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    June 26, 2014

    THEATER LISTINGS

    Check out what's on stage in central Maine.

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    May 29, 2014

    TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Benefit dinner for Alewive’s Brook Farm in Cape Elizabeth

    Inn by the Sea hosted an auction and five-course wine dinner to raise money for the farm, which supplies fresh produce and seafood to the inn’s restaurant.

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    May 29, 2014

    JORDAN FAMILY FARM

    Very much a family enterprise — and one worthy of our support


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    May 29, 2014

    Local theaters unite to stage “August: Osage County”

    WATERVILLE – Aqua City Actor’s Theatre and the Waterville Opera House join forces to present Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play “August: Osage County.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. May 30, 31 and June 6 and 7, and at 2 p.m. June 1 and 8 on the main stage of the Waterville […]

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    May 29, 2014

    ‘Cold in July’ … when Hell freezes over

    “Why shoot a movie in Texas? Because Evil thrives in Texas” The Coen Brothers   Did you know that there is a “Dixie Mafia?” Neither did I, and neither did poor Richard Dane, (Michael C.Hall) a small Texas town picture framer who lives on the edge of nowhere in West Texas in 1989. In Jim […]

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  • Published
    May 29, 2014

    Ashelin returns to Maine stages

    It’s with great pleasure that I inform you about a wonderful sister act originally from Newfoundland that I had the pleasure of interviewing back in 2011. The five-sister band Ashelin (Kallyan, Cassy, Joisie, Thea and Shaelin Palmer, to be exact) will return to Maine for a trio of shows starting at Skye Theatre in South […]

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    May 23, 2014

    The Belle Brigade to debut at Cumberland County Civic Center

    The newly renovated Cumberland County Civic Center will host the opening performance of Maine’s own Ray LaMontagne’s new U.S. tour, he will be joined by Jason Isbell and The Belle Brigade. The latter act is made up of siblings Barbara and Ethan Gruska, who’s dad — Jay Gruska — has been involved in popular music […]

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    May 23, 2014

    ‘God’s Pocket’ is full of loose change

    “There are more hidden spaces in a city, more hidden lives and hidden emptinesses, and more darkened windows where shadow people pass fleetingly in and out of sight.” ― Kate Milford     No matter how rich and famous the urban jungles get, there is always, deep down past the skyscrapers, the tinted glass, neon […]

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    May 22, 2014

    BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Maine authors

    ‘The Contest’ by James Hurley and ‘Without Warning’ by David Rosenfelt

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    May 22, 2014

    TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Monhegan Island

    While most visitors schedule their Monhegan trips in the summer, May is the time to see the amazing bird migrations