Farmington resident Nathaniel Duggan’s debut book of poetry, “Death Egg,” has been published by Back Patio Press. “Death Egg” is a collection of poems about unemployment, love, jellyfish, despair, and apocalypses. Each poem is a bleak, dense rumination on contemporary American life, creating both powerful levity and despair with its exploration of the banal through […]
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Morgan Lee joins Maine Music Society
The Maine Music Society welcomes accompanist Morgan Lee as it begins its Golden Jubilee Season. Lee has built a dynamic career as a soloist, collaborative pianist, and teacher. She recently graduated from the University of Connecticut with her Doctor of Musical Arts in piano performance, where she studied with Angelina Gadeliya. She also holds a […]
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Script submissions being accepted for Annual Maine Playwrights Festival
The annual Maine Playwrights Festival, produced by Acorn Productions, is now accepting scripts for this season of the state’s long-running incubator for new plays by local playwrights. Anybody living in Maine is eligible to submit a new play between 8 and 30 minutes in length for consideration in the festival. The deadline for submissions is […]
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Portland’s Good Theater to launch season with romantic comedy ‘Fireflies’
The production stars Valerie Perri and Whip Hubley
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Portland Symphony Orchestra season set to begin
The Portland Symphony Orchestra plans 22 Classical, POPS! and Discovery concerts – in addition to a dozen performances of Magic of Christmas – for the 2023-2024 season which opens on Saturday, Sept. 30. Highlights include POPS! Kings of Soul in October, Beethoven’s 5th in January, an all-John Williams POPS! program in April and Mahler’s Symphony […]
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Author visit, discussion on Sept. 27 of Franco-American books cancelled
The Books and Stories program at the Franco Center on Wednesday, Sept. 27, featuring author David Vermette has been cancelled. He is unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologize for the inconvenience. The program featuring author Paul Dionne at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, will still take place. Dionne, author of “The Priestess and […]
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The Seyir Duo brings Middle Eastern music to the Oasis of Music
The Seyir Duo, made up of Eric LaPerna and Jeremey Zela, will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 4, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Founding members of Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble, multi-instrumentalist Eric LaPerna and guitarist Jeremey Zela perform Armenian, Turkish, Greek and Arabic music from the folk, […]
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Traveling exhibit of art by residents of Maine prisons on display at UMF
An opening reception for “Inside Vision: An Outside Exhibition of Inside Art,” a traveling exhibit of art by residents of Maine prisons curated by Jan Collins, Olivia Hochstadt and Nicole Lund (UMF ’24), will be held from 5-7 p.m. with remarks by the curators at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 5, in The Emery Community […]
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Open Book Players present production of ‘Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales’
A children’s production of “Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales” will be presented by The Open Book Players at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, at Oak Hill High School in Wales. The Open Book Players is the resident community theatre company for Johnson Hall in […]
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Andrew Donnelly headlines comedy show at Great Falls Comedy Club
Ian MacDonald hosts one-of-a-kind talent Andrew Donnelly with guests Angela Sawyer and Mike Levinsky at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 30, at Great Falls Comedy Club in Auburn. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be found at greatfallscomedyclub.com or purchased at the door. Great Falls Comedy Club is located inside Craft Brew Underground at […]