100 years ago, 1918 If the plans at the Y. W. C. A. athletic committees materialize, there will be big things doing by the girls of the two cities in the athletics line. The Bates College Girls’ Athletic Field, with its tennis courts and baseball diamond, is available for the Y. W. C. A. to […]
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Muddy Ruckus at Guthries
Friday June 15, Muddy Ruckus will perform at She Doesn’t Like Guthries, 115 Middle St., Lewiston. The show starts at 8 p.m. Muddy Ruckus is a nationally touring Americana-rock duo from Portland. The stripped-down power duo features guitarist Ryan Flaherty and percussionist Erika Stahl. There is no cover and for more information call 376-3344.
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Looking Back for June 15
100 years ago, 1918 A local resident was arraigned in the municipal court, Auburn, Friday, charged with trying to take away a wagon load of junk, the property of Henry Baker of New Auburn. He was arrested by Officer Ratcliffe. In answer to Judge Webber’s questions, he said he didn’t know, hardly, why he took […]
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N.E. Youth Ensemble performing in Rangeley
The Youth Ensemble of New England will be performing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 2614 Main St. in Rangeley. The Youth Ensemble of New England is a youth orchestra comprised of 40 young people ages 10 to 20 and is based at Thayer Conservatory in Lancaster Massachusetts. […]
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Strawberry festival, craft fair at Norlands
LIVERMORE — A strawberry festival with a craft fair and local history will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. The biennial event will feature artisans on the front lawn demonstrating handmade crafts and selling original artwork. Other activities include horse-drawn hayrides, tours of the […]
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Franco Center hosting Feast Day of St. Jean
LEWISTON — For the fourth year, the Fête Nationale and the Feast Day of St. Jean the Baptist, will be celebrated on Friday, June 22, and Sunday, June 24, at The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center. It’s in association with the Québec Delegation to Boston, the Franco-American Collection at USM/LAC, the Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society […]
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'Nightingale' to be performed at Celebration Barn
SOUTH PARIS — At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23, the Celebration Barn Theater will present Figures of Speech Theatre’s “Nightingale,” an exotic retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, featuring vocalists and lifelike puppets. Figures of Speech Theatre uses original vocal music, live actors in flowing silk costumes and 4-foot tall carved puppets in […]
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Sawyer Memorial presenting 'Hot Fiddle'
GREENE — Violinist Ashley Liberty and pianist Daniel Strange will present “Hot Fiddle” at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial, 371 Sawyer Road. Liberty and Strange have been performing together professionally since their marriage in 2007. As a composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist, Liberty creates new music for the […]
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Mainely Improv at Baxter Brewing next week
LEWISTON — Mainely Improv “On the Spot Comedy,” one of Maine’s most popular improvisational troupes, brings its madcap antics to the Baxter Brewing Co. at 7 p.m. Friday, June 22. Admission is free. Starting in July, Mainely Improv will perform every third Friday of each month at the popular brewery. Much in the style of […]
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Free performance at Temple Shalom
The multi-talented Eléonore Weill will perform a free public concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Temple Shalom, 74 Bradman St., Auburn. Raised in a musical family in southern France, Weill spent her youth surrounded by both classical and traditional music. She holds diplomas in recorder, piano, music theory and chamber music from the […]