Albert Cummings is the featured musician that the Waterville Rocks concert set for 6 p.m. Friday, July 29, at Head of Falls on Front Street in Waterville. The Beer Garden opens at 5:30 p.m. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved to the Waterville Opera House, 1 Front St. Cummings has nine […]
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Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Norway artist’s artwork on display at town’s library
Visitors to Norway Memorial Library can enjoy an art display by Norway artist Jeanne Millett Herley at 258 Main St. The “Playing with Cards” exhibit incorporates mixed media use of colored pencils, colored paper, and playing cards, according to a news release from the library. Herley, born and raised in Norway, has been artistic her […]
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The Bacon Brothers to take the stage at Waterville Opera House
The Bacon Brothers will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St., in Waterville. Bound by blood and a mutual love of American roots music, The Bacon Brothers have spent the past quarter-century in a creative whirl, funneling their shared DNA into a genre-bending sound. They […]
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Theater at Monmouth to stage ‘Eurydice’
“Eurydice,” by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Dawn McAndrews, is planned for July 28 through Aug. 19 at Cumston Hall, at 796 Main St. in Monmouth. Stage times are 7:30 p.m. July 28, 29, Aug. 6, 11, 17 and 19; 7 p.m. Aug. 14; and 1 p.m. Aug. 3, 7, and 13. On her wedding […]
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‘The Newsroom’ best show of the summer, says J.P. Devine
When we hear the name Aaron Sorkin, we think of the Broadway play that was written by Sorkin called “A Few Good Men.” The movie version, starring Jack Nicholson, followed up by winning four Oscars. Sorkin became one of America’s top writers, a reputation that brought him to television’s “The West Wing,” with Martin Sheen […]
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The Adam Ezra Group to make Somerset Abbey debut July 17
For this special online only column, I picked a similar theme and day of performance! Like my chat with Tinsley Ellis, who’s appearing at the NABF on this Sunday the 17th, Adam Ezra and I go ‘way back having conducted many interviews together over his long career which began with his band’s first album in […]
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Jonathan Edwards heading to Madison for July 29 show
I have been a fan of this man ever since his self-titled debut album arrived from Capricorn Records back in 1971 (a couple of years after I began my music journalism gig) … there was a freshness and freedom present there that captured my interest at that time and it is still present in his […]
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Lithgow Library plans concert series
Lithgow Library’s summer concert series sponsored by The Friends of Lithgow Library returns. Free concerts are set for 6:30 p.m. Monday through July on the library’s front lawn, 45 Winthrop St in Augusta. In case of rain, concerts will move into the Library Community Meeting Room. The Blenders will perform July 17. The band is […]
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Jerry Bryant to present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys in Norway
Jerry Bryant, of Amherst, Massachusetts, will present a musical program on traditional sailor chanteys from 7-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 28, at the Norway Memorial Library. The men who worked on square-riggers in the 19th century used rhythmic work songs, which they called chanteys (or shanties, depending on where they were from), to coordinate their […]
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Sandy River Ramblers concert planned in Readfield
The Sandy River Ramblers plan to perform a bluegrass concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, at the Union Meeting House, 22 Church Road, in Readfield. The Ramblers are, stylistically, a traditional bluegrass band, but their specialty is original songs about Maine, mostly written by bandleader Stan Keach, who is a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter. […]