Pianist/composer to release new album, ‘The Trouble With Wilderness’ April 23.
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Ward Hayden & The Outliers plan Brownfield concert
Ward Hayden & The Outliers (formerly Girls Guns & Glory) will perform at 8 p.m. Friday April 23, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, in Brownfield. The band was formed as a way to break from the music so commonly found on popular radio airwaves. Hayden’s foray into country music and early […]
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Palaver Strings Beehive Chamber Series: “Beyond the Offbeats” to be staged at Johnson Hall
Palaver Strings Beehive Chamber Series: “Beyond the Offbeats,” will perform a livestreamed concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 24, from the Johnson Hall stage, at 280 Water St. in Gardiner. The concert will feature viola duo Elizabeth Moore and Lysander Jaffe. Moore, viola co-artistic director and programming director, grew up in midcoast Maine and was […]
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Oshima Brothers to perform in Boothbay Harbor
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor will host the Oshima Brothers at 7 p.m. Friday, April 23, at 86 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor. The Oshima Brothers’ magnetic sibling sound and contagious joy result from a lifetime of making music together. Raised in a musical family in rural Maine, the brothers have honed a harmony-rich blend […]
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Community College students named to All-Maine Academic Team
Twenty-one Maine community college students have been named to the All-Maine Academic Team in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement, leadership, and service. They were honored recently in a virtual ceremony. The following students received the award and a $500 scholarship from the MCCS Board of Trustees. Central Maine Community College in Auburn: Nicholas Bennett […]
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Carrabec High School names top 10 seniors
NORTH ANSON — Carrabec High School has announced the following seniors have earned the top 10 spots for the class of 2021. Jasmyne Coombs is the daughter of Aryke Tyrrell of Solon and Brian Coombs of Solon. She plans to attend the University of Maine at Farmington for its secondary education program. Andrew Davis is […]
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Meeting House show seeks Chesterville children’s artwork
Organizers at the Chesterville Center Union Meeting House are encouraging submissions of all kinds of art by town youth for display in an art show on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children are invited to bring their art to the Chesterville Town Hall on April 23 for registration and […]
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Augusta special needs center receives donations for expansion
AUGUSTA — Children’s Center, an early childhood intervention and family support services organization for children with special needs, has announced three major gifts toward its fundraising efforts to expand its primary location in Augusta. The gifts of $250,000 each come from two families and a business in the Augusta area who have all seen the […]
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Fauré Quartett to perform virtually from Merrill Auditorium
Check out the Fauré Quartett at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 18, virtually at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. in Portland. Join Portland Ovations for a virtual concert featuring the 10 movements of Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky’s masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition followed by a special surprise encore. The experience opens with a live conversation with […]
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Lithgow library to celebrate National Poetry Month
AUGUSTA — Lithgow Public Library will celebrate National Poetry Month by hosting Maine author Helen Rousseau and her “Poems for a World on Fire” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22, via Zoom. Rousseau says her book “was begun last year and focused on global warming, deforestation, loss of animal habitat, and the lack of action […]