Choro Louco plans to perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, at Denmark Arts Center, 50 W Main St. in Denmark. Brazilian Choro has been around for over a hundred years, but in this country it’s virtually unknown. David Grisman, Mike Marshall and a handful of others have helped introduce the music and the […]
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In a world of online shopping, Maine’s specialty shops thrive
Retail giants like Amazon and Walmart may have the holiday shopping market cornered, but in some ways they just can’t compete with corner shops in places like Belfast.
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Author tells tale of fairy in ‘The Giant’s Shower’
“The Giant’s Shower,” a fairy tale written and published by Leigh Macmillen Hayes, tells the tale of Aisling, a fairy who lives on Sabattus Mountain in western Maine and has a vision during the Midsummer Eve celebration. Twinkles, flitters, a bit of fairy dust and some tsk-taking are necessary to make Aisling’s vision a reality. […]
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Maine Authors for Lewiston wraps up fundraiser with event in Lewiston
Maine Authors for Lewiston, a group of more than 80 Maine authors who have joined together to support the victims of the recent tragedy in Lewiston, will hold the final two events in a series of 10 book sales and signings around the state, all free and open to the public, so that people can […]
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Book about Maine’s Malaga Island falls short in Booker Prize contest
Paul Harding’s ‘This Other Eden’ was also nominated for a National Book Award.
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Maine author Clif Travers to speak at Lewiston Public Library
Author Clif Travers will read from and discuss his book, “The Stones of Riverton,” at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Lewiston Public Library. The event is free and open to the public. Inspired by the gravestones in a small Maine town, “The Stones of Riverton” is a collection of linked short stories […]
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Maine authors join together to support Lewiston
Maine Authors for Lewiston, an informal group of more than 70 Maine authors, have banded together to support the victims of the recent tragedy in Lewiston. The group has organized a series of 10 book signings, all free and open to the public, so that people can purchase books and meet the authors. There will […]
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UMF Visiting Writers Series features author Jensen Beach
The Visiting Writers Series presented by the UMF Creative Writing program will welcome fiction writer Jensen Beach as the program’s third reader of the season at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. The reading is free and open to […]
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Britney Spears’ memoir a million seller after just 1 week since its release
‘The Woman in Me,’ released Oct. 24, has been praised by critics as a compelling account of her rise to global fame and her ongoing struggles.
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Award winning author Jacqueline Woodson to visit Lewiston library
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson will discuss her new book, “Remember Us,” as part of a national tour, at 5:30 pm. on Monday, Oct. 30, at the Lewiston Public Library. Woodson will be joined in conversation with Maine children’s book author and poet Samara Cole Doyon. “Remember Us” is a beautiful, lyrical novel inspired […]