June 18, 2014 Augusta area events
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TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Benefit dinner for Alewive’s Brook Farm in Cape Elizabeth
Inn by the Sea hosted an auction and five-course wine dinner to raise money for the farm, which supplies fresh produce and seafood to the inn’s restaurant.
JORDAN FAMILY FARM
Very much a family enterprise — and one worthy of our support
‘Cold in July’ … when Hell freezes over
“Why shoot a movie in Texas? Because Evil thrives in Texas” The Coen Brothers Did you know that there is a “Dixie Mafia?” Neither did I, and neither did poor Richard Dane, (Michael C.Hall) a small Texas town picture framer who lives on the edge of nowhere in West Texas in 1989. In Jim […]
The Belle Brigade to debut at Cumberland County Civic Center
The newly renovated Cumberland County Civic Center will host the opening performance of Maine’s own Ray LaMontagne’s new U.S. tour, he will be joined by Jason Isbell and The Belle Brigade. The latter act is made up of siblings Barbara and Ethan Gruska, who’s dad — Jay Gruska — has been involved in popular music […]
‘God’s Pocket’ is full of loose change
“There are more hidden spaces in a city, more hidden lives and hidden emptinesses, and more darkened windows where shadow people pass fleetingly in and out of sight.” â Kate Milford No matter how rich and famous the urban jungles get, there is always, deep down past the skyscrapers, the tinted glass, neon […]
TRAVELIN’ MAINE(RS): Monhegan Island
While most visitors schedule their Monhegan trips in the summer, May is the time to see the amazing bird migrations
Don Campbell plans Fogelberg tribute
For many years now, Maine’s own singer-songwriter has been pleasing audiences around his home state and the country with his hook-laden melodies, heart-felt lyrics and that warm, rich tenor voice that has become a signature sound on the 12 CDs he’s released over his long career (including two Christmas albums). He’s opened for such artists […]
‘Fading Gigolo’ … fiddling on the roof
I think crime pays. The hours are good, you meet a lot of interesting people, you travel a lot. — Woody Allen This is important: “Fading Gigolo” is not a Woody Allen movie. This movie belongs to the great John Turturro from scene one. The Woody we know and love is at the center, of […]