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Holiday Dance Showcase

Past Event ....... December 2nd, 2009 — 4:30 pm

Wednesday, December 2, 4:30 p.m., in Callahan Hall, a Holiday Dance Showcase featuring performances by student dancers from Androscoggin Dance. Free. (Planned in conjunction with the Twin Cities’ annual Holiday Celebration and Parade of Lights taking place later that evening.) … continues …

Cajun band Les Frères Michot concert & dance

Past Event ....... August 20th, 2009 — 7:00 pm

Thursday, August 20, at 7 p.m. in Callahan Hall, the Louisiana Cajun band Les Frères Michot will perform a one-hour concert set followed by another hour of waltz tunes and two-steps for dancing. Admission: $5. For more information: 513-3050. Further … continues …

Contra Dance

Past Event ....... August 14th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, August 14, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a contra dance featuring guitarist John Cote with rising-star fiddlers Hannah Rodrigue, Becca Grube & Emily Scalisi, and special guest caller Ted Steele from Missouri (pictured at left). Admission: a bargain at … continues …

French Canadian Dance Party

Past Event ....... August 7th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, August 7, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a French Canadian Contra/Square Dance Party featuring the band Reveillons from Quebec, with caller Jean-Francois Berthiaume. Admission: a bargain at $5, and just $2 for students. FMI: 513-3050.

Contra Dance

Past Event ....... July 10th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, July 10, 8-11 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a contra dance featuring the band Bustopher Jones (Greg Boardman on fiddle; John Cote on guitar; Anthony Shostak on banjo, pipes & didgeridoo; Alfred Lund on hand drums), with caller Jeff Petrovitch. … continues …

New England Dancing to PEI Band “Gadelle”

Past Event ....... June 19th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, June 19, 8-11:30 p.m. in Callahan Hall, an evening of New England contra & square dancing to music performed by the all-female French Canadian folk quartet Gadelle, on tour from Prince Edward Island. Keeping with the girl-power theme, a … continues …

World Refugee Day Event

Past Event ....... June 19th, 2009 — 2:00 pm

Friday, June 19, 2-4 p.m. in Callahan Hall, a World Refugee Day celebration featuring a presentation by Maine photographer Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest on his newly published book New Mainers: Portraits of Our Immigrant Neighbors. Free. Read on … continues …

Contra Dance

Past Event ....... June 12th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, June 12, 8-11 p.m., in Callahan Hall, an evening of traditional New England contra dancing to the band Perpetual E-Motion, featuring fiddler Ed Howe and guitarist John Cote. Admission: a bargain at only $2 for students, $5 others. No … continues …

Contra Dance

Past Event ....... April 10th, 2009 — 8:00 pm

Friday, April 10, 8-11 p.m., in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library (200 Lisbon Street/Rte.196, at the corner of Pine Street in downtown Lewiston), an evening of traditional New England contra dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors (Jessie … continues …

Family Barn Dance

Past Event ....... February 28th, 2009 — 2:00 pm

Saturday, Feb. 28, 2-4 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library, a family barn dance featuring The Pineland Fiddlers youth folk orchestra with caller Kathryn Larson. All dances taught; fun for everyone from Kindergarteners to grandparents. Admission is … continues …