FARMINGTON — The Sandy River Players is hosting another cabaret night! This fall cabaret is a fresh, modern, and fun take on cabaret. Join us at the West Farmington Grange on Saturday, October 15 at 7 p.m. (family-friendly show), and at the Homestead Restaurant on Saturday, October 22 at 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, October 23 […]
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UMF Barbara Sullivan solo exhibit opens
FARMINGTON—The UMF Emery Community Arts Center is excited to announce its next major exhibit, “Barbara Sullivan – Forty Plus Years: A Retrospective.” The exhibit is on display in the Emery Flex Gallery from Sept. 29¬–Nov. 10, 2022.9 An opening reception will take place in the gallery from 4:30-7 p.m., Sept. 29. Sullivan will present an […]
Maine Mountain Chamber Music returns to Nordica
FARMINGTON — Maine Mountain Chamber Music is very pleased to present works by two living American composers at their upcoming concert in Nordica auditorium on the UMF campus on Saturday October 1 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $15. Further information and tickets at artsfarmington.org. Divertimento for Violin and Viola is a light hearted work, written by […]
Poet Laureate, UMF professor releases new collection
MERCER — With a plain-spoken tenderness, the story-like poems in Wesley McNair’s collection “Late Wonders: New & Selected Poems” celebrate the dreamers and the misfits, the small but hard-earned triumphs of everyday life. The new collection will be released on September 27. McNair will give a small series of in-person readings around the state. This career-spanning […]
UMF arts center welcomes Bread & Puppet Theater
FARMINGTON—The Emery Community Arts Center welcomes Bread & Puppet Theater to the University of Maine at Farmington campus to perform their new piece, “Our Domestic Resurrection Circus: Apocalypse Defiance,” on Sept. 9, 2022. The show will take place at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 7:30 p.m. General admission is a suggested donation of $10 […]
Songs From Here, Maine-based music initiative
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington is pleased to present “Songs From Here”, September 18, 2 p.m.,, outdoors at the Emery Community Arts Center (inside if inclement weather). Further information and tickets at artsfarmington.org. Adults $10, more if you can, less if you can’t. UMF students and youth 18 and under admitted free. Songs From Here is a […]
UMF Art Gallery opens 2022-2023 season
FARMINGTON—The UMF Art Gallery is pleased to open the 2022-2023 season with “Mandala” and “Push Pull Place”—exhibitions of new and ongoing digital work by Kate Quinn Sibole. The exhibit will be on display at the University of Maine at Farmington gallery from Sept. 1 through Oct. 8, 2022, with an opening reception on Thursday, Sept. 1 […]
Belle Creative Arts Center hosts pottery-making event
WILTON —Vera Johnson invites you to a series of events to make bowls to hold warm soup in the coming winter. These workshops will be held at the Belle Creative Arts Center where she will teach you how to make pinch pots, one of the oldest and simplest forms of ceramics. The pottery you make […]
Maine Outdoor Film Festival kicks off
RANGELEY — Start your Labor Day weekend with the Maine Outdoor Film Festival on Friday, September 2nd, at 7 p.m. in Rangeley’s Lakeside Theatre, 2493 Main Street. This year’s films take us from the woods and farms of Maine, across the country to San Francisco and the mountain West, and on to Sri Lanka. Admission […]
Old South Church Concert Series continues
FARMINGTON — The dynamic Gothard Sisters, from the US Pacific Northwest, will bring their incredible Celtic musicality, singing, dance and sibling wittiness to the Old South Church Concert Series, 235 Main Street, Farmington, Maine on Monday, August 29. Gothard (GAW-third) is an old English surname meaning “Good and Hardy.” Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Concert […]