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“Heelan plays with deliveries and genres, croons and belts, is political and isn’t, and largely creates enjoyable and interesting music… (MERCURY MUSIC) revels in variety and feels free-form and unconcerned with trying to fit any specific mold.” – Sam Pfeifle (the Portland Phoenix)
During the month of February, the skilled and caring veterinarians and staff at the Community Spay-Neuter Clinic encourage low-income Maine residents to get your female cat fixed for only $20. This offer is available to eligible cat owners throughout the entire month of February by appointment only– please call the Clinic at (207) 865-0772, and mention BEAT the HEAT.
Hey skiers and riders: grab your hot chocolate, add a little something from a bottle, and come gather round as we host the Ski Museum of Maine’s “Fireside Chats.” Through over one-hundred pictures from the Museum’s archives, Scott Andrews will show us how Mainers have been shredding the gnar since the arrival of Scandinavian immigrants in 1870.
Sherman’s Books of Freeport has invited seven Tilbury House authors for pre-holiday book signings, running from Black Friday to just before Christmas. Here’s a chance to meet seven different Maine authors and purchase autographed books as holiday gifts.
Piano, chorus and orchestra unite in a special concert blending the talents of the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, conducted by University of Southern Maine School of Music faculty member Robert Lehmann, with the USM Chorale, under the direction of School of Music faculty member Robert Russell. The two groups will be joined by USM faculty artist Laura Kargul on piano to perform Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, as well as Francis Poulenc’s Gloria, on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. in the Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport.
This production, directed by Lon Church, takes place at the intimate Freeport Factory Stage, where audience members will be inches away from the powerful action that unfolds at a terrifying pace. Gary Allan Poe leads the cast as the title character; Julia Langham is Lady Macbeth; J.P. Guimont is Macduff – they are joined by a cast of local professional actors and young people in an ensemble that will create a memorable portrayal of this timeless play.
We’re all familiar with L.L. Bean, the Maine company behind those little, square catalogs that turn up in our mailboxes, full of Bean’s classic goods: Chamois Shirts, Boat and Tote Bags, and, of course, the classic Bean Boot.It was this famous footwear, first called the Maine Hunting Shoe, that started forty-year-old Leon Leonwood Bean on the path to fame and fortune in 1912, all because his feet got wet and sore after a long day of hunting in the Maine woods. Most of us have heard the familiar story of how he first sold 100 pairs of his new boot, 90 of which turned out to be defective.
The more Ryan heard of the sounds of the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies, the more aware he became of the missing ingredients in contemporary music. “I’m into chords, melodies, lyrics, arrangements – I’m into music in all its aspects. It seems like the late Eighties were the last time we really had all these elements in Black music, with artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross. By the mid-Nineties, we were down to two chords and a drum loop.”
Greater Freeport Community Chorus presents its winter holiday concerts, “Stardust & Roses”. Concert features jazz standards, gospel, international and holiday songs. Freeport Performing Arts Center Holbrook St. Freeport, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
The Maine Academy of Modern Music will have 5 bands performing at it’s MAMM/PORT Halloween Concert at the PORT Teen Center. This ALL-AGES Chem-Free event will kick off at 8pm on Saturday, October 30th. The bands include The OxyMorons, Skirts & Belly Shirts, Longstory, The Loudest Mime, and Modest Proposal. Admission is only $1 if in costume, $4 without.
Auditions are open to everyone from everywhere, ages 7 years old to Elderly Adults. Entire families are encouraged to audition and participate. Those auditioning will read from the script(s).
The story takes place many years ago in the small fictional town of Ballybunn Village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The story centers on Mary O’Leary and her two brothers Tommy (who likes girls more than girls like him) & Seamus (who is teased all the time because he is short) as well as her sister Peggy (who likes nice things but doesn’t realize they cost money). Mary is the oldest O’Leary child who has been taking care of her siblings since her mother passed away a couple of years earlier. The O’Leary children’s father Thaddeus O’Leary has been away in American trying to save enough money to send for his children so they can live a better life.
Join us for our 3rd Chain Stitch Event Knit-in on Saturday, September 11th from 12-4pm at Freeport Square Gallery, 140 Main Street. We will be knitting, crocheting and sewing wearable items to donate to the Freeport Community Services Holiday Basket Program. On event day we will share refreshments, free patterns and offer creative support!
The Mallett Brothers Band is a brand new alt country outfit grown out of the seedy underbelly of Northern New England’s ripe and eclectic music scene. With one foot in the muckiest of American country/bluegrass/folk/mountain music and another on the pulse of today’s postmodern musical sensibility, The Mallett Brothers Band has drawn its members from a true witches’ brew of musical histories (including dabbles in punk rock, Americana, folk, funk, metal, hip hop and bluegrass), to create a truly dynamic sound consisting of two parts dreadnought acoustic, three parts soaring vocal harmonies, a touch of twang and howl, and a rhythm section made of steel and fire.
Mad Castle Will Perform for You at Lisa’s Restaurant and Lounge Feb. 10, 2012
Bruce and Derek Will be Your Entertainment Feb. 9, 2012 at The Depot
Maine State Library Highlights Civil War Titles
Gardiner Main Street Delivers on a Valentine Package You Can’t Pass Up
A Busy Time for Inanna Through February 2012
The Gin Mill Open Mic Night to be Held On Thursday, Feb. 9. 2012
Laramie Project and African Styles Also Scheduled at Bates on 2/10/12
Sweet Love Open Mic Schedule for Feb. 8, 2012