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 |
By Hilary Nangle on August 3, 2010
For the past two years, University of Maine at Machias Professor Gene Nichols (on drums, photo) and the UMM Ukulele Club Band have performed at the Grand Lake Stream Folk Arts Festival. The band, originally formed in 1926, has staged a revival, with the wacky professor (no, really, just watch the UMM Ukulele Club with [...]
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By Hilary Nangle on July 9, 2010
There’s art in them thar hills: More than 100 artists are expected to show their works at the 43rd annual Norway Arts Festival on Saturday (July 9, 2010). For the first time in the festival’s history, downtown’s Main Street will be closed to vehicles, allowing pedestrians easier viewing and providing more room for entertainers. The [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Events, Food, Maine Made, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Arts Festival, dance, Food, Maine, music, Norway, Poets on the Portch |
By Hilary Nangle on June 29, 2010
Here’s a double treat: On Thursday evenings, Farmers Fare (that wonderful market and cafe in Rockport) is offering light dinners (think soups, salads, charcuterie and cheese plates, wine and beer, and, of course dessert) before each Bay Chamber Concert event. Those who dine also can take advantage of a free shuttle to the Rockport Opera [...]
Posted in Activities, Entertainment, Events, Food, Penobscot Bay, Trip Planning, Where to go | Tagged Bay Chamber Concerts, Farmers Fare, Maine, music, pre-concert dinners, Rockport |
By Hilary Nangle on June 22, 2010
Today, Tuesday, June 22, and tomorrow, June 23, are the days to be in Boothbay Harbor for the annual Windjammer Days celebration. Highlight of the two-day festival is Wednesday’s arrival of Maine’s windjammer fleet under full sail into the harbor, but there’s plenty of other activities including boat tours, craft show, kids’ events, concerts, parades, [...]
Posted in Activities, Boating, Entertainment, Events, Mid-Coast, Where to go | Tagged Boothbay Harbor, Windjammer Days |
By Hilary Nangle on June 15, 2010
The Berwicks aren’t on the regular tourist loop. Snugged against the New Hampshire border in southwestern Maine, these communities are less than a half hour from the coast make a nice rural ramble, especially for those who appreciate historical homes and literary heritage (authors Gladys Hasty Carroll and Sarah Orne Jewett). Another plus: Because they’re [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Food, Inns & B&Bs, Lodging, Sightseeing, Southern Coast/Beaches, Where to go | Tagged Academy Street Inn, Angel of the Berwicks, B&Bs, Hamilton House, Historic inns, Historic New England, Inns, inns with great architecture, Maine, North Berwick, Pepperland Cafe, Relish, restaurants, Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick, The Berwicks, Vaughn Woods State Park |
By Hilary Nangle on April 28, 2010
Get your last runs of the season in, and combine it with a round of golf this weekend at Sugarloaf. Here’s the deal: This weekend, May 1-2, is Ski and Tee Weekend, where you can ski on the mountain and play the back nine at the Sugarloaf Golf Club all in the same day. The [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged free concert, Maine, ski and golf in same weekend, Ski and tee, Steel pan concert, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on February 25, 2010
According to a story in today’s Portland Press Herald, the lights are ready to shine again at the historical State Theater. Just like a cat, this iconic theater on Portland’s Congress Street keeps coming back to life. It’s a gem, with an architecturally rich interior hiding behind a so-so facade (look over the marquee and [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Greater Portland, Moon guidebook updates | Tagged Maine, Portland, State Theater |
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