The city has proclaimed Saturday, Aug. 31, as John Ford Day, the 40th anniversary of his death. And the Maine Irish Heritage Center is hosting a celebration of the director’s work on Friday night. The Friday, Aug. 30 festivities include a talk by Kevin Stoehr, professor of humanities at Boston University and co-editor of “John […]
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Bates College to open sixth season of award-winning Global Lens films Sept. 9
The Iraqi film “About 111 Girls” will be shown Sept. 9, at Bates College’s Olin Arts Center, Lewiston. The film tells the story of an Iranian state official, his driver and a young guide who race across a troubled but magnificent landscape to stop 111 young Kurdish women from committing suicide in protest against conditions […]
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Kaleidoscope celebrates first anniversary Sept. 6
RUMFORD — For the past 12 months on each first Friday, the Mystic Theater, 49 Franklin St., has opened up to artists actively creating with anything from acrylics and oils, to charcoal and pencils, to, cake, fruit, balloons and more. While visual art is being created, performances happen onstage. Seasoned performers, musicians, poets, magicians, and […]
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Rumford hosts two Crossroads International Celtic Festival shows
The event at 49 Franklin will host “Celtic Cabaret” with magician Scot Grassette, New Brunswick fiddler Kathleen Gorey-McSorley, and Maine’s popular duo “The Squid Jiggers.” The host will be multi-talented Maine native Dave Rowe. The Squid Jiggers are a Maine-based folk duo comprised of inveterate musician-entertainers Rowe and Troy R. Bennett. They took their name […]
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Art Walk Lewiston Auburn returns Aug. 30
Dufresne Plaza on Lisbon St. from 5:15-6 p.m. is where Leland Faulkner’s Doc Hokum’s Traveling Medicine Show. Rain location is Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Faulkner will take you back in time with his hilarious rendition of classic Americana. Performing as Doctor Henry Hokum, he will bring life to the antique era through […]
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‘Celebration Barn Summer Finale’ opens Aug. 30
Performing artist Hilary Chaplain SOUTH PARIS — Celebration Barn will present “Celebration Barn Summer Finale” at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, and Saturday, Aug. 31. The Barn celebrates summer’s end with two shows featuring new work by special guest artists Hilary Chaplain, David Gaines, Aaron Tucker, and others. An acclaimed physical comedienne and actress, Chaplain […]
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University of Southern Maine School of Music 2013 fall season to feature ‘CARRIE the musical’ in its Maine premiere
The season opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, with Maine-ly British Brass: A Tribute to the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the London Brass. To commemorate a British trumpeter and his unique brass ensemble, Betty Rines, USM trumpet faculty member, has once again assembled top-of-theline professional brass musicians for this season-opening tribute concert. Conducted […]
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Solo piano performances at University of Maine at Farmington Sept. 6
Convey will perform a wonderful assortment of dance pieces from the 20th and 21st century including Astor Piazzolla’s “Mumuki” and “Street Tango,” George Antheil’s “Little Shimmy” and “Percussion Dance” and Gabriela Ortiz’s “Su-Muy-Key.” Maier will perform works by Felix Mendellsohn and Fanny Hensel, including Hensel’s “Nottumo in G minor” and Mendellsohn’s “Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14.” […]
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Audition notice for Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol: The Musical’
AUBURN — A one-night audition for the role of Scrooge in Community Little Theatre’s late-fall production of “A Christmas Carol: The Musical” will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27. The audition is specifically for adult men interested in playing the leading role of “Ebenezer Scrooge” in the musical. This musical production is directed […]