FARMINGTON — The sounds of New Orleans traditional jazz and lively gospel music will fill the Fairbanks Union Church in Farmington at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 22. The South Strong Road Crew — Andy Buckland, bass; Scott Dixon, drums; Doug Walrath, keyboard; and Sherry Walrath, vocals—will play throughout the service and lead the congregation in […]
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Mark Phillips to perform at New Sharon Congregational Church
NEW SHARON — Mark Phillips will be performing at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at the New Sharon Congregational Church, 21 Cape Cod Hill Road. Phillips is a local performer who is regionally renowned as an exciting vocalist and intrepid guitarist. Come and enjoy a classic sit-down live music event in the acoustically first-class brick […]
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Looking Back on April 17
100 years ago, 1918 There’s a chance to dance for the soldier, Friday night at Lewiston City Hall. The Calumet Club with 23 of its members in the service, has arranged for a benefit dance, the proceeds of which will go toward a tobacco fund for the men with the colors. The club keeps the names of […]
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'Thinking About Thinking' lecture at UMF
FARMINGTON — Former Hebron Academy teacher Phil Keith will speak on the uses of rhetoric in thinking and teaching at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in the North Dining Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington. The talk is titled “Thinking about Thinking” and is open to the public. Keith will draw on his teaching experience […]
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Bill Murray as you may not have seen him
Bill Murray sings and reads American classics from his 2017 album “New Worlds,” accompanied by a classical trio, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 23, at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium. The album was created with the help of Jan Vogler, third from left, a German cellist, and Murray’s creative partner on the project, after a chance […]
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Pianist Roberto Plano to make Maine debut in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Virtuoso Italian pianist Roberto Plano makes his Maine debut at Lewiston’s Gendron Franco Center on Saturday, April 21. His recital begins at 7 p.m. and will feature works by Liszt, Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Ginastera and Gershwin. Only 22 when he won first prize at the 2001 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Plano went on to garner major prizes in […]
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Sandy River Players accepting applications for summer camp
FARMINGTON — Applications are being accepted for the Sandy River Players’ Summer Youth Music Camp. The music camp, for children ages 8 to 14, runs for three weeks from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday beginning Monday, July 2, through Friday, July 20, with performances on July 20, 21 and 22. Camp is […]
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Yoga therapist previewing DVD at Auburn Public Library
AUBURN — Tisha Bremner, certified yoga therapist and founder of the Maine School of Yoga, will sign and preview a new series of self-produced DVDs at 2 p.m. April 21 in the Androscoggin Room at the Auburn Public Library. Bremner offers alignment-based vinyasa flow classes that range from a gentle to expanding level of difficulty. […]
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Looking Back on April 14
100 years ago, 1918 The Loyal Temperance Legion, at its meeting Monday afternoon, made plans for the coming county convention to be held at the Park Street M. E. Church, May 22. The legion will attend after school, and present a program of rally cries, songs and exercises.The lesson was on prohibition and the different parts of the […]
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Mainely Improv to host comedy night at Baxter Brewing
LEWISTON — Mainely Improv – On the Spot Comedy, one of Maine’s most popular improvisational troupes, will be appearing at 7 p.m. Friday, April 20 at the Baxter Brewing Company in Lewiston; free admission with no cover charge. Much in the style of television’s “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” the troupe makes up comedy “on […]