Friday marks the return of Great Falls Comedy Club’s crown jewel event: The Wicked Funny Laugh Off Comedy Contest. Eight of the area’s funniest comedians will compete for votes and a $1,000 prize beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at Lost Valley Brewpub in Auburn. The one and only Ian Stuart of “Welcome […]
Jason Rathbun
Posted inUncategorized
Canadian folk singer to perform as part of UUCB Concerts for a Cause
Canadian folk singer James Keelaghan and David Woodhead will perform as part of the Concerts for a Cause series to raise money for Oasis Free Clinics and the Midcoast New Mainers Group at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18 at at the Brunswick Unitarian Universalist Church. Keelaghan is one of Canada’s most successful and respected […]
advertisement
Posted inUncategorized
Artist reception to be held for ‘Explorations in Abstract’ featuring the paintings of Liz Gold
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host an artist reception for “Explorations in Abstract” celebrating the works of Liz Gold from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Lakeside Contemporary Art Gallery in Rangeley. Complimentary refreshments and a beer/wine cash bar will be available. The exhibit continues through March 31. Winter gallery hours […]
Posted inUncategorized
LA Arts launches postcard project, ‘To Lewiston, With Love,’ to help community cope with loss
Love takes on many forms and expressions, from simple acts of kindness to unsettling and oftentimes unresolved feelings of anger, grief and sorrow. In response to the recent mass shooting in Lewiston and as we work together as a community towards collective healing, LA Arts – the arts agency for the Cities of Lewiston and […]
Posted inUncategorized
Debra Spark, Rachel Thurston and Jen Ward will participate in Lovell Speaker Series
The Lovell Speaker Series welcomes Debra Spark with Rachel Thurston and Jen Ward for a Zoom-only talk and panel discussion at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, presented by the Charlotte Hobbs Library in Lovell. Debra Spark, author and co-editor of “Breaking Bread,” Rachel Thurston of the Lovell Area Food Pantry, and Jen Ward of […]
Posted inUncategorized
Stand-Up Comedy Series continues at Johnson Hall
Johnson Hall’s “On the Road” Stand-Up Comedy Series presents a stand-up showcase hosted by Mark Turcotte featuring Crystal Bernard, Kevin Brady, Julie Nye, Uzair Malik, and Cory Nicholson at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, at The Blind Pig Next Level in Gardiner. A welder by day and comic by night, Bernard performs throughout New […]
Posted inUncategorized
Elvis tribute concert coming to Franco Center
An Elvis tribute concert featuring Robert Washington will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Facebook fans of World Champion Elvis Impersonator Robert Washington, who is sometimes known as The Black Elvis, say that Washington is “the best Elvis Impersonator on the planet.” Washington is the first black […]
Posted inUncategorized
UMF Visiting Writers Series features author Jensen Beach
The Visiting Writers Series presented by the UMF Creative Writing program will welcome fiction writer Jensen Beach as the program’s third reader of the season at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading is free and open to […]
Posted inUncategorized
Mollyockett Chorus to perform for benefit concert
The Mollyockett Chorus, renowned a cappella singers, will perform a benefit concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Norway. Each year the chorus adopts a theme for selecting the songs they will sing that season. This year’s theme is “Your Flight Has Been Delayed” – songs we […]
Posted inUncategorized
Le Bon Truc brings French folk dance music to Oasis of Music
Le Bon Truc will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Trinity Church in Lewiston. Le Bon Truc plays French folk dance music: bourrées, branles, mazurkas, laridés, schottisches, valses, and more. This trio’s beautiful dance music reflects more of what is popular in France today than in […]