The Great Comedy Showcase, featuring a showcase of the area’s best stand-up comedy talents, returns at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. The one and only Johnny “Friggin’” Ater headlines a packed lineup at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors […]
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UMF Art Gallery presents ‘Martha Miller: A Retrospective’
An opening reception for “Martha Miller: A Retrospective” will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, at the UMF Art Gallery on the campus of University of Maine at Farmington. It is free and open to the public. This vibrant retrospective exhibition documents the past 20 years of Martha Miller’s extraordinarily layered and nuanced human […]
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Poet Jeri Theriault will give presentation at Bailey Public Library
Award-winning poet Jeri Theriault along with poet Kevin Sweeney will appear as part of the ongoing “Bookey Readings” poetry series at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at The Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Theriault grew up in Waterville and graduated from Colby College, and earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her […]
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Duo Mundi to present a two-piano program at the Franco Center
Duo Mundi is George Lopez, the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College, and internationally acclaimed Chinese-American pianist Gulimina Mahamuti
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James Taylor tribute artist to perform at the Franco Center
Known as “America’s No. 1 James Taylor tribute artist,” Bill Griese will perform his acclaimed Sweet Baby James show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. “Join other James Taylor fans for the timeless music of the six-time Grammy winner, with a performance that needs to be heard,” said […]
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WRGY Lightning Fest fundraiser to feature Talking Heads concert film ‘Stop Making Sense’
“Stop Making Sense,” the classic Talking Heads 1984 concert film, will be showcased in a special event to benefit the WRGY 90.5FM Lightning Strike Transmitter Fund at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the Lakeside Theater in Rangeley. The Talking Heads concert film was selected in 2021 for preservation in the US National Film […]
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Hallowell Plans Celebration of Chris Cart’s Hallowell History Mural
Chris Cart and his wife Jen Greta Cart installing the mural. Photo by Steve Thompson The City of Hallowell invites the public to join city leaders and artist Chris Cart in a celebration of Cart’s newly installed Hallowell History Mural set for 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, behind 89 Water St. in the parking lot […]
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ISH playing at Mixers on Saturday night
Rock cover band ISH will play at 8:30 p.m. at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. The band plays rock covers from the 90s and the 2000s. There is no cover charge and plenty of free parking. Mixers is located at 136 Sabattus Rd., Sabattus.
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Poet Myronn Hardy will read from his latest book
Myronn Hardy, an assistant professor of English at Bates College, will read from his newly published book of poems, “Aurora Americana,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Gomes Chapel on the campus of Bates College in Lewiston. Books will be for sale at the event. “Aurora Americana” is being published by Princeton University Press […]
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Guitarist, composer to perform at Oasis of Music
Guitarist and composer Peter Griggs will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 11, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Griggs attended the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College Division, Bowdoin College, Wesleyan University and York University (UK). His principal teachers included Louis Ricci (French Horn), Elliot Schwartz & Wilfred Mellers […]