Magic 8 Ball plans a Winter Solstice concert for 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland. The annual winter solstice acoustic performance will combine original tunes with Bob Dylan and Tom Waits covers and some fan favorites. The band is Chris Dombrowski, Ben Hunsberger and Ted DeMille, with […]
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OFF RADAR: ‘This Land Was Saved for You and Me’
How Gifford Pinchot, Frederick Law Olmsted and a Band of Foresters Rescued America’s Public Lands
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ — the best of Christmas movies
Frank Capra’s great film released in 1946, at its heart, a love story. It’s about family and the way we overcome disasters and hardships. It’s about hiding from love, until one night, love finds you. OK, any argument here? You’ve seen it one trillion times, and every time you see it, you see something new. […]
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Central Maine Garden Club makes centerpieces for holidays
Members of the Central Maine Garden Club recently made Christmas centerpieces in the shape of pine trees. After wrapping the styrofoam with the greens the decorations, and hooking on the lights, the mini trees sparkled with the creators beaming in pride with their accomplishments, according to a news release from Donna Sawyer of the Oakland-based […]
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Hallowell librarian wins Row House 2022 raffle
Barbara Rohrbaugh, a retired Hallowell librarian, won the Row House 2022 raffle. The prize was a full-sized copy of a painting of Hallowell that sold in 2020 for over $250,000 in a Sotheby’s auction. Row House, Hallowell’s historical society, raises funds to present programs about the city’s history and to support maintaining historical collections such […]
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Chris Pureka’s trio tour to feature 3-part harmony, songs from first record, last year’s EP
Singer-songer writer to return to Maine Dec. 20 for Portland gig.
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Colby names artist Paula Wilson Lunder Institute senior fellow
WATERVILLE — Artist Paula Wilson plans to serve as a Lunder Institute senior fellow and will be the recipient of the 2022–23 Alfonso Ossorio Creative Production Grant, according to a news release from the Colby College Museum of Art’s Lunder Institute for American Art. Established in 2019 and supported by the Ossorio Foundation, the grant […]
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Oakland-based foundation to host Blue Christmas Ceremony Dec. 21
The deadline to submit participation entries is Monday, Dec. 19.
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Finding Our Voices awarded $10K from Cohen foundation
Finding Our Voices has been awarded $10,000 from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation. The grant aims to bring safety and freedom to Maine women and children trapped in domestic abuse, through the Finding Our Voices Get Out Stay Out fund. The fund pays for short-term motel stays, apartment rent, car repairs and gas cards, computer […]
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Beyond the Tides’ and ‘The Natural Genius of Ants’
Bringing a short-story collection back to life, and a delightfully entertaining and educational novel for middle-grade readers