The Monmouth Community Players, along with Marquis season sponsor, Great Falls Regional Federal Credit Union, and season sponsors Auburn Savings Bank, Winthrop Area Federal Credit Union, and LWPE Law Offices, invite you to join them for their performance of Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters.” Co-directing this adventure are Mary Melquist and Scotty Venable. Their team […]
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Heather Pierson Trio concert set for Farmington
The Heather Pierson Trio will be in concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, at Old South Church in Farmington. Heather Pierson is a pianist, singer/songwriter, song leader, and performer whose inspiring live performances and growing catalog of releases delve into Americana, blues, New Orleans jazz, vocal chants, instrumental piano, and folk. Best known […]
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Grace Potter plans Waterville concert
Grace Potter plans to perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Potter is a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist songwriter and internationally acclaimed rock musician from Waitsfield, Vermont. She formed Grace Potter & the Nocturnals in 2002 while attending St. Lawrence University in upstate New York. The band toured extensively, […]
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Village Coffeehouse of New Gloucester re-opens with Lunch Pail Band
A Lunch Pail Band concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, at Vestry First Congregational Church at 19 Gloucester Hill Road in New Gloucester. The improvisational blues band will feature harpist Jere Dewaters (who carries his harmonicas in his lunch pail) and his fellow performers and Maine musicians Chris Hartogh (drums), Jerry Adams […]
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Somerset Abbey plan Women of Soul concert
Women of Soul! played by Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. The latest concert offering from the band, featuring Julie Ouellette and Laura Hudson, is a tribute to the female giants of Soul Music. Women of Soul is 90 […]
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Remembrance & Hope performance to feature the MMS Chorale and chamber orchestra
The Maine Music Society Chorale will present Remembrance and Hope at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, and at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, at the Riverfront-Franco Center in Lewiston. The chorale, under the direction of new Artistic Director Richard Nickerson, has been rehearsing for weeks. The concert will feature two major works accompanied […]
Posted inHoroscope
Scorpio: Call in an expert to help you get started, and the rest will be a breeze.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kevin Connolly, 49; Matt Lucas, 49; Eva Mendes, 49; Marsha Warfield, 69. Happy Birthday: Trust and believe in your ability to make the right decisions this year. Refuse to let anyone offer false information to manipulate how you proceed. Push back and enforce your position, and you will be clear […]
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Friend’s struggle with diabetes cause concern
DEAR ABBY: My best friend, who is 54, has had Type 1 diabetes since she was 9. She takes two insulin shots a day — one in the morning and one in the evening. We live together, and at night her blood sugar drops pretty low. I can tell when it’s happening because she becomes […]
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Antonio Rocha plans New Gloucester performance
Antonio Rocha will perform at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 11, at Vestry First Congregational Church at 19 Gloucester Hill Road in New Gloucester. Rocha is an internationally acclaimed story teller who combines mime and the spoken word to entertain audiences of all ages. With his tenor voice, realistic sound effects, unique characters and mesmerizing […]
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Resinosa Ensemble performance set for Nordica Auditorium
ArtsFarmington plans to present the Resinosa Ensemble, three women musicians, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall on Academy Street in Farmigton. The event, to honor International Women’s Day, will feature works by American female composers. The concert is entitled The Taste of Something New, taking its name from the first […]