Beth LaBossiere leads the team responsible for the Northern Lights holiday installation on the retailer’s Freeport campus, which includes 400 trees and 300,000 lights.
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My Perfect Day: ‘Maine Christmas Song’ writer would visit Mount Katahdin and eat an Amato’s Italian
Con Fullam of Windham would also go to Reid State Park and the Portland Museum of Art.
Had enough of the same, old Christmas songs? Cue these Maine-made holiday tunes
We’ve got a whole playlist for you, plus a closer look at tracks by artists including An Overnight Low and Buck T. Edwards.
Heather Pierson Trio set to perform ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Dec. 22
The Heather Pierson Trio plans perform its holiday “Charlie Brown Christmas” concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at Waldo Theatre, 916 Main St., Waldoboro. Pierson is a New Hampshire based singer/songwriter, pianist, song leader and performer with a passion for cultivating joy, both onstage and off. With a toe in each of the realms […]
‘A Dickens Christmas Carol,’ ‘Three Ghosts and a Jock’ to be staged in Monmouth
The cast is composed of 29 youth between the ages of 6-13 from Auburn, Farmingdale, Gardiner, Hallowell, Leeds, Lewiston, Litchfield, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, New Gloucester, Wales and Winthrop.
Folk and roots band Low Lily to celebrate Winter Solstice with songs
Award-winning folk and roots band Low Lily will once again celebrate the Winter Solstice with a concert of beautiful wintry, seasonal songs and high octane fiddle tunes at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Elsie Gawler and Ethan Tischler will open the show. The show will […]
How Portland picks its holiday tree – and keeps it from falling over
Aesthetic and ecological impact are both factors when selecting the tree for Monument Square.
ArtsFarmington brings traditional Nutcracker ballet to Farmington
This is the full ballet, danced by the Robinson Ballet Company of Bangor to the classic recorded music of Tchaikovsky.
‘A Christmas Carol’ back on stage at The Public Theatre
This holiday season, for one weekend only, The Public Theatre presents its acclaimed adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” with shows from Dec. 13-15. This inventive version, performed by six actors and a fiddler, was developed at The Public Theatre by former Executive/Co-Artistic Director Christopher Schario. It has since been published and performed by theatres around […]
UMA Concert Week features student ensembles and portBOWIE Tribute Band
University of Maine at Augusta Music Program Concert Week includes performances from student ensembles and a David Bowie tribute band. PortBOWIE is a well-established professional David Bowie tribute band comprised of UMA alumni and faculty (formerly The Blackstar White Duke Band). All concerts will be performed in Jewett Hall on the campus of the University of […]