Jurors will visit each artist on location to select work for the exhibit. Therefore, artists need to include their location and cell phone number with the registration. Those pieces selected for the exhibit must be delivered to Lyceum Gallery between 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17. The exhibit will open Friday, Aug. 22. Registration for Lewiston […]
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Benefit show for Brunswick theater
BRUNSWICK — Maine State Music Theatre will present “Footlight Follies” — a show so big it starts outside the theatre — on Monday, Aug. 11, at the Pickard Theatre on the Bowdoin College campus. From 6:45-7:25 p.m., seven outdoor stages will highlight a variety of entertainment free to the public. The main stage show begins […]
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Basilica concert at noon in Lewiston August 6
2014 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE LEWISTON — The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Ash St. will host a summer concert series that is free and open to the public. Donations to restore the Casavant Organ will be accepted. From 12:15-12:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 13, organist Chris Ganza and […]
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USM School of Music concert schedule announced
“This fall season is an excellent representation of the range of USM’s faculty and Maine’s home grown talent; it is breathtaking,” said Alan Kaschub, interim director of the USM School of Music. “Edgy musical theater, profound Mahler song, virtuosic piano, swinging jazz and even an outdoor band concert all will happen in one semester.” Kaschub […]
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Ceramics exhibit at Hallowell gallery
HALLOWELL — The Harlow Gallery and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts are collaborating to host a potluck dinner followed by an ArtTalk by Portland, Maine ceramic artist Ayumi Horie at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street. This event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to […]
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Bowdoin art museum to receive $10,000 from benefit gala in Portland
Barbara Ernst Prey selects Bowdoin College Museum of Art to receive $10,000 from the Down East Magazine 60th anniversary ‘Art of Giving’ Gala PORTLAND — Barbara Ernst Prey has selected Bowdoin College Museum of Art to receive a minimum of $10,000 raised by Down East Magazine at the Art of Giving Gala from 5:30-9 p.m. […]
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Longest-running arts, crafts show in Maine to open in Cumberland August 7
The show was established in 1969, when 60 entrepreneurial craft artisans looking for a venue to sell their wares chose the Cumberland Fairgrounds. One of the originators, Wayne Holmquist, recalled that he was worried it would look like a church bazaar, but customers came and bought — and have been coming ever since. This year, […]
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Crime novelist to speak at Winthrop library
WINTHROP — Award-winning author and Editor Emeritus of Down East magazine will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Bailey Public Library, 39 Bowdoin Street. Doiron is the author of the bestselling Mike Bowditch series of crime novels, including “The Poacher’s Son” and his latest, “The Bone Orchard.” The event is free and […]
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Comedy benefit at Winthrop arts center August 9
Maine humorist Gary Crocker performance to benefit Charles M. Bailey Public Library WINTHROP — Maine humorist Gary Crocker, who loves to entertain with stories about native Mainers and those “from away,” will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Winthrop Performing Arts Center. The all-ages event is a fundraiser to benefit the Bailey […]
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Five Face North to play at New Auburn legion hall August 22
The William J. Rogers American Legion Post 153, at 71 South Main Street in New Auburn, will host a happy hour from 5-7 p.m. followed by a dance with live music from 7-11 p.m. featuring the local band on Friday, Aug. 22. Band members are, from left: Paul Moreau, Craig Uecker, Chuck Herman, Derek Cote, […]