Events - Aug 26 23

Back by popular demand! MSMT Cabaret at Cadenza returns this year for only a few performances. Seating is limited – be sure to get yours today!

In partnership with Cadenza, with support from Alan and Sue Mooney, Cabaret at Cadenza features the MSMT Singers and special guests, so come hear the music play! $45 general admission.

Tickets available at www.msmt.org or by calling the Box Office at 207-725-8769.

Registration is now open for the 12th annual People Plus Senior Health Expo, in partnership with Spectrum Generations, to be held on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at the Brunswick Recreation Center in Brunswick from 9 am – 1 pm. Both sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities are available with space for up to 70 vendor tables. Last year’s highly successful gathering, the first in-person Expo since 2019, drew about 600 participants and nearly 80 businesses, services and programs were represented.

Thank you to our lead Partners for this year: Coastal Landing Retirement Community, Gateway Retirement Solutions, Kennebec Pharmacy + Home Care, Mid Coast-Parkview Health, Maine Health, Priority Real Estate Group, Rusty Lantern Market, and Spectrum Generations, plus Sponsors Avita of Brunswick & Sunnybrook, Brackett Funeral Home, Maine Community Bank, and Insurance & Retirement Solutions.

Registration deadline is September 15, 2023 (Sponsor deadline to “be on the bag” is September 1)! Visit www.peopleplusmaine.org for more information including registration form and sponsorship opportunities or call 729-0757.

Maine Made Market at The Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum!

Saturdays: June 10 to September 9, 2023. 9 am – 4 pm.
Support the Maine Crafters who are making donations to the Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum – Open Saturdays: 10 am – 4 pm. during the market!

Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday at 6PM through September at Flight Deck. With a mix of acoustic, folk, and rock- there will be something for everyone! To find out who is playing, visit Flight Deck’s Facebook page.

The Lemont Hall is over-the-moon for our chance to host Maine’s favorite latin dance band, Primo Cubano for the first time in our historic and recently restored space. This is the Summer dance party you won’t want to miss, so come join us on Saturday August 26th starting at 7pm for the best party of the Summer season!

Primo Cubano plays traditional Cuban dance music dating back to the turn of the 20th Century. Son is the most popular style to come out of Cuba and is the primary contributor to the blend of Latin styles today known as Salsa. It was first a music of the country people and eventually migrated to Havana, where it was urbanized and began to draw a wider audience.

Guitarist Paul D’Alessio, a simple-living country man himself, came into contact with this music on a trip to Cuba in 2004 with the Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association, a cooperative between Brunswick, ME and the city of Trinidad, Cuba. He began learning to play Son music on a guitar-like instrument native to Cuba called the tres and subsequently formed Primo Cubano, “Cuban Cousin”. Trumpeter Marc Chillemi has also spent time in Cuba and has played in various other Latin groups. He also plays percussion and sings on the choruses, or coros, to which the lead singer, or sonero responds with an improvised lyric. Lenny Hatch has loved the congas since he first heard Mongo Santamaría play Watermelon, and he has been playing them in addition to the bongó and other percussion instruments for over 20 years now. Eric Winter has been singing all his life and began studying Spanish at the age of 12. He has become particularly interested in Cuban music in the last few years. Eric also plays maracas and is the newest addition to Primo Cubano. Keeping it all together is Duane Edwards on the bass fiddle. He is a graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta and plays in various groups in the area. As a jazz student, he took very quickly to the tumbao bass pattern that makes this music so danceable.