Bob Marley plans new holiday show
PORTLAND — Maine’s “Guinness World Record Holder” comedian Bob Marley returns to Merrill Auditorium with a brand new holiday show to wrap up 2011.
The five shows will be at 7 p.m. on Dec. 29, and 6:30 and 9 p.m. on both Dec. 30 and 31. Tickets are $48 and are available through www.Port- Tix.com or at 842-0800.
According to a news release, Marley’s Merrill Auditorium shows have become a sold out holiday tradition over the past decade. Maine fans have always shown tremendous support for their homegrown celebrity.
“Each year fans whisper about the ‘opening’ of his show that has been everything from him riding on a pink girls bike with a bunch of Harleys, on a sled pulled by mules, The Cumberland Fair, L.L. Bean, and more. This year will once again be an eye- popping, side- splitting start to the laughter of the evening,” the release promises.
Marley has had more than 100 national television performances including most recently his feature on the CBS “Early Show” earlier this month. He has completed the nighttime network television circuit doing his stand- up and has been interviewed on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno, “ The Late Show” with David Letterman, “The Late Late Show,” Conan O’Brien’s show, “Chelsea Lately” with Chelsea Handler and many more. A Comedy Central veteran, he was first featured on “Premium Blend,” “The USO Tour” and his own half- hour special, “Comedy Central Presents Bob Marley.”
His first one hour cable comedy special, “Wicked,” is expected next year. In addition, he played the memorable and always goofy Detective Greenly in the cult favorite movies “Boondock Saints I & II.”
Marley is heading into his 20th year of standup and performs more than 250 shows a year across the country.
Family Folk Festival up next at Jewett Hall
AUGUSTA — The “Concerts at Jewett” series, sponsored by University of Maine at Augusta College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College, will present “Family Folk Festival: The Gawlers and the Boardmans” on Sunday, Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. at Jewett Hall Auditorium.
The snow date is Jan. 15.
Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 and under free. For more information, call 621-3551 or visit www.concerts@jewett.com.
“These well-known musical families will join forces to present a funfilled concert of Downeast, Celtic and Quebecois folk music filled with fabulous guitar and banjo picking, fiddling, singing, and their great love of music,” states a news release. “John and Ellen Gawler and their daughters have delighted audiences here in Maine for many years. Greg Boardman, founder of Maine Fiddle Camp, will be joined by his family for a musical treat. This family folk fest will warm up your winter and lighten your hearts. Their previous concert here was a sell-out so you may want to get your tickets ahead.”
The next concert in the Jewett series will be Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m., with George Lopez, classical pianist.
Miller, Fuchs back with Christmas Eve stories
BRUNSWICK — Storytellers Al Miller and Phyllis Fuchs will present their annual holiday storytelling session for families at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Christmas Eve, at The Theater Project.
Fuchs is the former children’s librarian at Curtis Memorial Library. “She and Miller have been telling holiday stories for more years than they can or choose to remember,” the release states. “The program is especially appropriate for small children, parents and grandparents.”
Admission is free and audience members are encouraged to bring a donation for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program.
For more information call 729-8584 or email thetheaterproject@me.com. To contribute online, visit www.theaterproject.com. Contributions can be sent to The Theater Project, 14 School St., Brunswick, ME 04011- 2104.
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