NORWAY — At 5 p.m. Friday, July 31, a fine art auction will be held at the The Matolcsy Arts Center, 480 Main St., Norway, of selected works from the Western Maine Art Group’s collection. Works to be auctioned include two landscape oil paintings of local subjects by Duncan Slade, a watercolor of the Gingerbread […]
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Poland Spring concert
POLAND – Come join the Poland Spring Preservation Society on Monday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. for a fun-filled night with Dave Rowe! Maine native Dave Rowe grew up with folk music flowing through his veins. The son of a member of a popular folk trio, there was always a sort of expectation that Dave […]
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Peaks Island Puppets perform for all ages at Brick Church
LOVELL — Can you imagine puppeteers who delight audiences of all ages with what Vernon Cox has called “a well-written biblical show with a modern Maine twist”? Peaks Island Puppets fill the bill — and will be performing at the Brick Church for the Performing Arts in Lovell on Thursday, Aug. 6. The innovative puppetry of David […]
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Scottish Super Group “Dallahan” in Maine on first US tour
New England Celtic Arts will present Scottish super group Dallahan at Phillips Area Community Center on Sunday, Aug. 2; One Longfellow Square in Portland on Monday, Aug. 3; at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison on Wednesday, Aug. 5 and at North Church Concerts with the Farmington Historical Society on Thursday, Aug. 6. Curtain times are 7 […]
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Different strokes: Oxford resident Nora Roundtree turns an ailment on its head
When Nora Roundtree had a debilitating and life changing stroke nearly 20 years ago, doctors didn’t think she would come out of her coma, let alone walk or regain the fine motor skills needed to create art. Come Sunday, the Oxford resident will be one of 50 of artists showcased at the annual Moore Park […]
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Poet’s Corner
These perky little flowers These perky little flowers look vigorous and healthy by the sun’s ray of warmth. Their brilliant colors are exploding like the fireworks on July fourth. Their tiny blossoms have bloomed into yellow, white, and red flowers. The bees are hovering like tiny helicopters over these perky little flowers. These perky little […]
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Farmington native in musical production
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre presents SHREK THE MUSICAL, JR., appearing on the MSMT stage Aug. 17, 2015 at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and a special showing at 7:30 p.m. Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture, SHREK JR. is part romance and part twisted fairy tale and an irreverently fun show […]
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A trek to Kingfield yields a superlative gallery show
Mainers are spoiled for choice when it comes to art galleries. We here in the mountains no less so than our swankier siblings in the toney coastal towns. Right now I’d like to draw our attention to an exciting show that has just opened in Kingfield, at Ulrike Stadler’s gallery. The Stadler Gallery has been […]
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Ah-nulld is back, and back, and back…
There is one good joke in the new Terminator Genisys, demonstrating the rule that you can walk into any room in any building in the world if you’re carrying a four-foot-tall teddy bear. It’s a good joke, but it goes on for too long. The other jokes in the movie are not funny, which is […]