Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players' and the annual Sweet Chariot Festival uses the stage for their summer concerts."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre were abundant."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August during the 1990s would have revealed Mainers, Russians, and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… two day anniversary lists athletic events, band concerts, ample public feeds, a “living flag” by Lubec’s children, and a celebratory townwide…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"On Sunday afternoons, band concerts were performed by the Bangor Band or the Ladies Orchestra conducted by Lena Howe."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Tuscan Opera House Stage, Right Backboard, Dixfield, ca. 1955Dixfield Historical Society The Opera House was once again hit by fire in 1938."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… films as well as a variety of local and touring concerts, theater and special events. Much of the original interior detail survives."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… were exclusive ($15 for the series) and the concerts were hugely successful. A year later Schelling composed a violin concerto for Kreisler, which…"

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