Join BYS, Portland’s first Bhakti Yoga Studio, for a series of yogic lectures, workshops, & blissful music Friday, November 18th & Saturday, November 19th.

Event schedule:
Friday 8-10pm Satsang (Community) : “What is the Guru?”
Saturday 2-5pm Temple of Sound Nada Yoga Purification
Saturday 7-10pm Kirtan (devotional music).

Visit http://www.bhavayogaschool.com for ticket information & purchase. All three events now $95 through October.

About Bhagavan Das

Teacher, performer, counter-cultural icon, lover of God: Bhagavan Das is as rich and manifold as Existence itself.

Bhagavan Das is one of the last living cultural icon of the 60′s. As Ram Das’s mentor (author of Be Here Now) he ushered in the New Age Spiritual Movement being the first Kirtan Artist in America. His groundbreaking album “Ah” (1971) produced by Jimmi Hendrix’s manager Michael Jeffrey’s was the first World Music album from Electric Ladyland. Bhagavan Das has also toured with Allen Ginsberg, opened for the Grateful Dead and sang with Bob Dylan.

Living as a sadhu in India for six years Bhagavan Das studied the ancient science of Nada Yoga under the guidance and direction of his Guru Neem Karoli Baba. Nada Yoga is the path of devotion to the inner sound current as a means to God Realization. Alan Watt’s himself saying in a Rolling Stone review of the Album “Ah” that “Bhagavan Das is truly a Master of Nada Yoga”.

Bhagavan Das’s rare and sacred offering to this world is like a singing open heart heralding the Guru’s Grace through the vehicle of Sound.

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About Bhava Yoga School

Bhava Yoga School (BYS) has been serving the extended Portland community through the fostering of devotion for body, soul, & spirit through yogic practices like chanting, vinyasa yoga, & meditation.  Come celebrate our one year anniversary with this series of amazing offerings. Coming up~ 200 Hr Teacher Training March 2012 & Weekend Beginner Sanskrit Immersion March 2012. _______________________________________________________________

August 14, 2011

Pleasant St., Dover-Foxcroft, Maine USA – Come and hear the blend voices of Sheldon Wright and Leland Clark which makes the unique sound of the Aroostook River Valley Boys.

Sheldon Wright is a song writer, and has written and produced a Christmas Cd. Sheldon has played the guitar for 40 years. Sheldon is original from Limestone Me been a singer his whole life, he made the rounds in Nashville as a song writer in 1989 &1990.. Sheldon has performed all over Maine, Deer Isle, Old Orchard beach jut to name a few. Sheldon has performed with the Doo Dah Band and many other musicians recently performing with Aroostook River Valley Boys.
Leland Clark, Mandolin Guitar and Bass started as a teenager, 4 to 5 years playing with the Aroostook River Valley Boys, performed gospel music with family member Freddy Clark, who is now performing Gospel music in Virginia Leland now performs mostly in northern Maine, Leland a member of the Clark family performing Gospel music, in Canada, Maine, Texas, Alabama, Florida Gospel music, Canada Maine, Texas, Florida Alabama, Leland plays bluegrass in a southern gospel style.
The show will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, August 26th and the ticket price is just $10 for this live performance.

About The Hutchins Hall: In 2003 an anonymous benefactor donated what was to become the Hutchins Hall Art Center. Her only stipulation being that it would be made available to the community as a forum for the arts. Since that time with help from our friends in the area, we have been able to provide at a minimal fee, a place where all are welcome and a stage from which all are able to share their talents.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10. You can purchase tickets at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.thehutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or at our web site thehutchinshall.org

Pleasant St., Dover-Foxcroft, Maine USA – A guitar-player’s guitar player, Mark Miller knows how to fill a room with heart and soul, no matter what its size – - from small hip clubs to festivals such as the North Atlantic Blues Festival.
Mark is legendary, in that any true legend is really based on fact, and passed from person to person by word of mouth – over the years. Mark has made his name as the best of blues guitarists in the state of Maine through persistent travel, dedication to his craft, and his love of the Northeast.

Born in the northern Maine town of Houlton and raised in East Millinocket, Maine, Mark has been playing guitar since he was six years old, and for more than 45 years Mark Miller made his living by playing guitar. In the early days, he played with his brothers on the porch. In high school he had a band playing top 40. Later he played with a number of prominent bands as a “hired gun,” did studio work for numerous CDs, then he came back to Maine where he has reigned over the music scene ever since.

In 1994 Lauralyn Buie began teaching piano from her home to a neighbors child and Buie School of Music was started. With unique vocal sound and musical talents will a great sounding concert!

