LEWISTON — A revamped format for the sixth annual Bates College Arts Crawl will make it easier for audiences to savor the full spectrum of student work in the performing, visual and literary arts. The event begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, with performances and exhibitions at Chase Hall, 56 Campus Ave. From 5:30 […]

BATH — Resurgence Dance Company will present “Late Night Tales” in the Curtis Room of the Chocolate Church Arts Center Annex at 804 Washington St. The contemporary ballet features vignettes of true stories depicting moments in dancers’ lives and will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29 and 30. There will be […]

100 years ago, 1916The strike at the Field Bros. & Gross Co., factory in Auburn is still unsettled. Deputy Labor Commissioner Donnelly and Alden Flagg of Auburn of the Board of Arbitration, were in conference yesterday afternoon. Employes in other departments of the factory and new help in the lasting department, quit work yesterday and […]

NEW GLOUCESTER — Castlebay will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the New Gloucester Village Coffeehouse, in the vestry of the First Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Road. The concert celebrates the Celtic cross holiday, Imbolc, which is halfway between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. Castlebay will have poems, songs and […]

AUBURN — Community Little Theater is holding auditions for the spring production of “Little Shop of Horrors.”   It will be staged April 15-24 at the Great Falls Performing Arts Center, 30 Academy St.    The production team includes Director Vincent Ratsavong, Producer Jackie McDonald, Musical Director Rebecca Caron and Choreographer Vincent Ratsavong.   The […]

100 years ago, 1916“The more comment we read on Congressman McGillicuddy’s scheme to dredge out the Androscoggin and make Lewiston a port of navigation, the more do we become convinced that a motor boat trip from Portland to the Spindle City does not seem particularly near.” — Portland Express-Advertiser 50 years ago, 1966L-A residents buckled […]

NEW SHARON — The New Sharon Congregational Church, UCC, will kick off the 2016 Brick Church Concert Series with The Sandy River Ramblers at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23. Admission costs $10 at the door. All ages are welcome. The church is located at 21 Cape Cod Hill Road.

4Play will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Brookside Pub at Lost Valley Ski Area Saturday, Jan. 23.

AUBURN — Nick Lavallee, a New Hampshire comedian who’s opened for Andrew “Dice” Clay, will highlight Comedy Fix XXVIII. The stand-up comedy fundraiser will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at Sapphire, formerly Club Texas, 150 Center St. All proceeds from the show will benefit Greater Androscoggin Humane Society. Comedy Fix founder and […]