AUBURN — Local and surrounding area artists are showing a colorful display of work in the Gritty’s Art and Ale Window. The artists are some of the participants in the local monthly Indie Market and include Sheri Hollenbeck, Angie Lafrance of Ramble Row, Bonita K. Photography and Allison and Peru State of Midnight Prism Collective. The […]
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Fun and magic with the witches of 49 Franklin's Halloween event
RUMFORD — Do you have a crazy aunt or grandmother who you just adore? Then you’ll love the Halloween event from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at 49 Franklin. The witches of 49 Franklin are ready to show how to celebrate the season with lots of laughs and Halloween fun. “Witches” is a fun, […]
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The Oasis of Music hosts Stan Davis on Wednesday
LEWISTON — The Oasis of Music will host singer-songwriter Stan Davis in a free concert from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St. Davis plays and sings a mix of traditional and original songs, from the blues to lyrical hymns about modern country life, from songs about reincarnation to love songs. He […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 9
100 years ago: 1918 The Norway and Paris street railway car service is now discontinued. The last car ran Saturday evening. The Norway and Paris Transfer Co. started business Sunday morning with a Ford sedan owned by Carl Dunham. A large, covered truck with seats and windows owned by Carl Dunham and Alton C. Maxim will run […]
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Book published in Farmington selected for new literature justice program
FARMINGTON — Alice James Books of Farmington announces that Reginald Dwayne Betts’ “Shahid Reads His Own Palm” has been selected for the National Book Foundation’s inaugural Literature for Justice Initiative. The book was the winner of the 2009 Beatrice Hawley Award and was published by Alice James Books in May 2010. The mission of the National […]
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Theatre UMF brings recent Broadway play to the campus stage
FARMINGTON — This fall, the University of Maine at Farmington brings to the campus stage the multi-award-winning Broadway play “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.” It is a stage adaptation by Simon Stephens based on the best-selling book of the same name by Mark Haddon. Performances for this 2015 Tony Award winner for […]
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Maine State Museum hosts events for Maine Earth Science Day
AUGUSTA — Scientists, artists, educators, geologists and weather forecasters from around Maine will gather at the Maine State Museum on Tuesday, Oct. 16, for the annual Maine Earth Science Day. Curious students and visitors of all ages will find something to investigate in the museum-wide celebration of earth sciences. The event begins at 9 a.m. and […]
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Looking Back on Oct. 8
100 Years Ago: 1918 Gov. Carl E. Milliken this afternoon read the following communication to all heads of department and to chairmen of boards of trustees: “In view of the prevalence of the influenza epidemic it is suggested that all travel of employees and officials from place to place within the state be reduced to […]
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Author of acclaimed book on sea level rise to deliver Otis Lecture at Bates
Writer and photographer Elizabeth Rush will deliver the Otis Lecture at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, in Bates College’s Olin Arts Center Concert Hall. Rush’s book, “Rising: Dispatches From the New American Shore,” was excerpted by The Guardian and praised by the Los Angeles Review of Books. Rush’s book details communities’ responses to rising sea levels. […]
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Singer-songwriter Dar Williams to perform at Chocolate Church
BATH — New England treasure Dar Williams performs in a fall concert at the Chocolate Church Arts Center, located at 804 Washington St. at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Williams has roughly a dozen full releases in her catalog (not counting EPs and singles), starting with her 1990’s cassette-only release, “I Have No History.” The folk-pop […]