The Open Book Players will open its 25th season with three short original plays written by local playwrights at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, at Johnson Hall, at 280 Water St., in Gardiner. All three plays were winners in the Original Readers Theatre Script Competition hosted by Open […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 2
100 Years Ago: 1921 The five men who have been under quarantine at Ste. Maries Hospital during the past six weeks for typhoid fever contracted at the Indian Pond Camp are now convalescing and will be released within a few days. 50 Years Ago: 1971 The Steer House will have a special grand opening today […]
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Comfort and Joy concert with Down East Singers set
Down East Singers, directed by Anthony Antolini, will present a free concert Comfort and Joy, with guest fiddler Owen Kennedy at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in the Camden Amphitheatre, on Atlantic Ave. in Camden. The event is co-sponsored by the Camden Public Library. The performance will be a tribute to people who have suffered […]
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USM Department of Theatre kicks Off 2021-22 season with outdoor theatrical adventure
The USM Department of Theatre welcomes audiences back to theatre with a free, family-friendly, traveling outdoor show, “The Marvelous Meep Island Adventure.” On the marvelous Meep Island, the Meeps play all day long; until, one fine day, the Somethings come along … Are these Somethings unpleasant? Will these Somethings be kind? What sort of Somethings […]
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MET ‘Live in HD’ returns to Fryeburg Oct. 9
The Metropolitan Opera’s award-winning Live in HD series returns Saturday, Oct. 9, to the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 18 Bradley St., in Fryeburg. Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov will be followed by the historic Met premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones on Oct. 23. The 15th season of Live in HD […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 1
100 Years Ago: 1921 The schools in West Bethel, which had been postponed, are said to begin Oct. 3. as the whooping cough is about over. 50 Years Ago: 1971 (from a photo caption) Pumpkins such as the one shown this one grown by David Bugel of Boulder Drive, Auburn, tipping the scales at over […]
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Frank Santos Jr. will present his R Rated Comedy Hypnosis
Legendary entertainer Frank Santos Jr. will present his R Rated Comedy Hypnosis act at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, on the first level of 49 Franklin in Rumford. This show is intended for mature audiences with a good sense of adult humor, and is part of the Best of Boston Entertainment Series. Santos’ spectacular display […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 30
100 Years Ago: 1921 A nine-year-old pianist, giving unaided, so far as the musical numbers were concerned, a recital that lasted an hour, is a bit out of the ordinary. But when the youthful musician holds a good-sized audience in breathless interest for every minute of that time — well, the performance can truthfully be […]
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Tattooed Lies at Mixers on Saturday
Tattooed Lies returns at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. The female-fronted, four-piece band covers 70s and 80s hits by bands such as Alice Cooper, AC/DC, Boston, Foreigner, Styx and Quiet Riot. There is no cover charge and plenty of free parking. Mixers is located at 136 Sabattus […]
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Journey tribute Scarab at Mixers on Friday
Relive the 70s and 80s with Scarab: A Journey Experience – a Journey cover band performing worldwide – at 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1, at Mixers Nightclub & Lounge in Sabattus. Scarab: The Journey Experience is the closest re-creation to the 70s and 80s powerhouse. An absolutely dynamic stage show. The Internationally touring tribute […]