Opera House Arts Concert Series Opens May 26 With Valerie Orth, Mike Billings

Submitted by tbrewster, Community Content Provider

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 11:20am

On Sunday, May 26 at 7 p.m., the Stonington Opera House will be shaking with the strains of one of the regions best guitar players, Mike Billings. Billings and his band, Big Time, will open for national indie touring sensation Valerie Orth in the first of an expanded series of concerts offered by Opera House Arts (OHA) at both its Stonington Opera House and Burnt Cove Church locations.

Orth was last seen in northern Maine at the KahBang Festival in August 2012. She has most recently opened for Shawn Colvin and her music is described as “soulful, genuine, and edgy” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Her concert at the Opera House, with her full Just A Crush band, precedes a NYC appearance at Arelene’s Grocery.

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Valerie Orth at the Stonington Opera House

Submitted by tbrewster, Community Content Provider

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 10:12am

Valerie Orth at the Stonington Opera House

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Maine’s Savage Beauty, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Comes To Life In Stonington

Submitted by tbrewster, Community Content Provider

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 1:33pm

Maine’s Savage Beauty, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Comes To Life In Stonington

A community read, guest author visit, and original production celebrate Maine poet

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Local Author To Preview Musical In Development

Submitted by tbrewster, Community Content Provider

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 9:41am

Hattie, A Musical Life of Slave Narrative Author Harriet Jacobs

Opera House Arts (OHA) is pleased to announce a staged community reading and sing through, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 22-23, of a work in development by Penobscot’s Bundy H. Boit. Hattie, a play with music in two acts, is based on the life and time of Harriet Jacobs. Jacobs was the author, just before the start of the Civil War in 1861, of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, the first book to portray the sexualization of women in slavery.

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Habibi - a graphic novel

Submitted by The Page Turner, Community Blogger

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013, 9:04am

If they are this marvelous, I could get hooked on graphic novels.

Habibi is the first "serious" graphic novel I've ever read. It took Craig Thompson seven years to research it, learn to read and write Arabic, and then to develop and illustrate both the plot and all the magnificent art in this book. Habibi is a fairy tale, incorporating the fantasy of the 1,001 Nights, the mystery of The Prophet's mystical experiences. But it also follows the struggles of two children - survivors. It is a parable of the evils we are committing upon the world, causing destruction through our own selfish foolishness. It is a story of cruelty and abuse, especially sexual abuse, and also about the redemptive power of love.

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R.H. Foster opens first propane fuel retail pump

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Monday, May 20th, 8:07 pm

ELLSWORTH, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Gas prices continue to keep the public's attention, but R.H. Foster in Ellsworth wants to offer residents an alternative form of energy. Monday the company unveiled its propane autogas retail pump, the first of its kind in Maine.

Executive Vice President Robert Tracy with R.H. Foster said, "What we have here is a public access, full use for anybody that's interested in auto gas fueling."

Regular, unleaded gasoline averages around $3.58 a gallon compared to propane topping out at $2.14.

CEO Roy Willis with the Propane Education Council said, "It's a positive step forward for the community and the country. Propane is growing in supply here in the United States. It is affordable. It is clean and it has multiple applications."

Supporters agreed, however, this is only the first step and it will be important to spread the word on the benefits of propane autogas.

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Pigs rooting in the earth!

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 9:59am

One of the neatest things to see is when pigs really get their snouts down deep into the dirt and root around for food. They're looking for roots, grubs, bugs, anything they can find. They really are like little plows! In fact people have known for a long time that the best way to prepare land for a garden is to let pigs trample around in it first!

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