Opera House Arts plans to welcome the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers to perform “The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, to the Stonington Opera House, 1 School St. In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, school teacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and […]
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A closer look into improv world of ‘Whose Live Anyway?’ with Greg Proops
I’m a fan of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and have had the pleasure of chatting with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood in the past, so when I learned that a live version of that hit TV show was coming to the Waterville Opera House on April 26, I put in a request to interview […]
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Waterville Opera House to host Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones
Dean Ford and The Beautiful Ones plan to return to the Waterville Opera House at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at 1 Common St. in Waterville. Dressed 2 the 9s, Dean Ford embodies Prince with every fiber of his being, giving audiences a show as close as they will ever get to the real thing. […]
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Maine Mountain Chamber to Perform at UMF
ArtsFarmington recently announced the return of Maine Mountain Chamber Music to Nordica Auditorium at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in Merrill Hall, 224 Main St. in Farmington. MMCM founders Yuri Funahashi, piano, and Laurie Kennedy, viola, will be joined by violinist Charles Dimmick and cellist Leo Eguchi. The program consists of Zoltan Kodaly’s Duo for […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Carolyn Plummer at the Franco Center
Maine Event Comedy plans to present 15-year comedy veteran Carolyn Plummer at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. The show also will feature Brian Plumb and Mark Turcotte. Plummer pulls material from places most of us hide and puts a nail through the heart of whiners, […]
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Ghost of Paul Revere plan to take the stage at Waterville Opera House
The Ghost of Paul Revere plan to perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 22, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. The Maine trio — Max Davis (vocals, banjo), Sean McCarthy (vocals, bass), and Griffin Sherry (vocals, guitar) – examine life’s ebbs and flows through a distinct and dynamic distillation of folk, […]
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UMaine at Farmington plans to celebrate Arts Week April 18-23
The University of Maine at Farmington’s annual Arts Week celebration is scheduled to run Monday to Saturday, April 18-23. Art Week events will feature student work in the visual, performing and literary arts; music performances; and artist talks. A National Science Foundation Study found a direct line from arts and culture to innovative thinking, one […]
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’Slow Horses’ the sort of fun the British do so well, and the gang of swells is here doing it
The impressible John le Carre gave us a host of spies in his famous novels. Always my favorite would be Alec Leamas from “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” who said, “What do you think spies are: priests, saints and martyrs? They’re a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors, too, yes; pansies, sadists […]
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Don Campbell Band is keeping busy preparing for Portland performance
I’ve known Don Campbell for a long time now, but the last time he and I spoke was in Oct. of 2016. When I discovered that he and his band (made up of Tom Byhrberg on bass and harmonies; Tom Yoder on fiddle, mandolin and keys; John DeQuattro on electric guitar; Gino Grassi on drums; […]
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One Longfellow Square to present Eric Bettencourt, Will Mallett and Pat Byrne
One Longfellow Square plans to welcome Eric Bettencourt, Will Mallett, and Pat Byrne for an evening of songwriters in the round starting at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at 181 State St. in Portland. Eric Bettencourt moved to from Portland to Austin Texas in 2012 to pursue his passion for songwriting. Since then he has […]