The Swine & Stein Brewfest has tickets available for the Oct. 9 event. The festival is planned from noon to 5 p.m. and features Maine’s best breweries, wineries and distilleries in an open air beer garden along historic downtown Water Street. Organized by Gardiner Main Street, this annual fall beer festival also features a full […]
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Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival set
The Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival is celebrating its 54th event Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 26-29, at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, at 30 Plains Road, in Litchfield. The festival grounds have a big stage that was built in 2010, indoor bathroom facilities, and amenities for camping are available. The Blistered Fingers Kids Academy, a free, relaxed, informative […]
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Art Walk L/A with artists and live music downtown set
The next Art Walk L/A is planned to begin at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, with in-person arts experiences downtown including an artist reception, a new fiction reading at Lewiston Public Library, a community drawing event in Dufresne Plaza, and live music at the Simard-Payne amphitheater. Events include An opening reception for Tom Jessen from 5 […]
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Art Walk L/A with artists and live music downtown set
The next Art Walk L/A is planned to begin at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, with in-person arts experiences downtown including an artist reception, a new fiction reading at Lewiston Public Library, a community drawing event in Dufresne Plaza, and live music at the Simard-Payne amphitheater. Events include An opening reception for Tom Jessen from 5 […]
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Dave Rowe and friends plan Gendron Franco Center concert
Join Dave Rowe along with Troy Bennett of the Squid Jiggers and special guest fiddler, Edward Howe, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, at the Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., in Lewiston. Do not miss your last chance to see Rowe before he casts off for a more “nomadic” lifestyle aboard his motor yacht, “Stinkpot.” He […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 21
100 Years Ago: 1921 A cataract has formed over one of Ty Cobb’s eyes and the baseball diamond may never again see him after 1921 as an active performer. If Cobb should pass at the end of the season from the fields which he has glorified for nearly a generation, if baseball then should see […]
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“Natural Connections” — exhibition featuring the art of Kristin Horton planned
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host a reception for “Natural Connections” – paintings by Kris Horton, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery, in the lobby of the RFA Lakeside Theater, 2493 Main St., in Rangeley. Complimentary snacks and cash bar (beer/wine) will be available at […]
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Peppino D’Agostino plans to perform in Boothbay Harbor
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor will host Peppino D’Agostino at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26, at 86 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. A native of Italy, D’Agostino has made his considerable mark as a musical artist on the guitar since arriving in the U.S. in the ’80s. In 2017 Guitar Player listed him as […]
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‘Scapino’ to be staged in Madison
Lakewood Theater plans to stage “Scapino” starting Aug. 29 at the theater on Theater Road in Madison. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Aug. 26, 27, 28, Sept. 2, 3, and 4; 4 p.m. Aug. 29; and 2 p.m. Sept. 1. In this hilarious update of Moliere’s classic farce, disgraced lawyer Scapino returns to Naples, […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 20
100 Years Ago: 1921 Governor Baxter has received a letter from Captain Donald B. MacMillan, the Arctic explorer, now on an expedition to Baffin Island, in which he states that he has reached what may he called the last outpost of civilization. “I have taken on the last provisions and freshwater and am now awaiting […]