 16 through 19. The public is invited to meet the artist at an open house reception at the library from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16. Durell, who […]