The UMF Emery Community Arts Center plans to present a stellar jazz concert by the New York based quintet Christine Correa Ensemble. “Just You Stand and Listen with Me: Songs of Protest and Resistance,” will be performed at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Emery Performance Space on the University of Maine at Farmington […]
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The Buttonwood Trio plans Nordica Auditorium concert
The Buttonwood Trio plan to take the stage at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at in Nordica Auditorium on Main Street in Farmington. The trio, featuring Phil Carlsen on cello, Mary Hunter on violin and James Parakilas on piano will perform music by Joaquín Turina, Philip Carlsen, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Adult ticket $20, more if […]
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‘Comedy Soup’ set for Lewiston, Auburn
Great Falls Comedy Club will host live stand-up comedy this week on both sides of the bridge. Friday, March 1, at 7:00 pm stir up some fun with “Comedy Soup” will serve up improv, stand-up, sketches, and comedy games at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Great Falls Comedy Club, at 34 Court St. in […]
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Comedy shows planned in Lewiston and Auburn
Stir up some fun with “Comedy Soup” serving improv, stand-up, sketches, and comedy games featuring Amanda Kinsey, Julie Poulin, Greg Lamber, and Nathan White beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 1, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Catch local funny favorites doing stand-up starting at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, in the […]
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Looking Back on Feb. 22
100 Years Ago: 1924 Contrary to custom, staging and apparatus for use at City Hall was taken up the the front stairway yesterday. Former public property committees in charge of City Building have forbidden such procedure because of the damaging effect to the stairs and entrance lobby. 50 Years Ago: 1974 The first of about […]
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Psychedelic surf music featured at the Oasis of Music
The Oasis of Music welcomes Carand Burnet and her electric guitar at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Carand Burnet is a guitarist and leader of the band Kioea (kēōˈāə). Aquarium Drunkard’s J. Swartwood described Burnet’s music as “simultaneously modern and vintage.” Bandcamp recognized Kioea for their EP and album, […]
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Pop-up film showings around Bates Campus spotlight the power of Indigenous cinema
The Bates College Museum of Art will present “Presence is Power,” a night of 11 short films by Indigenous filmmakers from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at several locations on campus at Bates College in Lewiston. This night’s showing broadens and deepens the film program on view as part of the current exhibition “Exploding […]
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Works by Angolan artist Serafim Yssolo on display in exhibition at LA Arts
In honor of Black History month, “Life on Scraps,” an exhibition featuring Angolan visual artist Serafim Yssolo, formerly known as Serafim Serlon, will be on display beginning Friday, Feb. 23, at LA Arts in Lewiston. A rising talent in the world of Angolan contemporary art, this will be Yssolo’s first solo exhibit in the United […]
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Reception will kick off exhibit honoring more than 50 years of the Franco-American Collection at USM in Lewiston
The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine has been preserving and promoting the culture and history of Maine’s Franco-Americans for nearly 52 years. A celebration will be held in honor of this anniversary at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, in the Atrium Gallery at USM in Lewiston. The celebration will serve as […]
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USM joins Franco Center, Bates College to honor French music, female composers with Lewiston concert
“Celebrating French Music, the History Makers, the History Changers,” a program highlighting the lives, music, and struggle for freedom of trailblazing French women composers who have been forgotten in history, presented by The Franco-American Collection at the University of Southern Maine, in collaboration with the Franco Center, and the University of Southern Maine’s Osher School […]