LOVELL — The Charlotte Hobbs Library Speaker Series is set to continue at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, with a talk by Michael Davis on “Rattlesnake: a Western Maine Story.” Davis is the assistant director of the Bridgton Historical Society and the author of the weekly history column “In Ye Olden Times” for the Bridgton […]
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Rattlesnakes in Maine: The monster, the myth, the medicine
Rattlesnakes were public enemy number one to early Mainers and paid the price of having a poor reputation.
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Speaker series features local historian Michael Davis
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Award-winning journalist and mystery writer Gerry Boyle to speak at Bailey Public Library
Award-winning journalist and mystery writer Gerry Boyle will will discuss his fascination with murder and mayhem in Maine and the reasons why he thinks the state is the perfect stage for crime fiction at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Bailey Public Library in Winthrop. Having just released the 13th book in his […]
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UMF spotlights award-winning author Emerson Whitney in Visiting Writer Series
Memoirist and poet Emerson Whitney joins the Visiting Writers Series as the second reader of the 2023/24 season at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading is free and open to the public and will be followed by […]
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Bowdoin International Music Festival launches series with Ying Quartet
A three-concert series presented by the Bowdoin International Music Festival will feature performances by the Ying Quartet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23, Feb. 12, and April 29, at Nomad Pizza in Brunswick. The series follows two popular events at Nomad Pizza during last year’s Bowdoin International Music Festival. “Our continued partnership with Nomad […]
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Yard Sauce trio to perform benefit concert at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
A Shaker Meeting Room series benefit concert featuring Jeff Christmas, Chris Moore, and Mitch Reed – also known as Yard Sauce – an acoustic, folk, and Americana Maine-based trio, will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, at the Brick Dwelling House at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester. Their live concerts […]
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Sports Digest: Dates, opponents set for Cooper Flagg basketball games in Maine
Cooper Flagg, and his twin brother Ace, will play two games in Portland on Jan. 5-6 with their prep team, Montverde Academy.
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‘The Met: Live’ returns to screen at Fryeburg Academy
“The Met: Live in HD,” the Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning series of live high-definition cinema simulcasts, begins its 17th season with a live transmission of Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, a Met premiere in a new production by Ivo van Hove, starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, […]
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Lewiston library to host Halloween children’s program Oct. 25
LEWISTON — A Halloween science extravaganza with Mad Science is set for 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library, 200 Lisbon St. Those who attend can start off with decorating a trick-or-treat bag and visiting each service desk for a treat. There will be other Halloween activities and a […]