The Kennebec Explorer 2014 Visitor's Guide to Maine's Kennebec Valley | Page 13
Art. Theater. Music. History. Film.
Theatre at Monmouth, Knight of the Burning Pestle
Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival
Maine International Film Festival
The Town, by Bernard Langlais
Our once quiet cities, villages, and towns have swiftly come to
life. Each sharing their reflected beauty with the outside world.
Regardless of why you first come to the region, our collective
culture is a reason to return again and again.
ART
Beginning July 19, the Colby Museum of Art presents the first
ever retrospective on Maine artist Bernard Langlais, of the
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, His work is also
on view throughout the region as part of a Maine art trail
bearing his name, including the “Skowhegan Indian” to be
unveiled this summer after a lengthy restoration.
THEATER
Come thrill to performances in the recently restored Waterville
Opera House — offering a full calendar of entertainment —
or the Theater at Monmouth, home to Maine’s official
Shakespearean theater, now in its 45th season.
Typewriter Eraser by Claus Oldenburg,
Colby Museum of Art
MUSIC
Our little city of Hallowell offers a growing collection of hot,
year-round, music venues. In the summer, check out Blistered
Fingers and Country Fest. All are certain to have you humming
along to our rhythm in no time.
HISTORY
Benedict Arnold changed America’s direction with his march on
Québec, planned in great part at Augusta’s Old Fort Western.
This American jewel offers a peek back in time to when the
Kennebec sat upon our nation’s unexplored frontier.
FILM
The newly created Maine Film Center shines a silvery light on
special programs and annual events like the acclaimed Maine
International Film Festival, while up the river in The Forks you’ll
find the Maine Outdoor Film Festival: one day of rough-and-
tumble fun dedicated to movies made about the great outdoors.
To learn more about the Arts and Museums in the region, visit KennebecValley.org.
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