Fill the season with pumpkins, crafts, food, music and more, often all in one place.
Aimsel Ponti
Staff Writer
Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town library when she was 6 years old. She bought her first Rolling Stones record at a flea market when she was in 7th grade and discovered David Bowie a year later. She's a huge fan of the local music scene and covers it along with national musical happenings in her column. You'll also find her out and about absorbing live music and shopping for vinyl at local record shops and flea markets. Aimsel regularly appears on the WCSH TV show “207” to preview upcoming concerts.
Video from Thompson’s Point concert will ‘restore your faith in humanity’
A feel-good clip of strangers banding together to search for a missing earring has been viewed millions of times and caught the attention of the ‘Today’ show.
Tickets on sale for Julia Gagnon in Lewiston and concerts around the state
American Idol’s Julia Gagnon to perform Sept. 7. at the Public Theatre in Lewiston.
Members of Talking Heads, Styx and Foreigner all perform in Maine this week
Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew play the State Theatre on Thursday, and John Waite opens for Styx and Foreigner on Saturday in Bangor.
Maine Lobster Festival, Wild Blueberry Weekend and Lyle Divinsky
Regina Spektor plays in Portland on Friday, and the Cat Video Fest is in Rockland this weekend.
Make a plan to attend the Maine Lobster Festival, July 31 to Aug. 4
The annual event takes place in Rockland.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is free on Wednesdays for kids 17 and under
The special deal runs through the end of August.
Ossipee Valley Fair, Moxie Festival and more happening this weekend
The Maine International Film Festival starts Friday in Waterville.
‘American Idol’ singer Julia Gagnon releases more Maine tour dates
It starts with a Portland show on June 30, and she’ll be bringing in fellow ‘Idol’ contestants along the way.
Fill your Memorial Day weekend with music, parades and more
Try the whipped feta sandwich at Night Moves in South Portland before the bakery changes up its seasonal selections.