THINKING REEDS ASWAY
Happening, nowadays, feels
different, everyone
watching how our shoulders bend
inward as if preparing for a doorway
narrower than most,
how memory with legs
and arms and fingertips for touching well
into oncoming days
reaches out from our past,
though, sometimes,
darkening white clouds cotton to the blue.
The days with their easts and wests
are lit by variable sunshine
moving suddenly across the field
where the [...]

FARMINGTON - University of Maine at Farmington ushers in an exciting new year of bringing contemporary art and artists to campus with “Pandemonium,” a dynamic and intriguing exhibit of new works by the faculty of the UMF Department of Sound, Performance, and Visual Inquiry.

CARTHAGE - New England Celtic Arts will host popular Boston Irish fiddler George Keith and friends at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in South Carthage, Maine on Sunday September 5th. Skye Theatre is planning to make this an annual event to close out the summer season. A pre-show jam will start at 6:30 at Skye Theatre. Audience members are encouraged to bring their instruments.

University of Maine at Farmington Musical Ensembles Open to New Membership
FARMINGTON - The University of Maine at Farmington Community Orchestra, Concert Band and Community Chorus are open to new membership for the 2010–2011 academic year. Members of the public interested in joining a UMF ensemble are invited to attend any of the following registration/rehearsal sessions [...]

KINGFIELD - The Stadler Gallery at 225 Main Street in Kingfield will bring to an end its summer series with works by Joel LeVasseur of Damariscotta, and George Paton of Bowdoinham. The exhibitions will be on view from August 28 through September 17 daily from noon to 4 pm and by appointment.

INDUSTRY - A local-area man is expanding a wide range of disciplines this Thursday, with an introductory event for his first work of fiction.

We had a sensational response to our contest, with over 35 entries. Thanks to everyone who entered! To recap the contest, the winning entry went to the best single, complete sentence using all eight titles in the Pretty Little Liars series. (Wanted, Killer, Heartless, Unbelievable, Flawless, Wicked, Perfect, and Pretty Little Liars)

FARMINGTON - Lovecraft once wrote that “the most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.” Pshaw, I say! There are deep waters out there that need to be explored. Let’s make a case in point.
You want to win a $25 DDG Gift certificate. [...]

New England Celtic Arts will present the highly acclaimed Celtic Rock band POGEY at Lakeside Theater in Rangeley, Maine on Tuesday Aug. 17, at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in South Carthage, Maine on Wednesday Aug. 18, and at Unity College Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday Aug. 19. Curtain is at 7:00 pm [...]

RANGELEY - Country singer Suzy Bogguss returns to Saddleback on Friday, Aug. 20. Bogguss has released one platinum and three gold albums, and charted six top ten singles including Someday Soon, Outbound Plane, Aces, Letting Go, Drive South and Hey Cinderella.