Secrets of the Sea will open with a reception free and open to the public and cash bar from 5-7 p.m. The reception is concurrent with the Chamber Business After Hours and will feature gourmet delicacies of the sea including several made with seaweed from Ocean Approved, a kelp farm located in Casco Bay. Highlights […]
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Music and Poetry series to open at Trinity on Sept. 13
LEWISTON — The Room at Trinity will kick off its second-Saturday Music and Poetry concert series at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, with readings from former Poet Laureate of Maine followed by music by jazz guitarist Gary Wittner. Wittner has been performing jazz in Maine and four continents for 27 years. Twice selected as a Kennedy […]
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Magic show in Rumford on Sept. 20
Nicholas R. Graham is a lifelong student of the sciences. He continuously studies and learns about the wonders of space, time earth and the mind and has hosted science parties where guests try hands-on experiments. Many of Graham’s experiments seem like magic, but they all have an explanation. Graham plans to perform the popular “Elephant […]
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Producer to narrate film in Greene on American volcanoes, Sept. 19
GREENE — Independent film producer Gray Warriner will narrate his film “America’s Hot Spots: Our Volcanic Legacy” at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Admission is free. For more information, call 207-946-5311 or visit www.sawyer-foundation.com. Hawaii is one of America’s hot spots, but so […]
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‘The Well of Horniness’ satirical radio play to open USM Theatre season
Holly Hughes’ farcical radio play, “The Well of Horniness,” a 1980s spoof of 1940s radio detective dramas, will open the USM Theatre season this month at Russell Hall, Gorham campus, replete with lusty lesbians, a sorority of sin and a captivating — and campy — murder mystery. Meghan Brodie, USM assistant professor of theatre, will […]
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Agatha Christie’s ‘Mousetrap’ to open in Standish on Sept. 12
STANDISH — It’s murder. It’s mystery. It began captivating audiences in 1952 and has been running continuously since then, making it by far the longest initial run of any play in history, with its 25,000th performance taking place on Nov. 18, 2012. That makes it the longest-running show (of any type) of the entire modern […]
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Good Theater in Portland to open 13th season on Oct. 1
PORTLAND — Good Theater, the professional theater company in residence at the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress Street, has announced the start of its 13th season. Opening Oct. 1 and running through Oct. 19 will be N. Richard Nash’s acclaimed classic “The Rainmaker.” “The Rainmaker” directed by Brian P. Allen, Good Theater’s artistic director, […]
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Portland Symphony to celebrate 90 years with Organ & Choral Spectacular season opener on Sept. 30
The concert will open with Shostakovich’s “Festive” Overture before moving into Dvorak’s Humoresque, a delightful piece performed at the first PSO concert 90 years ago, when the PSO was called the “Amateur Strand Symphony Orchestra.” Composed as the finale to a long night of music, Beethoven’s “Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra” will follow, and […]
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Cowsills to perform at Bath arts center on Sept. 27
The Cowsills Trio to bring nostalgia and strong harmonies to the Chocolate Church Arts Center BATH — The Cowsills Trio comprised of Bob, Paul, and Susan Cowsill will conjure loving memories with their music and the era at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington Street. The Cowsills family […]
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Mountain Emergency to play at Guthries in Lewiston on Sept. 12
At 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, will perform at Guthries on Middle St. in Lewiston. Band members are Bill Holden, Scott Elliott, Chris Dombrowski, Jeff Trippe, and Dave Berry. The band plays traditional and contemporary acoustic music marked by the tight harmonies and creative instrumentations characteristic of bluegrass. They perform music by Bill Monroe and […]