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Here’s what you will miss by not going to the Rockland Strand through April: Massenet’s Manon, Salmon Fishing in the Yeman, So You Think You Know Rockland, The Kid With a Bike, LE QUATTRO VOLTE, This is Not a Film, Verdi’s La Traviata
Reaching a wide audience far beyond the psychical space of the gallery, the ICA @ MECA has teamed up with the Community Television Network to present greater access to cutting edge contemporary art.
Tickets Now on Sale !The auditorium is filling up for both Opening Night on April 27 and Bob Marley on April 28, but there are still great seats available for both events. Perhaps you would like to be the first person to sit in one of our brand new balcony seats? We have a quick programming change as well. The Downtown Sounds concert on May 18 featuring Cathy Kreger has been cancelled, as Ms. Kreger’s tour route has changed. We hope that she will be able to join us in the studio in the future.
Salmon Fishing in Yemen, The Strand Theatre, Rockland Shorts, Verdi’s La Traviata, Massenet’s Manon, Book Club with Chris Matthews, International Short Film Festival, Boy, Ciff Selects: Le Quattro Volte, VERDI’S LA TRAVIATA, MASSENET’S MANON
Upcoming Shows at Johnson Hall include Omar Ricardo, Local Band The Apollos, Gardiner Main Street Bridal Stroll, Castlebay Band, and Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater WOW!
Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation is an utterly compelling and profound film about the dissolution of a marriage in contemporary Iran. Nader (Peyman Moadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) have been married for fourteen years and live with their eleven-year-old daughter Termeh in Tehran. Simin wants to leave Iran to provide better opportunities for her daughter.
Please join us for lunch with Hazel Mitchell on Wednesday, March 28 from noon to 1 pm at the Harlow Gallery, located at 160 Water Street in Hallowell. You can bring your lunch or stop and pick up food at a local shop. This is a great opportunity to get inspired and get to know your local artists while on your lunch break. All members of the public are invited to bring their lunch and discover the work of great local artist.
The Winthrop Drama Club competed March 9 and 10 in the One Act Regional Drama Festival at Skowhegan High School. Winthrop won the Class B division with the play Queen of TE, a show written by their director David Setchell. Winthrop will now go on to compete in the Class B State Drama Festival at Yarmouth High School on March 23 and 24. Winthrop will perform on Friday evening in the 6PM block.
On view through March at the Harlow Gallery as a complimentary exhibit to our student art exhibitions, is Callithump!, an art vending machine project by Jess and Matt LeClair of Bangor. Since 2006, the Callithump! vending machines have distributed thousands of creative works by dozens of creators in locations in Maine and New Hampshire. Their latest releases are The Protos and Art This, both available now at the Harlow Gallery.
Award-winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men’s clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Mia Wasikowska (Helen), Aaron Johnson (Joe) and Brendan Gleeson (Dr. Holloran) join a prestigious, international cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker and Pauline Collins.
Portland Ovations and SPACE Gallery present Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion, a documentary film by Ron Wyman about the Tuareg culture of the Sahara Desert that features the music of the extraordinary Tuareg musician, Omara Moctar, “Bombino” – one of the great guitar players and performers in the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa.”One of the overlooked gems of 2011! Stirring and unforgettable, ‘Agadez – The Music And The Rebellion’ is as remarkable as the people it documents”— Richard Marcus, blogcritics.org. Presented in connection with Portland Ovations’ presentation of Bombino at Hannaford Hall, USM Portland Campus on April 4, 2012.
Photographer Jeff Wood shows off some of his great work. Woody has been taking photos since age 13 when he used the 126 Instamatic. He’s honed his craft since then to take the kind of iconic Maine photos only a native can capture. Come for light hors d’oeuvres, spirits, beautiful music and be ready to own one of Jeff’s prints if the spirit moves you.
MONMOUTH, ME: Theater at Monmouth is proud to announce its 43rd season: A Season of Family. Plays of the 2012 season focus on family, community, and a sense of coming into one’s own. For some, this journey of discovery works out well; for others it is disastrous. Theater at Monmouth presents a summer of classic stories from the pens of theatre’s greatest playwrights. Beginning July 5th, Theater at Monmouth will open a new show every Friday for the month of July.
See the best short films of the year! Both programs feature a dynamic array of subject’s and styles, and were produced by filmmakers from all over the world! Each program will run for one screening only, and both programs will include five short films including the 2012 Academy Award winners ‘The Shore’ from Northern Ireland (Live Action) and ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’ from the US (Animated). The Animated program is an especially fun event for the whole family!
Musician and Music Venue Events for May, and Beyond – Keep Checking Back
Theater, Social and Public Events for May 2012 and Beyond – Updated Regularly!
Maine’s Office of Securities Issues Advisory to Warn Consumers about “Crowdfunding” Investments
Sam Whitman Band, w/ Megan Murphy, and The Golden Prize at Johnson Hall 5/19/12
Work by Cony High School Art Students on view at in Augusta Until July 7, 2012
Disc Golf Event to Benefit Issinryu Karate Academy in Randolph on May 20, 2012
REMINDER: Artists invited to an Art Critique with Abbott Meader at The Harlow on May 20, 2012
Maine Historical Society News for the Week of May 16, 2012
Natural Inclination Show at Monkee Tree to Benefit Natural Resources Council
Francine Reed on May 19th, Portland String Quartet on 22nd at Boothbay Opera House