100 Years Ago: 1922 Arab Patrol Drum Corps, Mystic Shrine will make its first public appearance at the Maine State Fair ceremonial next week resplendent in their new uniforms of scarlet and yellow. 50 Years Ago: 1972 (Sun Jornal photo) Please Mr. Motorists, watch out for us! That’s the plea of these youngsters and the […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 30
100 Years Ago: 1922 A report of Dr. Beals and Dr. Fairbanks, who are examining all the cows in Lewiston and vicinity for tubercular symptoms, shows that only one-half of percent of the animals treated have been found diseased. The total number examined up to date has been 781, and 4 of this number were […]
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Buttonwood Trio benefit performance available online
The Buttonwood Trio performed in concert on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the Emery Community Arts Center in Farmington. The performance was a benefit concert with all donations – nearly $700 so far – going to help Ukrainian refugee children through Save the Children International. The recorded program can be viewed by going to the ArtsFarmington […]
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Local director to talk about journey to get book to film
A discussion with local director John Meyers will be followed by a screening of his award-winning indie film “Being Dead” at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 30, hosted by the Rangeley Friends of the Arts. Meyers will discuss his journey from paper to screen with this award-winning book at The Rangeley Hideaway Cafe. Books and […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 29
100 Years Ago: 1922 Commodore W. E. Longfellow of the Massachusetts Safety Council American Red Cross, gave an exhibition of life saving at the Auburn YMCA pool last evening before a large and interested audience. Previous to the life saving exhibition, he conducted a first aid lecture. Many boy and girl scouts and members of […]
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Olga Merrill’s Fine Art Photography to be displayed at the Camden Library
The Camden Public Library will host a show of fine art photography by award-winning visual artist Olga Merrill entitled “Maine by My Eyes.” The exhibit will be on display in the library’s Picker Room Gallery from September 2 through 28 and will feature images of Maine — land and sea — which Merrill created over […]
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Castlebay with Nick Apollonio to perform next Music for Mavis concert
The next Music for Mavis concert will feature Castlebay with Nick Apollonio at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Gazebo, at 98 Mathews Way, in Turner; rain or shine. Since 1986 Castlebay has been weaving together Maine’s nautical and British Isles legacies transporting their audience through time and across the Atlantic. Julia Lane […]
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Looking Back on Aug. 27
100 Years Ago: 1922 That automobile exhibition hall at the Fairgrounds will be ready Sept.1st., according to V.S. Darling, one of the promoters. He states that a program for the automobile show is already well under way, that all of the available space has been rented and that for the first time in the history […]
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Amanda Valdez work on view at Charles Danforth Gallery
AUGUSTA – In her debut Maine exhibition “Breaking Wave,” New York City-based artist Amanda Valdez exhibits a series of new works created especially for the geometric, multi-level space of the Charles Danforth Gallery at the University of Maine at Augusta, at 46 university Drive . The artist will participate in programming during the exhibition, inviting […]
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AGT’s Tom Cotter brings the Funny to Rumford
One of America’s favorite Comedians, Tom Cotter will take the stage at 49 Franklin in Rumford Friday, Sept. 2. Cotter has taken the comedy scene by storm since finishing as runner-up and becoming the Breakout Star from Season 7’s “America’s Got Talent.” He lost to a dog act, but don’t hold that against him; […]