BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 is welcoming artist Ted Anderson to its cooperative of artists who show and sell their original artwork at the gallery. Anderson is a photographer and designer based in Harrison with a passion for photographing landscapes, interiors and people. He grew up in New Jersey and is a graduate of Stockton University. […]
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Maine Music Chorale to play tribute to Billy Joel, Elton John
LEWISTON — The Maine Music Society Chorale will perform A Tribute to the Piano Men: Music of Billy Joel and Elton John. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 22. Both take place at The Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. Selections will include “Piano Man,” […]
‘Harp Twins’ to perform at St. Kieran’s
BERLIN, N.H. — Identical twin professional harpists Camille and Kennerly Kitt will perform a concert of dynamic acoustic and electric rock music at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts. The performance will be held in the main hall. The twins have created a unique niche for themselves: They play rock […]
Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection in Augusta
AUGUSTA — Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, in the Jewett Hall auditorium at the University of Maine at Augusta. The concert is part of the Concerts at Jewett series, sponsored by UMA College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College. Brown has been playing the […]
Swingin’ Bears host dance Saturday
PARIS — The Swingin’ Bears Square Dance Club will host a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Oxford Hills Middle School, 100 Pine St., South Paris. Walter Lougee will be caller and Bernie Porter will be cuer. Refreshments will be available beginning at 8 p.m. There will be door prizes and […]
Midcoast Symphony at Franco Center Saturday
LEWISTON — The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at The Dolard and Priscilla Gendron Franco Center. The orchestra will be joined by the Oratorio Chorale and Vox Nova Chamber Choir in a performance that will feature 150 Maine musicians on stage. Special guest soloists include Rachele […]
Franco Spring Fling set for Saturday
LEWISTON — A lively ensemble of instrumentalists ranging in age from 10 to 80 will provide the music for a festive, Franco-themed “Spring Fling” event in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library on Saturday, May 14. Scheduled to take place from 1:30 to 4 p.m,, the Fling is designed to be a family affair fashioned after […]
Looking Back on May 10
100 years ago, 1916The season of brush fires is here. Two took the attention of the Lewiston fire department, Thursday. In the afternoon a chief’s call was sounded to call men for a fire in the French cemetery in the Switzerland road where 150 cords of wood were destroyed. Another call was sounded in the […]
Writer to present ‘Poetry and Images’
VIENNA — An hour of “Poetry and Images” with Carolyn Lock will take place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at the Vienna Union Hall. She will read selected poems from her three books. They will be supported by slideshow images. Locke is a graduate of Bates College and received her Master of Fine Arts […]
Norman Ng to show off his magic May 14
GARDINER — Magician Norman Ng will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Johnson Hall, 280 Water St. Ng has been performing his unique brand of magic throughout the U.S. for over 23 years. He has performed for millions of people live, on TV and on the internet. His show has been featured in […]