Comedian Bob Marley is coming back to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. to put on another hilarious performance. From getting his own special on Comedy Central to appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Nite with […]
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Makem & Spain at Farmington, Mexico this week
New England Celtic Arts will present the Irish American Folk trio Makem & Spain at North Church Concerts with the Farmington Historical Society Thursday, April 7 and at the Green Church Concert Series in Mexico Friday, April 8. Curtain times are 7 p.m. at both locations. Every generation has a few acts that define where […]
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Looking Back on April 4
100 years ago, 1916Harry Campbell was arrested by Traffic Officer Davis on Chapel street, Lewiston, Friday afternoon, after a chase which attracted a large crowd. Campbell Is alleged to have struck and knocked to the ground Harry Jordan, a man several years his senior. A companion of Jordan started after Campbell immediately after the assault […]
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Looking Back on April 2
100 years ago, 1916George O. Campbell, who has been in charge of the delivery of parcel post in Lewiston, has been appointed permanently to this job, the appointment taking effect today. In the near future, Mr. Campbell plans to use an auto truck. The parcel post has grown with such rapidity that it outstripped first […]
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Area high school bands to perform with UMaine Symphonic Band
TURNER — The high school bands from Leavitt , Edward Little and Lewiston high schools will be performing a free concert with the University of Maine Symphonic Band, at 7 p.m., Friday, April 8, at the Leavitt Area High School auditorium. This concert is part of the University of Maine Symphonic Band’s performance tour through […]
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UMF extends Rachaelsdaughter exhibit
FARMINGTON —“Slow Forward,” a selected retrospective of the work of Joan Rachaelsdaughter (Joan Braun) that opened on March 10 has been extended until April 10, at the University of Maine at Farmington Art Gallery. Rachelsdaughter’s work reflects the collage aesthetic: “a layered, cumulative … dialogic approach … particularly effective for political art which makes something […]
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Rajeev Taranath on sarod at Bates April 7
Rajeev Taranath, master of the sarod, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, Bates College, 75 Russell St., Lewiston. Tickets cost $15 and may be purchased at www.batesconcerts.eventbrite.com. The sarod is a lute-like instrument used in Indian music. Taranath combines the depth and rigor of Hindustani classical […]
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Daly, Thoma to perform at Denmark Arts Center April 9
DENMARK — Ross Daly, master of the Mediterranean lyra, and wife Kelly Thoma will perform a variety of contemporary modal music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Denmark Arts Center. The lyra is a bowed fiddle that has more than a dozen sympathetic strings. Straying outside the box of Western scales, Daly encompasses a sound that […]
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Mallett Brothers Band will co-headline Kingfield POPS
KINGFIELD — The lineup for the 2016 POPS, set for June 25, includes musicians from an array of genres including jazz, folk and country rock. Co-headlining and collaborating are the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, led by Grammy-award winning conductor Lucas Richman and nationally-touring The Mallett Brothers Band. Defying any one genre, The Mallett Brothers Band shakes […]
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Dance, dance, dance, dance and dance at Bates
DanceNow, Dorrance Dance,Doug Varone and Dancers, and Kate Weare Company among performances slated for 2016 Bates Dance Festival LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival announces its 2016 season of public events, taking place July 9 through Aug. 6 on the Bates College campus. The renowned contemporary artists who will present stunning work, much of it […]