Grammy Award-winning British guitarist Albert Lee will play beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, at The Hill Arts in Portland. Lee is a multiple recipient of Guitar Player Magazine’s “Best Country Guitarist” who is celebrated by fans and musicians the world over for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both […]
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Opening reception planned for Roger C. Williams exhibition at Fryeburg Academy
An opening reception is planned for “Roger C. Williams, Artist and Adman of Lovell, Maine” from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, May 3, in the Pace Galleries of Art at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on the campus of Fryeburg Academy. Over a lifetime of combining fine art and advertising, Roger Williams presents his […]
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Mexico native Monica Wood to hold author talk
Friends of the Rumford Public Library will host “One-in-a-Million Boy” and “When We Were the Kennedys” author Monica Wood for a reading at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Because the Public Room at Rumford Public Library is temporarily closed, the event will be held at the American Legion located at 184 Congress St., Rumford. […]
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Mexico native Monica Wood to hold author talk
Friends of the Rumford Public Library will host “One-in-a-Million Boy” and “When We Were the Kennedys” author Monica Wood for a reading at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8. Because the Public Room at Rumford Public Library is temporarily closed, the event will be held at the American Legion located at 184 Congress St., Rumford. […]
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One woman show ‘Keeping It Inn’ to be staged at The Hill Arts
The lives of women born in the 1920s are rarely documented or even considered to be interesting. As a playwright and performer of “Keeping It Inn,” it is clear that Cindy Pierce had a front-row seat watching her mother, Nancy Pierce, break out of the conventional life expected of women her age and step into […]
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Poet, professor Brian Turner to give keynote speech at 22nd annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival
The Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, an annual celebration of emerging and established poets and poetry, will be held in person and online on Saturday, April 27, at in Jewett Hall on the Augusta Campus of the University of Maine at Augusta. This year’s keynote speaker is Brian Turner, poet, musician, professor, and US Army veteran […]
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Poet, professor Brian Turner to give keynote speech at 22nd annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival
The Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, an annual celebration of emerging and established poets and poetry, will be held in person and online on Saturday, April 27, at in Jewett Hall on the Augusta Campus of the University of Maine at Augusta. This year’s keynote speaker is Brian Turner, poet, musician, professor, and US Army veteran […]
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Maine author Denis Ledoux will speak about his latest memoir, ‘French Boy’
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Author of celebrated memoir will join Finding Our Voices online book discussion
Michelle Horton will join the discussion of her just-released memoir, “Dear Sister: A memoir of secrets, sisterhood, and unbreakable bonds,” in the Finding Our Voices online book club. The 90-minute Finding Our Voices discussion of “Dear Sister” will be held via Zoom on at beginning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. The discussion is […]
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Renowned Celtic musician Neil Byrne to perform at the Maine Irish Heritage Center
Acclaimed Celtic musician Neil Byrne is set to play at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, at the Maine Irish Heritage Center, at 34 Gray St., Portland. Byrne, best known for his captivating performances as a member of the internationally renowned group Celtic Thunder, will bring his unique blend of Celtic music to the stage […]