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Rebecca Hayes ‘From Maine With Love’
New Paintings Inspired by Vintage Scenes

Through her stunning photo-realistic paintings, artist Rebecca Hayes takes us on a journey through Greater Portland history finding forgotten moments and cherished memories. In collaboration with historian Paul Ledman, author of “Walking Through History: Portland, Maine on Foot” and “Portland, Maine: Connections Across Time”, Hayes has brought her sharp brush work and eye for color to iconic locations including Harbor Fish Market, Red’s Dairy Freeze, and Congress Square. Each painting will be accompanied by text from Ledman for historical context.
Additional paintings of contemporary paintings of Greater Portland will be on view in the gallery.

Rebecca Hayes is an artist based in Portland, Maine. She grew up in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Opening Reception: Thursday August 8th, 5-7pm

Sun Day celebrants in Portland can expect local food trucks, activities for children and a stage for musical performances, including Third Act Maine’s own Marcia Taylor. The power for the music will be supplied by a Ford F150 Lightning courtesy of Revision Energy. Revision will also have an electric motor boat and all sorts of battery powered lawn equipment on display.

Presented in partnership with Maine Climate Action Network (MCAN), A Climate to Thrive (ACTT), Maine Youth for Climate Justice MYCJ, Maine Sierra Club, Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) and Center for an Ecology Based Economy (CEBE).

Sun Day is a global day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the unstoppable rise of clean energy and the movement to leave fossil fuels behind. Timed with the fall equinox—a moment of transition—Mainers are coming together to celebrate the power of the sun and wind, the energy sources that can power our world without pollution or profiteering.

This is the 16th season of Concerts at Norcross Point, a free concert series on the shores of Maranacook Lake. This year's schedule is as follows:
July 6 - The High Spirits
July 13- Norwood Pearson (and friend(s?))
July 20- Keiyana Marie Trinidad
July 27- Winthrop Heritage Days
August 3- LQH
August 10 - Calypso Soldiers
August 17- Bella Anne
August 24 - Katie Daggett and Ed Desjardins

Parking is free but limited, public restrooms available, bring a flotation device or anchor your boat offshore and join the flotilla!

Guests will enjoy the freshest Allagash White while walking through our world-class brewery. We'll finish the tour with three samples of featured releases. If you're looking for a more in-depth experience with more info on our wild and sour barrel room and coolship program, check out our Signature Tour & Tasting.

The highlights:
4 samples
30 minutes
$20 before tax/fees
21+

Please read on before booking:
Tour-goers must be 21 or older. Infant-wearing is welcome - the tour path through our manufacturing plant is not suitable for young children or strollers. Guests who are not drinking beer will have a choice of NA beverage. Dogs are not allowed on this manufacturing plant tour.

Based in Southern Maine. Party band for 90s hip hop, throwbacks, and dancefloor hits.

Date and Time: On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 at 13:00 - Sun, 21 Sep 2025 at 16:00

Venue details: Casablanca Cruises, 18 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine, 04101, United States

Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Music

Price:
General Admission: USD 32.00

Artist / Speaker: sugarbox

This weekly “backyard party” makes the most out of the easy Sundays afternoons of summertime!

Bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy an afternoon at the farm! Come and listen to live music, have a pint of a local beer, snack on a bison hot dog, visit the farm store and bring the kiddos to meet our friendly farm animals.

Each week features a concert of local musicians from diverse genres: rhythm & blues, jazz, Americana and more. Each open-air concert is the perfect backdrop for family and friends to lounge in the late afternoon sun and soak up the remaining moments of a Maine summertime weekend.

The Harold J. Crosby Band Camp Concert is Sunday, September 21 at Dexter Town Hall 2nd floor at 1:30 pm. This wind, brass, and percussion ensemble concert features Maine composers and arrangers with guest conductor Mr. Jeffrey Marlow. Free. Donations welcome. Entry ramp and elevator available. https://www.cuthbert-foundation.org 207-924-6235

Encounters - An Event of Intriguing Chamber Dialogues

FMI: https://www.venticordi.com/encounters
Join us for a captivating journey through five distinct musical voices, each exploring the art of conversation between instruments.

From the lyrical charm of John Corigliano’s 'The Food of Love' to the rhythmic interplay of Gernot Wolfgang’s 'Encounters', this program celebrates the expressive power of chamber music. Brazilian composer João Guilherme Ripper brings warmth and vitality in his Duo Sonatina, while Gian Francesco Malipiero’s Epodi e Giambi offers a rare gem of 20th-century Italian modernism.

The concert culminates with Mozart’s radiant Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K. 370, a masterwork of elegance and wit.

Lyric Music Theater presents Next to Normal. Weekends September 5-21, 2025, with ASL-interpreted matinee on September 14.

Next to Normal, an intimate exploration of family and illness, loss and grief, is an emotional powerhouse. Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because they are coping with crisis and the unpredictability of a mother’s worsening bipolar disorder. With book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Brian Yorkey and a thrilling and original rock score by Pulitzer, Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner by Tom Kitt, Next to Normal explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, Next to Normal was also chosen as "one of the year's ten best shows" by critics around the country, including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The New York Times. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy and heart.

Next to Normal explores complex emotional themes and includes moments that may not be suitable for all viewers such as substance use, grief, mental illness and self-injury. Recommended for ages 14+ with parental discretion.

The clock struck 11 PM at Elvis Presley’s Los Angeles mansion. Under the glow of red and blue lights, The Beatles stepped into a room that seemed to echo the future of music—a jukebox, a crescent couch, and a bar set the stage. Elvis stood at the center, ready for the convergence of two worlds. That night, rock ‘n’ roll royalty sealed its legacy.