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SUMMARY:Concert and Spoken Word Performance Featuring Bertrand Laurence and David Leo Sirois
DESCRIPTION:Join us Sunday\, September 20th\, for an afternoon of soulful symphonies and melancholic melodies\, featuring guitarist and singer-songwriter Bertrand Laurence\, and poet\, singer-songwriter\, and actor David Leo Sirois. \nInspired by the Musée’s mission to celebrate the arts and Francophone heritage of Maine\, Laurence and Sirois unite to present a special collaborative performance of music and French poetry. Sirois will eloquently recite his original Francophile poetry to the syncopated rhythms of Laurence’s strings\, creating not only a heightened\, dramatic atmosphere and improvisational feel\, but also an homage to classical French song (chanson) and mélodie. \nSuch a structurally rhythmic reading of text accompanied with playful instrumentation seeks to mirror the natural inflections of the French language\, all the while imbuing greater meaning into Sirois’s wordings. \nEchoing the Musée’s emphasis on close-looking and a cherishing of subtlety\, Laurence and Sirois encourage audiences to listen closely and appreciate deeply the nuance of intonation. The artists inspire a heightened sensitivity that extends beyond music and its periphery of spoken word\, and into the everyday speech we share with others. \nPrinted copies of the artists’ lyrical works will be distributed to audience members to read and/or sing along. \nComplimentary refreshments will be provided. \nAbout the Artists\nBertrand Laurence is an international performer with a wide Festival\, Concert and Club experience\, having performed in venues across North America\, Europe\, and Asia. Laurence’s music entails a unique blending of traditional Blues/Swing/Ragtime/Folk as well as contemporary styles. His melodic stories and anecdotes derive from his observations and adventures in the U.S. as a Frenchman\, social worker\, mime\, children’s theatre director\, and musician. \nFrom Rouen\, the capital of Normandy in France’s northern region\, Laurence recounts his early attraction to the rhythms and strings of acoustic blues music. Drawn by such tempos emanating from the U.S.\, Laurence departed France to study blues orally from concerts and radio shows\, soon leading to his enrollment at Berklee College of Music in Boston\, Massachusetts\, where he remained for a semester. While in Boston\, Laurence became one of the first artists to perform at the original House of Blues near Harvard Square in Cambridge. Laurence was soon featured on NPR’s “Blues Stage\,” whose host at the time – singer-songwriter\, actress\, and “Queen of R&B\,” Ruth Brown – commented\, “The man sure has his way with the boogie!” \nLaurence traveled throughout the American South\, recognizing and celebrating the inseparability of the French language with blues-based American music (e.g.\, Zydeco\, Swing\, Jazz\, Soul\, Rock’ n’ Roll). There\, he could be found performing regularly in New Orleans\, particularly at the Lafayette International Festival. Laurence has performed at various other festivals\, including The Boston Blues Festival\, Boston Folk Festival\, Montreal Jazz\, NYC International Busker’s Fair\, and the Jazz au Mercure festival in Toulouse\, France. \nLaurence has led workshops and lectures on creativity and performance\, and adopts a body-centered pedagogy in his music-making\, enriched with mindful breath-works\, centering meditation\, and stress-reduction. He has taught “Guitar & Voice” nation-wide virtually via Zoom\, and has designed a new workshop\, “Finding your Voice\,” coaching introspection (inner voice) and expression (written and vocal) amongst his trainees to connect and release authentic artistic form. \nLearn more about Bertrand Laurence and his work by visiting his websites below: \n\nwww.creativeground.org/profile/bertrand-laurence\nhttps://bertrandlaurence.bandcamp.com/music\n\nDavid Leo Sirois is a Canadian-American poet and well-published author\, whose works have appeared in numerous journals\, magazines\, gazettes and anthologies across a myriad of languages in 20 countries. Places where his work has appeared include\, but are not limited to\, The Bombay Review\, Paris Lit Up\, The Poetry Village\, The Sunday Tribune Online\, Ariel’s Dream\, The Opiate\, Silo\, Those That This\, THE BASTILLE\, Belleville Park Pages\, The Bioptic Review\, and Terre à Ciel. His work has also appeared in The Keystone Anthology\, the anthologies Vignettes & Postcards from Paris\, and Becoming Fire: Spiritual Writing from Rising Generations.  \nThough a native and current resident of Edmundston\, New Brunswick\, Sirois lived in Paris for a number of years where he wrote and performed for an array of audiences. ​There\, he was very active in the anglophone spoken word community\, and hosted his own weekly open mic (Open Secret) as well as singer-songwriter showcases. When the literary journal\, 21 Magazine\, started at Charles University in Prague was in its infancy\, Sirois was invited to submit to the magazine by an attendee at one of Open Secret’s first nights held in Paris’s Montmartre. \nSirois also acted in several independent films\, a TV pilot\, as well as a play\, and co-wrote a play with his former partner\, Iana Sophia\, entitled How Not to Write a Play. It was chosen by the Montmartre Dionysia theatre festival\, and put on stage in several Paris venues. Two of his poems were selected for usage in films\, one as the soundtrack to the short film Bruno\, directed by Matilda Thomas\, after winning a contest by the Belleville Park Pages. Another poem\, Silver Shiver\, became a still-frame used to promote the film Coldhearts: A Poetical\, written & directed in Paris by Bruce Edward Sherfield & Rufo Quintavalle. \nSirois presently hosts Spoken World Online\, an international open mic that began when SpokenWord Paris faced the closure of performance venues\, and the time of self-isolation arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. Sirois was a weekly attendee of SpokenWord Paris from 2012 until his return to Edmundston in 2017. Sirois recently submitted two manuscripts for publication; a full-length collection titled The Flavor of Water\, as well as a comedic chapbook of poems to pigeons and plants\, called Humbledoves. \nAdmission is free and/or by donation.\n\nYour donation helps support the arts within Northern Maine\, and contributes to the Musée’s mission of restoring and caring for a nationally significant heritage site\, ensuring the longevity of its exceptional collection\, the execution of its brilliant exhibitions\, and the development of educational and community programs that aim to foster and safeguard Acadian and wider Francophone culture of the Saint John Valley.
URL:https://museeculturel.org/event/concert-and-spoken-word-performance-featuring-bertrand-laurence-and-david-leo-sirois/
LOCATION:Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel\, 993 Main Street\, Lille\, ME\, 04746\, United States
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SUMMARY:Classical Guitar by Jeffery Bianchi
DESCRIPTION:Join us Sunday\, October 4th\, for an afternoon of classical melodies by guitarist Jeffery Bianchi. \nA native of Williamson\, New York\, Bianchi has devoted his artistic and intellectual career to the study and practice of music\, earning recognition for his expressive virtuosity and captivating interpretations of the classical guitar repertoire. At an early age and throughout his teenage years\, Bianchi performed classical guitar at various weddings and cafes\, experiences that enabled him to refine his skills. He was soon found performing concerts across Western New York\, which eventually led to his appearances at prestigious guitar festivals\, including the nationally-recognized Ithaca Guitar Festival as well as the Rantucci International Guitar Festival. \nBianchi began his solo career in 2009\, touring throughout Georgia and performing in places such as Savannah\, Tybee Island\, Toccoa\, Richmond\, Duluth\, and Hartwell. By February of 2010\, Bianchi undertook his first large-scale solo tour\, giving concerts for an array of audiences in Georgia\, Mississippi\, Louisiana and