American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront organizers announced on Wednesday five more artists for the 2017 edition of the festival, set for Aug. 25-27. They are: Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald: Celtic artists, who blend Gaelic song with the traditional sound of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia fiddle. Doug Moreland and the Flying Armadillos: An accomplished […]
Earlier this year, Appleton resident Zachary Fowler was announced as the winner of season three of “Alone,” a reality competition series on cable channel History, in which competitors are dropped off in the remote wilderness and asked to fend for themselves with nothing but a handful of tools and a camera to document it. For […]
Waterfront Concerts announced Friday morning that Old Crow Medicine Show, the acclaimed, highly popular American band, would play at the Maine State Pier on Tuesday, Aug. 22. Tickets for the summer concert will go on sale via Ticketmaster at 10 a.m. Friday, June 16. Over the course of nearly 20 years, Old Crow Medicine Show […]
1. In an increasingly chaotic and confusing world, I am choosing to be happy about the little things. A sunny afternoon. A good hair day. A nice cup of covfefe. Coffee. Sorry. Anyway, I’m happy about all the fun things happening in Bangor on Friday night, starting with the first Downtown Bangor Art Walk of […]
Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Tuesday announced one more concert for its 2017 season: country superstar Eric Church, who will perform on Saturday, Sept. 23. Tickets for the early fall concert will go on sale on Friday, June 9 via Ticketmaster. Also recently announced for September is Phish frontman Trey Anastasio and his band, which will […]
1. What’s good in the hood, people? It’s the unofficial kickoff to summer this weekend — even though it technically doesn’t start for a few more weeks — and most of us get a three day weekend, so bring on the fun times, y’all. Friday night in Bangor, take your pick from either vinyl night […]
Eagle-eyed fans of performances at the Penobscot Theatre Company may have noticed a former actor with the company among the crowd of drag queens that performed with pop star Katy Perry on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend. Jesse Havea has been seen in several PTC productions, including “A Christmas Carol” in 2009, “Forever Plaid” in […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, continued their honeymoon in Maine on Saturday, after an anniversary dinner at the Fiddlehead Restuarant in downtown Bangor. According to several posts on Saturday on Zuckerberg’s public Facebook page, the couple hiked around Katahdin and on the Appalachian Trail for part of the day Saturday. Chan […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary this weekend. Each year, they’ve taken a honeymoon — not just the one right after the wedding, but a yearly trip, where they’ve reportedly traveled to France, Japan and to see “Hamilton” on Broadway. This year, they chose another internationally beloved […]
1. Sorry for the absence last week, guys! I was — gasp! — on vacation! I’m back, however, and well-rested and ready to bring to you some fantastic weekend shenaniganery options. In the Bangor area on Friday night, the monthly Bangor contradance is set for 8 p.m. at the UU Church, the funk band Juicebox plays […]
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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