LEWISTON — Lyceum Gallery will open “Buddhas and Malas” featuring the unique work of local artist Ray Michaud. The artist will be greeting visitors at an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 18. Michaud studied Russian Orthodox iconography and icon writing (icon painting) under Lillian Engstrom, for several years. The symbolism of the colors […]
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Evening concert at the Basilica in Lewiston July 20
LEWISTON — The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Ash St. will host a summer concert series that is free and open to the public. Donations to restore the Casavant Organ will be accepted. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 20, organist Rudolf Innig will perform. Innig studied organ, piano, church music, music education, and […]
Bowdoin music fest continues
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin International Music Festival will continue its 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, July 18, with beloved works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvo?ák. Pianist Shai Wosner, a highly-regarded Mozart interpreter, will present Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. Lewis Kaplan will conduct the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra. A faculty ensemble […]
Good Humor in Denmark
will bring its 22nd summer stage romp “Good Humor” to the Denmark Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, July 17-19. Thursday night is dress rehearsal with audience invited. The talented cast includes Dona Forke, Brian Grennan, Lee Goldsberry, Mari Hook, Penny Morris, Stan Struzynski and Allene Westleigh. A $10 donation at the door […]
‘Fun and Fancies’ concert in Harrison July 22
Perfect for a warm summer evening, Fun and Fancies offers works that are graceful, playful, dreamy, lively and delightful. Susan Rotholz is the featured flutist in works by Gordon Jacobs and Camille Saint-Saëns. Jacobs, a 20th-century British composer, whose works range from symphonies to film scores, gives us, here, a simple, charming piece, Four Fancies […]
Winthrop ‘Can Film Festival’ to benefit food banks
WINTHROP — The “Can Film Festival” will continue at 7 p.m. Friday, July 11, at the Friends Meetinghouse on Winthrop Center Road, Route 135. The CAN’S objective is to have fun, see a well-known film appealing to all age groups, and support local food banks. The “Price of Admission” is a can (or two or […]
Concert at the Basilica in Lewiston July 16
LEWISTON — The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Ash St. will host a summer concert series that is free and open to the public. Donations to restore the Casavant Organ will be accepted. From 12:15-12:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, Benjamin Noyes (cello), Linda Vaillancourt (viola), Shaina Graff (violin), and Scott Vaillancourt (organ) will […]
Upcoming Brunswick Garden Tour to benefit food pantry
BRUNSWICK — The 12th annual Brunswick Garden Tour from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, will highlight nine gardens that have never been on previous tours. All proceeds will go to the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program which serves lunch six days a week at their soup kitchen and provides boxes of food in their […]
Maritime history of author’s ancestors in latest book by Kevin C. Mills
Mills will discuss the role of privateers and the writing of “Sea of Liberty” at the 10th Annual Books in Boothbay event Saturday, July 12, at the Beyond the Sea Book Festival in Lincolnville and at the Penobscot Bay Marine Museum on Saturday, July 26. He’ll also appear at the Maine Lobster Festival on Saturday […]