By Hilary Nangle on August 18, 2011
So many tidbits, I’m just bundling them in nice package for you. By region: Kennebec Valley • The Maine State Museum, in Augusta, is expanding its weekend hours, opening Sundays from 1-4 p.m. through at least Nov. 27, when the pilot project ends. New hours begin Sunday, Aug. 21, when the museum will celebrate with [...]
Posted in Acadia, Activities, Birding/wildlife viewing, Deals, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Kennebec and Moose River Valleys, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Augusta, Bar Harbor, Carrabassett Valley, College of the Atlantic, Maine Huts & Trails, Maine State Museum, Tides Institute and Museum |
By Hilary Nangle on August 14, 2011
Rockland rocks. Named a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the small Maine coastal city edging Penobscot Bay retains the heart and spirit of a working town, buzzes with the added pizazz of excellent museums, a vigorous arts scene, surprising restaurants, eclectic shops, and delivers a more than generous serving of lobster, [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Entertainment, Events, Penobscot Bay, Sightseeing, Transportation, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Berry Manor Inn, Brass Compass., Cafe Miranda, Capt. Lindsey House, Farnsworth Museum, First Friday Art WAllk, Granite Inn, Historic Inns of Rockland, in good company, Lily bistro, Limerock Inn, Maine eastern railroad, Maine Lighthouse Museum, Maine Lobster Festival, Marshall Point light, Miller's Lobster, Owls Head Light, Owls Head Transportation Museum, Project Puffin Visitor Center, Rockland, Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, sail power & steam museum, Shell's Southwest Grille, Strand, Sunfire Mexican Grill, Suzuki's Sushi Bar, Sweets & Meats Market, The Brown Bag, WAterman's Beach Lobster |
By Hilary Nangle on July 29, 2011
If you love the sounds of a brass band, get yourself to Bethel on Saturday, July 30, for the Second Ripley Brass Band Festival. Not just any brass instruments, mind you, the Yankee Brass Band will be performing 19th-century music on antique instruments. They’ll be joined by three other bands: the Carter Mountain Brass Band, [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Bethel, Brass Band concert, free, outdoor concert |
By Hilary Nangle on July 25, 2011
Maine’s newest summer theater company is performing with out a theater. The young MaineStage Shakespeare, is performing works by William Shakespeare outdoors in Lafayette Park, downtown Kennebunk (in Town Hall Auditorium, when it rains). The nonprofit company is staging Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, and a child-friendly version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Free Stuff, Moon guidebook updates, Southern Coast/Beaches, Trip Planning | Tagged Kennebunk, MaineStage Shakespeare, Shakespeare |
By Hilary Nangle on June 11, 2011
Get your groove on at one of these 10 summer weekend music festivals happening in Maine. We’ve gotcha covered, from rock to folk, bluegrass to blues, classical to out, and taking place in venues ranging from oceanfront to mountaintop, offshore island to city downtown. • Kingfield POPS! The Saturday late afternoon concert featuring the Bangor [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Events, Trip Planning | Tagged Bangor, bluegrass, blues, Brunswick, Celtic, East Benton, Farmington, folk, Hiram, Kingfield, livermore falls, music, out, Rangeley, Rockland, sea, Swan's Island |
By Hilary Nangle on May 12, 2011
Singer/songwriter Dave Mallett, a Maine icon; the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, with Grammy Award-winning maestro Lucas Richman; R&B/Soul singer Leah Tysse; fiddle legend and MPBN host Frank Ferrel; and the Acadian band Boreal Tordu are just a few of the performers who’ll be taking to the stage at the ninth annual Kingfield POPS concert, June 25, [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on March 30, 2011
Dig out from under Friday’s predicted monster storm and plan to attend the annual Maine Festival of the Book, April 1-3, 2011. With the exception of Friday’s Opening Night program, An Evening with Stewart O’Nan and Julia Glass, all events are free. That program is $10, if you haven’t already purchased tix, and seating is [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Greater Portland, Maine Made, Trip Planning | Tagged Maine Festival of the Book, Portland |
By Hilary Nangle on January 3, 2011
It’s back! The 2011 Nateva Music & Camping Festival is slated Aug. 4-7, and tickets go on sale tomorrow, Jan. 4, beginning at 9 a.m. The festival will return to the Oxford Fairgrounds, in Oxford, Maine. This year, organizers promise more on-site camping. Better yet, ticket prices have been cut. A limited number of weekend [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Events, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged NAteva festival, Nateva Music and Camping Festival, Oxford |
By Hilary Nangle on December 4, 2010
One of my favorite holiday events is the annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration. On Dec. 11, 2010, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., more than 30 Native American artisans from Maine’s Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac tribes will be selling their handmade ash-splint and sweetgrass basketry, demonstrating their craft, and singing, drumming, and [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Free Stuff, Maine Highlands, Maine Made, Shopping, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Hudson Museum, Maine Indian Basketmakers, Orono |
By Hilary Nangle on August 16, 2010
One of my favorite Maine festivals is happening this weekend, the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival. This one is more than a simple festival, it’s a full weekend event, a pull-out the stops community celebration with such must-attend activities as: • the Blueberry Musical: This year, it’s Rakealot, a blueberry romance based on Camelot. This is [...]
Posted in Activities, Down East Coast, Entertainment, Events, Food, Maine Made, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Machias, Machias Wild Blueberry Festival |
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