Texas with overwhelming success. Building on this momentum\, Bianchi continued his musical series in 2011 with performances throughout the Southeast\, including in Kentucky\, Tennessee\, Georgia\, Alabama\, South Carolina\, Mississippi\, Louisiana and Florida. Since the concert seasons of 2012 and 2013\, he continues to expand his performances in the United States westward\, giving concerts to those in states like Ohio\, Colorado\, Wyoming\, and Idaho. \nBianchi studied at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia under James Piorkowski\, a SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus who served as head of the guitar program from 1983 until 2024. Piorkowski’s live performances and recitals have been heard in Spain\, France\, Germany\, the Czech Republic\, Hungary\, Slovakia\, Slovenia\, Puerto Rico\, Venezuela\, Jamaica\, Canada\, and throughout the United States. From 1982-2000\, Piorkowski was a member of the internationally acclaimed Buffalo Guitar Quartet. \nBianchi offers private classical guitar and music theory lessons to those of all ages through his online classroom. To inquire about these opportunities\, please contact Bianchi by email at: jeffreybianchi@yahoo.com \nComplimentary refreshments will be provided. \nAdmission is free and/or by donation.\n\nYour donation helps support the arts within Northern Maine\, and contributes to the Musée’s mission of restoring and caring for a nationally significant heritage site\, ensuring the longevity of its exceptional collection\, the execution of its brilliant exhibitions\, and the development of educational and community programs that aim to foster and safeguard Acadian culture of the Saint John Valley.
URL:https://museeculturel.org/event/classical-guitar-by-jeffery-bianchi/
LOCATION:Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel\, 993 Main Street\, Lille\, ME\, 04746\, United States
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SUMMARY:Concert by Folk Duo Travis Cyr and Laura Bagley
DESCRIPTION:Join us Sunday\, October 11th\, for a musical performance by returning singer-songwriter Travis Cyr and vocalist Laura Bagley. \nA Maine-based musician and visual artist for over 25 years\, Cyr has performed more than 2\,000 shows and has released 18 albums all composed of original songs. Cyr’s music and acoustic guitar work blends cerebral\, Americana balladry and spacey folk tunes with poetic lyrics\, resulting in an oeuvre whose character is lively yet gentle\, vastly expansive yet intensely vivid. Cyr describes his work as\, “Hypnotizing Psych Folk – kinda like John Prine from Outer Space!” \nLaura Bagley joined Cyr a few years ago and have together formed the duet\, 40 Thieves. Bagley’s expansive\, ethereal vocals produce sounds of immense strength and magnitude\, yet remain vivid and wholeheartedly warm. Bagley’s brilliant vocals accompanied with Cyr’s strings produces vibrant musical moments\, unexpected notes and rhythmic harmonies. \nCyr is the founder of the Arootsakoostic Music Festival\, held annually in the summer at Thomas Park in Aroostook County’s Swedish Colony\, and is the editor of a book of short stories currently in the works. Earlier in August of this year\, Cyr and Bagley executed the second installment of the new music festival held in New Sweden\, entitled “Coddiwomple\,” which brought folk and roots artists from across Maine to Aroostook County to celebrate community through music and art while building on the live-music tradition Arootsakoostic has been known for. \nLearn more about the work of Cyr and Bagley by visiting the former’s website: www.traviscyr.com \nAdmission is free and/or by donation.\n \n\nYour donation helps support the arts within Northern Maine\, and contributes to the Musée’s mission of restoring and caring for a nationally significant heritage site\, ensuring the longevity of its exceptional collection\, the execution of its brilliant exhibitions\, and the development of educational and community programs that aim to foster and safeguard the Acadian\, French-Canadian\, and wider Franco-American culture of the Saint John Valley.
