WILTON — Nahid Fekri-Dalpour’s photography exhibit “Moon” will be featured at the Wilton Free Public Library from July 13 through Aug. 31. The public is invited to an artist reception from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 13. Light refreshments will be served. A long-time Wilton resident, Fekri-Dalpour has been photographing the moon […]
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'Aroundtown' by Dorfman Dance at Bates festival July 13, 15
LEWISTON — Choreographer David Dorfman presents the world premiere of his latest work, “Aroundtown,” as David Dorfman Dance offers Bates Dance Festival performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, July 13 and 15, in Bates College’s air-conditioned Schaeffer Theatre, 329 College St. Tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for seniors and $12 for students. Online tickets are available at batestickets.com. […]
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Free storytelling program
FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Library presents a free program on storytelling from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 8. Well-known folklorist, storyteller, writer and oral historian Jo Radner will introduce experienced tellers who will offer a variety of artful comic and heartwarming stories drawn from daily life that can inspire our own memories: a […]
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Pennacook art opening Thursday
The Pennacook Art Center will be opening a new, early-evening show of art and music at 60 Lowell St., Rumford. The lobby walls are covered with work by local artists, some of it is very newly done.The River Valley Growth Council and Pennacook will host a reception in the Techology Center lobby on Thursday, July 7, […]
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Castle Tucker tour set for July 15
WISCASSET — Come and peek into the nooks and crannies of Castle Tucker on a Behind Closed Doors Tour, Saturday, July 15, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This tour includes rooms and stories not seen on the general tour. Located at 2 Lee St., the unique mansion is filled with the original furnishings and decor […]
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Community band patriotic concert Wednesday
The Auburn Community Concert Band presents a free program of patriotic music on Wednesday, July 5, at Festival Plaza in downtown Auburn. The 75-minute concert will include well-known marches, numerous patriotic songs, a medley of songs by the Beach Boys, and musical tributes to America. The band will also salute audience members serving, or who have […]
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Celebration Barn gets the Eccentric
SOUTH PARIS — The Celebration Barn Theater will present Avner the Eccentric’s “Exceptions to Gravity” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 8. A master of the art of physical comedy, Avner weaves a spell of poetic simplicity in a show of hilarious predicaments. Avner has appeared on and off Broadway with his hit show “Exceptions to […]
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Looking Back on July 3
100 years ago, 1917Rev. Father Gill of the Dominican monastery of Lewiston, is making rapid progress with his new motor and he has already been organized in Canada to manufacture it and place it upon the market. Father Gill has not merely invented a new style of gasoline engine, rather he is the inventor of […]
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Candlelight Baroque Concert in Saco
SACO — The Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco and Biddeford presents the third Candlelight Baroque Concert, “Bach, Biber and Purcell” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26. Performed by national solo recitalist Robert Simonds from the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, the program includes: “Fantasy” (late 1600s), Henry Purcell; “Passaglia” (1676), Heinrich Biber; and “G Minor Sonata, […]
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A Better Deal for Artists
NORWAY/PARIS — Artists who want to exhibit in regional shows are being offered a great deal by two established art shows this summer. Judy West Schneider, director of the Norway Arts Festival and Aranka Matolcsy, director of the Moore Park Art Show in South Paris met last week in Moore Park to further a plan […]