Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this drama is based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Young Helen Keller, (performed by Olivia Degen), blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has […]
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Aztec Two-Step to perform on Portland stage on Nov. 21
Performing their own Aztec Two-Step classics plus songs of Simon & Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers PORTLAND — Renowned folk-rock duo Aztec Two-Step will perform their own “fan favorites” as well as pay tribute to the iconic Simon & Garfunkel and The Everly Brothers, at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at One Longfellow Square. Bursting on […]
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‘Photographs by Women’ exhibit to open at Bates art museum on Oct. 24
LEWISTON — “Photographs by Women” will open at the Bates Museum of Art on Friday, Oct. 24, and run through March 21, 2015. An opening reception will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. The photos are a selection of works added to the collection since 2010. The artists include Kristin Capp (New York), […]
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Battle of the Blends XXI in Lewiston on Nov. 1
LEWISTON — The Battle of the Blends XXI will be open at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Franco Center. Seven a cappella groups will kick off the 2014-2015 season: Good-Time Sound, The Colbyettes, The Merimanders, None of the Above, The Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus, Vocal Solution and The Power to Entertain. Perennial favorites and […]
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Melissa Manchester to perform in Bath on Nov. 8
BATH — The soulful sounds of songs like “Don’t Cry Out Loud” and “Midnight Blue” will fill the air at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Saturday, Nov. 8, when Melissa Manchester comes to Maine for an evening of American classics and new songs from her latest album, “When I Look Down That Road.” “It […]
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USM Theatre to open classic dramatic comedy ‘Bus Stop’ on Oct. 31
Presented by the USM Department of Theatre, “Bus Stop,” tells the story of a cross-country bus that gets marooned at a Midwest diner, where longing for love is the desperation du jour. “Inge’s story takes place in the 1950s; it’s a classic American dramatic comedy,” said Thomas Power, director of the show and USM professor […]
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Portland Symphony Orchestra to present first KinderKonzerts of the season
PORTLAND — The Portland Symphony Orchestra will kick off its KinderKonzerts this season with a series of Woodwind KinderKonzerts. To celebrate the PSO’s 90th anniversary and the launch of a three-year Beethoven Symphony Cycle, the woodwind, brass, and strings KinderKonzerts planned for 2014-2015 season will focus on the music and life of Ludwig von Beethoven. […]
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Jessie and Greg Boardman to play at Wayne’s Ladd Center on Oct. 25
Greg Boardman has been a legendary fiddle player and teacher for over three decades. Joined by his wife Jessie, the Boardmans use voice, fiddles, guitars and cello to perform distinctively New England folk music, with new and original songs, airs and dance tunes mixed in with traditional Scots-Irish and French-Canadian songs. Doors will open at […]
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Bowdoin art museum exhibitions explore mythological themes, spanning the 16th century to today
BRUNSWICK — This fall, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art presents three focus exhibitions, spotlighting historical and 20th-century artist’s approaches to and interpretations of classical Greek mythology. Together the exhibitions—including Hendrick Goltzius: Mythology and Truth; Weaving the Myth of Psyche: Baroque Tapestries from the Wadsworth Atheneum, and Alison de Vere’s short film, Psyche and Eros […]
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Photography exhibit at UMA highlights Maine State Prison convicts; artist talk on Oct. 23
AUGUSTA — A new exhibit is on display at the Danforth Gallery at UMA from now through Nov. 7, titled “Reflect: convicts’ letters to their younger selves.” An opening reception and artist talk will be held at the gallery at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. “Reflect” is photographer Trent Bell’s artistic documentation of choices, consequences, […]