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84th season opens with Youtube Symphony
PORTLAND — Portland Symphony Orchestra’s 84th season opens with two performances featuring music of three centuries on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St. Music Director Robert Moody conducts the rousing opener featuring music from Mason Bates, Tchaikovsky and Aaron Copland, with guest […]
Poet Richard Blanco to read at USM
PORTLAND — Richard Blanco will read from his work at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the University Events Room on the seventh floor of Glickman Family Library at the University of Southern Maine. Blanco’s visit is scheduled to correspond with National Hispanic Heritage Month. The reading is free and open-to-the-public and will be followed […]
Art of Edward Gorey on view at Portland library
PORTLAND — Bank of Maine presents Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey opening on Friday, Oct. 5, and continuing through Dec. 29 at Portland Public Library’s Lewis Gallery, 5 Monument Square. The exhibition is free to the general public and features original illustrations, preparatory sketches, unpublished drawings and ephemera by the internationally celebrated artist […]
Arts in brief
Local artists to teach painting classes WISCASSET — Maine Art Gallery will offer classes in Traditional Oil Painting with instructors Sarah Greenier and Michele Roberge for five weeks, beginning Oct. 4 through Nov. 4, on Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 3 p.m. Students will learn what oil painting is all […]
Mystery author tackles true web crimes
BRUNSWICK — Curtis Friends, Sisters in Crime and Maine Crime Writers announce an evening with crime author J.A. Hitchcock. Hitchcock will discuss her work and autograph books at Curtis Memorial Library’s morrell Meeting Room on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. Hitchcock is third in a series of four mystery authors to visit the library […]
Local railway gears up for Fall Festival
ALNA — The Wiscasset, Waterville, Farmington Railway Museum is gearing up for its annual Fall Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The narrow gauge railroad tracks will get a workout as visitors will have opportunities to ride the rails on a Ford Model-T inspection car, handcar or a steam train car. In […]
‘Busking’ for hunger prevention
BRUNSWICK WCLZ/FM 98.9 will sponsor Singing for their Supper at 10 locations throughout town. The event will include performances by more than a dozen local musicians featured on the station’s Music from 207 program. Funds raised through Singing for their Supper, which begins tonight and continues throughout Saturday, will support Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. […]
Free a capella demo class planned Monday
BRUNSWICK — A free a capella singing group session will be offered at 1 p.m. on Monday at People Plus Center, 35 Union St. Taught by Pat Cannon, the group will meet for eight Mondays. The cost is $60 for People Plus members and $90 for nonmembers. Together this group’s goal is to sing a […]
Duo to perform new compositions Sept. 28
BRUNSWICK — Percussion and piano duo Lynn Vartan and Bridget Convey will present a concert of contemporary music at Bowdoin College on Friday, Sept. 28, at 2:30 p.m. at Kanbar Auditorium in Studzinski Recital Hall. Vartan, an international performer and educator who has worked with many of the leading figures in the contemporary music world, […]