The Portland Symphony Orchestra will soon find its way to the silver screen at the Saco Drive-In for an evening of filmed performances on Thursday, May 13. This is part of this year’s annual fundraiser Forte, which also includes a special online auction from Tuesday, May 11, through Thursday, May 20. All proceeds from the […]
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Looking Back on May 10
100 Years Ago: 1921 Those surprising springtime fairy forsythias, are blooming everywhere. Only a day or two ago and their bare, bleak branches branched out lean arms that gave no hint of even a bud. Almost overnight the pale yellow blossoms covered them from top to bottom. The air is full of delicate perfume where […]
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Sitar music to entertain at Oasis of Music
Sitarist David Pontbriand will perform from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, at the Oasis of Music at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. American sitarist David Pontbriand began his journey with the sitar in 1973. His story is an exception to the rule, in that he is entirely self-taught. Pontbriand’s Music […]
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Graduating students in Fine Arts program to present reading of capstone work
University of Maine at Farmington
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Looking Back on April 27
100 Years Ago: 1921 The Latin play “Dido,” will be given tonight at eight o’clock in Assembly Hall by Miss Whittums senior and sophomore Latin classes at Jordan High. An exhibition of practical Latin will also be given in the Library. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Mr. and Mrs. Normand St. Hillaire are chairmen of the […]
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Annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival presents a hybrid event of visual and literary arts
The annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival will break out of its usual format to celebrate the University of Maine at Augusta’s (UMA) 2020-2021 academic theme of “Outbreak,” a topic inclusive of viral outbreaks, outbreaks of social justice, and outbreaks of creativity. The Plunkett Festival will partner with the UMA Danforth Gallery to provide a virtual […]
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Palaver Strings to perform via livestream from State Theatre
Palaver Strings presents Metamorphosis at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, on Facebook hosted by the State Theatre. The livestream is free to watch, with donations encouraged. Metamorphosis explores the beauty of pain and transformation through the lens of two monumental works for string orchestra. Strauss’s Metamorphosen looks back on what once was, bearing witness to the trauma and […]
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Author and pirate re-enactor wraps up Maritime Month series
Camden Public Library
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Lovell’s Meet The Author series welcomes novelist Jim Nichols
Celebrated Maine author Jim Nichols will give an online presentation from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, hosted by the Charlotte Hobbs Memorial Library in Lovell. To join this free Zoom event, visit the library website at www.hobbslibrary.org and click on the Zoom link by 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 29. Nichols is the 2014 […]