URL:https://museeculturel.org/event/concert-by-folk-duo-travis-cyr-and-laura-bagley/
LOCATION:Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel\, 993 Main Street\, Lille\, ME\, 04746\, United States
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SUMMARY:Local Author Spotlight: Reading and Conversation with Kate Angevin
DESCRIPTION:The Musée is delighted to welcome author\, playwright\, and literary scholar Kate Angevin to its campus! Join us Saturday\, October 24th\, from 2 to 4 pm as Angevin offers a special reading of her latest novel\, Beyond the Dry Stone Wall. \nA work of literary fiction\, Angevin’s novel explores the world of Kenan Trewellyn\, a professor at Cambridge University\, who travels to his family’s estate for a few days to escape the guilt in having acted unfairly toward a student. But while at home\, Trewellyn encounters old family wounds that lead him down a road of existential questioning. Though Angevin expresses how the complex themes and deep characters explored in the novel somewhat mirrored her own experiences at Cambridge\, the matters of educational injustice\, hidden memory\, and legacies of intergenerational troubles and disconnect profoundly resonate with the experiences historically of the Saint John Valley’s French families. Angevin informs that “in all of my writing\, [my intention] is to find a pathway inside a character that leads to their inner truth and then to express that which has been kept hidden.” Much like Angevin\, it is also the work of the Musée to understand and reveal that which has been kept hidden or otherwise deeply embedded within the human fabric\, particularly of the Saint John Valley – to appreciate and bring to the fore the stores and intimacies marked in the memory of Maine’s northern borderland. \nA Q&A will follow Angevin’s reading\, allowing the audience the opportunity to gain insight into her creative process\, her inspirations\, and to even chat with her on navigating the business of publishing. Come learn about a local author\, purchase a signed copy of her book\, and become inspired for your own writing journey! \nComplimentary refreshments will be provided. \nAbout the Author\nKate Angevin was born and raised in San Francisco\, California\, and relocated to Caribou in Northern Maine a year prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Angevin is a well-established scholar and writer in the discipline of Historical Linguistics\, and boasts an impressive academic background. She first earned her B.A. in Cinema Production at the University of Southern California Film School\, during which she understood the lack of Indy film distributors\, incentivizing her to specialize in playwriting more so than screenwriting. She wrote and directed a short film which won the Special Judges Award at the San Francisco State College International Poetry/Film Festival. She also had 22 short stories published in the U.S. and U.K.\, four of which were nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Fiction. She also wrote five plays which were all performed and read across both the U.S. as well as South Africa. Stemming from these experiences\, Angevin went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. \nEventually\, Angevin became inclined to pursue her special interests in the Bronze Age\, particularly those that concerned the decipherment of the Minoan Bronze Age writing system of Crete\, coined as Linear A\, a subject of which remained a compelling interest of hers since childhood. Following her acceptance into the Historical Linguistics program at Cambridge University\, Angevin was invited to work and study with leading figures on the subject at both Cambridge and Oxford. Angevin remained at Cambridge for four years working on Linear A and studying for a 3-part customized B.A. in Archaeology\, Ancient History\, and Historical Linguistics\, particularly in Vedic and Classical Sanskrit. \nAngevin was subsequently accepted to the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her M.A. from a joint collaboration between the departments of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Archaeology. Like her B.A. from Cambridge\, her M.A. was a 3-part customized tract\, with a particular focus in the Archaeology of South Asia\, Ancient History of South Asia\, and Ancient Indo-Iranian Linguistics. At UPenn\, Angevin was asked to apply her Linear A expertise on the undeciphered script from South Asia\, the Indus Valley Script. She was then accepted into an advanced research institute at the Sorbonne in Paris\, l’École Pratique des Hautes Ètudes (LEPHE)\, where she worked toward a PhD on the Indus Valley Script\, producing a 1900-page dissertation and from which she published several articles across various journals. \nWriting novels has been a recent endeavor of Angevin. Beyond the Dry Stone Wall is available for online purchase on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Angevin’s The Art of Loneliness and Seas of the Moon will also be available for online purchase later this year. \nAdmission is free and/or by donation. \nYour donation helps support the arts within Northern Maine\, and contributes to the Musée’s mission of restoring and caring for a nationally significant heritage site\, ensuring the longevity of its exceptional collection\, the execution of its brilliant exhibitions\, and the development of educational and community programs that aim to foster and safeguard Acadian culture of the Saint John Valley.
