BATH — This year’s Pine Tree Society cards, by Maine artists Sandy Crabtree and Jeannine Staples, celebrate winter in Maine. Crabtree’s painting “December Cove” is new for 2024, and Staples’ “Afternoon Play” was selected from the archives for a limited edition re-release. All proceeds from card sales support Pine Tree Society’s programs. Crabtree’s paintings have […]
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Vassalboro church plans harvest supper, Fall Fest for October
This is the last public supper in 2024, but soup and salad luncheons for people 50 and older will continue throughout the winter, in collaboration with the Vassalboro Community Program.
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Series Review: New ‘Matlock’ has nothing to do with the late Andy Griffith’s old ‘Matlock’
Well, there she is again — Kathy Bates. You remember Kathy? Of course you do. She made us hold our breath when she tied up the late James Caan and broke almost every bone in his body in “Misery.” Kathy has been around charming us in “A Family Affair,” scaring us in “American Horror Story,” […]
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On Music: Runnin’ Down A Dream — Tom Petty Tribute Band drummer talks about Madison concert
“Playing Somerset Abbey is one of the peaks of our entire year, it’s really the highlight of our live performances” Roger Howard said.
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OFF RADAR: ‘Ukrainian Poetry of War and Hope’
When Steve Luttrell encountered some Ukrainian poets and artists — people trying to make sense out of bewildering chaos — he tried to think of how to help.
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Local Scouts spend weekend at wildlife refuge
BARRING — The 30,000-acre Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is home to more than 225 species of birds, endangered species and resident wildlife. And for the weekend of Sept. 27-29 it was also home nearly 200 Scouts and leaders, who camped on the refuge’s rolling hills and competed in activities near its streams, bogs and marshes. […]
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Spectrum Generations’ Celebrity Chef Challenge raises more than $50K
AUGUSTA — Three Maine chefs went head to head Sept. 16 at the Augusta Civic Center, competing in Spectrum Generations’ 12th annual Celebrity Chef Challenge fundraiser and serving more than 200 guests. Chef Michael Gosselin of bon Vivant, 133 Lisbon St., Lewiston received the Judges’ Choice Award, and Chef Steven Dumas, an Augusta native and […]
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Talk on ‘Perils & Pitfalls of LEDs’ set via Zoom Oct. 9
Tom Baker’s presentation covers the topic of electromagnetic radiation and the impacts of Light Emitting Diodes on human and environmental health.
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Smith Homestead walk set for Oct. 11 in Readfield
READFIELD — A Readfield History Walk is set for 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 11, at the old Smith Homestead, 96 Sturtevant Hill Road. The farm had been established by Capt. Mathias Smith Sr. circa 1768 on a land grant. Sixty of the original 200 acres had remained in that family for six generations […]
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
On Music: Transatlantic folk duo Sons of Town Hall talk about upcoming Portland debut
A folk duo that not only sings but also acts out a mythic back story that will transport the audience at One Longfellow Square across time and space.