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June 2026 Print Edition: Local Music Issue
Electric Folk Orchestra: Christy Armstrong makes amazing music "by any means necessary"
Electric Folk Orchestra
Maine Summer of '26
illustration/Nathan Galvez
In the liner notes to last summer’s playlist of new Maine music, I wrote of how listening to local albums lifted the funk I felt after digesting the daily news and was inspiring evidence of the indomitable will t...
The Bollard Bulletin for May 23 & 24, 2026
Sandy River Music Festival.
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The Sandy River Music Festival takes place this weekend at the Narrow Gauge Amphitheater (12 Narrow Gauge Sq.) just outside bucolic downtown Farmington. The mix of roots, rock and funk acts performin...
The Bollard Bulletin for May 22, 2026
A recent post on Friends of Congress Square Park’s Facebook page.
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It’s with profound anger and sadness that we begin today’s Bulletin with an event that won’t be happening in Congress Square Park tonight due to ongoing ICE N...
The Bollard Bulletin for May 21, 2026
Novare Res.
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So, here’s what I know. Unofficial for now, but decently sourced. It looks like Novare Res Bier Cafe (4 Canal Plaza, Portland) will be able to survive the forthcoming construction of a 380-foot “residential and h...
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Editor & Publisher of The Bollard, Maine's most fearless monthly news and arts magazine. Former editor of Casco Bay Weekly. Former columnist for the Bangor Daily News. Also known as The Soul Proprietor (soul & funk DJ).
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