Keywords: Premiere performance
Item 7173
John Knowles Paine letter to Hermann Kotzschmar, 1873
Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: 1873-06-07 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 70730
Surry Theatre dance recital ticket, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"This original piece world-premiered at the Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono and performed as part of the Bangor Symphony…"
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"… 1916, Hampden’s own Riverside Park was one of the premier entertainment spots in Eastern Maine. Back then, just ten cents bought lucky area…"
Story
militakwat
by Jason Brown
A story about Jason Brown's orchestral debut, militakwat
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
