Spectators, campers and musicians converged for the 4-day event last weekend.
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Maine’s best bets this week: Bonnie Raitt and the Windjammer Festival
You can also dance to the music of Funkationland and shop at the Old Port Makers Market, both in Portland.
Music may feed the soul, but Maine concert venues have to feed the band
Visiting artists aren’t getting cheeseburgers in paradise. Here, it’s more like lobsters in Vacationland.
Don Campbell in Greene, beavers in Bethel, fish stories in Chesterville and lots more | Get out!
Things to do this week in the area.
Successful balloon launches had festivalgoers ‘flying high’
The Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival had three full launches, plus tethered balloons and more, making it a success both in the air and on the ground, officials say.
Summer in Maine is green. So are these 4 works of art.
The color has many connotations, from growing things to climate change.
New book details how Maine’s North Woods was protected
Karin Tilberg’s ‘Loving the North Woods’ gives a detailed history of the region’s recent conservation, but misses a few key points.
Community Little Theatre’s ‘SpongeBob Musical’ a timely ‘delight’ | Review
The Auburn theater’s current production brings the cartoon’s color and lovable silliness to life with original music and some unexpected depth.
For Portland’s Robert Elowitch, art dealer and pro wrestler, life was about passion
Elowitch, who died at 82, made a name for himself in 2 wildly different worlds, going by Robbie Ellis in the ring.
Angolan artist paints latest Lewiston mural
Serafim Yssolo’s creation is going up at Lionel Potvin Park.