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Where to find the food trucks in southern Maine
If you don't feel like scouring social media, head to Congdon's After Dark in Wells, the new Cutter Street food truck lot in Portland or the Brunswick Town Mall where you're sure to find a variety of mobile vendors.
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Live Music Lineup: Fiddles, banjos and Bob Dylan’s boy
See April Verch and Cody Walters, Sandy River Ramblers and The Wallflowers this weekend.
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Things to Do: Art walk, giant trolls and a Charlie Chaplin film
Admission is free for Mainers this weekend at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
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Several towns have parades and ceremonies.
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Tickets are on sale now for folk trio Caamp at Thompson's Point in August.
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Work by nine graduates of the Master of Fine Art program will be on display from May 27 through June 17.
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The dark, cozy tavern has an impressive cocktail program and good deals on food during happy hour.
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These smaller Greater Portland venues are hosting Maine musicians throughout the summer.
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Nom Cafe is offering a cuisine you may not have known you were missing.
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The Brunswick theater is renting the movies it's shown throughout the years.
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The band is led by singer-songwriter Geneviève Beaudoin.
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See psychobilly act Reverend Horton Heat in Portland on Friday.
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Peruse these beauties then pick your favorite.
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The short film has been accepted into five festivals and has its sights set on more.
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See shows from Connor Garvey, Jason Spooner Band and Paula Cole.
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Sylvan Esso, Aerosmith and The Ghost of Paul Revere are among the highlights.
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Find hearty sandwiches, prepared or made to order, in the renovated Tontine Mall space.
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These German-style offerings make for smooth sipping from spring into summer.
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You can be in the audience for Lovett or Leave It at the State Theatre.
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See heavy metal act Megadeth in Portland on Thursday with opener Lamb of God.
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Footlights premieres 'Surrender Dorothy,' running through May 21.
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The musical is in its premiere run at Portland Stage.
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The festival, happening May 20 and 21, will feature 33 acts and multiple venues.
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There's also a touch-a-truck benefit happening in Portland.
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Robbie Moore hopes again to reach audiences on a personal level with '3:46 a.m.'
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Rod Williams, who did illustrations for Ford and Chrysler, will be the subject of an exhibit opening Saturday at the Arundel museum.
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There are also shows from Samuel James and Maya De Vitry.
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Spindleworks is a program of the Independence Association, which provides services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Good service, specialty cocktails and a small, inexpensive food menu are among the reasons to try this newish addition to Portland's Wharf Street.
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An assortment of Asian-influenced, sweet and savory pastries from celebrated baker Atsuko Fujimoto make brunch on the go feel like something special.
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Her new album 'Genie' is out on Friday.
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Tickets are on sale now for Ani DiFranco in Portland on July 30.
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Ketch Secor owns a home on Chebeague Island and played on Portland street corners and clubs in the '90s. He and his band will play the city's State Theatre on Saturday.
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'Sabina' tells the real-life story of a young Russian woman who was institutionalized then went on to become a student and the lover of psychoanalyst Carl Jung.
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Portland's El Corazon has opened a location in South Portland near Southern Maine Community College.
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The release show for the Portland musician's ninth album is on May 12 at Sun Tiki Studios.
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After two years of disruptions, the Maine Mayhem festival returns to its usual format. 'It's good to be back home.'
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C. David Thomas, who now lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has been an artist and teacher his entire adult life. Much of his work has been informed by his time in Vietnam during the war, and regular visits over the last 35 years.
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'Surrender Dorothy' at Footlights Theatre catches up with the main character from 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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See Palaver Strings, Matt Anderson and Chicago.
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The latest experiment to make it into cans is Seconds to Summer, a lager that uses yeast differently than most of the Portland brewery's beers.
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The song is the first single from the forthcoming album 'When I First Got Here.'
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See Weird Al Yankovic in Portland on May 3.
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The Maine Cosplay Extravaganza is on Saturday and Sunday in Portland.
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'Dark Nights Golden Days' was released on April 1.
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The Gardiner pub's drink menu has a section dedicated to every kind of spirit.
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See shows from LP, Amandou & Mariam and The Blind Boys of Alabama, and Lucius.
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The popularity of birding seems to be soaring, and there are plenty of places to do it around southern Maine, including at weekly events and annual festivals.
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The new Old Port location serves thin patties, crispy fries and a selection of other sandwiches, including lobster rolls.
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See the 1979 documentary 'The Wobblies' at Space on Sunday or check out these other films that tell the stories of workers fighting for their rights.
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Bull Moose hosts the Q&A with Raitt on Saturday, before she performs a sold-out show at Merrill Auditorium.
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See country rock act Lucero at Portland's State Theatre on April 26.
Press Herald Events
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As the fish's annual migration begins again, this is the first year in centuries that alewives will be able to swim upriver to China Lake, a milestone that Gov. Janet Mills and others celebrated this week.
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viaJoin moderator Carol Coultas and panelists Jessica Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council on Aging, and Destie Hohman Sprague, executive director of Maine Women’s Lobby, on June 7 as they explore the policies and innovations to help aging Mainers.
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