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31 Maple Street
Lewiston, ME
9-5 Mon-Fri

We will close for the Holiday
Dec. 23 at 4:00pm

Ticket Prices

$18  Adults
$5 Youth (under 18)

The Public Theatre is located at Lisbon & Maple Streets in Downtown Lewiston.

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The Public Theatre | 31 Maple Street | Lewiston | ME | 04240

Celtic Christmas Extravaganza
A Boston String Quartet Production

The Boston String Quartet releases the official schedule for the 2011 holiday season’s CELTIC CHRISTMAS EXTRAVANGANZA tour. Select churches and theatres across New England eagerly await the arrival of the quartet, and this year’s featured vocalist, Pan Morigan.

For the second year, The Boston String Quartet returns to its New England roots to thrill audiences with their signature mix of music and movement, original storytelling and holiday joy. Be prepared for a thrilling concert of soaring Irish melodies, thumping rhythmic patterns, and Celtic flavor. With their engaging and refreshing take on beloved holiday favorites, the Quartet incorporates the vocal stylings of Pan Morigan into their repertoire. Additionally, several choirs from their selected stops will also perform in this beloved holiday spectacular, enjoyable for the entire family.

This symphony presents a youthful twist on standard classics, as well as sights and sounds unlike any other you may have experienced. Perfect for all ages, it promises to be a night to remember.

General Admission Concert Tickets  $25
Students [18 and Under] and Seniors [65 and Over]  $18
Open to the public.

Ticket Information

FOR WHEELCHAIR PATRONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BOX OFFICE TO MAKE YOUR SEATING ARRANGEMENTS.

Online event registration

BOX OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Tickets may also be purchased in person or by calling the FAHC ticket office, 689-2000.

Cash, money orders, personal checks and select credit cards are accepted unless otherwise specified.
All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges.

The Box Office is open one hour prior to performance.
BOX OFFICE LOCATION DURING BUSINESS HOURS
During business hours [non-event] , the Box Office is locate on the Oxford Street side of The Center.

BOX OFFICE LOCATION DURING EVENTS
During events, use the main door on the Cedar Street side of The Center

General Directions
Exit Maine Turnpike 495 at Exit 80 [Lewiston], and follow Rte. 196 [Lisbon Street] to CEDAR STREET, which will be on your left approximately 2 miles from the turnpike [the Country Kitchen building would be on your right]. At the 3rd stoplight on CEDAR STREET, the FRANCO-AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER [‘former church’] is on your right. Take a right onto Oxford Street. The CENTER will be on your right, and the parking lot on your left.
For assistance, call 207-783-1585 .

December 3, Saturday
11:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.

Christmas at Norlands
An interactive 19 th century holiday celebration

The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will open for a 19 th century interactive Christmas celebration on December 3 rd from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m . Journey back to the days of old and enjoy 19 th century parlor games, storytelling and holiday readings from the past, children’s hands-on activities in the cozy Norlands kitchen, caroling around the antique piano in the ladies’ parlor in the mansion, a spelling bee in the one-room schoolhouse, jingle-bell wagon rides, fresh molasses cookies and mulled cider made on the woodstove, and the simply decorated Washburn mansion.

Visitors will have the opportunity to “meet” the youngest Washburn sibling, Caroline Washburn Holmes, who will tell you about her father’s home and her famous family. Kerck Kelsey, Washburn descendant and family historian, will share stories about what life was like for artist Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn, grand-son of Israel and Martha Washburn. Cadwallader’s etchings are on display in the dining room.

The event has been organized by a group of dedicated Norlands volunteers who have been studying Livermore history and the lifestyles of people in the late 1800′s. For more information, call 207-897-4366 or email norlands@norlands.org .

$8 admission / $4 for children under 12 yo.

©Washburn Norlands Living History Center
Washburn-Norlands Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization

290 Norlands Road
Livermore, Maine 04253

Phone: 207-897-4366
Fax: 207-897-4963
Email: Norlands@norlands.org

June 4-5

What’s happening at the Rally? Click here for event info

Reenactor applications and event information can be found here.

Poster Downloads:

Large Poster (to be printed at 11 x 17)

Small Poster (8.5 x 11)

Admission: $8 adults; $6 children under 12 y.o.  $14 for weekend pass/$8 children.
Gates open at 9 am daily.

Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Grounds Open to the Public
Saturday: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Smoked Brisket and Fixins’ for Supper followed by Contra Dance (extra$)
Sunday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grounds Open to the Public
Sunday: 3 p.m. Closing Concert (tentative)
Food booths, free parking, family fun.

