100 Years Ago: 1918 At the point where the Maine Central railroad crosses Hampshire Street in Auburn, an old and dingy lantern hangs on the telephone pole. The light that it gives out is just enough to make darkness visible. This is one of the most important railroad crossings in the city and it deserves […]
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Bowdoin College Museum of Art announces September schedule
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has announced their schedule for September. Symbolic Form and Materiality: Richard Pousette-Dart’s Connections to Cambridge University — Sept. 6, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium. This lecture, lead by Jennifer Powell, senior curator, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and lecturer, University of Cambridge, presents new […]
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Cold Blue Steel to perform free concert in the park
JAY — French Falls Park will hold another free concert in the park featuring Cold Blue Steel from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8. The park is at 28 French Falls Lane, across from Spruce Mountain Middle School. Cold Blue Steel plays a mix of high-energy classic and modern country music, with a little […]
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Maine Brew Fest September Session returns to Sunday River
NEWRY — The Maine Brew Fest September Session returns to the slopes of Sunday River Resort with over 100 beers available from 27 breweries across the state. Tickets for the event, which has activities from Friday, Sept. 14, through Sunday, Sept. 15, are on sale now at SundayRiver.com and MEBrewFest.com. Breweries on tap include: Allagash […]
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Maine Event Comedy presents Brian Higginbottom at Baxter Brewing
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy presents Boston’s Brian Higginbottom at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Baxter Brewing. He’ll be joined by Ellen Sugarman, Jeff Medoff, Ali Simpson and Mike Levinsky. Higginbottom, born and raised in Boston, has performed in the Crosstown Comedy Festival in New York, was a finalist in the Beantown Comedy Riots […]
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L/A Poutine Feast-ival features great food, music and pichenotte
LEWISTON — On Saturday, Sept. 8, the Gendron Franco Center will host the first L/A Poutine Feast-ival from 4 to 8 p.m. in the street and inside the Franco Center. “The corner of Oxford and Cedar Streets will become a block party with food trucks serving your favorite Quebecois poutine!” said Francis Gagnon, the event’s […]
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Owen Kennedy and Josh White offer high-energy fiddling
WINTHROP — Owen Kennedy and Josh White offer crowd-pleasing, high-energy fun at their upcoming fiddle show at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at Winthrop United Methodist Church, 58 Main St. Fiddle tunes lead the way from Quebec and the Canadian Maritimes over the sea to Eastern Europe, Ireland and Scotland, and back home to Maine. […]
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Looking Back on Sept. 3
100 Years Ago: 1918 Mayor Lemaire stated to the Journal Friday afternoon that acting in his capacity of the city’s chief executive, he will fight the petition of the Lewiston Gaslight Co. for permission to increase its rates from $1.30 to $1.60 per thousand feet. “I have asked Judge Brann, who is thoroughly familiar with […]
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Author Monica Woods to give talk at Cumston Public Library
Cumston Public Library in Monmouth invites the public to a talk by Maine author, Monica Woods, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12. Woods is a novelist, memoirist and playwright. Her most recent novel, “The One-in-a-Million Boy,” has been published in 20 foreign editions and won a 2017 Nautilus Award (Gold) and the New England Society […]
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Kyron Hobdy to headline comedy show at Fitts’ Bar & Grill
AUBURN — Comedian Kyron Hobdy will headline “The Second Saturday Showcase” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the new Fitts’ Bar & Grill, 150 Center St. The show will be hosted by Lewiston’s own Dawn Hartill and will also feature Rob Nesbitt, Nick Gordon and Boston comic Jai Demeule. Hobdy has spent the last […]