100 Years Ago: 1919 Corn-roasters enjoyed their annual outing Saturday at the Leonard farm Saturday night, with twenty-two present. This was an ideal setting for an affair of this kind. A short walk from the car line out on the Dyer Road leads one to a picturesque farmhouse over a hundred years old, formerly the […]
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UMA to host talk by investigative journalist
UMA’s Maine State Forum Series presents at talk by investigative journalist Seth Freed Wessler about his most recent investigative work
Frances Perkins documentary to be shown at USM
Exclusive national East-coast pre-premiere screening of the first film biography of one of the most important women in U.S. history
Performance by Vanessa German to open winter exhibitions at Bates College museum
LEWISTON — Vanessa German, a renowned visual and performance artist based in Pittsburgh, opens her exhibition at the Bates College Museum of Art at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall with an open-ended song/poem that explores love, vulnerability, intimacy and power. The exhibition, “Miracles & Glory Abound,” uses the […]
‘Art and the Land’ exhibit at The Harlow celebrates KLT’s 30th anniversary
HALLOWELL — The Harlow, in partnership with the Kennebec Land Trust, presents “Art and the Land,” a juried group show celebrating the 30th anniversary of the KLT. “Art and the Land” will be on view Oct. 25 to Nov. 30. “Art and the Land” culminated from an open call for artworks from properties owned by […]
Portland Symphony Orchestra to perform at Fryeburg Academy
FRYEBURG — For the first time in over a decade, the Portland Symphony Orchestra is returning to the Mt. Washington Valley for one night only at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24. In celebration of the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center’s 10th Anniversary, the ‘PSO’ will be performing a very special concert with Broadway […]
‘Downtown Trick-or-Treat Halloween Celebration’ planned in Lewiston and Auburn
The Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Uplift LA will host a “Downtown Trick-or-Treat Halloween Celebration” from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, on Lisbon Street in Lewiston and Main Street in Auburn. The LA Metro Chamber will be in Dufresne Plaza at 72 Lisbon St., Lewiston, and in Festival Plaza at 112 […]
Award-winning Celtic musicians to perform at Chocolate Church
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present acclaimed Celtic musicians Gillian Boucher and Bob McNeill in their Annex performance space at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. Boucher, an exceptional fiddler and dancer from Canada’s Cape Breton Island, has been gracing stages for more than two decades with her fusion of Cape Breton, Scottish […]
LA Public Art Working Group announces noontime presentations on public art
Yarrow Thorne, founder and executive director, The Avenue Concept in Providence, RI, launches the series
‘Women in Jeopardy’ opens at The Public Theatre
Production begins 2019-20 season for Lewiston theatre