Also see the play ‘The Cemetery Club’ at City Theater in Biddeford.
Aimsel Ponti
Staff Writer
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.
1973 photos capture the Carpenters at Portland Expo
Sibling duo Richard and Karen Carpenter were a hugely popular band who played the next night in Bangor.
Indie rock singer Liz Phair will perform in Portland Sept. 23
Tickets go on sale Friday.
7 Maine events this week include Maine Pottery Tour, Ira Glass and CiderFeast
Also, the Maine State Music Theatre annual yard sale is this weekend.
After kicking cancer, Eliza Ruth Watson returns to the stage as Mama Cass
The singer stars in ‘The Best Part of My Life: The ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot Story’ at Footlights Theatre.
Vintage photos show the history of Becky’s Diner in Portland
The Commercial Street restaurant opened in 1991.
7 Maine events include Tig Notaro and ‘Once Upon a Mattress’
Also, see James Austin Johnson from ‘Saturday Night Live’ in Waldoboro and Bangor.
2012 photos capture Mumford & Sons performing at Portland’s Eastern Prom
The Gentlemen of the Road Stopover featured a total of eight acts including St. Vincent and Dropkick Murphys.
This Portland woman recognized herself in a historical photo – 80 years later
Reta Morrill, a fifth-generation Peaks Island resident, recalls her school days riding a Casco Bay ferry to and from school.
State Theatre receives Academy of Country Music nomination
The Portland venue is one of five nominees nationwide for Venue of the Year.