Acrylic pour artist Joy Bennett Roberts and work from Wicked Illustrations student artists are featured in a dual show on display this month in the Gritty’s Art and Ale Window in Auburn. Roberts is primarily a self-taught artist. She gained some early art experience through the public education system as a teenager and took a […]
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Maine Public’s Maine Stage to rebroadcast concert performance from 2021 Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
Maine Public Classical’s Maine Stage will broadcast a concert from the 2021 season of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. The performance is from July 20, 2021, at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison. The program includes Mozart: Piano Trio No. 6 in G Major, K. 564; Françaix: Trio à cordes; […]
Rumford’s Snowshoe Club hosting live music
Fat & Jack’d will play from 8-11 p.m. on Friday, April 22, and the Ian Black Band will play rock and modern country music from 8:30-11 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at the Snowshoe Club in Rumford. Doors open at 4 p.m. Members $5/Guests $7. Members and guests are always welcome. The Snowshoe Club is […]
Music and celebration of life at Mixers this weekend
90’s alternative and classic rock band ISH returns at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 22, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. There is no cover charge. On Saturday, April 23, Mixers will host a benefit and celebration of life in honor of Adam Redmun featuring a night packed full of music, family, friends, musicians, […]
Museum L-A to expand public hours of operation
Museum L-A in Lewiston announces expanded public hours. The museum will now be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and will be closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday – except by appointment. Executive Director Rachel Ferrante shared, “We hope that this change will make the museum more accessible to our local community and tourists […]
Take a trip to ‘Oz’ with The Public Theatre
The Public Theatre will fill a private coach to attend a matinee performance of the Broadway sensation ‘Wicked’ on Sunday, July 10, at the Citizens Bank Opera House in Boston. The private coach will depart The Public Theatre in Lewiston at 7 a.m. and arrive at Quincy Market in time for shopping and lunch. Enjoy […]
Looking Back on April 19
100 Years Ago: 1922 Motorists on the Greene Road Sunday afternoon were occupied part of the whole trip in watching the efforts of a big touring car to extricate itself from the mire near Spear’s Dancehall. The driver had attempted to turn his car at that point, but ran too far off the macadam road […]
Looking Back on April 18
100 Years Ago: 1922 Stores report unusually good business for last week, especially for the Saturday preceding Easter Sunday. Threatening skies Saturday declined to have deterred many people from purchasers, and buying after Easter Sunday is brisker than the same time last year. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Normand Blais, proprietor of Blais’ Flower Shop, will […]
Waterville Opera House to host Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones
Dean Ford and The Beautiful Ones plan to return to the Waterville Opera House at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at 1 Common St. in Waterville. Dressed 2 the 9s, Dean Ford embodies Prince with every fiber of his being, giving audiences a show as close as they will ever get to the real thing. […]
Maine Mountain Chamber to Perform at UMF
ArtsFarmington recently announced the return of Maine Mountain Chamber Music to Nordica Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in Merrill Hall, 224 Main St. in Farmington. MMCM founders Yuri Funahashi, piano, and Laurie Kennedy, viola, will be joined by violinist Charles Dimmick and cellist Leo Eguchi. The program consists of Zoltan Kodaly’s Duo for […]