Showcasing emotive original songs and Emma Beaton’s soulful singing, this acclaimed acoustic string band has been described as “virtuoso art folkies” who offer a fresh, hip take on traditional music. They are known for paying tribute to immediate precursors without being derivative, and for charting a daring and original course without a whiff of preciousness. […]

GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine Art Gallery will present “Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran,” a photography and video installation exhibition which gathers personal perspectives of contemporary Iran, filtered through individual sensibilities while simultaneously addressing public concerns. The exhibition’s 58 works of photography will be divided and displayed at both the USM Art […]

Maine author James Hayman’s novel “Darkness First” is taut and twisting, starring two unforgettable heroes in a gruesome thriller about a small town rocked by a savage crime. In the dark shadows of a summer evening, a young woman is brutally slain by a remorseless killer’s razor-sharp blade. Learning that her closest childhood friend was […]

Listen to Peter Campion play the bouzouki, guitar, bass and whistles; Donna Campion play the accordion; John Sytsma play various recorders, krummhorn and percussion; and Kathryn Sytsma play bass and treble violas de gamba. Tree Robbins plays whistles and bodhran; and Elaine Eadler plays guitar and percussion. The name of the band “Talisker” originates from […]

AUGUSTA — From 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, Juston McKinney will perform his fundraiser comedy act “Deer, Moose, Ticks, and Hicks” at the University of Maine at Augusta, Jewett Hall Auditorium, 46 University Drive. Comedian McKinney’s TV appearances include his half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” and most recently his one-hour special “Juston McKinney — A Middle-Class […]