The show will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 21st and the ticket price is just $10 for this live performance.

About The Hutchins Hall: In 2003 an anonymous benefactor donated what was to become the Hutchins Hall Art Center. Her only stipulation being that it would be made available to the community as a forum for the arts. Since that time with help from our friends in the area, we have been able to provide at a minimal fee, a place where all are welcome and a stage from which all are able to share their talents.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10. You can purchase tickets at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.thehutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or at our web site thehutchinshall.org

A community windjammer party also needs entertainment, and the Camden Windjammer Festival is pleased to announce that the line-up for the Labor Day celebration promises thrills, spills, music, and laughter for all the family.

On Friday September 2nd as the windjammers finish tying up there will be a free public contradance with caller Chrissy Fowler of Belfast (www.chrissyfowler.com) and the band Crowfoot (www.crowfootmusic.com) ongoing on Camden’s Public Landing from 3:30-5pm. Friday fun continues with the Schooner Passenger & Crew Talent Show in Harbor Park. The Schooner Passenger & Crew Talent Show will feature acts funny, fantastic and fabulous from the decks of the windjammer fleet. Friday evening concludes with a fireworks display over Camden harbor, presented by Down East magazine.

Saturday night’s entertainment menu offers two options. At 7:30pm the Camden Public Library will be showing the 1937 Spencer Tracy version of the movie “Captains Courageous” in the Amphitheatre on Atlantic Avenue. Meanwhile at the Camden Opera House, the wonderful Maine humorist Tim Sample will be performing an all-ages show also at 7:30pm.

Born in northern Aroostook County and raised on the Maine coast, Tim Sample is widely recognized as Maine’s premier native humorist. Tim released his first album of “down east” humor in the summer of 1980. Since then he has recorded nine more albums, four of which were released on the Bert and I label, and written and/or illustrated several books including the regional best-sellers Saturday Night at Moody’s Diner and How to Talk Yankee. Author Stephen King has compared Sample’s work to that of Mark Twain and Charles Kuralt referred to him as “Maine’s humorist laureate “ .

Tim’s show at The Camden Opera House will feature new material from his latest album “ Live at Stone Mountain Arts “ which was released in January of 2011. As with all Tim Sample performances the Camden Opera House show will be “profanity free” and suitable for all audiences. For information on tickets call the Chamber at 236-4404 or visit the Opera House online at http://www.camdenoperahouse.com/events.cfm
On Sunday evening (September 4th), the festival closes out with a free performance by the Dave Rowe Trio with special guest Denny Breau courtesy of Maine Today Media. Guitarist Breau is a triple threat: a consummate picker, evocative songwriter, and a singer with a voice that is warm and inviting but completely unpretentious. Hairy-chested, fiddle-driven nautical songs, rollicking bluegrass and Appalachian tunes, old-timey instrumental masterpieces, broad-shouldered Celtic classics, captivating originals, and Downeast wit pepper every show by Maine’s own Dave Rowe. His group’s inventive use of instrumentation on guitar, fiddle, electric bass, and tin whistles along with strong vocal harmonies which hearken back to the great folk bands of the 1960s creates an unique musical tapestry rarely heard in the contemporary folk landscape. The concert, scheduled to start at 7:30pm, will take place under the stars in Camden’s Harbor Park, with Maine’s prettiest harbor providing both a backdrop and inspiration.

The full schedule of events can be found at www.camdenwindjammerfestival.com, but suffice to say the weekend offers something for everyone. From sailing aficionados and blueberry pancake and clam chowder enthusiasts to aspirant crate-racers and boat builders, the weekend is looking mighty ship-shape.

The Camden Windjammer Festival is sponsored by Down East Magazine, Maine Today Media, Wayfarer Marine, Camden Harbour Inn, The Camden-Rockport-Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce, Allen Insurance & Financial, Cellardoor Winery, the Hartstone Inn, and Point Lookout.

Also providing valuable support are The First, Camden National Bank, the Camden Downtown Business Group, the Camden Public Library, EBS, Elm Street Printing & Graphics, Eric Hopkins, Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League, The Maine Windjammer Association, the Town of Camden, Art Tibbetts Marine Contractors, Sikaflex, West Bay Rotary, and the Camden Rotary Club.

The Camden Windjammer Festival is a community led celebration of Camden’s maritime heritage and living traditions. For regular updates on the Camden Windjammer Festival and for more information on any aspect of the weekend, visit www.camdenwindjammerfestival.com or www.visitcamden.com, or call the Chamber of Commerce at 207-236-4404 or 1-800-223-5459.

