The performances of the Verdi opera will be sung in Italian with English translation projected above the stage at Merrill.
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.
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Kennebunks garden tour, Moxie Festival, East Bayside block party
See a performance by Americana band Slambovian Circus of Dreams on Saturday in Arundel.
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Tickets on sale for July 19 shows from Joe Bonamassa in Bangor, Old Crow Medicine Show in Portland
See indie-folk quartet The Crane Wives at the State Theatre July 20.
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Throwback Photo: A flooded Bayside Park in 1939
The park was home to several Portland baseball teams.
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Fourth of July festivities and what else to do over the long weekend
Eat pie in Fort Williams Park, try these cream ales and see a musical in Ogunquit.
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Where to watch Fourth of July fireworks
Several cities and towns in southern Maine and beyond are hosting celebrations.
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Are these seals posing for the camera? From his angle, it seems like it
Old Orchard Beach photographer Karl Ramsdell uses a stand-up paddleboard to create intimate images that he posts on Instagram.
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Throwback Photo: South Portland kids set off a giant firecracker in 1938
The photo ran on Independence Day, which is Thursday.
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My Perfect Day: Paula Poundstone scours Ogunquit for snacks, cool stamps and accommodating cooks
The comedian also appreciates the vast record collection at Stone Mountain Arts Center in Brownfield.
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Grab a ticket for Maine Voices Live with actor John Hodgman
The interview is in September at One Longfellow Square in Portland.