LEWISTON — Looking for something fun to do with the kids this weekend? Great family fun is happening at The Public Theatre on Sunday, May 20, at 2 p.m. when the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers perform their award-winning show, “Everybody Loves Pirates.” Eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but […]
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Laughs at Black Bear Thursday
LEWISTON — Maine Event Comedy presents Boston’s Brett Johnson at Bear Bones Beer, Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m. He’ll be joined by fellow comics Leah Douglass, Ken Ramey, Nick Gordon and host Dee Turcotte. An open-mic will follow the show. Johnson’s sly, cerebral joke writing and animated storytelling combine for an act that’s as […]
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Maine Event Comedy to perform at Johnson Hall
GARDINER — Maine Event Comedy will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, 280 Water St. Comedians will include Rich Vos, Ian Stuart and host Mark Turcotte. The audience will hear jokes about life in Maine, the meaning of life – and everything in between. The 90-minute show will […]
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Rarely performed Corelli work at Oasis
LEWISTON — The Twisted Pegs Trio will perform at the Oasis of Music this Wednesday, May, 16 at Trinity Church in Lewiston, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Lorel Nazzaro (violin), Mark Nordberg (violin and viola) and Barbara Oliver (cello) delight in playing music that they and few others have heard before. The Castro refers to the […]
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Vendors needed for craft fair at Norlands
LIVERMORE — The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, a 19th-century museum and working farm at 290 Norlands Road, seeks artists, crafters and historical exhibitors for its biennial Strawberry Festival & Heritage Day, to be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 23. Crafters and artists are welcome to exhibit, demonstrate and sell original artwork. All […]
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100 years ago, 1918 Accompanying the story are some pictures that ought to prove very gratifying to the people of Lewiston and Auburn, and for that matter, the whole of this part of Maine. They show the work of tearing down the old exhibition building at the fairgrounds — the building that is to be […]
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Mount View Chamber Singers to perform free concert in Lisbon
LISBON — The internationally renowned Mount View Chamber Singers of Maine will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 496 Lisbon St. (Route 196). Based at Mount View High School, they are an a cappella, choral chamber group with five sopranos, five altos, five tenors and five bass […]
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Maine's 'space man' to speak at expo
LEWISTON — Among Lewiston and Auburn’s many professional success stories, Ken Hodgkins’ journey from sheep farming in Auburn to serving in the United Nations stands out. On May 19 at 12:30 p.m., he will join Museum L-A as a featured presenter at the Maine Innovation Expo. The Expo will run from 10 a.m. to 3 […]
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17th annual national touring film festival coming to Lewiston
LEWISTON — LUNAFEST, an annual fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about women’s issues, highlighting women filmmakers and bringing women together in their communities, will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at The Public Theatre, 31 Maple St., Lewiston. For the second year, LA Women Rising, a collaborative of four agencies that […]
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Maine Music Society to present music of Gershwin and Porter
LEWISTON — The jazzy blues sounds of George Gershwin and Cole Porter will echo through The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center’s performance hall May 19 and 20. The Maine Music Society Chorale will present “Favorites from the Great American Songbook” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20. […]