Born in the northern Maine town of Houlton and raised in East Millinocket, Maine, Mark has been playing guitar since he was six years old, and for more than 45 years Mark Miller made his living by playing guitar. In the early days, he played with his brothers on the porch. In high school he had a band playing top 40. Later he played with a number of prominent bands as a “hired gun,” did studio work for numerous CDs, then he came back to Maine where he has reigned over the music scene ever since.

The show will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 23th and the ticket price is just $10 for this live performance.

About The Hutchins Hall: In 2003 an anonymous benefactor donated what was to become the Hutchins Hall Art Center. Her only stipulation being that it would be made available to the community as a forum for the arts. Since that time with help from our friends in the area, we have been able to provide at a minimal fee, a place where all are welcome and a stage from which all are able to share their talents.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10. You can purchase tickets at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.thehutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or at our web site thehutchinshall.org

Evergreen has been entertaining New England audiences since 1991. Their eclectic style blends elements of bluegrass, folk, blues, old-time, country and swing into a seamless mix of upbeat, energizing music that appeals to a wide range of listeners. Tight harmonies, solid instrumentation, original interpretations and strong songwriting all combine to create a uniquely engaging show, and everywhere they play – from big-time festivals to backyard barbecues – folks tell us how much they enjoy what we do.

They pride ourselves on creating a relaxed, fun atmosphere onstage. It’s easy to see that they enjoy playing music together! Our shows are choreographed around a single mic, and they all take turns fronting the band – giving the audience

a chance to get acquainted with each of us. Ever-changing instrumental and vocal blends and good-natured banter onstage keep our performances entertaining and fast paced, and a constantly evolving repertoire keeps the material new and fresh, year after year.

About The Hutchins Hall: In 2003 an anonymous benefactor donated what was to become the Hutchins Hall Art Center. Her only stipulation being that it would be made available to the community as a forum for the arts. Since that time with

help from our friends in the area, we have been able to provide at a minimal fee, a place where all are welcome and a stage from which all are able to share their talents.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10. You can purchase tickets at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.thehutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

Don’t forget check out our online schedule at thehutchinshall.org.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or at our web site thehutchinshall.org.

Bluegrass and American Roots music is alive and well in the central Maine area, and it looks like the youthful Abbott Hill Ramblers will help see that its popularity continues. Under the mentorship of Dexter Middle School teacher Chris Prickitt (himself an experienced performer and long-term member of the popular band Evergreen), the Ramblers are composed of middle and high school students from S.A.D. 46. The program

has been going strong since the fall of 2000, kick-started by a Century 21 grant to promote after-school activities. In their early years, they also received significant financial support from the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine. The program is now a legitimate S.A.D. 46 extra-curricular activity.

This group performs quality music, and their entertaining shows are enhanced by their relaxed humor on stage. They have released five recordings, Born to Ramble, Climbing Higher, Going Places, Stages, and most recently, It Can’t Be Stopped.

About The Hutchins Hall: In 2003 an anonymous benefactor donated what was to become the Hutchins Hall Art Center. Her only stipulation being that it would be made available to the community as a forum for the arts. Since that time with help from our friends in the area, we have been able to provide at a minimal fee, a place where all are welcome and a stage from which all are able to share their talents.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10. You can purchase tickets at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can
also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.thehutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or at our web site thehutchinshall.org

Spring Music Fling To Raise Money For Relay For Life Of Greater Portland Scheduled For April 30^th, 2011

PORTLAND, MAINE April 7^th, 2011 – Celebrating three decades of music and hits, the Relay For Life of Greater Portland will be hosting a Spring Music Fling in partnership with The Gold Room in Portland, featuring Motor Booty Affair, Time Pilots and Sly-Chi.

“Since the theme of this year’s Relay For Life of Greater Portland event is ‘A World With Less Cancer Is A World With More Birthdays’ it seemed appropriate to celebrate as many birthdays as we could in one night. We were fortunate to partner with The Gold Room and these three popular bands to feature music from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s” explains event co-chair Susan Towle.

In addition to the dance parties that will be breaking out around The Gold Room, Relay For Life of Greater Portland Youth Outreach Chair Andrea Levinsky, a senior at Deering High School, is organizing a silent auction featuring donations from area businesses and Relay For Life of Greater Portland teams. Items to include four floor seats to any Red Claws game in the 2011-2012 season, live theater tickets, local restaurant gift certificates, hand-crafted pottery items and much more.

