Archive for Zach Dionne
As the economy worsens, organizations like the Penobscot Theater, the University of Maine Museum of Art and the 113-year-old Bangor Symphony Orchestra are adapting to survive the recession.
Chickenfest is canceled.
It’s three in the afternoon Saturday and I’m at a friend of a friend’s house. Before it even got off the ground, the yearly underground romp in the woods has been busted or called …
The minute Robert Downey, Jr.’s jaded reporter meets up with Jamie Foxx’s babbling musician in “The Soloist,” it seems the film is going to be a treat. These terrific performers sharing the screen should and often …
var uslide_show_id = “8911d6e1-b439-4959-bd74-de2fa5e0f142″;var slideshowwidth = “300″;var linktext = “”;When Andrew Gerke told me in an interview he’d booked the Dropkick Murphys for a concert at UMaine, I said “cool” and wrote it in my notebook. The next thing he told me was that it was on a Thursday – and we started laughing about it being a thirsty Thursday with an Irish-punk band from Boston.
Owner of 103 Ultra Lounge Robbie Snow will appear before district court in Bangor on June 11 to face two criminal charges of violations of life safety codes. Edward Archer, senior fire investigator of the state fire marshal’s office, issued the summons in a report at the Orono Town Council meeting Monday.
Most photographs of Andrew Gerke show him striking a wide-open smile. The possibility that these were artificial, “say cheese” moments fades as a true picture surfaces of the short life of the University of Maine alumnus. The stories his friends and loved ones tell paint Gerke as a spirited, driven man with passions as varied as his grins.
Abe and Heather Furth might know more about burritos than some people know about anything. The two are also successful entrepreneurs; they’ve co-owned Woodman’s Bar & Grill in Orono with Mark Horton since its creation in 2004.
Combining the ingredients of burritos and entrepreneurship, the Furths, married 27-year-old Orono residents, have a classic recipe for their new breakfast and lunch joint, The Bean, which will open this August at 2 Mill St.
var uslide_show_id = “e6afa4f6-e4ef-4261-94fd-ecba080020e5″;var slideshowwidth = “300″;var linktext = “”;Whispered discussions and polite tranquility, customary in an art gallery, transformed first to a low hum and finally to an excited chatter in Lord Hall on Friday evening.
It wasn’t an exhibit from an established painter or a new media whiz – it was the opening reception for the vibrant work of University of Maine student artists.
Sara Richardson left Maine “right at the cusp of fame,” according to her friends.
A University of Maine music graduate since May 2008, Sara jammed in southern Maine for eight months with a full band. She recorded her first full-length album, “A Curious Paradox,” last October; she identified the February CD release party as “heartwarming,” possibly her favorite show yet.
I finally figured out why I’ve never been completely on board with Samuel Adams and their mostly uniformly quality beer: There are just too many great Maine breweries. Maybe one day if I live in a place where Maine’s outstanding brews are scarce, I’ll become more of a Sam’s-head (not likely with so many other regional craft beers to try), but as long as I’m in Maine and New England, I’m going to cherish my state’s excellent styles.
