Twenty-five year Navy veteran Alan Elze will present “Six Months Aboard an Aircraft Carrier” on Friday, April 26.
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Spooky presentation in Greene
Tim Caverly presents a slide show and radio show of his children’s book “An Allagash Haunting” on Friday at Sawyer Memorial in Greene. The book is based on reported ghost sightings in a lumber camp in Churchill Dam and features a fictionalized version of Caverly’s granddaughter and her imagined introduction to the long-dead Emile Camile. […]
Sawyer Memorial to host spooky stories and ice cream social
GREENE — There will be spooky stories and an ice cream social to get people in the Halloween spirit at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at the Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, when Maine Author Tim Caverly presents “An Allagash Haunting: The Story of Emile Camile.” “A damping cloak of darkness approaches; it […]
Sawyer Memorial to screen film exploring the Southwest
GREENE — The film, “The Colorado Plateau: Red Rock Country” by Gray Warriner, will be screening at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at the Sawyer Memorial. Known around the world, the Colorado Plateau is the heartland of more national parks than anywhere else in the world. The spectacular colors of Red Rock Country are […]
Sawyer Memorial to show film by Maine producer
GREENE — Multimedia producer Rick Groleau will present his film, “The Town that Moved a Mountain,” at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at the Sawyer Memorial. In the late 1950s a group of ski enthusiasts in Maine built a ski area on Spruce Mountain in North Jay — they cleared trails, bought and […]
Katahdin Valley Boys bring bluegrass music to Greene
GREENE — The Katahdin Valley Boys will be performing bluegrass music at the Sawyer Memorial at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14. One of Maine’s most popular and respected bluegrass bands, The Katahdin Valley Boys have been thrilling audiences around Maine and northern New England since their blending of talents in 1998. The Maine […]
Documentary film 'The Home Road' at Sawyer Memorial
GREENE — Tonya and Ray Shevenell present their film “The Home Road” at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. In 1845, 19-year-old Israel Shevenell left his home in Canada and walked nearly 200 miles to Biddeford. He found work and built a new life in an […]
Sawyer Memorial Children’s Day to present World of Wonder
GREENE — For the Sawyer Memorial Children’s Day program, Leland Faulkner presents “World of Wonder” at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16 only. Admission is free. “World of Wonder” is a live performance that transports audiences into their imagination. Faulkner is a master theater artist, and his program “World of Wonder” shares engaging stories full of magic […]
Sandy River Ramblers to play two shows in Greene
Maine-bred bluegrass band, Sandy River Ramblers will be performing at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at the Sawyer Memorial. With titles like “Donn Fendler; Slow Down (You’ll Hit a Moose),” “Cliffs of Acadia,” “Boots From L. L. Bean” and “Trout On the Line,” listeners can expect to hear a lot about the history, […]
Fiddlers to perform at Sawyer Memorial
GREENE — Fiddlers Owen Kennedy, 13, and Josh White, 16, will be performing at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, at the Sawyer Memorial. Owen Kennedy and Josh White are two up-and-coming musicians whose lively arrangements take their listeners from Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes over the sea to Eastern Europe, Ireland and Scotland, and back […]