Instruments from fiddles and flutes to banjos and bones will rattle the rafters at Mt. Ararat Middle School and the Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham when the DownEast Folk Festival hits the stage Saturday. This daylong celebration of traditional dance and music, which kicks off at 10 a.m. and wraps up at 11:30 p.m., features […]
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For a longtime Irish dance instructor, St. Patrick’s Day is ‘the same as my birthday’
Carlene Stillson, who runs the only Irish dance school in Maine to be accredited by the governing body in Ireland, answered our five questions about her favorite month of the year.
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Brunswick High School Players explore mystery of ‘The Phantom’
The Brunswick High School Players invite you to its spring musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, to be performed over two weekends beginning March 14. “The Phantom of the Opera” will be performed over two weekends with shows at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14, Friday, March 15 and Saturday, […]
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Castlebay to perform St. Paddy’s Day concert in Waldoboro
Maine Celtic folk duo Castlebay will perform a concert of traditional Irish music at 4:15 p.m. on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, at Broad Bay Congregational Church, 941 Main St. in Waldoboro. Julie Lane and Fred Gosbee will sing ballads and blarney gleaned from Maine’s rich Irish tradition, with a 12-string guitar, Celtic harp, fiddle […]
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra to feature youth musicians
The March concerts by the orchestra will feature Michael Bostock, a senior pianist at Waynflete School, playing at intermission at the Franco Center, and the Maine Youth Orchestra performing before the concert at the Orion Performing Arts Center.
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Maine-based podcast ‘Dark Downeast’ is helping keep cold cases alive
Kylie Low, a former morning host on Portland radio station WJBQ, has been writing and hosting the podcast since 2020, with a focus on helping families of victims.
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Midcoast Symphony Orchestra journeys through three centuries of classical music
The March concerts feature guest conductor Jinwook Park and include a piece by Jessie Montgomery, recent winner of the Grammy Award for best contemporary classical composition.
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Portland Chamber Music Festival warms up to winter with its first cold-weather concerts
The Winter Warmer Festival aims to present chamber music that feels like sitting in front of a fireplace on a winter day.
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For Maine Restaurant Week, pick a dining or driving destination and go out
There are more than 70 restaurants statewide offering deals during the event, which starts Friday and runs through March 12.
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Bridge over bottled water? Hannaford shoppers sing praises for new in-store music
An employee survey led the Hannaford supermarket chain to revamp its music selection.