Show scheduled for Sept. 20 in Portland.
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Waterville school, museum complete prototyping sessions
WATERVILLE — Educare Central Maine’s Lab School & Learning Hub and Children’s Discovery Museum have completed their series of collaborative prototyping sessions. The joint initiative aimed to maximize learning opportunities for local children and empower families by connecting them with innovative museum exhibits. The prototyping sessions were funded by the Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation, […]
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Jackman Scouts visit local lumber company
JACKMAN — Lumbering and the logging industry have been a vital part of Moose River Valley since the opening of the Kellogg Lumber Company in 1906 at Long Pond. On Aug. 30, Scouts in Jackman Troop 497 learned about the proud heritage of the community and what it took for their ancestors who felled the […]
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Dresden’s Pownalborough Court House to host demonstration for Sept. 16 canceled
DRESDEN — Revolutionary War era re-enactors plan to appear in period dress from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Pownalborough Court House, 23 Courthouse Road, to accompany a workshop on shape note singing. The Maine Shape Note Singers will demonstrate how this teaching device facilitates social singing. Shape notes originated in […]
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Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus to sing of hope at Vienna Union Hall
The Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus plans to share their transformative stories at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Vienna Union Hall, 5 Vienna Mountain Road in Vienna. War-torn villages, bloodshed, refugee camps, famine, and political turmoil were devastating realities for many of these young singers before being embraced by the warmth, companionship and harmony that […]
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Peter Yarrow plans Chocolate Church Performing Arts concert
Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary) plans to take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Chocolate Church Performing Arts, 804 Washington St. in Bath Known for his songwriting, sound quality, and commitment to excellence, Yarrow, along with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, made up the popular folk group Peter, Paul […]
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Fleetwood Mac tribute band to fundraise for Children’s Memorial Garden
TOPSHAM — Fleetwood Mac tribute band Crystal Vision plans to take the stage Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Orion Performing Arts Center at 50 Republic Ave. for a benefit concert. The concert starts at 3 p.m. and doors open at 2 p.m. The concert and silent auction will benefit Madeline’s Mission, a nonprofit headquartered in […]
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Augusta arboretum’s Wetland Boardwalk Project finished
An official ribbon cutting for the new boardwalk will be held Sept. 23.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Bald Eagles, Bear Cubs and Hermit Bill’ and ‘Death of an Ice Cream Scooper’
A fascinating memoir from a wildlife biologist, and a new murder mystery by Lee Hollis
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‘For the People’ has best ‘action’ writing since ‘West Wing’
It debuted on March 13, 2018, at 10 p.m. on ABC. So why should we go back that far to dig in on what some are calling Shonda Rhimes’ “Grey’s Anatomy” in a courtroom? First of all, it moves faster, has better deeper characters and is written by Paul William Davies, who gives it the […]