Maine native Bob LeBlanc wrote the pirate-themed script for the latest Mystery for Hire cruise on the Songo River Queen II taking place Aug. 10. NAPLES — Mystery for Hire and the Songo River Queen II are pairing up for a mystery-themed cruise called Who Killed Jolly Roger? – A Pirate Mystery on Saturday, Aug. 10. […]

Comedy Fix founder Mark Turcotte will host comedians Doug Collins, Bill Gray, Brett Groh, James Spizuoco, Jordan Handren-Seavey and Tuck Tucker. Through six shows Comedy Fix has raised $6,485 for Maine charities. Previous beneficiaries include the Dempsey Center, the Maine chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Good Shepherd Food Bank, Advocates for Children, […]

Sylvain will speak about the research project he conducted to explore the songs left to him by his grandmother Elisa Thibodeau. For decades after Thibodeau’s death the notebook remained forgotten, until Sylvain and a cousin, fiddler Steve Muise, started to look for melodies to accompany lyrics. The program will explore some of these recovered songs […]

In addition to writing for Time and The New York Times, Julavits has published four novels: “The Mineral Palace,” “The Effect of Living Backwards,” “The Uses of Enchantment,” and most recently “The Vanishers.” “The Vanishers” features an observant and linguistically gifted narrator, a brilliant but remote father figure, and a large number of characters with […]

Trent Sounder on guitar, vocals and snare, and Lauren Williams on harp and vocals have been playing in various blues bands since the 1990s. They are often joined by bass player Phil Pitula.  They play old-school blues, sometimes swinging, sometimes chunky, but always rocking. This series of concerts takes place on Thursday evenings in the […]

The trio is comprised of Scott Ivers on drums and vocals, Joe Montimurro on vocals and guitar and Tom Ball on vocals and harmonica. Tap your feet, sing along and dance the night away to wonderful renditions of favorite tunes from the 1980s. Enjoy the “good times” with cover music from bands as familiar and […]

Baleztena, who will be showing paintings and drawings, is originally from Spain and studied fine art at Middlesex University in London and Complutense University in Madrid. He served as professor of Fine Art and Architectural Drawing at the IB67 Academy of Architecture in Madrid and had his own gallery there. He has exhibited his art […]

This final concert will be magical. Dating back to the Renaissance, composers have used the Fantasy form to state a musical idea and then let their imaginations run free. The program opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Phantasy Quintet, scored for string quartet with an extra viola. This lyrical, shimmering, ethereal piece of many moods and […]

Sredzienski began his professional career at age nine. At age 10, he traveled around New England performing with a vaudeville act called The Hog Hollow Hooters. His solo recordings have landed him national performances with various cultural organizations. All proceeds benefit the preservation and restoration of the Maine State Building and All Souls Chapel, both […]