Emily Burnham
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A spot of tea, a spread of treats, at Camden’s Fromviandoux
Rich date bread and buttery scones, covered in clotted cream and lemon curd. Tiny, adorable sandwiches, made with cucumber and mascarpone cheese, house-cured salmon with creme fraiche, and truffled egg salad and finely diced chives. Miniscule strawberry shortcakes, little chocolate wafers with butterscotch pudding, and a two-bite salted caramel and ...
Bangor ‘Shouts at the Devil’ as Motley Crue rolls into town
The inaugural concert of the 2013 Waterfront Concert season was a big, bright, loud, flashy affair — Motley Crue rolled into Bangor, and Motley Crue doesn’t just play a concert. They put on a show. A near-capacity crowd filled the newly redesigned Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion to hear classics both new ...
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5 Things To Do This Weekend, May 17-19: The sounds, tastes and smells of summer. Almost.
on May 16, 2013, at 1:55 p.m.
1. Now that the Waterfront Concert season has kicked off in the Queen City, it’s time for downtown Bangor to follow suit with some fun summertime shows. Yes, I know it’s not technically summer yet. Let me live in my fantasy world, kthxbai. On Friday night, Mellow Endeavor holds its ...
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Belfast’s Lost Kitchen closes for good; The Gothic to open in its place June 7
on May 14, 2013, at 7:20 p.m.
The rumors are true: The Lost Kitchen, the acclaimed locavore restaurant opened by Chef Erin French in late 2011 in downtown Belfast has officially closed it doors. Almost immediately, however, another restaurant has sprung up to take its place: The Gothic, which will offer locally inspired food and drink on, ...
Greek tragedy, modern relevance in ‘Theater of War,’ featuring Oscar-nominated David Strathairn
Greek tragedy doesn’t generally figure in any way into the average American’s daily life, but the lessons that can be learned from what was written 2,500 years ago can still have a huge impact, once they’re listened to or read. That’s exactly what “Theater of War,” a part of the ...
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From fictional band to actual band: Dead Trend keeps ’80s punk alive
on May 14, 2013, at 11:44 a.m.
Dead Trend is a fictional band. They were dreamed up in a novel, they were comprised of four fictional people, and they existed in a fictional Midwestern city in an imagined version of the 1980s. And yet, Dead Trend just put out its first album – “False Positive,” released Monday ...
Madcap action and thrilling adventure in Penobscot Theatre’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
At first glance, a table doesn’t look like an elephant. But with a hefty dollop of theatrical imagination, it becomes the pachyderm that Phileas Fogg and Passepartout ride through India in “Around the World in 80 Days,” an adaptation that will soon hit the Bangor Opera House stage to cap ...
Ke$ha to perform on the Bangor Waterfront
Pop sensation Ke$ha will bring her “Best Night of My Life” tour to the Bangor Waterfront on Friday, Aug. 30. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 17 and are priced between $26.75 and $87.75 plus applicable processing fees. Ke$ha burst onto the scene in the summer ...
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Pompeii Pizza to start serving wood-fired pies on Bangor Waterfront
on May 10, 2013, at 1:15 p.m.
A mobile wood-fired pizza oven will begin slinging gourmet pies on the Bangor Waterfront Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekly through the summer. Pompeii Pizza – owned and operated by Steve Carey of Dedham – will start making pizza on Monday, May 13. Both Careys are ...
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Cast of characters gathers around the table for ‘Dinner With the Smileys’
Bangor resident and Bangor Daily News columnist Sarah Smiley became a lasagna expert last year. On nearly 50 occasions she and her sons cooked her signature dish for an array of eclectic guests in her eat-in kitchen, set in her cozy home on Bangor’s west side. By the end of ...
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5 Things To Do This Weekend, May 10-12: M is for the many things she gave me.
on May 09, 2013, at 2:12 p.m.
1. The Bangor area heats up this weekend with a Friday night made just for graduating college seniors. In Orono there’s a night of electronic music at the Bear Brew featuring DJs TranceForm, Control Freque, SkyLyne and Nocturnel, as well as rockers One Shot Nothing at the Roost. Meanwhile, in Bangor ...
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Portland’s State Theatre finalizes purchase of Port City Music Hall
on May 09, 2013, at 10:42 a.m.
The owner of Portland’s State Theatre, the popular 1680-seat music venue, announced on Thursday that they would be purchasing Port City Music Hall, another Portland venue just a few blocks down Congress Street from the State. Alex Crothers and Bowery Presents, operating under the name CroBo, LLC, announced in a ...
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Sunshine in a glass: Belfast juice bar brings raw, vegan treats to downtown
It smells like a garden inside The Juice Cellar, a new juice and raw food snack bar that opened two weeks ago in downtown Belfast. It smells fresh, clean and bright, mixing the scent of herbs, such as dill, basil and cilantro, with aromas of tangy citrus, rich fennel or ...
Sunshine in a glass: Belfast juice bar brings raw, vegan treats to downtown
Chris Roberts opens a juice bar and raw food snack eatery in downtown Belfast.
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Vote for Maine in Taste of America best State food contest
on May 08, 2013, at 2:54 p.m.
The annual Roll Call’s Taste of America vote is running through the month of May, and the first round of voting for which state has the best iconic food items ends on Friday, May 10. Maine has one dish in the competition – blueberry pie, of course, the official State ...
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Hollerin’ folk, from Portland five-piece The Ghost of Paul Revere
on May 07, 2013, at 10:44 a.m.
When they were boys growing up in the southern Maine town of Buxton, Sean McCarthy, Griffin Sherry and Max Davis did all the things that young men do. Climb trees. Jump off the rope swing into the Saco River, which Davis and Sherry lived on one side of, and McCarthy ...
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Melissa Kelly of Rockland’s Primo wins Best Chef Northeast at James Beard Awards
on May 06, 2013, at 9 p.m.
Melissa Kelly of Rockland farm-to-table restaurant Primo tonight won the Best Chef Northeast honor at the James Beard Awards, held in New York City. It is Kelly’s second win overall in the category, and the first time a chef has won a regional award twice. Kelly won previously when she ...
Christian music returns to Bangor Waterfront with SoulQuest tour
Christian rock will return to the Bangor Waterfront this summer, as the annual SoulQuest tour makes a Saturday, Sept. 14, stop at Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion. The tour features the bands Casting Crowns, Kutless and the Wrecking, as well as a few others to be announced, and tickets go on sale ...
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