AUBURN — Concerts for a Cause will host Bold Riley at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at the First Universalist Church of Auburn. The concerts raise money for local charities. The series is produced by a group of church members. Bold Riley offers joyful, acoustic folk music to audiences around Maine and beyond. The five-piece band […]
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Schoolhouse Arts hosts world premiere of Augusta artist's one-man show
STANDISH — The Schoolhouse Arts Center, 16 Richville Road, will present one performance only of the world premiere of Zachariah Stearn’s new one-man-show, “The King Of Keys,” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25. It is a combination of theatrics, music and heart. The show includes stories from his childhood, monologues performed with depth, and new, never-heard-before […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 23
100 years ago: 1919 Thru the efforts of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce and the cooperation of Congressman Wallace White, Jr. and Senator Hale, Auburn is to have a captured German cannon. This will be mounted on the county property probably at the junction of Court and Turner streets. This will be a permanent reminder […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 22
100 years ago: 1919 With the Independent Alliance taking over the Democratic party and the Civic Alliance of the Republican party, as some dope it out, it wouldn’t be a bad plan to shift the name to the Democratic club of the Independent Alliance and the Republican club of the Civic Alliance. 50 years ago: […]
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New exhibition on musical theater at Mantor Library
FARMINGTON — The Shiretown Bookers are proud to announce their winter exhibition, “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” running from Jan. 24 through March 13, in the Shiretown Bookers’ Hall in Mantor Library at 116 South St.. The excitement of musical theatre will be the subject of the new exhibition, with its title taken from the opening number […]
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Capital City Improv to perform at Johnson Hall
GARDINER — Capital City Improv will be performing at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. Using audience suggestions and interviews, Capital City Improv creates unique, on-the-spot comedy shows that live for one night only. Dennis Price, founder of Capital City Improv, studied and performed improvisation in Chicago with […]
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The Theater Project to present 'Peter and the Starcatcher'
BRUNSWICK — The Theater Project, 114 School St., is excited to present “Peter and the Starcatcher” in February. This Tony award-winning play, written by Rick Elice and based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, is directed by The Theater Project’s Artistic Director Al Miller. This whimsical, creative adventure of The Boy of Who […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 21
100 years ago: 1919 Mayor Lemaire states that the matter of installing a signal system in the Police Department should be done in a business-like manner. “Why not get bids on the open market?” suggests the mayor. 50 years ago: 1969 Richard M. Nixon ended his first day as President on a jubilant social note […]
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Looking Back on Jan. 19
100 years ago: 1919 A little group of YMCA workers met Friday morning at the Auburn Chamber of Commerce headquarters for the discussion of plans pertinent to the program for boys’ work, which will be in force when the new and enlarged program for YMCA work throughout Maine is put into practice. 50 years ago: […]
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CLT cancels Sunday performance, auditions
AUBURN — This weekend’s snowstorm has led Community Little Theatre to cancel the Sunday matinee of “Lend Me A Tenor” and the evening auditions for the next show, “Avenue Q.” The final performance of “Lend Me A Tenor” will be at 7 p.m. Saturday. The auditions for “Avenue Q” will be at 6 p.m. Monday […]