May 07 Tuesday
Visit us for a fun evening for all at Cherished Pub! Open Wednesday -Sunday 2pm-9pm Music Starts at 6:30pm! Happy Hour Daily Wednesday-Sunday 2pm-6pm! See our Menus and more at www.bayou2atcp.com and www.cherishedpossessions.com
Albert Lee is a Grammy Award-winning British guitarist and multiple recipient of Guitar Player Magazine’s “Best Country Guitarist” who is celebrated by fans and musicians the world over for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked both in the studio and on tour with many notable musicians from a wide range of genres including Eric Clapton, The Everly Brothers, Bill Wyman, EmmyLou Harris, Joe Cocker, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash and more. Albert has been awarded two Grammys for “Best Country Instrumental Performance” in his illustrious career. In 2002, for “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” from the album “Earl Scruggs & Friends,” and again in 2009 for his work on Brad Paisley's track “Cluster Pluck.“He also received nominations for tracks on three of his solo albums. Lee has received many other awards as a guitarist, winning Guitar Player Magazine’s “Best Country Guitarist” five consecutive times. Albert Lee is known within the music industry for his speed of playing and his technical virtuosity but is also one of the most melodic players. He’s often referred to as “the guitar player’s guitar player.”
The JCA is pleased to present “25044”, a one-act by Russell Kaback, for Yom HaShoah. 25044 is a solo musical story, written and performed by Russell Kaback, based on the life of his grandfather Szyjek Magier, a Polish Jewish teenager who spent four years in the Nazi labor and concentration camps.
Presented in Russell’s theatrical storytelling style that weaves together original songs on guitar, characters, sound effects and gestures, the piece incorporates personal interviews, testimonies, in-depth research and imagination, reminding us that life and hope can endure. The performance debuted in Turner, Maine in March 2023. It will be a featured offering as part of Portland Ovations’ 2024-25 in-school performances season. The show runs 75 minutes and is intended for audiences ages 13 and up.
Russell Kaback (writer, composer, lyricist, performer) is a musician and educator based in South Portland, Maine. He teaches in K-12 classrooms, and writes, produces and performs original music. He received the 2016 Joel and Linda Abromson Award and the 2018 Maine Arts Commission Project Grant in support of bringing his musical story, based on his grandfather’s experience during the Holocaust, into schools in Maine. This work has been performed in various venues in Maine and Massachusetts since 2014, at the PortFringe festival in Portland, and in his grandfather’s hometown of Bendzin, Poland in 2018. In 2022 he began collaboration with master storyteller Antonio Rocha to create the one-man musical storytelling version of the show, titled “25044”. The performance debuted in Turner, Maine in March 2023.
This program is made possible by generous support from the Cantor Kurt L. Messerschmidt Memorial Fund.
25044 is a solo musical story, written and performed by Russell Kaback, based on the life of his grandfather Szyjek Magier, a Polish Jewish teenager who spent four years in the Nazi labor and concentration camps.
Presented in Russell’s theatrical storytelling style that weaves together original songs on guitar, characters, sound effects and gestures, the piece incorporates personal interviews, testimonies, in-depth research and imagination, reminding us that life and hope can endure.
Join Portland Swing Project for Beginning Swing Dance Classes! We provide clear step-by-step instruction, plenty of practice time to build confidence, and you never need a partner - we rotate in class so you meet and dance with everyone. And it's fun! We promise. Class schedules and details: https://www.portlandswingproject.com/weekly-classes (Class registration required in advance. Classes offered every 7 weeks, and we have two beginning-level classes available at 6pm and 7:15pm - see schedule link for details).
May 08 Wednesday
Children’s Book Week at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine
May 2 - 8, 2024
Celebrate Children's Book Week at CMTM!
Dive into the world of stories with daily pop-up storytimes, meet real children's book authors during our special guest appearances, and explore the artistry behind the books with our Art for Tots sessions highlighting illustrators' work. Plus, unleash your creativity in our MakerSpace with a week-long Make-Your-Own-Book takeover. It's a celebration of reading and creativity you won't want to miss!
All activities are included with admission.
Check the chalkboard upon arrival for activity times and schedule.
Learn more: www.kitetails.org
We are inviting all ages to come to the Lewiston Public Library and create your own artwork inspired by Where Are You From? by author Yamile Saied Méndez for the 4th annual Lewiston/Auburn Community Read.
The Community Read initiative is in partnership with the Lewiston and Auburn Public Schools and the City of Lewiston.
This initiative would not be possible this year without the support and sponsorship from The Friends of the Lewiston Public Library.
We are celebrating art since this year’s community read is a picture book. We are inviting all ages to come to the Lewiston Public Library and create your own artwork inspired by Where Are You From? by author Yamile Saied Méndez.
All artwork will then be displayed at the Community Art Exhibition in Callahan Hall on Saturday, May 11th at 11am.
Come and see your artwork among many others from both cities along with art displays from each of the Lewiston Public Elementary schools.
To participate, visit Callahan Hall during the open hours listed below to create your own watercolor painting or clay sculpture.
• Monday, May 6th and Tuesday, May 7th3:00PM – 6:30PM • Wednesday, May 8th and Thursday, May 9th 9:30AM – 1:30PM
Along with your artwork submission, indicate where you are from on the world map and add your chosen piece of yarn to the loom where we will be creating our very own Lewiston/Auburn woven tapestry.
This program is free and open to the public. There is no registration and all art supplies will be provided.
To learn more about the initiative and related programs at the Lewiston Public Library, visit https://lplonline.org/events/2024-la-read/ or contact the Children's Department at 207-513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov
Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a healthcare movement that's been picking up momentum in Maine for years. More robust primary care and better patient outcomes are just a couple of the many benefits DPC can offer, but how does it actually work? Please join us for the Small Business Healthcare mixer at the Portland Chamber of Commerce to learn the ins and outs of Direct Primary Care, and how local DPC providers can benefit your employees.
LINDA PACKARD: POEMS I MEANT TO WRITEJanuary 19 - May 3, 2024
Maine-based artist Linda Packard has created a new body of abstract paintings for the Zillman Art Museum’s exhibition Poems I Meant to Write. The show features large-scale works that measure up to six feet—the artist’s largest paintings to date. While the works are non-objective, Packard states that she “remains strongly informed by her many years as a plein air landscape painter,” and that she, “continues to be drawn to the same organic shapes, rich textures, and earthy palette.”
Packard’s gestural movements around the canvases are intuitive, her brushstrokes varied and sensitive. The paintings highlight the physical properties of oil paint as rich surfaces emerge through a series of layers and revision. The artist also uses pigment sticks, charcoal, crayon pencils and graphite to diversify the texture and quality of her marks.
In line with the expressive spirit of earlier Abstract Expressionist painters, Packard’s works convey both energy and mood. By combining well-defined marks that seem to hover atop other thin, veil-like passages, she has created implied environments that give the illusion of deep space. Upstairs by the China Lamp, with its palette of crimson tones and glimmers of peachy-orange, has a fiery intensity; while vivid blues combine with grayed undertones to evoke atmospheric associations in When Hope Was Returned to Me.
This exhibition is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and a grant from the City of Bangor Commission on Cultural Development.
Image: Linda Packard, Upstairs By The China Lamp, 2023, Oil on canvas, Courtesy of the artist
Book Time for Babies with Miss Amy. Children's librarian Miss Amy hosts story times at the Camden Public Library especially themed for toddlers and babies on Wednesday mornings. For information email Miss Amy: alhand@librarycamden.org.