Johnson Hall’s Free Waterfront Concert Series will feature the Pat Pepin Blues Band at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the Gardiner Landing on Route 24 in Gardiner. Pepin is a singer and saxophonist who knows the blues from the inside out. She performs with conviction and power, infusing her music with heart-felt emotion, treating […]
Things to Do
Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Bob Marley plans Brownfield show on Aug. 11
Comedian Bob Marley will take the stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11,, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. Marley’s daily videos were a comic relief from the world’s challenges, and there have been many. He has a gift and a way of finding the hilarity in the obvious and the […]
Music for Mavis series to feature Denny Breau
Denny Breau and friends will perform a Music for Mavis Tuesdays at the Gazebo concert at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Turner Center. There will be a host of talent joining Breau including, but not exclusively,Deb Morrin, Malinda Liberty, Paul Mellyn, and Ted Hammilton. Breau mixes genres with ease: Folk, Delta blues, country and […]
Theaters partner, announce auditions for ‘Rocky Horror Show’ Aug. 14 and 15
Local theater company Rocky for Equality, in partnership with Community Little Theatre, has announced audition dates for their production of Richard O’Brien’s “Rocky Horror Show.” Auditions will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Aug. 14 and 15, the Auburn theater, 30 Academy St. Call-backs set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16. Anyone interested […]
‘An Evening at Dave’s Sauna’ tells the mostly true story of an Oxford County legend
The musical, playing Friday and Saturday at Deertrees in Harrison, focuses on Dave Graiver and his eponymous establishment in South Paris.
Concerts on the Lawn set for East Wilton
The annual Concerts On The Lawn Series for 2022 will be held at 6 Sunday evenings in August at the East Wilton Union Church, 1306 Main St. Chairs will be provided but those who attend are welcome to bring their own lawn chair or blanket. In case of inclement weather, the free concerts will be […]
Buttonwood Trio to be featured Aug. 7
ArtsFarmington plans to present a benefit concert by the newly formed Buttonwood Trio playing works by Fauré and Babajanian. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7, in the Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. This will be the debut concert for the Buttonwood Trio. It consists of […]
Hallowell man once again hosting ‘Valleepalooza’ charity event Saturday in his backyard
Ray Vallee hopes that ticket sales at $75 each will help raise money for the Travis Mills Foundation in their efforts to assist wounded veterans.
The dogs seem to be the only ones we can trust in “The Old Man,” J.P. Devine writes
Just as we had decided to move on to newer pastures, we find ourselves stuck in the quick sand of “The Old Man,” a superior CIA thriller, Episode Three. “The Old Man” AKA “Dan Chase” ( Jeff Bridges) is getting deeper, smokier, darker, more intense. It’s a like a rich dessert we take in after […]
Community Little Theatre to produce hit musical ‘School of Rock’
“School of Rock – The Musical” will be performed Aug. 11-21, at Community Little Theatre in Auburn. Based on the 2003 movie starring Jack Black, “School of Rock – The Musical” tells the story of Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a […]