Theater-goers of all ages are invited to a free, outdoor performance of “James and the Giant Peach, Jr.” presented by Cumberland County Children’s Theatre — Maine’s newest youth theater organization. The show will be performed 2 nights only: Friday, Aug. 20, and Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Stonehedge event venue in Gray. Originally scheduled for […]
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Exhibit showcases Mainers ‘taking a knee’ in support of Black Lives Matter
As a Mi’kmaq and a member of the Elsipogtog First Nation of New Brunswick, Canada, Heather Augustine knows a thing or two about marginalized people. Augustine, a New Gloucester resident, is a co-founder of a First Nation youth group which brings young people and their families together to share community. And now she is also […]
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Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival set for Aug. 25-28
LITCHFIELD — Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival plans to celebrate its 57th festival at the Litchfield Fairgrounds, 30 Plains Road. The festival grounds have a big stage that was built in 2010, Indoor bathroom facilities, four free hot showers and numerous water hookups throughout the grounds, and electrical hookups. There will be several types of vendors […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 17
100 Years Ago: 1921 The arrival of a good sized lion In Auburn Wednesday afternoon drew a big crowd around the addition to the county building where the workmen were busily engaged in placing him in position. He is a granite lion and there will be two to guard the entrance. 50 Years Ago: 1971 […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 16
100 Years Ago: 1921 An original production will be given by the girls of Lake Tripp in the form of a pageant, Sunday afternoon at four o’clock. This pageant represents the early settling of Maine. It has been written by a fourteen year old girl of Lake Tripp Camp and deals with the conflict between […]
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Storytelling event planned in Lovell
19th Century Wit and Wisdom, an evening of storytelling, is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at the Charlotte Hobbs, at 227 Main St., Lovell. Whatever did New England villagers do on long winter evenings before cable, satellite, and the internet? It is not surprising that our ancestors warmed up those long, cold evenings […]
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The Fourth Wall to perform outdoor show
The Fourth Wall, the award-winning ensemble that is part chamber music group, part devised theater company, and part modern dance troupe, performs its family-friendly variety show Fruit Flies Like a Banana on Celebration Barn Theater’s outdoor, open-air stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21. The Fourth Wall, which earned top marks for their “deft choreography” […]
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Owen Kennedy will play Fiddle on the Front Porch in Monmouth
Fiddle on the Front Porch is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, on the Cumston Hall Front Porch, 796 Main St. in Monmouth. Owen Kennedy will play a family friendly fiddle show. Bring your chairs, family and friends, and even a picnic dinner if you’d like. The program will feature Scottish fiddle […]
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Will Dailey to perform live at The Waldo
https://waldotheatre.org/ Will Dailey will perform live at The Waldo at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at 916 Main St., in Waldoboro. Dailey has built a dynamic “do-it-yourself” career as an acclaimed independent songwriter, recording artist, performer and artist advocate. Often described as a venn diagram of multiple genres with a rich vintage vibe channeled through his […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 14
100 Years Ago: 1921 Members of three firms of architects — Tooker & Marsh of New York City, Haynes & Mason of Fitchburg, Mass., and Harry S. Coombs of Lewiston — demonstrated their proposed plans for the new Edward Little High School building in Auburn Thursday evening to members of the special committee on the […]