I have been covering the North Atlantic Blues Festival ever since it began in 1994 so it’s with great pleasure that I can let you know that, after the cancelation of the 2020 festival, it is back to full strength for its 28th season on Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and 11 (for more information […]
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Events and things to do from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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World Famous Grassholes to perform outdoor concert in Madison
The World Famous Grassholes will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, July 9, at the Somerset Abbey, at 98 Main St. in Madison. This is bluegrass, straight up, but not that old fogey kind. This is high energy, good for dancing, and meant to be enjoyed with friends and family. Part of a long legacy of performers […]
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Live Music Lineup: Multi-genre singer-songwriter, blues festival and Beethoven
The North Atlantic Blues Festival is this weekend in Rockland.
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Things to Do: Historic graves, an outdoor film and a variety show
See the Sigur Rós concert film ‘Inní’ in Portland’s Congress Square Park on Friday night.
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Indie Film: Portland’s Longfellow Books a stop on filmed tour of indie bookstores
‘The Bookstour’ visits 50 brick-and-mortar retail havens for bibliophiles in a bid to raise awareness about the importance of supporting them.
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Stone Mountain Arts Center to present Ward Hayden & The Outliers
Ward Hayden & The Outliers will perform an acoustic an electric show at 8 p.m. Friday, July 9, at the Stone Mountain Arts Center’s Maine Hall at 695 Dugway Road, in Brownfield. The band was formed as a way to break from the music so commonly found on popular radio airwaves. Hayden’s foray into country […]
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‘The 12th Man’ will keep your attention then haunt your dreams, forever
You think you’ve had it rough? You’ve got 16 masks, suffered a headache and soreness from your shots? You’re a sissy. You’re about to view a story about a real hero. His name was Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, a bookish man, a map maker and adventurer, who traveled throughout the world in the 1930’s. Jan was […]
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Rangeley theater to show films, host festivals
RANGELEY — Along with showing first-run movies, the RFA Lakeside Theater at 2493 Main St. has scheduled the following independent films and film festivals this summer. July 7 and 8: “The Truffle Hunters” — Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, 70 or 80 years old, hunt for the rare and […]
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Damariscotta gallery to feature paintings by Belfast artist
DAMARISCOTTA — River Arts Gallery is showcasing Ricardo Mark Yturregui’s abstract paintings in a solo show, “Journeys,” through July 14 in the River Room at 36 Elm St. Known primarily for his large pieces of contemporary art, Yturregui’s work is primarily abstract or abstract expressionism. Yturregui was raised in rural Maine and attended the University […]
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Experience the historic clash of friendship and ideals in ‘The Agitators’
Theater at Monmouth opens Mat Smart’s play “The Agitators” Friday, part of the (R)evolutionary Redux Season. Originally scheduled to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, this deeply-moving story of the decades-long friendship between Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony is both timely and urgently relevant today. The production will open at 7:30 p.m. […]