MONMOUTH — Theater at Monmouth will celebrate wily, wicked and wonderful women through classic literature’s most fantastic females next summer. From fierce matriarchs, unfaithful wives and every Madonna in between, “Roar! The Year of the Woman” will spotlight the women who move mountains for their families, friends and most importantly, themselves. Taking on tyrants, freeloaders […]
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Ogunquit Playhouse's 86th season to include 'Grumpy Old Men'
OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Playhouse will produce five musicals for its upcoming season, including an all-new production of the song and dance celebration, “Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” the U.S. premiere of the hilarious new musical, “Grumpy Old Men,” a beautiful new production of the classic,”Oklahoma!,” and the first regional production of the sumptuous new musical, “An […]
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Looking Back for February 17
100 years ago, 1918Ten reels of moving picture films were destroyed at the Bijou theatre in Lisbon Falls this noon by fire that caught in one of the films as the operator was rewinding it. The loss was confined to the film and the interior wiring of the machine booth. The total loss on the […]
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Rock Hard Johnson at Mixers
Mixers of Sabattus will host the Rock Hard Johnson Band on Friday night. With nearly 200 years of combined musical and performing experience, a new rock band has formed through the collaboration of five seasoned and versatile Maine musicians who collectively call themselves Rock Hard Johnson. The band is made up of member from TwiceShy, […]
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Capital City Improv at Johnson Hall Feb. 24
GARDINER — Capital City Improv will perform at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center on Water Street at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24. Using audience suggestions and interviews, Capital City Improv creates unique, on-the-spot comedy shows that live for one night only. Dennis Price, founder of Capital City Improv, studied and performed improvisation in Chicago with […]
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Looking Back on February 16
100 years ago, 1918An order for doughnuts from Katanzas, Cuba! That’s what was received in Olfene’s Market, Auburn, this week. Here is the letter: Feb. 1, 1918. Olfene’s Public Market: Dear Sirs: As since I was a student in the old “Lewiston Falls Academy” I have not tasted a single doughnut made in that, to […]
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Looking Back on February 16
100 years ago, 1918An order for doughnuts from Katanzas, Cuba! That’s what was received in Olfene’s Market, Auburn, this week. Here is the letter: Feb. 1, 1918. Olfene’s Public Market: Dear Sirs: As since I was a student in the old “Lewiston Falls Academy” I have not tasted a single doughnut made in that, to […]
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'Word Buzz' series to feature local author
KINGFIELD — Rolling Fatties’ “Word Buzz” series continues Thursday, March 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., welcoming local novelist, short story writer and memoirist Patricia O’Donnell. O’Donnell will read her work and regale the audience with her wit, wisdom and her love of language. As the novelist Richard Ford has said, her work is characterized […]
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Perlman at Pedro O'Hara's
Pedro O’Hara’s Live Music will feature Dave Perlman from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16. There is no cover. A local artist, Perlman is a regular performer in Lewiston-Auburn. He plays a diverse selection of popular cover songs spanning different genres with a concentration in classic and ’90s rock.
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The Cage weekend events
LEWISTON — Black Cat Road will perform from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 16, at The Cage. There is no cover. OCD will play from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 17. There is no cover.