Pedro O’Hara’s in Lewiston will feature The Cobblestones from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, playing an eclectic collection of Americana, acoustic and classic rock favorites, as well as originals. The band members from Norway, Harpswell and Gorham include Carolyn Costanzi, vocalist; Michael Plourde, guitarist/vocalist; Mark Plourde, percussionist; and Tony Simmons, bassist. They are often joined […]
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Looking Back on Nov. 2
100 Years Ago: 1918 Hundreds of tons of steel were fired by the big American guns, northwest of Verdun, in the direction of the railroad centers of Conflans, Longuyon, Montmedy and other points today in cooperation with the infantry attack west of the Meuse. The guns began firing early in the morning and kept up their […]
The Rubber Band playing at Fusion
The Rubber Band will make their first appearance at Fusion Nightclub and Lounge at the Ramada in Lewiston from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. The band, from the Windham area, plays classic rock ‘n’ roll covers and some originals. Band members include David Young, lead vocals/guitar; Seth Martin, bass guitar/vocals; and Deven […]
Dual exhibit at Bowdoin art museum inspires audience participation
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art commissioned a site-specific, multimedia, dual art installation that is on display through Sept. 29, 2019. Washington, D.C.-based contemporary artist linn meyers will create a large-scale wall drawing titled “Let’s Get Lost,” while serving as the 2018 halley k harrisburg ’90 and Michael Rosenfeld Artist-in-Residence at the College. […]
Chocolate Church to host live music from Jesse Colin Young
BATH — Music icon Jesse Colin Young will perform at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington St. at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10. As a founding member of the Youngbloods, Young has helped shape and influence American pop music for 50 years. During the 1960s, the Youngbloods debuted the song “Get Together” as a […]
The Public Theatre to present 'Makin' Whoopie!'
LEWISTON — The Public Theatre will present the return of Susan Poulin in her latest and funniest new show, “Makin’ Whoopie – Ida LeClair’s Guide to Love & Marriage!” on Nov. 9, 10 and 11. Inspired from her book, “The Sweet Life,” LeClair offers a fresh view on love, marriage and dating with a delightful mix […]
Goldberg Gallery to feature the Sanborns' photography
FRYEBURG — During the month of November, the Goldberg Gallery at Fryeburg Academy will host a collection of photographs featuring the work of Drew and Margaret Lindsay Sanborn. The Sandborns’ photographic works are a blend of similar, yet differently focused, sensibilities. Because they photograph and exhibit together, the Sanborns often spend hours working at the same location. […]
Looking Back on Nov. 1
100 years ago: 1918 Austria’s armies, shattered by the blows of the Italians, British and French, are fleeing pell-mell on a front of more than 100 miles from the Brenta river east and south to the Adriatic. Apparently, the enemy lost all power of resistance on the important sectors. Countless bombers of prisoners are […]
Local artists featured in gallery's exhibit on immigration
HALLOWELL — The Harlow, in partnership with the Capital Area New Mainers Project, will present “A Nation of Immigrants: Home Lost, Home Found” from Nov. 2-24, at 100 Water St. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. This is a raw and fraught time in the world as many […]
Shiretown Bookers present talk by Kristen Case at UMF
FARMINGTON — Marginalia are the little notes we write to ourselves in the book we are reading. Beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, Kristen Case, poet, author, teacher and collector, will speak on “Transcendental Marginalia,” an overview her changing thought on Thoreau and other American poets as it is revealed in the mysterious notes found […]