• Hot Ticket On the menu: Deals on meals IT’S TIME to go back for seconds. Maine Restaurant Week, originally held in March, is coming back in October this year, giving you another opportunity to try that place you’ve been meaning to get around to for a while now. WHEN: Sunday to Oct. 31 […]
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PSO to take note of young talent in central Maine
The next Dizzy Gillespie may well be sitting in the music class at Hall-Dale Elementary School in Hallowell. If so, the Portland Symphony Orchestra wants to help the star-in-waiting find his place behind the mouthpiece. The orchestra is sending its brass section to central Maine next week to perform concerts with students in Cynthia McGuire’s […]
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Art and Theater: Pull up a chair
Good seats available at the new show at Bowdoin.
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What Ales You: Top 25 list gives further boost to city’s high beer credibility
We just got some more evidence that Portland is a world-class beer town. Men’s Journal recently ran its annual list of the 25 best beers in the world, and two Portland beers were included. The selection probably means more for Peak Organic Brewing, whose flagship beer — Peak Organic Pale Ale — was listed than […]
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Music and Nightlife: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• Hot Ticket Yonder — there’s music playing YONDER MOUNTAIN String Band blends bluegrass, rock and lots of other influences. The Colorado-based group is at Port City Music Hall this weekend. WHEN: 8 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Port City Music Hall, 504 Congress St., Portland HOW MUCH: $20 to $25 INFO: 899-4990; www.portcitymusichall.com • Cheap Thrill […]
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Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• Hot Ticket You go, ghoul – work that runway GO SPOOKY OR SEXY, but definitely go to Goodwill’s Ghoulwill Ball, featuring a cash bar, a costume contest and a palm reader. Meet The Portland Press Herald’s Avery Yale Kamila, who will be a costume judge. WHEN: 7 to 11 p.m. Friday WHERE: Eastland Park […]
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Et Cetera Listings
BENEFITS FRIDAY Live and silent auction, with food, games and more; benefits Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce. Club 302, Windham. 892-8265. 5:30 to 9 p.m. SATURDAY Litterbox Ball, refreshments, music and live and silent auctions to benefit Homeless Animal Rescue Team of Maine. Italian Heritage Center, Portland. $35 at door; $25 in advance. www.hartofme.com. […]
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Dining and Drink Listings
TODAY Harvest on the Harbor, food and wine festival, Ocean Gateway Terminal, Portland. Various events and prices. www.harvestontheharbor.com. Today to Saturday. SATURDAY Great Maine Apple Day, cider pressing, workshops, tastings and more. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (Common Ground Education Center), Unity. $4. www.mofga.org. Noon to 4 p.m. Brewfest, activities happening at various coffee […]
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Art and Theater Listings
CLASSICAL MUSIC TODAY Kinderkonzert, for ages 3 to 7, with members of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Waldo Theater, Waldoboro. $4. 773-6128. “Strings: The Story of Abbie Burgess,” 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. FRIDAY Portland String Quartet, Colby College (Museum of Art), Waterville. Free. 859-5600. 4 p.m. Kinderkonzert, for ages 3 to 7, with members of the […]