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The Franco-American Heritage Center is pleased to announce the activities for its annual Festival Franco Fun. this yearly celebration of Franco-American music, food, and culture will be happening at the Franco Center on Saturday, June 2nd. Festivities begin at 7am, with a Family Crepe Breakfast open to the public. Following breakfast, there will be a special Children’s Entertainment program, where children under 12 are admitted free with the purchase of an adult Festival ticket. Magical Wonders Entertainment presents Magician Dennis Labbe, followed by the regarded story teller Michael Parent.
Upcoming Shows to be presented by: Franco American Heritage Center, Lewiston/Auburn, Midcoast Symphony Orchestra and The Maine Music Society
Featuring real life couple Ellen Crawford and Mike Genovese (from NBC’s E.R.), tickets for this popular, much loved play are already in high demand, and an additional 2pm matinee performance has been added on Sat May 12th. The loons are back on Golden Pond, and so are Norman and Ethel Thayer, a retired professor, and his feisty wife. Returning to their annual lakeside cottage in Maine, their summer is unexpectedly transformed by a visit from their middle-aged daughter, her fiancé and his 13 year old son.
What’s better than a hot savory Pizza and a chilled Root-beer Float on a breezy April day?! Well nothing much unless it’s a classic New York style pizza featuring freshly made dough and home-made sauce by Artisan baker Dara Reimers of the “Bread Shack”and a mug full of “Maine Root: Handcrafted Beverages” root-beer topped off with a scoop of Maine made gelato.
The Public Theatre, Lewiston/Auburn’s Professional Theatre ends its 2011-12 season with the heartwarming and poignant comedy On Golden Pond, running May 4 – 13th. Featuring real life couple Ellen Crawford and Mike Genovese (from NBC’s E.R.), tickets for this popular, much loved play are already in high demand, and an additional 2pm matinee performance has been added on Sat May 12th.
On April 21, 2012 at 7:30pm L/A Arts will host the hysterical improve musical comedy, Broadway’s Next H!t Musical. The show is being presented at the Franco American Heritage Center, located at 46 Cedar St., Lewiston. The New York Times calls Broadway’s Next H!T Musical “Hilarious!” Time Out NY says “At last! A musical of, for, and by the people.” Broadway’s Next H!t Musical abandons the same ol’ song and dance to create a brand new, fully improvised musical comedy every week. Every lyric, melody and jazz hand is made up on the spot, energetic and absolutely hilarious. Be part of the improvised musical comedy you’re bound to love-after all you created it!
Recent revelers at the Franco Center might recognize the sound and stylings of Scotty and the Bigdogs. An offshoot of the Blues Buzzards (our Fat Tuesday entertainment,) S&tBD are red hot and rearin’ to go. Lead by trumpet man Scott Davis, the band is a seven piece rock/blues band with a three man horn section, and rocks the house wherever they play.
The second annual Lewiston Auburn Film Festival (LAFF) is going to be a three-day extravaganza, April 13 – 15, complete with opening night festivities, a full day of films in downtown L/A, top-notch awards show, brunch, and filmmaker panels! Based on the success of last year’s event, where more than 1,000 festival goers attended screenings of 100+ films from all over the world, the staff at LAFF has been working hard to make LAFF 2012 bigger, better and on par with festivals found in larger, more well-known cities. We’re happy to report that LAFF 2012 is going to do just that.
Auditions will be held April 7th Apply by April 2 to be seen. The Public Theatre is seeking dedicated students ages 10 -16 to participate in a three week intensive training program featuring master acting classes, stage combat, movement, voice and speech, singing and text analysis. The program will culminate in a free public performance on July 27th.
We’re digging deep in the crates for this party to pull out the classics, the dancefloor rockers, and the jams that have made the floor move for decades. Our musical selectors for the evening, VJ Pulse and DJ Hanzo, will be mixing the music, blending old and new, fresh and funky, classic and contemporary. Old school funk, soul, and disco meet early hip hop, FM radio and MTV pop, party jams, dancefloor movers, and fresh-from-the-charts new hits.
Winter Market: Our winter farmers market includes 20-25 Maine farmers, growers, and artisans providing in season fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, milk and dairy products, baked goods, pottery, herbs and herbal products, handcrafted soaps, fiber arts, and more. Make an evening of it and enjoy local music and affordable soup, salad, and bread combos from our Winter Market Cafe.Every 3rd Thursday 5:00pm – 7:30pm
Voted “BEST THEATRE COMPANY” four times in the Portland Phoenix Readers’ Poll, and the “NUMBER ONE GEM” in Lewiston/Auburn in The Sun Journal.The Public Theatre is one of five Equity theatres in Maine and boasts the lowest ticket prices for any Equity theatre in the state with a top ticket price of only $18. Hiring the finest professional actors from New York City to Los Angeles, The Public Theatre presents a wide selection of first-rate professional performances from October through May.
Nominees for 2012 Lewiston Auburn Film Festival
J.P. Cormier in Concert Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, sideman, innovator, recording artist, award winner. His names are many, but underlying that is a young man with an ancient soul who has traveled the world for the past 23 years bringing his unique brand of joy to audiences wherever he goes.
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