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Date:
Saturday, May 17th, 2008. Doors & band at 5 pm, bout at 6 pm.
Where:
The Portland Expo, 239 Park Ave, Portland,
ME.
Advance tickets:
www.mainerollerderby.com or Bull Moose Music,
$10 adults, $5 ages 6 – 12, kids free 5 & under. Tickets also available at door,
$12 adults, $5 ages 6 - 12. Donate
new or used handbag at the door and receive $2 off adult ticket price, to
benefit
Dress for Success.
Sunday, May 18
FIRST PARISH SPRING FESTIVAL
A TIME FOR HOPE
FMI
All Donated Hair to go to Pantene’s Beautiful Length’s Program
Portland, Maine-
The Portland Sea Dogs have teamed up with 99.9 FM The Wolf and Akari Salon to
host “All the Hair You Can Spare” Night at Hadlock Field. The cutting event
will take place on Friday May 23rd when
the Sea Dogs take on the New Britain Rock Cats at
There are already more than twenty-five
donors from all over
To donate, an individual must have at least
8-10 inches of non-chemically treated hair, that is less than 5% gray.
Hair from men, women and children are all accepted and greatly
appreciated. Once Pantene creates the wigs, they are
distributed to select American Cancer Society wig banks throughout the
Tickets are available to the “All The Hair You Can Spare” event on May 23rd, and for all Sea Dogs’ home games throughout the season.
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PORTLAND SCHOOL OF BALLET TO OFFER FREE DROP IN CLASSES WEEK OF JUNE 9
Portland School of Ballet (PSB) will offer a free week of drop in classes for teens and adults from June 9 until June 14. PSB offers this free week of classes annually as a thank-you to current dancers and as an invitation to new students to experience a PSB class.
Visitors can choose from the following list of teen and adult drop-in classes:
These drop-in classes will continue to run during the summer and are $13/class (8-class card for $90). All drop in classes are free during the week of June 9 – June 14.
For questions regarding summer programs or registration, please contact Portland Ballet at (207) 772-9671 or visit their website at www.portlandballet.org.
All concerts begin at 7:30 pm
Pre-concert talks begin at 6:30 pm
Admission: $12.00 suggested at the door; under 21, free, unless otherwise noted.
All performances at Merrill Auditorium, City Hall, Portland, Maine
June 17 Ray Cornils, Portland Municipal Organist Classical with Kotzschmar Festival Brass
June 24 Felix Hell - Classical
July 1 Geroen Krahfoerst, Germany, improvisation - Classical
July 8 John Schwandt, Oklahoma - Classical/Pops
July 15 Frederick Hohman - Classical
July 29 Silent film - Tom Trenney featuring Buster Keaton Silent film in The General
August 5 Classical -Ken Cowan (John Weaver Celebratory Concert)
August 12 Dave Wickerham, Boca Raton, FL - Pops
August 19 Peter Conte Wanamaker - Classical
August 26 James Vivian Temple Church, London - Classical
Summer Demonstration-tour concerts - please check www.foko.org for detailed schedule, dates to be determined.
About the Kotzschmar Organ:
The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ,
built in 1912 by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut, was given to
the City of Portland by Cyrus H. K. Curtis. It is this nation's oldest working
municipal organ. With 5 manuals (keyboards) for the hands, a 32-note pedal board
for the feet, over 6800 pipes from ½ inch to 32 feet in length, over 100 miles
of wiring and weighing more than 50 tons, it is truly one of this nation's
musical treasures.
In addition to the concerts listed above, FOKO presents an annual education program, "Meet the King of Instruments," in May and has commissioned the design and construction of the Kotzschmar, Jr., a small, portable, working organ intended for demonstration and educational outreach in school classrooms.
About the Friends of the Kotzschmar
Organ (FOKO):
The Friends of the Kotzschmar
Organ (FOKO) was founded as a non-profit organization in 1981 to relieve the
City of Portland of the tasks of raising funds for the organ's care and repairs.
FOKO present a wide variety of concerts including a summer classics and pops
organ series, a silent film series and Music from the World's Great Cathedrals
series.
For more information about the Kotzschmar Organ and the Friends of the
Kotzschmar Organ, visit
www.foko.org.
THIRD ANNUAL TASTE OF THE NATION
DINNER, JUNE 22 ON COW ISLAND
On Sunday, June 22
foodies and chefs will gather in support of Share Our Strength Southern Maine,
the local chapter of the national fundraising organization Share Our Strength,
created to fight childhood hunger and poverty. This is Share Our Strength
Southern Maine’s third annual Taste of the Nation; this year the event will be
held on Cow Island, the Rippleffect property located in Casco Bay.
Participating restaurants include Back Bay Grill, Hugo’s, Bresca, Cinque Terre,
Eve’s at the Garden, Fore Street, and Five-Fifty-Five; the menu will emphasize
Maine ingredients. 100% of the funds raised at this event will go to
organizations fighting to end childhood hunger. Share Our Strength Southern
Maine 2008 funds will go Cultivating Community, East End Kids Katering, Maine
Equal Justice Partners, and Preble St. Resource Center.
Tickets include specialty cocktails made with Diageo Reserve Portfolio spirits,
hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, and transportation to and from the island
and -- the highlight of the evening -- a five-course wine dinner featuring Wente
Vineyards, with each course prepared by Maine’s top chefs. Detailed event
information and tickets are available through
www.sosportland.org.
Alive at Five Free Concert Series
5- 8pm Monument Square (corner of Congress and Preble Streets) Portland
Thursdays, July 10- August 7
Rain or Shine!
July 10 - Pete Kilpatrick & As Fast As (Pop/Rock)
July 17 - Danielia Cotton (Blues/Rock) with Darien Brahms