BELFAST — Waterfall Arts will soon unveil an addition to its roster of public art studios ceramics, printmaking and darkroom photography with a new state-of-the-art glass studio. Waterfall Arts Glassworks, 256 High St,. will be the only public glassblowing studio in the state of Maine and will run entirely on electric equipment and fueled by […]
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Plein air artists to fill Wiscasset’s streets, byways
WISCASSET — Response to the Maine Art Gallery’s call for artists to participate in this year’s plein air “Paint the Town” event has been overwhelming, the gallery reports. It has had to turn away last-minute applicants for lack of exhibit space in the historic Academy building on Warren Street. Normally, fewer than 12 participants joined […]
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Lauren Crosby to perform Gardiner Waterfront Concert
Johnson Hall Free Waterfront Concerts will feature Lauren Crosby at 6 p.m. Friday, July 30. at the Gardiner Landing on Water Street in Gardiner. Hailing from an island in Maine, Crosby’s music is a pure creative expression of the North Atlantic. With hints of smoke and salt, her voice is deeply captivating, yet light with […]
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Rangeley Friends of the Arts to host Outdoor Concert Series
The Rangeley Friends of the Arts will host an Outdoor Concert Series at Haley Pond Park gazebo over a series of Mondays in July and August. Those who attend can being a folding chair and enjoy music again during 5 free outdoor concerts this summer. The following shows start at 7 p.m. July 19 and […]
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Theater at Monmouth to stage ‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’
Theater at Monmouth plans to stage Lynn Nottage’s “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” as part of the (R)evolutionary Redux Season. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. July 17, 28, Aug. 3, 12 and 21; and at 1 p.m. Aug. 4 and 15. Set in Brooklyn 1950, after the death of their mother, Ernestine and […]
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Poland Spring Preservation Society plans Sunset Concerts
Poland Spring Preservation Society’s Sunset Concert series will take place at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at The Gazebo at Poland Springs Resort, at 640 Main St. in Poland Springs. The lineup will feature: July 19, Christie Ray Trio; July 26, Ernie Gagne; Aug. 2, Sruli Dresdner; Aug. 9, Anni Clark; Aug. 16, Cobblestone; Aug. 23, Cilnatro; […]
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Luke Concannon, Stephanie Hollenberg to play Irish music concert
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Portland’s Spencer Albee to kick off ‘Waterville Rocks!‘ concert series
I’ve been a fan of Spencer Albee, 45, since the days of Rustic Overtones, when I saw that band at the Waterville Opera House in the late 90s, with Albee on keyboards. A band leader, singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Albee is one of the hardest-working artists in Maine. Since 1995, he’s toured internationally, signed multiple […]
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‘Measure for Measure’ set for Monmouth stage
William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” is Theater At Monmouth’s Shakespeare choice for the 2021 (R)evolutionary Redux Season. With a unique brew of laughter and darkness, Shakespeare’s tale of impassable moral dilemmas, religious hypocrisy, and he said/she said examines the complex relationships between those in power and those they govern. The quality of mercy is strained […]
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MIFF Review: ‘Kansas City’ entertains us with a jazzy melodrama
This smoky, meandering, sweaty hunk of life is set during the Great Depression and features a blend of gin, marked cards, bad and damaged women, gun smoke, and dirty money, J.P. Devine writes.