1. Here’s something to make some of you folks in your 30s and older feel even older: the first giant Phish concert in Maine — The Great Went, at the former Loring Air Force Base — was 20 years ago this week. 20. Years. Ago. Let that sink in. Anyway, in Bangor Friday night, this […]
The Goo Goo Dolls announced Wednesday morning that their show that evening at the Maine State Pier, with guest artist Phillip Phillips, would be canceled. Lead singer Johnny Rzeznik said he lost his voice due to a cold, which was exacerbated by their show Tuesday night in Boston. “[Thank you for] singing along with us tonight!” Rzeznik […]
While it’s a bummer that this year’s total solar eclipse — set for the afternoon of Monday, Aug. 21 — won’t be viewable in its totality in Maine this time around, it’s still going to be a pretty remarkable astronomical event. Folks in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina […]
1. August 11. In three weeks, it’ll be September. A few weeks after that, it’ll be fall. What’s on your summer bucket list? What do you HAVE to do before the leaves start turning? In Bangor this weekend, Celtic ensemble Ruaile Buaile performs at 7 p.m. at the Next Generation Theatre in Brewer, as part […]
1. I read a nice quote somewhere on social media that said that the first week of August is like being at the very top of a big Ferris wheel, and the rest of the summer is the slow descent back to the ground. Nice; also kind of depressing. Enjoy peak summer in Bangor this […]
Yesterday, Aug. 1, Colombia Pictures, the producers of the new film adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower,” sent a gaggle of movie writers, bloggers, podcasters and more on a whirlwind 19-hour press trip through Bangor — a.k.a. Derry, a.k.a. Bangor, a.k.a. the Queen City, site of countless King nightmares and dreamscapes. “The Dark Tower” […]
1. Friday night in Bangor, River City Cinema’s summer movie series continues with a screening of “Escape From New York” at sundown in Pickering Square. There’s also night one of two nights of the annual Blues, Brews and BBQ fest on the Bangor Waterfront; Friday’s lineup features Texas Flood, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dana Fuchs, […]
Happy Thursday, Derry — I mean, Bangor. There’s a terrifying clown waiting in the sewer for you. The official trailer for the “IT” movie just dropped today, and yes, it’s as scary as you expect it to be, expanding upon the things seen in the teaser trailer released in March, and adding even more creepy stuff […]
The American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront announced the final six performers set for this year’s festival, slated for Aug. 25-27. They include: The Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band, UMaine’s 100-person strong marching band that will kick off this year’s festival with a parade through the grounds. Oudyano, a duo comprised of […]
Janet Langhart Cohen, wife of William Cohen, a Bangor native, Maine’s U.S. Senator from 1979 to 1997 and former U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 2001, wrote a play in 2009 called “Anne & Emmett.” In it, she imagines a conversation in the afterlife between Holocaust victim Anne Frank and Emmett Till, a young […]
Emily Burnham is a Maine native, UMaine graduate, proud Bangorian and a writer and editor for Bangor Metro Magazine, the Weekly and the Bangor Daily News, where she's worked since 2004. She reports on everything from local bands to local food to all the cool things going on in the Greater Bangor area. In her quest for stories, she's seen countless concerts and plays, been lobster fishing, interviewed celebrities, hung out with water buffalo and played in a ukulele orchestra. She's interested in everything that happens in Maine. Albums for review are accepted digitally only; please no CDs.
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