There will be a special screening of “Grumpy Old Santa” on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in Fryeburg at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with local screenwriter and Fryeburg Academy Alumni Justin Chaffee. “Grumpy Old Santa” is a touching comedy that delves into the genuine […]
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‘Hamlet’ wraps up Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season
The Metropolitan Opera presents “Hamlet” for the the final Live in HD simulcast of the 2021-22 season to be shown at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. When Australian composer Brett Dean’s “Hamlet” had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The […]
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Lott Quartet to perform pair of concerts
The Lott Quartet will perform the music of Beethoven, Dvorak, and Wynton Marsalis at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, at the Denmark Arts Center; and at 7 pm. on Tuesday, May 31, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center in Fryeburg. Based in New Orleans, the Lott Quartet was founded around a mutual love of […]
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‘Der Fliegende Holländer’ to be shown Live in HD at the LHE/PAC
FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series presents Wagner’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’ (The Flying Dutchman) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. François Girard, whose mystical, blood-drenched vision for Wagner’s Parsifal became one of the Met’s most intensely visceral highlights in recent seasons, turns to […]
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‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ to be shown ‘Live in HD’
FRYEBURG — The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “Live in HD” series presents ‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center at Fryeburg Academy. Since 2006, the Met’s live cinema transmissions have brought world-class opera productions to more than 2,200 theaters in […]
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Fryeburg Academy to welcome Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus for performance
Fryeburg Academy’s Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center presents the Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20. Welcoming immigrant children from around the globe, the Pihcintu Multicultural Chorus helps restart young lives. War-torn villages, refugee camps, famine and political turmoil were devastating realities for many of these young singers before being embraced […]
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'The Met: Live in HD' returns to Fryeburg Academy theater
FRYEBURG — The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “Met Opera: Live in HD” series is returning to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center for the 2018-19 season, starting Saturday, Oct. 6. Viewers can experience the Met’s world-renowned performances on the big screen with surround sound in the state-of-the-art theater. The season opens with Verdi’s “Aida” at […]
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MSMT brings two shows to Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — Maine State Music Theatre will bring two shows — “Cinderella” and “I Love a Piano” — to Fryeburg Academy on Saturday, June 9, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. “Cinderella,” part of MSMT’s Theatre for Young Audiences series, is at 2 p.m. Irving Berlin’s “I Love a Piano” is at 7:30 p.m. with an optional champagne […]
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Spring Concert to benefit Fryeburg Police Dept.
FRYEBURG — The Fryeburg Academy Music Department presents the annual Spring Concert at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 10 at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted at the door. All donations will benefit the Fryeburg Police Department’s efforts to raise money for Saco River patrol […]
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Comedian Juston McKinney coming to Fryeburg
FRYEBURG — Comedian Juston McKinney will be performing at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., to benefit the Fryeburg Academy Class of 2018 Project Graduation. McKinney grew up living on the border of New Hampshire and Maine. After earning an associates degree from Southern Maine […]