100 Years Ago: 1922 The annual musical of the Women’s Literary Union will be held at Webster Grammar School hall next Thursday evening. The program will be out of the ordinary, and is being anticipated with much pleasure. Miss Helen Porter, one of the artists, devotes special attention to child songs. She is said to […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 5
100 Years Ago: 1921 The first of the winter series of lectures of the Maine Historical Society will take place at the rooms on Congress Street. The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster, D.D., will address the members and their friends on the Spirit of 1620, with special reference to the homes and haunts of the Pilgrims […]
Looking Back on Jan. 4
100 Years Ago: 1921 A vaudeville show will be held by the Sprague Club of Auburn at Abou Ben Adhem Hall, Main Street, Friday evening, Jan 13. The acts were booked through Lewiston’s first and only agency, Kelley and Kelley, and include two local entertainers. 50 Years Ago: 1971 Jane Muskie will be in Lewiston on […]
Looking Back on Jan. 4
100 Years Ago: 1921 Mr. Guy P. Gannett and Mrs. Gannett will give a reception to Gov. and Mrs. Parkhurst on Thursday night at their home on State Street. A large number of invitations have been sent out. Gov. Parkhurst will have been duly installed as Governor only about eight hours before the reception begins. The reception is from 8 to 11 […]
Looking Back on Jan. 2
100 Years Ago: 1921 If no other notable event had transpired in 1920, the year would still be memorable for the terrific blizzards. On Feb. 19 eight inches of snow fell with the wind blowing at 44 miles an hour. Trolley tracks and railroads were tied up so generally. From that time one storm after […]
River Comics Comedy show set for Jan. 5-7
AUBURN and LEWISTON – The River Comics Comedy Productions plan to host three stand-up comedy shows this week. Obscura Café and Drinkery, The Colisee Club, and Craft Brew Underground are the sites to be on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday . On Jan. 5 host Nick Gordon will present Johnny Ater and Brendan Eyre, 7pm at […]
Looking Back on Jan. 1
100 Years Ago: 1921 On January first, nineteen twenty one Auburn Hall will be the place for fun. Hobbs Peerless Five will surely be there and with Music in the alr. Paper hats and noisemakers to and a grand old time awaiting you. Be there! 50 Years Ago: 1971 Not only did the Twin Cities […]
Looking Back for Dec. 31
100 Years Ago: 1920 The year of 1920 just closing marks the centennial of Maine statehood, an event observed by the State in a week’s celebration at Portland last summer, and by the scores of towns and cities throughout the year. The year 1920 also will be remembered in history for the fact that Maine […]
Looking Back for December 31
100 Years Ago: 1920 The year of 1920 just closing marks the centennial of Maine statehood, an event observed by the State in a week’s celebration at Portland last summer, and by the scores of towns and cities throughout the year. The year 1920 also will be remembered in history for the fact that Maine […]
Twelfth Noon at the Oasis of Music
Fiddler Greg Boardman will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 6, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. The date falls on the twelfth day of Christmas, when the Feast of the Epiphany is traditionally celebrated. Boardman has selected a variety of traditional pieces as his […]