From acclaimed concert flutist Julie Scolnik comes an inspirational and heartfelt memoir about young love, heartache, and the role of memory in our lives. Set against a backdrop of classical music and Paris, “Paris Blue: A Memoir of First Love” is a true fairy-tale memoir with a dark underbelly about the tenacious grip of first […]
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Concerts from summer of 2021 now available online
Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival
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‘Fatty Tissue Thorn’ first release from sophomore effort by Maine’s Fonfon Ru
Portland-based post-punk band Fonfon Ru has released “Fatty Tissue Thorn,” the single and video from their sophomore album “Collapse of the Silver Bridge,” which comes out April 15. After a significant medical issue in 2019, FonFon Ru guitar player and singer Harry James turned their experience into “Fatty Tissue Thorn,” a sonic exploration of the […]
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Bureaucratic error: Driver in bad crash in Oxford County shouldn’t have had a license
Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.
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Wex and Idexx won’t say whether they’ll suspend doing business in Russia
The Maine-based companies will say only that they will abide by the sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe because of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Lawmakers endorse batch of child protection reforms
The bills supported by a legislative committee Monday will be debated by the full Legislature in the coming weeks.
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Maine Historical Society celebrates 200 years with series of events
The Maine Historical Society is entering its third century of service to the people of Maine and commemorating its 200th birthday. On February 5, 1822, MHS was established as the third state historical society in the United States – two years after Maine became a state. Its founders consisted of civic leaders from across Maine, […]
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Strauss’s ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ to be streamed in Met Opera Live series
Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center
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Mad Horse Theatre Company to host open studio event
Join members of the Homecoming Odyssey Collective for an Open Studio session from 1:30-3 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, at Mad Horse Theatre in South Portland. The Devising Collective has been meeting monthly to work towards an immersive Installation Production slated for June 24-26. Inspired by the theme of “Homecoming” in Homer’s “The Odyssey,” this […]
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District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court
If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he’ll be the first Black justice on the state’s highest court.