100 Years Ago: 1921 Taylor Pond truck drivers seem to be making more money than those headed for the dance pavilions these hot evenings. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A committee is currently working on plans for the United Fund’s second annual Oxford Plains Speedway Racing event, which is scheduled for a Saturday in August, the […]
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Camden Shakespeare Festival presents ‘Aquitania’
Camden Shakespeare Festival, in association with Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble and Camden Library, will present the comedy “Aquitania” outdoors in Camden beginning on Wednesday, July 21, and in Bath on Wednesday, Aug. 11. A librarian is transported to a strange country where she matches wits with a bowler-hatted villain. Magic cake and an ancient board game […]
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Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival announces next two concerts
After its successful return to Deertrees Theatre in Harrison last week, the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival announces its second and third concerts for the summer series. “Still Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th” is the theme. The performances will feature the following works: July 20 MOZART: Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564 FRANÇAIX: Trio à cordes BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Jay Hunter in Auburn
Maine Event Comedy presents Detroit’s Jay Hunter at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Craft Brew Underground, at 34 Court St., in Auburn. The show also will feature Adam Hatch and Chris Justice. Hunter joined the Navy to see the world. After returning to civilian life, he began sharing his unique perspective throughout the midwest […]
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Marshall Tucker Tribute set for Madison
Shadow Riders, a Marshall Tucker tribute, will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, July 23, at the Somerset Abbey at 98 Main St. in Madison. Doors open at 6 p.m., there will be appetizers and small meal choices available for purchase as well as a full bar. The idea behind the Shadow Riders took […]
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Looking Back on July 19
100 Years Ago: 1921 Grace Merrill, a Lewiston girl, is one of the members of the musical comedy company at Lake Grove this week. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A watercolor painting entered in the third annual art festival, sponsored by the Androscoggin Valley Art Association, by a Lewiston man won first prize by the judging […]
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‘Age of Bees’ to be staged in Monmouth
Theater at Monmouth plans to presents the Maine Premiere of Tira Palmquist’s “Age of Bees,” an eerily prescient drama written in 2008 about a world-wide pandemic and its aftermath on people, the planet, and, most importantly, the bees. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 22, other performances are set for 7:30 p.m. July […]
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Celebration Barn to present fusion of juggling, dance, circus
Celebration Barn Theater plans to presents 3AM Theater’s Mindful Manipulations at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at 190 Stock Farm Road in South Paris. Described as a “playful and comedic adventure,” the show is a fusion of dance, juggling and circus arts where everyday objects become extraordinary. 3AM Theater is comprised of award-winning artists with […]
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Museum L-A waives admission fee during Riverfest July 24
LEWISTON — Museum L-A has announced that the admission fee to its gallery featuring the “Our Working Waterway” exhibit that presents multiple facets of the Androscoggin River, will be waived during the Androscoggin Riverfest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 24. Donations are welcome. The family-oriented activities of the festival will take place […]
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A conversation with the Artist Laurel Nakadate scheduled
Bowdoin College Museum of Art will host a conversation with the Artist Laurel Nakadate at noon Thursday, July 22, online. Nakadate will talk about her acclaimed 2011 photographic series, “365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears,” a portion of which is currently on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, and other related work. Moderated […]