The Strand Theatre is proud to welcome Rhonda Vincent & The Rage Friday, September 3 at 8:00pm! Famously crowned as “the new queen of bluegrass” by the Wall Street Journal, and indeed the most decorated musician in that field, Vincent’s music is more inclusive and accessible than that banner would suggest, incorporating savvy contemporary touches while drawing deeply from the haunting mountain soul of classic Monroe-styled bluegrass.
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In a career that has spanned nearly eighty years, Will Barnet has influenced & inspired generations of artists and art lovers through his painting, printmaking and teaching. In the documentary film, Will Barnet: Tracing the Soul of the Work, viewers are offered an intimate visit with this respected artist. Throughout the film, the ninety-nine year old Barnet, discusses his processes and takes us inside many of his most iconic paintings.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars, a group of West African musicians whose incredible stories of survival and commitment to peace through music have helped make them an international sensation, are returning to the Strand Theatre!
Boston ska band the Have Nots will headline the next R Space show, 6-10pm on Saturday August 21st, at the Rockland Rec Center, located at the corner of Union and Limerock Streets. Opening will be a reunion of Rockland’s punk band Taco Apocolypse, as well as Maine punk bands The New 45 and I Barbarian. All-ages and chem free, under 14 with guardian; $6 admission.
Mid-August Lunch is an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday. It’s the story of Gianni (played by director/writer Gianni Di Gregorio), an unemployed bachelor in his 50s, who lives with his 93-year-old mother in a cramped and dingy Rome apartment. Unable to pay his bills, he’s coerced into entertaining three other elderly mammas during Italy’s summer holiday and ends up hosting a food-filled sleepover. Filled with rare charm, Mid-August Lunch is a delight.
In the highly anticipated second installment of the Millennium Trilogy, and follow up to GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander’s prints are on the weapon.
In a career that spans over fifteen years, soulful singer-songwriter Joan Osborne has proven to be an artistically restless yet consistently enthralling performer who has made a career performing an eclectic mix of original tunes and covers, while developing a bluesy and intimate pop style all her own, and playing stages from The Grand Ole Opry to Lilith Fair. Her 1995 release Relish, which spawned the pop-oriented, spiritually ambiguous mega-hit “One of Us” earned eight Grammy nominations, and catapulted her into national stardom. For this current tour, Osborne will appear as a duo with pianist Keith Cotton.
Mike Doughty (“looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well “, “I Hear Bells”, and “Busting Up a Starbucks”), is an American Indie and Alternative singer/song-writer and former lead singer for the jazzy/electronic, not-quite-mainstream band Soul Coughing. He now has a strong and flourishing solo career, and has since returned to his acoustic roots on his latest disc, Sad Man, Happy Man (2009).
Finish an evening of art and festivities in downtown Rockland with this compelling new documentary film. Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the city with the graffiti tag SAMO.
As part of Lincoln Center Institute’s Educator Workshop to be held at the Farnsworth this summer, the Figures of Speech Theatre will present a free public performance of Nightingale at the Strand Theatre.
Hardcore metal bands Widow Sunday and In the Kingdom of Nightmares will perform at R Space at the Lincoln Street Center, Saturday July 17th, 6-10pm at 24 Lincoln Street in [...]
The Lincoln Street Players will hold auditions for a production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Friday July 16th from 5-7pm, and Saturday July 17th from Noon to 4pm, in the theater at the Lincoln Street Center located at 24 Lincoln Street in Rockland, Maine. Auditions are open to all ages and all levels of acting experience.
Collie Buddz with Special Guests at Port City Music Hall September 11th
Heather Masse at One Longfellow Square on September 11th
September ArtTalk at the Harlow Gallery: One of a Kind – Monotype – the Unique Print
Olympian Julia Clukey Receives Key to the City of Augusta
September News From The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Open Letter and Business News From Chris West and Gardiner Main Street
Ozomatli at Port City Music Hall September 8th
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