The arts agency for the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine
Learn MoreL/A Arts Community Gallery: “Trails of the Fall” presented by Creative Trails
L/A Arts is excited to host the Creative Trails “Trails of the Fall” art show and exhibit in their Community Gallery, located at 221 Lisbon St. Lewiston. A gallery reception will be held at the Community Gallery on Friday November 9 from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
The exhibit will remain in L/A Arts through December, being first showcased in the upstairs Community Gallery, and then in the DownStage Gallery throughout December.
The Creative Trails ”Trails of the Fall” Art Show features paintings, graphic art, jewelry, handmade crafts, hand dyed items, woven items and sewn items.
About Creative Trails
Creative Trails is an innovative experiential community support program for adults with intellectual uniqueness. They offer art, agriculture, horsemanship, outdoor experiential learning, music and culinary art programs to create a meaningful day. Creative Trails has 5 locations spreading through Southern and Central Maine. www.creativetrails.org
Art and Ale November 2012 Exhibit: Kevin Lyons
Kevin P. Lyons, Nature Photographer
From My Lens To You, I Hope You Enjoy the View
Exhibit November 2- December 7
“My life as a nurse working in the Emergency Department at Central Maine Medical Center can be hectic most of the time. Photography allows me to place myself far, far away from that environment. I have been a life long resident of Lewiston/ Auburn, graduated from Edward Little High School, became a paramedic and earned my AD of Nursing from CMCC School of Nursing, Lewiston, ME.
I have always had a camera and film ready to go, and as the time and technology continued to advanced I found my way, like so many other people, into the world of Digital Photography.
Many of the pictures are tranquil, frozen in time, and most importantly passing their prime. Their beauty and their pain make for great contrast against the sky, and my photo paper and canvas.
This is my stuff, hope you enjoy it and spread the word.”
Gritty’s Art and Ale Gallery can be viewed at 68 Main St. in Auburn.
To purchase works displayed in the Gritty’s Art and Ale Gallery, please call the L/A Arts Office at 782-7228, or stop in during office hours Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm.
Crack up with the Capitol Steps on Friday, November 9!
L/A Arts Fans!!
The Capitol Steps performance is just around the corner– have you purchased your ticket yet? Don’t miss out on this great performance, pick up the phone (782-7228) or hit the buy tickets button below and order your ticket now!
The Capitol Steps
Friday, November 9
7:30PM
LMS Auditorium, 75 Central Ave
Tickets: $27 Adults, $15 Students/Seniors
Sponsored by: Lee Auto Malls
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them.
The group was born in December, 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning entertainment for a Christmas party. Their first idea was to stage a nativity play, but in the whole Congress they couldn’t find three wise men or a virgin. So, they decided to dig into the headlines of the day, and they created song parodies & skits which conveyed a special brand of satirical humor.
In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored the conventional wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members of the Steps are former Capitol Hill staffers, taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate staff experience.
The cast for this amazing show consists of: Kevin Corbett, Jon Bell, Brian Ash, Nancy Dolliver, Bari Biern and features pianist Marc Irwin.
What the Critics (and some of their targets) are saying…
“The troupe has become a favorite on the Washington social circuit. Its political satire brings chucklesrave reviewsguffawsand bipartisan grins all around. The satire hits the mark.”
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
“Clapped like mad for the Capitol Steps!The best musical satire on Washington I’ve ever seen!”
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
“They’re the best. There’s no one like them, no one in their league.”
LARYY KING, CNN
“These people are very funny. They do comedy, they do satire, and they do it extremely well.”
BERNARD SHAW, CNN
“Their insight and analysis are better than yours, Novak!”
JOHN McCLAUGHLIN, The McLaughlin Group
“*#@!*! you guys are funny!”
TOM CLANCY, Author
“The Capitol Steps make it easier to leave public life.”
Former PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, Sr.
“Some people in Washington are confused…the Capitol Steps are not.”
Former VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE
“…thank you so much for the terrific performance by the Capitol Steps at our Congressional Picnic…you are all just
as clever & professional as can be.”
Former PRESIDENT & MRS. REAGAN
The Imagination Series starts off with the Cashore Marionette’s “Simple Gifts”
L/A Arts inaugural Imagination Series performance of the Cashore Marionette’s Simple Gifts is this Sunday October 28 . We are so excited to have broadened our reach within our community, providing you with family oriented matinee performances throughout the year. The Cashore Marionette’s is a delightful portrayal in puppetry of the beauty of everyday life. Simple Gifts will begin at 3PM in the Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St, Lewiston. Tickets for this performance are only $10 for adults and $8 for children 14 and under.
The internationally acclaimed Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. The moving and humorous performances have astounded audiences in Europe, the Far East and across North America including stops at the Kennedy Center, Annenberg Center, Kravis Center, and many others.
Simple Gifts is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human.
L/A Arts Fundraiser Postponed Until March 10. Plan now to buy your tickets to this wonderful event!
In life we are occasionally overtaken by events. Such is the case with L/A Arts, Arts and Crafts Fundraiser that was scheduled for Sunday, October 21st at Fishbones Restaurant.
L/A Arts, Arts and Crafts Fundraiser will be postponed until March 10– same delicious food, same wonderful art. Put it on your calendars to buy tickets to this one of a kind event and keep your eyes peeled for an online catalog of submitted works! We hope this generates lots of anticipation and no inconvenience. Please stay tuned.
L/A Arts is excited to host a very special fundraiser titled Arts and Crafts, the crafts referring to craft beers on March 10 from 5-8pm. L/A Arts will host our fundraiser at Fishbones Restaurant, 70 Lincoln St, Lewiston, catering to a small group of lucky guests who will enjoy a craft beer tasting, delicious food cooked at various demo stations, and leave with a gorgeous piece of art work, donated by generous local artists. Live music will accompany this wonderful event. Tickets to attend this event will be $100.
To provide an idea of the works donated to this wonderful event, here is a list of some of the artists who have donated thus far:
Therese Banks, Wendy Barrett, Pam Bell, Claude Bergeron, Don Bernard, Stephanie Berry, Felice Boucher, Steve Bradford, Sean Cabbaniss, Dan Cake, Melinda Campbell, Maureen Caron, Grayling Cunningham, Lisa Davis, Hillary Dow, Jody Dube, Neill Ewing-Wegmann, David Footer, Jennifer Gammon, Jen Gibbons, Sarah Haskell, Stanley Hollenbec, Penny Hood, Jeff Jacques, Bonita Kenny, Dacia Klinkerch, Alfred Kypta, Karl Lalemond, Kerry Landry, Mike Landry, Annette LaVallee, Mike Libby, Cathy Liguori, Vicki Lund, Natasha Mayers, Mike McAllister, Connie McVey, Kathleen Murphy, Adam Nelson, Arla Patch, Tom Platz, Tom Reichard, Michael Reidy, Susan Roux, Andrea Segars, Sandy Simard-Nyberg, Gail Skundera, Mary Spencer, Anne Strout, Judy Taylor, Debora Trafton, Miles Turner, Jim Walker, Greg Waters, Sheri Withers and Sarah White.
Check out the menu for this event
Arts and Crafts Menu, Yum Yum!!