BRUNSWICK — At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Maine’s premier Celtic duo, Castlebay, will “drive cold winter away” with joyous and mysterious seasonal songs and tunes from the Ireland, Scotland and British Isles as well as their native New England. The lilting sound of Irish flute, Celtic harp, fiddle and […]
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Old World Hanukkah concert and celebration at Auburn library Dec. 15
AUBURN — Dresdner and his wife are international Jewish performers and personalities, and have been featured on PBS-TV and National Public Radio. They have headlined at Jewish Festivals from Cracow, Poland to Jerusalem, Toronto to Texas. Multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, the Dresdners play the clarinet, violin, accordion, bass recorder, cello and drum, and perform and teach Klezmer […]
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Kimball-O’Connell blues duo in rare performance in Auburn Dec. 6
will appear together in a rare acoustic performance at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Fire House Grille, 47 Broad St. in Auburn. Both slide guitarist Kimball (Blue Steel Express) and blues harp master O’Connell (The Juke Joint Devils) have represented Maine in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. For more information, call […]
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‘Heritage Christmas’ concert at Franco Center in Lewiston opens Dec. 13
LEWISTON — “A Heritage Christmas” by the Maine Music Society, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., featuring the Androscoggin Chorale with Artistic Director John Corrie and the Oak Hill High School Voices of Color under the direction of […]
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Knit-a-long, art walk, wine tasting at Norway shop Dec. 5
NORWAY — Fiber & Vine, a local yarn, craft, and wine shop, will kick off the holiday season with a First Friday Art Walk and free wine tasting from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. A raffle prize will be drawn at 6 p.m. and supplies will be available for their latest knit-a-long, where community members […]
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Miniatures exhibit at Portland gallery through Jan. 27
PORTLAND — The Constellation Gallery’s, home of the Maine Artist Collective, call for art received entrees from all over Maine. As a result, MAC’s Miniatures exhibit is the collective’s largest exhibit ever, with over 110 original works. The show runs until Jan. 27. All the work measures 11 x 14 inches or smaller, including the […]
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Kyron Hobdy to highlight Comedy Fix lineup in Auburn on Dec. 12
AUBURN — will highlight a lineup of hilarious stand-up comedians for Comedy Fix XVII at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the Auburn Fireside Inn with all net proceeds benefiting the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Comedy Fix founder Mark Turcotte will also welcome Ian Stuart, Bill Picard, Paul Landwehr, and JOKETRON featuring Josh Day and […]
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UMF Community Chorus and Orchestra present winter concert, Dec. 7
FARMINGTON — At 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, the anniversary date of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus and Orchestra will present a concert that is both a memorial and an expression of hope. Under the baton of the chorus’s director, Bruce McInnes, with accompaniment by Patricia Hayden, […]
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Lewiston students to open ‘The Giver’ on Dec. 4
LEWISTON — Lewiston High School’s Centre Stage Ensemble will perform “The Giver” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-6, at the Lewiston Middle School auditorium. Directed by Richard Martin and produced by Bre Allard, “The Giver” is adapted from the bestselling book by Lois Lowry. It is about a boy named Jonas who […]