URL:https://museeculturel.org/event/local-author-spotlight-reading-and-conversation-with-kate-angevin/
LOCATION:Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel\, 993 Main Street\, Lille\, ME\, 04746\, United States
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SUMMARY:Art After Dark: Musée by Moonlight - Midnight Mystique
DESCRIPTION:The Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel is delighted to reveal a new and exciting program series: Art After Dark: Musée by Moonlight! \nFor the first time in decades\, the Musée is dimming the lights and opening the doors for an immersive after-hours experience. This new program extends the hours of the museum into the night\, taking place from 5 pm to 8 pm on the last Friday of each month (holidays permitting) during our Opening Season. We cordially invite our Northern Maine communities to gather their friends and family for a special evening with us and enjoy a host of activities and treats\, like live performances and music\, special tours and curator talks\, lectures and conversations with guest speakers\, artmaking activities\, games and stories\, light foods\, and more! \nA community-centered initiative blending art\, culture\, and nightlife\, Musée by Moonlight aims to create special experiences and unexpected moments that bring us together and strengthen our bonds. Please join us for the premiere launch of Art After Dark: Musée by Moonlight\, held just before Halloweekend. This program session is\, appropriately themed Midnight Mystique\, and will surely be a fa-boo-lous night goblins and ghouls of all ages will love! \nCome enjoy a spooktacular evening of fang-tastic treats and activities! Please read below for details on what to expect throughout the evening. \nProgram Agenda:\n\n5:00 pm: Entry to the museum begins.\n5:30 – 6:15 pm: Special lecture spotlighting a strange episode in Acadian diasporic history within 18th-century France. Lecture to be held in the former Chapel.\n6:30 pm: Halloween film screening begins\, featuring the 2009 animated movie\, Coraline! Screening to be held in the former Chapel.\n8 pm: Musée by Moonlight ends and the museum begins closing.\n\nAll are free to wander the museum during both the lecture and film screening. Spotlight tours by candlelight will be offered during screening\, but not during the lecture. \nHalloween goodies will be offered freely throughout the duration of the program. Guests will also be greeted with bone-chilling orchestral symphonies and ominous piano notes reverberating from the Choir loft and throughout the Sanctuary! \nVisitor Guidelines & Conduct\nFor the safety of the permanent collection and our guests\, full face coverings\, costumes with a large radius\, glitter\, and live flowers or other organic plant material are not permitted in the museum. Guests whose costumes do not meet these guidelines may be denied entry. \nAs the Saint John Valley edges closer to the winter months\, we advise program attendees to dress warmly and/or bring a small blanket. The main space of the Sanctuary is unheated and is expected to be quite cool during your visit. The Chapel\, however\, will be comfortably heated. The lecture and film screening will be held in the Chapel for this reason. \nWe advise program attendees to take extra care when moving around\, as passageways and aisles will be dimly lit for the purpose of the program. For all information on the museum environment and accessibility measures\, please visit this link: Plan Your Visit. \nPlease note: At this time\, the Choir loft and the stairwells within the bell-towers are closed to the public due to collection work. \nAdmission is free and/or by donation. \n\nYour donation helps support the arts within Northern Maine\, and contributes to the Musée’s mission of restoring and caring for a nationally significant heritage site\, ensuring the longevity of its exceptional collection\, the execution of its brilliant exhibitions\, and the development of educational and community programs that aim to foster and safeguard Acadian culture of the Saint John Valley. \nFor questions\, queries\, or concerns\, please contact us directly by phone or email. Click here for contact info: Contact Us.
URL:https://museeculturel.org/event/art-after-dark-musee-by-moonlight-midnight-mystique/
LOCATION:Musée culturel du Mont-Carmel\, 993 Main Street\, Lille\, ME\, 04746\, United States
CATEGORIES:Late Nights
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