The Spring Music Fling featuring Motor Booty Affair, Time Pilots and Sly-Chi will take place on Saturday 30^th at The Gold Room on Warren Avenue in Portland. Gates open at 7 PM and the show starts at 8 PM and will end at 1 AM. Show is ages 21+. Tickets are $20 per person and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland. To purchase tickets please email greaterportlandrelay@gmail.com.

About the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland is a life-changing event that gives everyone in our community a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. People from all walks of life come together with a shared mission of furthering the American Cancer Society’s vision of creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. The 2011 American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland event take place at South Portland High School on Friday, June 17^th at 6 PM and end on Saturday, June 18^th at 7 AM.

For more information on the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland, or this particular fundraising event, please contact Elisa Doucette by phone or email.

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Contact Information:

Elisa Doucette
Volunteer Publicity Chair
American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Greater Portland
Phone: (207) 233-7805
Email: elisa.doucette@gmail.com
Web: http://www.relayforlife.org/greaterportlandme
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/relayforlifegreaterportland

After graduating from Gorham High School, Nason attended the University of Southern Maine where she was active in theater and music. Though her son was born in New York City, he now attends Gould Academy because “I want him to experience Maine and grow up like I did,” Nason said.

By the age of 17, Nason was touring with the Rick Pinette Band and later throughout New England and Canada with her own band, The Karen Nason Band. In addition to writing music and performing, Nason owned a jazz bar and restaurant in New York City for twelve years. She currently co-owns the rights to Bette Middler’s The Rose and hopes to bring the rock ‘n roll musical to Broadway. Her latest venture is a CD she recorded in Nashville, ”Talk to the Hand.” The CD features all original music by sister/brother songwriting team Karen and Maine resident, Jeff Nason.

Jonathan Edwards, who moved to Maine in 2009, is a popular and acclaimed performer whose repertoire includes such classics as “Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy,” “Sometimes,” “One Day Closer,” “Don’t Cry Blue,” “Emma,” Shanty,” and of course, the anthemic “Sunshine (Go Away Today)”.

In Concert: Jonathan Edwards with Karen Nason will be held on Friday, October 8^th, at The Landing at Pine Point.  Doors open at 6:30. The show begins at 7:30. Dinner menu will be available until 9:00. Joining Nason and Edwards will be piano player, Joel Diamond who was musical director for Eric Clapton.

Visit https://thelandingatpinepoint.com or call 839-2244 to purchase tickets.

Come and hear the blend voices of Sheldon Wright and Leland Clark which makes the unique sound of the Aroostook River Valley Boys.

Sheldon Wright is a song writer, and has written and produced a Christmas Cd. Sheldon has played the guitar for 40 years. Sheldon is original from Limestone, Maine been a singer his whole life, he made the rounds in Nashville as a song writer in 1989 &1990.. Sheldon has performed all over Maine, Deer Isle, Old Orchard beach jut to name a few. Sheldon has performed with the Doo Dah Band and many other musicians recently performing with Aroostook River Valley Boys.

Leland Clark, Mandolin Guitar and Bass started as a teenager, 4 to 5 years playing with the Aroostook River Valley Boys, performed gospel music with family member Freddy Clark, who is now performing Gospel music in Virginia Leland now performs mostly in northern Maine, Leland a member of
the Clark family performing Gospel music, in Canada,Maine, Texas, Alabama,Florida Gospel music, Canada Maine, Texas, Florida Alabama, Leland plays bluegrass in a southern gospel style.

The opening act will be The Shortn’ Bread Pickers. This youth group of local 9 to 12 year olds under the guidance of Lauralyn Buie at Buie School of Music of Dover-Foxcroft and began their band 2 years ago. They will performing a wonderful selection of classical, bluegrass, gospel, folk and rock -n-roll.

The cost for the concert is just $10 which may be purchased on our web site hutchinshall.org or call 717-6476 as space is limited.

Hutchins Hall is located at 21 Pleasant St. (the old UU Church). Tickets for live performances are $10 and Open Mic nights are by donation. You can purchase tickets at Rumbling Falls, 21 East Main Street, Dover-Foxcroft, or at Bob’s Home, Garden and Health Food Store on Lincoln St. in Dover-Foxcroft. You can also buy tickets through PAYPAL at www.hutchinshall.org. A portion of the proceeds from each live performance will be donated to a local charity.

Dover-Foxcroft: The Hutchin Hall continues their Summer Concert Series with Maine’s Aroostook River Valley Boys. They will preforming on Friday, August 27th at 7:00 p.m.

For more information, call Lauralyn Buie at 717-6476 or at lbjambuie@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook at Hutchins Hall Art Center or visit our web site at hutchinshall.org