Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town library when she was 6 years old. She bought her first Rolling Stones record at a flea market when she was in 7th grade and discovered David Bowie a year later. She's a huge fan of the local music scene and covers it along with national musical happenings in her column. You'll also find her out and about absorbing live music and shopping for vinyl at local record shops and flea markets. Aimsel regularly appears on the News Center Maine TV show “207” to preview upcoming concerts.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Live Music Lineup: Kurt Vile and the Violators bring ‘Bottle It In’ album to Portland
You can also catch a pair of classically-themed shows in Brunswick and Freeport.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Face the Music: Canadian acts Common Holly and Mauno are only half the bill
Portland bands Wildflower and Greasy Grass will also play Saturday at The Apohadion in Portland.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
Tickets on sale: Singer from Creed and Martin Sexton both in town this week
Tickets also are on sale for other August shows, including Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot, and KC and the Sunshine Band.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2019
On the cheap: Be visually dazzled by fire spinners in Portland
There’s also a charity softball game at Hadlock Field and a K-Pop dance party at Portland House of Music.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Western Promenade
Encapsulating the western end of Portland’s peninsula, this 18.5-acre park stretches from Danforth Street to Maine Medical Center. Stroll down the brick sidewalk by the beautiful West End homes, then cross the street and take a seat on a bench overlooking the Fore River. Wooded trails, a walking path and an old cemetery make for plenty to explore.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Payson Park
This is the jock park. Covering nearly 50 acres between Back Cove and Ocean Avenue, Payson has a bunch of ball fields, tennis courts and a playground. It’s a popular spot for rec sport leagues in the warmer months and for sledding in the winter. It also plays host to community events, often as the starting and end point (and site of the after-party) for fundraising walks and races around Back Cove.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Deering Oaks Park
Just off the peninsula below Park Avenue and beside State Street is a 55-acre wooded wonderland. You can frolic on grassy lawns and explore gardens, splash in a pond (or skate on it in the winter), buy fresh produce at a farmers market on Saturdays and even get waited on Tiqa Cafe that’s inside a castle in the middle of the park. There’s also a playground, a baseball field and tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts. It’s also become a popular spot for pickleball which takes place on the tennis courts several times a week.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Harbor View Memorial Park
Overlooking the Fore River and Casco Bay Bridge, the 2.5-acre grassy park stretches along York Street in the West End neighborhood of Portland. Benches by the lawn – or the lawn itself – make for the perfect spot to enjoy something from LB Kitchen West on York Street or you check out the recently opened Cider House on Brackett Street. This park also serves as the terminus of the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Congress Square Park
Nestled in the heart of downtown Portland, Congress Square Park is a multi-use concrete park and there’s often something happening there. Regular events include exercise classes, salsa dancing, knitting, community chess games, movie screenings and musical performances. It’s also a popular spot for in-town workers to sit and have lunch.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2019
Post Office Park/Tommy’s Park
These two small parks on either side of Exchange Street are right in the heart of Portland’s Old Port, providing a place for local youths to hang out, shoppers to rest their feet and performers – from buskers to fire jugglers – to put on a show for everyone passing by. Among the laid bricks that make up most of Post Office Park, you’ll find stone benches and landscaped islands. During the day, at Tommy’s Park, you’re likely to come across Mark’s Hot Dogs, a long-established food cart with a following of regulars who hold court nearby. The park is also home to a visitor information kiosk and sits in the shadow of a colorful, abstract mural painted by South Portland artist Will Sears.
Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer
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