Dance

Family Dance avec Benoit Bourque et Fils

May 19^th — 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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 …

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Dance Family

Irish Dance Party

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

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 …

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Celebration Dance Family

PROGRAM CANCELLED! — Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Past Event ....... January 12^th — 3:30pm

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 …

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Dance Discussion Poetry Teens

UN/Stable Landscape: A Preview

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

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 …

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Art Dance Lecture Presentation

World Refugee Day Celebration

Past Event ....... June 17^th, 2011 — 4:00 p.m.

On Friday, June 17 at 4:00 p.m. in the Library’s Callahan Hall, we will be joining forces with the City of Lewiston, Catholic Charities’ Refugee and Immigration Services, Coastal Enterprises, Inc. and the United Somali Women of Maine to celebrate … continues …

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Celebration Community Meeting Dance Film

NYC Cultural Icon to give talk

Past Event ....... March 30^th, 2011 — 7pm

LPL will be presenting an author talk and book reading by Jacques d’Amboise on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the library’s Callahan Hall. d’Amboise, a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet will be speaking on his … continues …

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Book Discussion Dance Lecture

New England Contra Dance

Past Event ....... August 13^th, 2010 — 8 - 11pm

*Last local Contra Dance of Summer Season to take place at LPL this Friday* Friday, August 13, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, an evening of traditional New England contra dancing to the band Catharsis (fiddler Michele Roy, pianist Zeba Weidler … continues …

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Dance Family Music Seniors Teens

French-Canadian Folk Dance Workshop

Past Event ....... July 29^th, 2010 — 5:30 - 7pm

Thursday, July 29, 5:30-7 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a French-Canadian folk dance workshop for students age 12 and older led by renowned Quebecois dance master Benoit Bourque. Free admission. FMI: 782-0386.

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Dance Family Seniors Teens

Contra dance

Past Event ....... July 9^th, 2010 — 20:00

Friday, July 9, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, an evening of traditional New England contra dancing featuring the Maine folk duo Perpetual E-Motion (Ed Howe on fiddle and John Cote on guitar, mandolin, didgeridoo & feet) with caller/trombonist Nils Fredlund … continues …

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Dance Music

Contra Dance

Past Event ....... June 11^th, 2010 — 8:00 pm

Friday, June 11, 8-11 p.m., in Callahan Hall, an evening of traditional New England contra dancing to the band Le HotClub du Maine (fiddlers Julia Plumb and Greg Boardman, guitarist Aidan Boardman and percussionist Alfred Lund) with special guest caller … continues …

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Dance Instruction Music Teens