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Family Contradance

Past Event ....... March 9th — 6-8pm

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Join us in Callahan Hall on Saturday at 6pm for a free Family Contradance featuring music by the Lewiston/Auburn string students of Greg and Jessie Boardman.  The evening will feature simple, kid-friendly dances with instruction for beginners.  All ages welcomed! … continues …

Music Together

Past Event ....... August 16th, 2012 — 10:30am

Music Together August 2012

Music & movement classes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers & the grown-ups who love them! Tuesday Aug. 14th &  Thursday, Aug 16th, 10:30am No registration is necessary for these events. For more information call 513-3133 or send us a message on … continues …

Music Together

Past Event ....... August 14th, 2012 — 10:30am

Music Together August 2012

Music & movement classes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers & the grown-ups who love them! Tuesday Aug. 14th &  Thursday, Aug 16th, 10:30am No registration is necessary for these events. For more information call 513-3133 or send us a message on … continues …

Contra Dancing for all in Callahan Hall!

Past Event ....... August 10th, 2012 — 7-11 PM

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Join us for a night of Contra Dancing! 7 to 8 PM: Family barn dance featuring fun & easy contras, squares & more led by caller Cindy Larock to music performed by The Golden Schleppers, starring 89-yr-old Franco fiddler Maurice Pelletier. … continues …

Friday the 13th Dance

Past Event ....... July 13th, 2012 — 7pm

Gretchen swinging at LPL contra

 A Franco-style barn dance is scheduled from 7 to 8 p.m. This portion of the evening is geared to families. Guest caller Kim Roberts will take over the calling at 8 p.m. for three hours of up-tempo New England contra … continues …

Music Together at LPL

Past Event ....... December 27th, 2011 — 10:30 am

The joy of family music will be shared December 27th at 10:30am on the 3rd floor as children ages 0 – 5 and the adults who love them gather for music and movement class.  Come experience instrument play, rhythm chants, … continues …

Family Dance avec Benoit Bourque et Fils

Past Event ....... May 19th, 2012 — 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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Montreal dance master Benoit Bourque will lead kids (age 6+), parents and grandparents in a Quebecois-Style “Barn Dance” with music provided by Bourque’s 22-year-old accordionist son Antoine and a homegrown orchestra of local fiddlers and other Maine musicians. Part of … continues …

Irish Dance Party

Past Event ....... March 17th, 2012 — 1:30-3pm

Maurice Pelletier fiddler

Come to a festive St. Patrick’s Day dance party, featuring fun & easy Irish folk dancing (instruction provided) to music by the ephemeral multi-generational musical ensemble The Sizzling Shamrocques, featuring fiddles, guitar, piano and bodhran (Irish hand drum). All ages … continues …

PROGRAM CANCELLED! — Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Past Event ....... January 12th, 2012 — 3:30pm

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Due to today’s storm, this program has been cancelled.  Teens (and adults) interested in seeing Bamuthi are urged to attend his free staged reading of “red, black & GREEN: a blues” on Friday, Jan 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the … continues …

UN/Stable Landscape: A Preview

Past Event ....... July 29th, 2011 — 7:30 p.m.

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Dances with horses in the Library–not quite!  Through a partnership with the Bates Dance Festival (BDF), LPL is presenting JoAnna Mendl Shaw and Carl Flink with a special preview lecture/demonstration on their upcoming BDF performances which will take place on August … continues …