The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will perform music by composers who are “Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew” in concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 18, at the Riverfront Performing Arts/Franco Center in Lewiston and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 19, at the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham. The orchestra welcomes guest […]
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Denmark center to host author series with Gigi Georges July 31
Denmark Arts Center is scheduled to present an authors series with Gigi Georges, author of “Downeast: Five Maine Girls and the Unseen Story of Rural America,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the center at 50 West Main St. The Authors Series Collaborative is comprised of Denmark Public Library, Denmark Historical Society and […]
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Shamarr Allen plans concert at Rockland Strand
Shamarr Allen will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30 at Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., Rockland. Hailing from the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, the singer and trumpeter has influences in jazz, hip-hop, rock, funk rhythms, blues and country. With a scintillating and unique sound, Allen transcends musical boundaries. He is […]
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Waterville Rocks concert to feature Albert Cummings
Albert Cummings is the featured musician that the Waterville Rocks concert set for 6 p.m. Friday, July 29, at Head of Falls on Front Street in Waterville. The Beer Garden opens at 5:30 p.m. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved to the Waterville Opera House, 1 Front St. Cummings has nine […]
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Norway artist’s artwork on display at town’s library
Visitors to Norway Memorial Library can enjoy an art display by Norway artist Jeanne Millett Herley at 258 Main St. The “Playing with Cards” exhibit incorporates mixed media use of colored pencils, colored paper, and playing cards, according to a news release from the library. Herley, born and raised in Norway, has been artistic her […]
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The Bacon Brothers to take the stage at Waterville Opera House
The Bacon Brothers will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., in Waterville. Bound by blood and a mutual love of American roots music, The Bacon Brothers have spent the past quarter-century in a creative whirl, funneling their shared DNA into a genre-bending sound. They […]
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Theater at Monmouth to stage ‘Eurydice’
“Eurydice,” by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Dawn McAndrews, is planned for July 28 through Aug. 19 at Cumston Hall, at 796 Main St. in Monmouth. Stage times are 7:30 p.m. July 28, 29, Aug. 6, 11, 17 and 19; 7 p.m. Aug. 14; and 1 p.m. Aug. 3, 7, and 13. On her wedding […]
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Sandy River Ramblers concert planned in Readfield
The Sandy River Ramblers plan to perform a bluegrass concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the Union Meeting House, 22 Church Road, in Readfield. The Ramblers are, stylistically, a traditional bluegrass band, but their specialty is original songs about Maine, mostly written by bandleader Stan Keach, who is a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter. […]
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Mill Town Road Show to play in Music for Mavis series
Mill Town Road Show will perform as part of Music for Mavis Tuesdays at the Gazebo series at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, in Turner. The band features Jack D. Jolie, who lived on Music Row in Nashville during his teenage years writing country music and recording with his father, while taking guitar lessons […]
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Jerry Bryant to present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys in Norway
Jerry Bryant, of Amherst, Massachusetts, will present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at the Norway Memorial Library. The men who worked on square-riggers in the 19th century used rhythmic work songs, which they called chanteys (or shanties, depending on where they were from), to coordinate their […]