Live music will be performed at Dufresne Plaza, Lisbon St., or at Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library in case of rain. The schedule is as follows:
5:30 p.m. Turner Templeton. This two-man band from Western Maine brings together influences of rock and roll, jazz, blues, country and bluegrass, to create an organic style of electrified Americana.
6:15 p.m. Tree Street Youth Fashion Show. Local youth designer Sahro Hassan from Tree Street Youth will display her latest fashions live.
From 5:30-8:30 p.m. at L/A Arts there will be an onsite Pretty in Paint Party with host CarlaRose Dubois. For a small fee, you can join this mobile “art party” to create an original work of art.
As part of the September Art Walk, L/A Arts will raffle a $500 gift card donated from L.L. Bean. Tickets will be sold at two locations: L/A Arts, 221 Lisbon Street, and Lamey-Wellehan Gallery, 113 Lisbon Street. The actual raffle will take place at L/A Arts at 8 p.m. and participants need not be present to win. All proceeds from the raffle will go directly to the L/A Arts Strategic Action Fund. For more information, visit laarts.org.
L/A Arts Community Gallery, 221 Lisbon St., will host the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine annual photo exhibition. More than 60 photos taken by local youth ages 7-17 will be on display. This celebration of scenic vistas, downtown landscapes, summer sunsets and winter hikes features works from members of Boys & Girls Clubs Southern Maine Auburn-Lewiston Clubhouse who have participated in photography and hiking programs through The Boys and Girls club. Gallery visitors will be asked to vote for their favorite photographs, and the top 13 photographs will be used in the 2014 Boys and Girls Club calendar. For more information on the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine, visit www.bgcmaine.org.
As part of the ArtWalk, visitors can enjoy Grow L+A’s Preservation Pictionary. Stop by the Grants Building display window and watch as it is remade into a live artist studio. Local artists will depict historical landmarks around Lewiston-Auburn, and it’s up to you to guess the location. Grow L+A works to connect people and facilitate change in our community, while respecting our history and the needs of future generations. Watch them work, win prizes and engage in important conversations about L/A’s past, present and future.
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- L/A Arts photo From the Grow L+A Live visual art demonstration at last month’s L-A Artwalk. This month, stop by the Grants Building display window and watch as it is remade into a live artist studio. Local artists will depict historical landmarks around Lewiston-Auburn, and it’s up to you to guess the location.
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