Benefit concert in Blue Hill Oct. 27 October 17, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle BLUE HILL — On Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill will be hosting a benefit concert for the Dolly Fisher Fund featuring The Loose Cannon Jug Band. The band plays a range of traditional jug band music and early blues from the 1920s and 1930s, along with some …
Get ready to crack a smile at Grand’s “Annie” October 16, 2018 by Nan Lincoln on Entertainment, Lifestyle Theater review ELLSWORTH — Well, there should be plenty of smiles to fully dress audiences over the next two weekends when The Grand’s sweet production of “Annie” hits the stage again. One would have to be the worst sort of curmudgeon not to crack a smile at the sight of a dozen or so raggedy …
Meet timeless characters who could be your neighbors in “Spoon River” October 13, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle LAMOINE — More than 60 audacious characters from the fictional town of Spoon River in Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 26-27, at the Lamoine-Bayside Grange Hall. The production will continue at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 2-3 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4. Presented …
The Grand turns 80 in style and in song October 10, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on Entertainment, Lifestyle, News ELLSWORTH — Like any dowager turning 80, The Grand is planning to celebrate its birthday in style. On Sunday afternoon, Oct. 14, the Ellsworth performance venue will host a concert by another octogenarian, singer-songwriter Noel Paul Stookey. The concert “was Noel’s idea, I believe, to tie the two 80 years together,” Stookey’s publicist Joyce Hall …
BSO, soloists deliver moving, memorable concert October 8, 2018 by Marcia Gronewold Sly on Entertainment, Lifestyle Review ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra opened its 123rd season Sunday afternoon with a concert of works by Bernstein, Ravel and Sibelius. Music Director and conductor Lucas Richman remarked that this was probably the first time a BSO performance had begun with the strumming of an electric guitar — the introductory chord of “Simple …
From Annie to orphans, strong singing expected in musical October 2, 2018 by Nan Lincoln on Entertainment, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — About 15 or so kids ranging in age from say 4 to 13 years old have assembled themselves into three small groups on The Grand’s stage. They are orphans in training, ready to start learning a new dance number for the musical “Annie,” opening Friday, Oct. 12. Well, not quite ready. “I need …
Schubert and Dvorak on tap at free concert October 2, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — Selections from Schubert and Dvorak will be served up by the Forelle Trio at the Ellsworth Community Music Institute’s Midday Concert at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Gen. Bryant E. Moore Community Center. Admission is free. Formed last year, the trio includes violinist Richard Hsu, cellist Noreen Silver and pianist Phillip …
BSO to salute Leonard Bernstein September 25, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle ORONO — Alon Goldstein, considered one of the most original and sensitive pianists of his generation, will perform Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G. as part of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s first 2018-2019 season concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Opening the concert, French-born mezzo soprano Joëlle Morris …
Grand joins global audience to pick top short film September 24, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle ELLSWORTH — More than 100,000 movie-goers in over 300 cities spanning six continents will vote starting Thursday, Sept. 27, and in the following days for their favorite of the nine short films picked from 1,565 entries in the 2018 Manhattan Film Festival. In its 21st year, the festival gets going at The Grand — among …
“Lobster War” among films at maritime festival September 22, 2018 by Staff on Entertainment, Lifestyle BUCKSPORT — Award-winning Boston filmmaker and journalist David Schwab Abel’s documentary “Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds” is among more than a dozen films showing on Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30, at the Alamo Theatre in Bucksport. In its third year, the International Maritime Film Festival’s Grand Prize for Feature Films went to …