The 6th Maine Battery will fire their cannon, a Parrott Rifle.  Battles commemorating the Spring 1861 campaign of the Civil War will be staged on both days in the early afternoon.  Civil War musicians, temperance marchers and calvary units will give demonstrations.
Saturday and Sunday, historian and author Kerck Kelsey will give talks about the Washburn brother’s roles in the Civil War.  Kelsey’s book “Israel Washburn Jr.: Maine’s Little Known Giant of the Civil War” and other books by the author will be on sale.
Tophats Sutlery http://www.tophatssutlery.com/ , JR Robinson Merchantilehttp://www.jrrobinsonmercantile.com/ , Fifth Maine Museum http://fifthmainemuseum.org/, basket makers, historians and authors will be exhibiting and/or selling their period wares.
Civil War Reenactment Headquarters

THANK YOU to the sponsors of the 2011 Rally for Norlands:
Wright-Ryan Homes, RCCM Cleaning and Grant-Lee’s 20th Maine Tavern and Grill.
Company A, Third Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry and 15th Alabama Company

June 28 to Sept. 1
Living History Tours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
$10/adults, $6 under 12 yo, $25/family
Experience life at the Norlands in 1870.

August 5, 6 & 7, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Fiber Arts Exhibit &Workshop: A Quilting Bee
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bring your thimble and lend a hand (or watch) on any of the dates.

August 15, Monday
Annual Meeting of the Membership
Entertainment: The Proper Sphere of Woman

September 10 & 11, Saturday and Sunday
“Live-In” History Experience
24 hours working and learning on the farm; overnight in authentic farmers cottage.
Limited space available.
September 17, Saturday
Girls Scouts Program
Journey Into History interactive program
Troop leaders please contact Girl Scouts of Maine to register.

September 17, Saturday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Second Annual Autumn Pie and Arts
Musicians perform on the lawn, yummy pie sale.

October 8 & 9, Saturday and Sunday
Apple Preservation and Orchard Care
Explore old orchards and learn traditional apple preservation methods.
Optional overnight in farmers’ cottage.

October 21 & 22, Friday and Saturday
Windows into the Past
Restore old wooden windows with preservation specialists.
Optional overnight in the farmers’ cottage.

November 11, Friday 5:30 p.m.
Veterans Day Dinner
Limited seating in historic setting, by reservation.

December 3, Saturday
11:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
Christmas at Norlands
Open house and daytime holiday program.
Christmas Supper by reservation. (5:30 p.m.)

Visit Our Neighbors

July 23rd and 24th
9am Saturday – 4pm Sunday
Packbasket Weekend
A brown ash packbasket will carry your load for many years. During this weekend you will weave a full-sized basket as well as learn how to pound ash to prepare your own basket materials in the future.  Participants leave with their own packbasket.

Cost:  $245
Location: Koviashuvik Local Living School in Temple ME
For more information or to register: www.koviashuvik.com , 207-778-0318

Schedule your event at Norlands

The Washburn-Norlands Living History is host to a number of special events annually. These events include our annual festivals, conferences, business functions and more.

If you would like to host your own event, conference, gathering or wedding at the Norlands site, please call us for options.

Schedule your conference or workshop in a beautiful historic setting.

.©Washburn Norlands Living History Center

Washburn-Norlands Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization

290 Norlands Road
Livermore, Maine 04253

Phone: 207-897-4366
Fax: 207-897-4963
Email: Norlands@norlands.org

Composer, singer and pianist, Mitchell Clyde Thomas of Durham, will be joined by other Maine performers who will assist him in presenting the premiere of an original musical tribute to the nation’s Civil-War President on the 200^th anniversary of his birth.  Also a tribute to veterans of all wars, the concert will include a mix of patriotic songs, ballads from the period, and folk songs from the time of the president’s youth in frontier America.  Veterans and their families are invited to attend the concert and be seated in places of honor.

“Neither President Lincoln nor President Grant were ever known to visit the site where their close friends were raised,” said Thomas, who is a long-time interpreter and trustee at the Living History Center, “But I’m sure they were both very much aware of its existence and would have heard stories about the Washburns growing on this farm and in this church.”

The weekend event, RALLY FOR NORLANDS, is set to take place June 6 and 7 at the 19^th-century historic settlement, the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center (Norlands) in Livermore.  As many as 200 Confederate and Union military and civilian re-enactors from across New England will participate two days of Civil War living history to benefit the Norlands.  Organizers hope to raise $15,000 to assist with the rebuilding of the barn and farmers cottage lost to fire last year.  There will be a free-will collection taken following Sunday’s concert.

This is Maine’s largest Civil War reenactment in recent years.  Organizers from the 20th Maine Company B, 3rd Maine Company A, and the 15th Alabama Company G are helping to organize the event.

Visitors will become engaged in the lives of soldiers and civilians, including a full-scale battle, artillery fire, the “Town of Unity”, field music, a 19^th-century fashion show, a formal tea party, home-front living history, and a blacksmith demonstration. There will be old-time photos taken, visits to the one-room schoolhouse, quilting, a bean supper, a contra-dance, a Sunday church service, an 1860s town-ball game, raffles, good food, children’s activities, and much more family fun. Gate admission is $7; children under 6 years old are free.

The Washburn Norlands Living History Center is located at
290 Norlands Road
Livermore, ME 04253.

Map and more details about the event can be found on the website

www.norlands.org.  For more information, contact Kathleen Beauregard at 897-4366, 778-1195 or Kathy@tdstelme.net.