An encore HD broadcast from London of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., in Waterville. The running time is two hours, 40 minutes. A feuding fairy King and Queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway lovers and a troupe of […]
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State Street Traditional Jazz Band to perform at UMA
State Street Traditional Jazz Band will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at UMA Jewett Auditorium, 46 University Drive, in Augusta. The event is part of the Concerts at Jewett series, sponsored by University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College. Every member of this band has a […]
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra Opens 30th Season Oct. 19
The Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rohan Smith, will open its 30th season with “Delight and Despair,” two concerts that will take listeners on a roller-coaster of emotions from Dvorak’s fun “Carnival Overture” to Prokofiev’s tragic Romeo and Juliet, Suite 2 and the highly emotive and popular Fifth Symphony by Tchaikovsky. Performances are set for […]
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Royal Knights to reunite Oct. 20 in Lewiston
The Royal Knights to reunite for milestone celebration and home-hitting cause from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Iron Horse Court/Royal Oak Room, at 1 Bates St., in Lewiston. It was August of 2010 when The Royal Knights, a Lewiston-Auburn boy band of the ’60s, made their “Last Hurrah,” billed as their […]
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Adonis Puentes to perform in Rockland
Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main St., in Rockland. Puentes’ rich, soulful voice is the perfect front for his all-acoustic orchestra, layering traditional Cuban rhythms with deep bass lines, jazzy horns, and his melodic guitar. A Grammy-nominated vocalist and […]
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The Wrap: Bagels, baklava and beer
This week, we welcome back The Purple House and drool in anticipation of Chad Conley’s next restaurant project.
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‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ to be staged Oct. 20-27
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” will be staged at Sparrows Nest Theater, 1114 West Mills Road, in Industry. Show times are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, and Oct. 19, 25 and 26 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 and 27. A winner of multiple Tony Awards on Broadway, the show sheds […]
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Ukulele Russ to perform in Gardiner
Ukulele Russ will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at Johnson Hall, 280 Water St., in Gardiner. Doors open a half-hour before the show. With a stage name like Ukulele Russ, one might imagine Hawaiian shirts and inoffensive luau music or maybe a bunch of kid-friendly songs espousing the benefits of making friends and […]
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Corner House Band plans Madison concert
Corner House, a bluegrass band, will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at Somerset Abbey, on Main Street in Madison. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Clinging whole heartedly to studied traditions, the Boston-based band has tended to write and arrange music liberally comprised of Irish, Scottish, Appalachian stringband, and bluegrass influences. The singular roots music […]
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Recycled Shakespeare Co. to perform ‘The Tempest’
Recycled Shakespeare Company will perform “The Tempest” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19, at Skills Inc. Ervin Center, 46 Front St., Waterville. Come away to a private island where the plants, stones, and water are alive. Considered one of Shakespeare’s best fairytales, “The Tempest” is a magical journey through love, loyalty […]