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Arts and Entertainment Calendar: July 7 - 18

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Old Port Playhouse Season Auditions, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m., Saturday, July 24, Old Port Playhouse, 19 Temple St., Portland, $22-$20, 773-0333, oldportplayhouse.com.

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Monday, July 5, 2010 at 11:10 am
Festivals, celebrations feature Dead, living musicians

As the calendar turns to July, the pace and intensity of Maine’s many music festivals turns up a notch. Grabbing the most media attention is this weekend’s inaugural Nateva Festival in Oxford, which will be headlined by Further, the latest incarnation of the surviving members o... 1

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Monday, June 28, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: June 30 - July 11

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Books, Authors Wednesday 6/30 Dyke Hendrickson, author of "Franco-Americans of Maine," 7 p.m., ...

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Monday, June 28, 2010 at 10:40 am
The Great Outdoors: Exploring Higgins Mountain Preserve in Georgetown

Sometimes you want to be in the mountains and at the shore at the same time. If you do not have the time to drive up to the Camden Hills or Acadia National Park, then 40-acre Higgins Mountain Preserve in Georgetown is a fun alternative. A half-mile loop trail traverses quickly up through a...

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Monday, June 21, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: June 23 - July 4

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Wednesday 6/23 North Atlantic Figure Skating Club Auditions, 2010-2011 Nor’Easters Synchronized Skating Teams, 6:10-7:10 p.m. youth an... 1

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Monday, June 21, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Out & About: Catch the 1st wave of summer music festivals

Summer music festivals and seasonal concert series have been part of Maine’s cultural landscape for many years; there are now about two dozen. The first festivals of the 2010 season open within the week. One of the newest is produced by the Portland Conservatory of Music. PCM’s...

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Monday, June 21, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Summer in southern Maine means classical music close to home

PORTLAND — People lucky enough to live in Maine know that summer is the time to see top-notch musicians in our backyards. Nowhere is that more evident than the annual Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Brunswick. The festival kicks off on at 4 p.m. on June 26 with the Ying Quart...

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Monday, June 14, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Out & About: Musicals transport us into summer season

Last week I attended season-opening productions at all three of the region’s professional summer stock companies – and I was magically transported into Maine’s arts and entertainment summer. At Ogunquit Playhouse, “The Drowsy Chaperone” uses the show-with...

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Monday, June 14, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: June 16 - 27

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Thursday 6/17

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Monday, June 14, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: June 9 - 20

Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Thursday 6/17

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Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm