Running Down a Dream, Music of Tom Petty, is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St. in Madison. The band was created by five veteran Maine musicians to perform the 40 years of music Tom Petty performed with authentic renditions from every stage of his career. Timeless classics with […]
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‘Curtiz’ reminds reviewer that watching the making of anything is usually boring
In Netflix’s black and white Hungarian film “Curtiz” we are introduced to one of Hollywood’s most notorious film makers of the past- Micheal Curtiz (played here by Ferenc Lengyel). Curtiz was a Hungarian refugee who acted and directed myriad films in his native country after WWI, and then fled Europe in 1926 to come to […]
Stone Mountain Arts Center to host Comedian Bob Marley
Comedian Bob Marley plans to take the stage at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Marley’s viral videos have thrust him into further popularity as one of the most sought after comedians in the country. He has been featured in his own special on Comedy Central, […]
Lithgow Library to host Jeff Snow
Jeff Snow, a multi-instrumentalist who shares the music, and the stories behind the music, of Scotland, Ireland and England, will be featured in A Gathering of Celtic and Christmas at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Lithgow Library at 45 Winthrop St. Growing up in a home where old Scottish folk songs were the everyday […]
The Nutcracker to be performed in Farmington
The Robinson Ballet Company plans to perform The Nutcracker at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, in the Bjorn Auditorium of Mt. Blue High School, at 129 Seamon Road in Farmington. ArtsFarmington, with major sponsorship from the Franklin Savings Bank, is pleased to bring this Christmas classic ballet. It is danced to the recorded music of […]
UMaine Augusta music program to present concerts Dec. 5-10
The University of Maine at Augusta Contemporary & Popular Music Program plans to present the fall 2022 Concert Week Monday through Saturday, Dec. 5-10. All performances are free and open to the public. Most performances are offered at Jewett Hall Farber Forum at 46 University Drive on the UMA Augusta Campus, as well as online. […]
Yellowstone’s Duttons are mad, bad and dangerous to know
This is for those who forgot to set their alarm for the season 4 opening when it premiered. When master writer/actor and director of “Yellowstone,” threw us off the Peacock bus last season, John Dutton was laying by the side of a deserted road, bleeding to death. John (the indestructible Kevin Costner) must have taken […]
‘The Nutcracker’ to be staged at Waterville Opera House
“The Nutcracker” by Bossov Ballet Theatre will be staged Dec. 9-11 at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Performance times are set for 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and 11. Let the holidays begin by joining the mysterious journey of Marie to the Land of […]
Kat Edmonson holiday show set for Brownfield
Stone Mountain Arts Center plans to host a Kat Edmonson Holiday Show at 8 pm. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the center at 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Edmonson will draw from her Christmas album of Yule-tide favorites. She is equally comfortable on the stage, in the recording studio, on a movie set, or recording “The Kat […]