Norway Memorial Library will feature a public exhibition of paintings in acrylic by local artist whose artwork features buildings and landscapes that celebrate Maine’s natural beauty. The exhibit will be on view until December. For more information, call 207-743-5309 or visit www.norway.lib.me.us. The library is at 258 Main St. in Norway.
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Auburn library to host author of ‘Ghostly New England Treasure Tales’ on Oct. 27
AUBURN — Join in the search for pirate treasure, military items, lost towns, and mining treasures at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Auburn Public Library as she shares from her book “Lost Loot: Ghostly New England Treasure Tales.” Hughes’ book includes stories on abandoned and lost towns, ghostly treasure, buried mines, and Native […]
Orchestra to open 25th season with Viva la Musique! in Lewiston on Oct. 25
In just a few years, through her international concert appearances and her award-winning Naïve recordings, 26 year-old de la Salle has established a reputation as one of today’s most exciting young artists, and as a musician of uncommon sensibility and maturity. The members of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will accompany de la Salle in the […]
Work of multiple artists on display at Lewiston hospital
LEWISTON — The works of two painters and a painter-illustrator will be on display at the Central Maine Medical Center Woman’s Hospital Association Rotating Art Gallery through Thursday, Oct. 30. Paintings by Susan and Paul Boucher and paintings and drawings by Dan Cake are on display in the main lobby of the hospital near the […]
Reader’s theater to perform on Brunswick stage on Oct. 18, 19
The Center Stage Players are an ensemble of actors 55 or older, who produce their works as reader’s theater. “I Hope I’m Not Crowding You” features a potpourri of contemporary theater done as staged readings, script in hand. A cast of 11 actors perform the six plays that comprise this offering, dealing with themes of […]
‘Macbeth’ coming to Vienna stage on Oct. 25
VIENNA — This year the Vienna Union Hall Association will present the Theater at Monmouth’s on-the-road production of “Macbeth” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. This production is part of “Shakespeare in American Communities,” a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. This will be the third time the […]
Jeff Kilton to play at Pedro’s in Lewiston on Oct. 24
From 8-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, local favorite will perform at Pedro O’Hara’s on Main St. in Lewiston. Kilton plays everything from covers to his own rhythmic tunes. There is no cover charge.
Beatles tribute band to perform in Topsham on Nov. 1
TOPSHAM — Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ 1964 performances—the first in America at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, when the Beatles For Sale perform at the Orion Performing Arts Center. This New England-based Beatles tribute band is committed to recreating the sounds of the Beatles live, in concert. This band of musicians was drawn […]
Poet V. Penelope Pelizzon featured in Visiting Writers Series in Farmington on Oct. 23
“Nostos,” Pelizzon’s first book, won the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize for a first book of poetry in 1999. Her second poetry collection, “Whose Flesh is Flame, Whose Bone is Time,” is forthcoming in 2014 from Waywiser Press. She is also the co-author of “Tabloid, Inc: Crimes, Newspapers, Narratives,” a study of the relations among American […]
‘Alice in Wonderland’ to be open at Portland children’s theater on Oct. 17
The many curious creatures she meets ask a similar question: “Who are you?” As Alice ventures further into Wonderland, she learns more about herself than she ever imagined possible. This is a brand new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s tale full of riddles, poems and songs that will have you thinking “as many as […]