Georgetown — Lauren Crosby, a local musician and lobsterman’s daughter, brings influences from near and far to her music. With coastal roots and international adventures, Crosby integrates diverse experiences into her new coming-of-age album, “Take Me to the Water,” and prepares for her April 18 album release show at One Longfellow Square in Portland on […]
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As Maine approaches its big 2-0-0, let the planning begin
Get ready to hear a lot about Joshua Chamberlain, Margaret Chase Smith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and other famous Mainers. As the state prepares to mark its bicentennial in 2020, cultural organizations across Maine are planning exhibitions, conferences, parties and general celebrations that tell the stories of great men and women from Maine, explain how we […]
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Improv-driven local duo Melon Shades releases debut album
BRUNSWICK– Local musicians Henry Raker and Shawn Russell, the duo behind the new band Melon Shades, first found their true sound while improvising during a recording session. Messing around with a chord progression in the middle of what would become the titular song, they created something neither of them had done before, but that they […]
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Campy radio soap opera ‘Restless Shores’ drops as West Bath podcast
LEWISTON — Milton is a hard-charging pharmaceutical CEO planning the family succession. Rhonda is his administrative assistant and scheming mistress. Miguel is a mysterious stranger trying to uncover his past. The only clue: A bracelet his mom wore when she escaped from a medical facility. When Miguel gets to Gamote Point, the bracelet starts vibrating. It’s all […]
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Drawing exhibit at MECA puts the process on display
Kevin Townsend rejects the model where artists isolate themselves in a studio and emerge sometime later with a piece of art that justifies their time away. Townsend, an artist obsessed with time, prefers working out in the open, for all to see. As part of a new exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at […]
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15th annual Bath-area Town History Series to launch later this month
BATH — This month, the Sagadahoc History and Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library will launch its 15th annual Town History Series. The series of lectures covers any aspect of the history of the five towns the library serves — Bath, West Bath, Woolwich, Arrowsic and Georgetown. Despite the ostensibly dry subject matter, the […]
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Mills puts poetry back in the inaugural mix
Janet Mills is a published poet and a vocal advocate for Maine’s literary community, so it’s not surprising that the state’s next governor is returning poetry to a prominent place in the inauguration ceremonies Wednesday. She asked former Maine poet laureate Wesley McNair to write a poem for the occasion, a challenge that McNair, who […]
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After entertaining generations of Maine kids, Rick Charette takes a step back
Anna Papalia moved around often as a child because her stepfather was in the Coast Guard, so she didn’t save a lot of things. As an adult, she wasn’t sure she’d have anything very meaningful from her childhood to pass down to her children. Then she rediscovered the music of Rick Charette, which she first […]
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Working in concert for 50 years, the Portland String Quartet is still looking forward
The musicians of the Portland String Quartet made a pact when they began playing together a half-century ago. They could say anything they wanted in rehearsal, but it had to be about the music. “Oh, we duked it out a number of times,” laughed violinist Ronald Lantz, one of two original members still performing with […]
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Memorable experiences are increasingly given as gifts, making receivers happy
Tim Johnson’s pitch for his ax-throwing class is simple and direct. “Ever felt the urge to chuck an ax across the room?” he asks on the web page for his business, Maine Warrior Gym in Westbrook. “Now you can!” Johnson’s main business is ninja-style training classes for kids. The ax-throwing is a sideline. But it’s […]