As part of Ogunquit’s Capriccio Festival of the Arts, the Ogunquit Museum of American Art will present Tim Sample: The Art of Maine Humor on Thursday, September 11th at 6:30pm at the Dunaway Center Auditorium, 23 School Street, Ogunquit.

Tim Sample is widely acknowledged to be New England’s premier native humorist. Novelist Stephen King has likened Sample’s work to that of Mark Twain, and the late Charles Kuralt called him “Maine’s humorist laureate.” Tim’s books, albums and videos (including four albums and a video for the Bert and I company) have sold over a million copes. For eleven years Tim was a correspondent for CBS News and a contributor on the Emmy award winning television show CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood.

Tim was born and raised in Maine and has never lived (or for that matter wanted to live) anywhere other than the Pine Street State. Tim’s first album of downeast humor was recorded in 1979. Tim has written and / or illustrated numerous projects including the popular recording How To Talk Yankee, the television special Maine Humor Behind The Barn and the narration of the award winning Robert McCloskey children's classic Bert Dow Deep Water Man. Along with his national television appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America, Tim has performed thousands of shows in venues as diverse as the Los Angeles Convention center, the Mall of America and the New York Yacht Club.

Tickets for this special 90-minute performance are on sale at the OMAA and are $35. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 207-646-4909, Mastercard and Visa accepted. Seating is limited. Tickets the evening of the performance only may also be purchased at the Dunaway Center by cash and check.