Lewiston High School’s Centre Stage Ensemble will perform the Tony Award winning musical comedy “Bye Bye Birdie” this weekend at the Lewiston Middle School auditorium. Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24. A matinee will also be held Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. […]
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Maine burlesque film in festival
Bates College students are involved in every aspect of the college’s first annual festival. With social and environmental justice its main themes, the festival also presents shorts by alumni filmmakers, panels on women in media and on screenwriting, and the world premiere of a documentary about Maine burlesque performers (“Witchcraft Blue”), above. The festival runs […]
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Looking back
100 years ago, 1918 Up to the present time, by far the most popular of all dances is the one step because it can be learned in a short time by anyone, old and young. This dance, which takes about fifteen minutes to master, will be taught tonight at the Mystic. One is sure of a pleasant […]
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Artwork sought for 'I Am Tree' fundraiser
LEWISTON — Tree Street Youth, in collaboration with Union of Maine Visual Artists-Lewiston Auburn, is now accepting original artwork in connection with Tree Street Youth’s annual fundraising event: “I am Tree.” For the past seven years, the accessibility of Tree Street programs has enabled local youth to hope, dream and rise up to any occasion […]
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GoldenOak kicks off Old South Church concerts
FARMINGTON — The Old South Church Concert Series kicks off the 2018 season on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. with the homegrown brother-sister duo of GoldenOak. Doors open at 6 p.m. with pre-concert jam session at 6:15 and concert begins at 7 . GoldenOak is an emerging sound in New England folk music. A […]
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John Gawler brings banjo to Oasis
LEWISTON — Banjoist, singer and harmonica player John Gawler will play the Oasis of Music this coming Wednesday, March 21, at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St., beginning at 12:30 p.m.. Gawler has enjoyed a long run of performances throughout Maine and beyond over better than four decades, bringing lots of joy around with his uplifting repertoire of new […]
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Looking Back for March 17
100 years ago, 1918 Drifts from seven to ten feet Friday were blown into the track of the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville street railway on the Waterville division, stated the officials of that road Saturday. A big rotary snowplow with a crew of 23 men with shovels was breaking the line thru to Sabatis Sunday […]
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Montgomery to explore spiritual, technical aspects of photography
TOPSHAM — Jack Montgomery of Freeport is a highly-accomplished photographer and, at the same time, a long-time student of the medium. He is interested in the differences between working with film and with digital cameras, studying how photographs can stir the emotions, and considering the spiritual aspects of working within this art form. He specializes […]
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Looking Back for March 16
Looking Back on March 16 100 years ago, 1918 At a meeting of the directors of the Auburn Board of Trade it was decided that a series of “Round Table” meetings will be held to consider further the plans to conduct a campaign for a greatly enlarged board of trade in Auburn under the general […]
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Veggies at Fusion
This Saturday night, March 17, the local classic rock band The Veggies will perform at Fusion Night Club inside the Ramada Inn at 490 Pleasant St., Lewiston. Music starts at 9 p.m. There is no cover charge.