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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
Local theaters unite to stage “August: Osage County”
WATERVILLE – Aqua City Actor’s Theatre and the Waterville Opera House join forces to present Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play “August: Osage County.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. May 30, 31 and June 6 and 7, and at 2 p.m. June 1 and 8 on the main stage of the Waterville […]
‘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 […]
Ashelin returns to Maine stages
It’s with great pleasure that I inform you about a wonderful sister act originally from Newfoundland that I had the pleasure of interviewing back in 2011. The five-sister band Ashelin (Kallyan, Cassy, Joisie, Thea and Shaelin Palmer, to be exact) will return to Maine for a trio of shows starting at Skye Theatre in South […]
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 […]
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: Maine authors
‘The Contest’ by James Hurley and ‘Without Warning’ by David Rosenfelt
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