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Author talk and barn quilt class at FPL

FARMINGTON — Please join us at Farmington Public Library (FPL) on Wednesday, March 20 at 5 p.m. for an author talk by Saskia Reinholt, founder of the Maine Barn Quilt Trail. Legacy: The Barn Quilt Trail in Maine’s High Peaks will be discussed. filled with exquisitely detailed photographs from Cynthia and John Orcutt, Legacy: The […]

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Diannely Antiqua next UMF Visiting Writer

FARMINGTON —The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series is excited to present current poet laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Diannely Antigua, as the popular program’s fourth reader of the 2023/24 season. Antigua will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7, 2024, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student […]

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UMF presents stellar jazz concert

FARMINGTON—The UMF Emery Community Arts Center is excited to present a stellar jazz concert by the New York based quintet, Christine Correa Ensemble. “Just You Stand and Listen with Me: Songs of Protest and Resistance,” will be performed in the Emery Performance Space on the University of Maine at Farmington campus on March 7 at […]

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Barn quilt class at CVPL

CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Please Join us at Carrabassett Valley Public Library (CVPL) on Friday, March 15 for a Barn Quilt Class. Each participant will create their own barn quilt to take home and display either outdoors or indoors. Students will be able to choose from two sizes and a wide variety of designs and colors. […]

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Old South Church concerts kick off

FARMINGTON —The Old South Church Concert Series kicks off 2024 with Scotland’s exciting five-piece Gaelic supergroup, Daimh (pronounced Dive) to Farmington on Thursday, March 7. Doors will open at 6:30 pm with the concert at 7pm. Tickets are $25 adult general admission. Seniors (65+) and students (12+) tickets $20. Tickets can be purchased online at […]

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Truth Tellers broadcasts nationwide

REGION — The documentary film, Truth Tellers (58 min., 2002), by Maine filmmaker Richard Kane (www.kanelewis.com) about Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth is now being distributed across the nation to nearly 300 PBS affiliates by American Public Television and will be broadcast by the World Channel on February 29 at 2 p.m.  See […]

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Author talk, signing with Ryan Brod

FARMINGTON — The Farmington Public Library is pleased to announce an author reading and book signing event featuring Maine author Ryan Brod. Brod will be discussing his book Tributaries: Essays from Woods and Waters on February 14 at 6 p.m. Books will be for sale at the event courtesy of Devaney, Doak, and Garrett Booksellers. […]

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UMF welcomes author Meghan Gillis

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington’s celebrated Visiting Writers Series is excited to present fiction writer Meghan Gillis as the popular program’s fourth reader of the 2023/24 season. Gillis will read from her work at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in The Landing in the UMF Olsen Student Center. The reading is […]