Keywords: Festival
Item 56910
Maine Jewish Film Festival Poster, 2011
Contributed by: An individual through Colby College Special Collections Date: 2011 Location: South Portland; Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 11078
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-07-26 Location: Benton; Benton Media: Photographic print
Item 151391
Bowdoin College Maine Festival, Brunswick, 1986
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1986 Location: Brunswick Client: Bowdoin College Architect: Carol A. Wilson
Exhibit
"We are growing to be somewhat cosmopolitan..." Waterville, 1911
Between 1870 and 1911, Waterville more than doubled in size, becoming a center of manufacturing, transportation, and the retail trade and offering a variety of entertainments for its residents.
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today
"The Festival is a market for selling baskets and other Wabanaki crafts, but it is also an opportunity for tribal members from far reaching…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56
"… and personalities include: 1848 Bangor Mechanics Festival Tribute to Col. Daniel Chaplin 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Thurston & Metcalf Nath Harlow…"
Story
North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin
The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.