The Maine event.For the fifth season the curtain goes up May to October at the opera house in Stonington, Maine Stonington is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,152 at the 2000 census. Early History As with many stories of discovery and establishment of civilization, the true first inhabitants of any particular American region are generally . What is now known as Opera House Arts is the result of the efforts of four extraordinary lesbians. The cultural extravaganza they created features screenings of first-run "indies" along with some 20 live events, including professional theater; folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. , a jazz festival Noun 1. jazz festival - a festival that features performances by jazz artists festival, fete - an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" , and headliners that have included Carmelita Tropicana and Peggy Shaw, "Built on a dream" is how Linda Pattie, one of the founders of the event, describes it. In 1999 Pattie, Carol Estey, Linda L. Nelson, and Judith Jerome purchased the 93-year-old opera house and restored it, transforming the cultural agenda of this picturesque fishing village on Deer Isle. "It was hard work, but about the only thing we wanted to do," adds Estey, who spent golden summers on the island as a child. Nelson and Jerome, who live year-round on the island, concur that "Our dream was to create something that brought community and the arts together." Highway 15 south from Bangor gets you to the village, but make reservations early. See www.outtraveler.com for information on accommodations and for the 2004 schedule of events. Lisa E. Davis lives in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Greenwich Village Greenwich Village (grĕn`ĭch), residential district of lower Manhattan, New York City, extending S from 14th St. to Houston St. and W from Washington Square to the Hudson River. and is the author of the novel Under the Mink (Alyson), about gay and lesbian entertainers in Mafia-owned nightclubs in the 1940s. |
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