Helen and Scott Nearing’s book, “Living the Good Life,” has influenced generations of individuals moving from urban to rural life and is the subject of an upcoming New Commons keynote presentation by Alissa Hessler at the University of Maine at Farmington. From its publication in 1954 right up to the present moment, people have reached […]
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Breakin’ Strings bluegrass band to play at Franco Center
Breakin’ Strings, a Maine-based bluegrass band, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Cliff Gelina, who plays mandolin, guitar, upright bass, and dobro, is also a singer and songwriter. Gelina, along with Corey Bonnevie, formed the band in 2004 […]
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Rockland show to feature Damn Tall Buildings
A Damn Tall Buildings concert is planned for 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St. in Rockland. Guitarist Max Capistran, bassist Sasha Dubyk, and fiddler Avery Ballotta blend elements of bluegrass, blues, roots-rock and vintage swing to create a captivating, high-energy sound, with song lyrics that find beauty and glory in […]
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Looking Back on April 1
100 Years Ago: 1922 The Webber Avenue trolley was making hard work of getting along thru the snow early Saturday morning. This car makes its circuit on this loop only once every half hour and so has more to battle thru each trip than other local cars. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Major league baseball players […]
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Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival events begin April 8
Race and social justice is this year’s theme.
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Looking Back on March 31
100 Years Ago: 1922 E.E. Crafts of West Auburn is getting nearly sixty eggs a day right along from one hundred pullets and hens. 50 Years Ago: 1972 Mrs. Robert W. Clifford poses like a mannikin in a B.Peck store window to call attention to Aloha Way, a poolside extravaganza to be held at the YWCA […]
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Camden library displays Maritime pilot’s photos
The Camden Public Library is hosting an exhibit of vintage photography, provided by the Penobscot Marine Museum, through April in the Picker Room Gallery at 55 Main St. “Up River” features images from the museum’s Captain Bill Abbott Collection. The exhibit is part of the library’s long-standing partnership with the marine museum to highlight Maine’s […]
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Jill Sobule will perform with Emma Ivy at One Longfellow Square
Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]
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‘Disaster’ to open April 7 at Great Falls Performing Arts Center
Community Little Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Disaster!,” the second show of CLT’s 82nd season, will open Thursday, April 7, at Great Fall Performing Arts Center, at 30 Academy St., in Auburn. The production will run through Sunday, April 17. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16; and […]
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Live music at Mixers this weekend
Sygnal To Noise – with opening band Altered Ego – plays a sendoff show before they hit the road for their first national tour at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 1, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. Sygnal To Noise, a melodic hard rock band that plays original songs as well as covers, was […]