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The Fenix Theatre Company would like to announce the Spring 2009 Shakespeare on Tour. Shakespeare on Tour is the Fenix’s “found space” performance tour of Maine. This season’s show will be The Mechanicals (see synopsis below). The first two shows have been scheduled for 02/22/09 and 03/22/09 at Chef et al, located at 408 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME 04101. For more information, please visit our upcoming events page on our website at www.FenixTheatre.org

The Mechanicals

Imagine a story of secret passion and forbidden love…told by the worst actors in the history of theatre.  The Fenix Theatre Company presents “The Mechanicals”, a play that takes the best parts of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and rolls them into one of the most endearing, hysterical and strange theatrical events you’ve seen in a very long while.  How can a wall, a lion, the moon, an idiot knight and a maiden who desperately wants to grow a beard tell one of the greatest love stories of all time?  You’ll have to find out for yourself!

For more information on this event or for booking, you can also contact Executive Director, Rob Cameron at (207) 400-6223 (days) or Rob@FenixTheatre.org

Thank you for your help in spreading the word!

Sincerely,

John E Seymore

Managing Director

Fenix Theatre Company

Parrot Head Club of Maine to host the 2009 Annual New England Parrot Head Convention

The Parrot Head Club of Maine is pleased to host the 2009 Annual New England Parrot Head Convention March 5-8, 2009, at the Marriott Sable Oaks in South Portland. An anticipated 400-500 Parrot Heads from New England and other states are expected to attend this year’s event; titled “Tiki Time on Maine Terrain.”

Our entertainment line-up is shaping up, and although subject to change, we expect to feature local and national talent including The Calypso Cowboys, The Corona Brothers, The Boat Drunks, comedian Tom Clark, Jim Morris and Big Bamboo, and other very special guests to be announced soon!

Attendance is not limited to Parrot Head Club members. Anyone interested may register and join us as we “Party with a Purpose” to raise money for four local charities: Special Olympics Maine, Maine Alzheimer’s Association, Maine Cancer Foundation and Make-A-Wish Maine. Previous conventions have raised thousands of dollars for charity and we expect this one to be no different.

We plan to showcase Maine as a destination and with our raffle prizes, featuring great Maine made products. Interested parties wishing to donate products and sponsorship can contact Donna Kitchen at convention@phcofmaine.com to find out how they can participate. Our goal is to have at least 250 raffle prizes and we can only meet that goal with the generous support of local businesses. We also have vendor opportunities available.

For more information on the convention or the Parrot Head Club of Maine, and for convention registration visit

www.phcofmaine.com

or e-mail convention@phcofmaine.com

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ABOUT THE PHC OF MAINE
Parrot Head Club of Maine is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to assist in community endeavors and environmental concerns and provide a variety of social activities. Nationally, club members come from a variety of backgrounds. Most are professionals, with an average age range between the mid-twenties and mid-fifties. Although membership numbers vary greatly from club to club, from all accounts, our clubs have an average membership of 150. The real beauty of the clubs is that they seem to attract exactly the right kind of people –people who, through their attraction to Jimmy Buffett’s music, also have a number of other interests in common, most importantly the desire to give something back to the communities in which they live. www.phcofmaine.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Dave Rowe
866-655-7171
info@daverowemusic.com

Pictures and related materials available at:
http://daverowemusic.com/EPK.html
http://www.dennybreau.com/press.htm

AUBURN - The Dave Rowe Trio, Denny Breau and Phil House will present their annual holiday concert Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 PM at the First Universalist Church.
The concert, a Lewiston-Auburn holiday tradition, will begin with the performers taking turns on stage and then coming together for selected songs.
The Dave Rowe Trio includes singer/guitarist Dave Rowe, who is the choir director at the church; bassist Kevin O’Reilly; and mandolinist Eric “The Mandolinenator” McDonald. The trio is one of the area’s most popular folk groups. The trio also tours nationally, bringing their brand of original and traditional music to audiences across the country.
Breau, guitar master and songwriter, is a Lewiston-Auburn hometown boy who has made a name for himself as much for his guitar skills as for his ease and gentle on-stage humor. He and Rowe were bandmates in Turkey Hollow with Dave’s dad, the late Tom Rowe of Schooner Fare fame.
House, pianist extraordinaire and organist at the church, will present his holiday offerings on the Chickering grand piano and the church’s historic Hook & Hastings pipe organ.
The concert will culminate with Rowe and House performing their rendition of “O Holy Night” in both English and French.
This holiday tradition was the brain-child of Tom Rowe, who organized the first concert in the early 1990s while he and Dave were performing as Rowe by Rowe.
The new “Christmas in Maine” CD, released to benefit the Maine Credit Union Campaign for Ending Hunger in Maine and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the “Maine Christmas Song” by Con Fullam, will be available at the concert. The CD recording of the 2005 holiday concert will also be sold.
Tickets are $15, $13 for students and seniors, and may be purchased at the door. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The church is at 169 Pleasant St. For more information, call 866-655-7171 toll free, or log on to www.daverowemusic.com.

The Rejected Many Biennial Exhibit Celebration

January, 2009
Freeport Square Gallery, Freeport, Maine

Participation Fee $25

Send jpeg image of one piece rejected for the Biennial for Publicity

DEADLINE: Please respond immediately to freeportsquare@gmail.com so we can plan this party! Send the form and payment tomorrow! Deadline for INTENT & PAYMENT is December 15, 2008.

Artwork needs to be delivered to the Gallery between 10am & 8pm on December 27 or 28. No mail ins – artwork must be hand delivered. You can send it with someone else, but it must be delivered. A one page bio statement in plastic binder sleeve needs to accompany entry.

Our Rejected Many venue – Freeport Square Gallery – has 6000 square feet of space. We are on Main St in Freeport just down the street from LL Beans. Come see the work of the rejected. We’ll see for ourselves what’s happening in Maine art. Each rejected artist may submit one rejected piece to be shown. Proof of rejection needs to accompany paperwork. Tea and tear stained letters will do.

Don’t miss this chance to face the rejection head on and show your art! There has been a lot of buzz about the rejected – show us your stuff! The artist reception will be held on January 4, 2009 at 4PM.

Complete the attached INTENT TO PARTICIPATE FORM and send it with $25 check to Freeport Square Gallery PO Box 182 Freeport, Maine 04032.

Entry Form

December 5, 6, 7: Sparkle weekend Craft sale and events
Join us for a special weekend event, treats and cheer!
DECEMBER 5, 6, 7 10am-6pm

If you would also like to show your work during this Craft Market please contact us at freeportsquare@gmail.com or 865-1616. Also feel free to visit us at www.freeportsquare.com.